Convention für aktuelle mikrotonale und xenharmonische Musik aller Genres
Convention for contemporary microtonal and xenharmonic music of all genres
22.–24. Mai 2026 Münchner Kammerspiele & FatCat
with Maddie Ashman FastFast Tolgahan Çoğulu & Ayşegül Aykaç Stephen Weigel Anna-Maria Hefele Elaine Walker (online) Dolores Catherino Embryo Tachy Bunker Catherine Lamb Philipp Gerschlauer w/ Buchteln-Trio feat. Georg Vogel Hear Between the Lines Johannes Keller Marc Sabat Robin Hayward Lore Amenabar Larrañaga Sohui Jeong ****&c. Asra3 Beni Brachtel Rodrigo Sena Peter Jung Edward Clijsen Krzysztof Kicior Todd Ian Harrop diskopeter Ed Williams and many more...
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Since the early 2010s, a new microtonal scene has formed worldwide, especially online. It is genre-open, community-based and experimental. Discord, YouTube and podcasts are just as important as concerts and instrument making. Untwelving brings this scene to Munich live for the first time on this scale. Untwelving means: de-twelve. It refers to overcoming the familiar 12-tone equal temperament in favour of new sound systems. The alternative division of the octave into more or less than twelve equal steps opens up new tonal spaces for a young international scene between pop, rock, electronic, jazz and new music. Concerts, lectures, workshops, musical instrument exhibition, showcases & club night.
Free Admission to all events, except the Xenharmonic Space Concert at Kammerspiele, Saturday the 23rd of May, 7:30pm. -------------
Seit den frühen 2010er-Jahren hat sich weltweit – vor allem online – eine neuemikrotonale Szene formiert. Sie ist genreoffen, community-basiert und experimentierfreudig. Discord,YouTube und Podcasts sind dabei ebenso wichtig wie Konzerte undInstrumentenbau. Untwelving bringt diese Szene erstmals in dieser Breite live nach München. Untwelving bedeutet: Ent-Zwölfeln. Gemeint ist die Überwindung der gewohnten 12-Ton-Gleichstimmung hin zu neuen Klangsystemen. Die alternative Teilung der Oktave in mehr oder weniger als zwölf gleich große Schritte eröffnet neue Tonräume für eine junge internationaleSzene zwischen Pop, Rock, Elektronik, Jazz und Neuer Musik.
Konzerte, Lectures, Workshops, Musikinstrumentenausstellung, Showcases & Clubnight. Freier Eintritt zu allen Veranstaltungen außer dem Xenharmonic-Space-Konzert in den Kammerspielen am 23. Mai um 19:30 Uhr.
Friday, May 22nd 12:00 Opening Concert: ****&c. FatCat-Lab
12:45 Festival Welcoming FatCat-CR 13:30 Keynote: Stephen Weigel Microtonal choir in "Postconditional Love" FatCat-CR
Lectures 14:30Dolores Catherino Polychromatic Music: Sound as a ContinuumFatCat-CR 15:15Anna-Maria Hefele Overtone Singing: The Voice as a Harmonic InstrumentFatCat-CR 16:15Tolgahan Çoğulu Untwelving the Guitar since 2008FatCat-CR 17:30 Roundtable I Internet Music Theory: Circulating Xenharmonic Knowledge Tolgahan Çoğulu, Rami Olsen, Stephen Weigel, Anna-Maria Hefele, Maddie Ashman Moderator: Genoël von Lilienstern FatCat-CR 18:30 Concert: Philipp Gerschlauer w/ Buchteln-Trio feat. Georg Vogel FatCat-Lab 20:00 Concert: Microtonal Keyboard Instruments with Johannes Keller & Georg Vogel Habibi Kiosk, Münchner Kammerspiele Event 22:00 XenharmonicClub Night I: TachyBunker, Benedikt Brachtel Soundinstallation Blockchain Music 2.6 byKrzysztof Kicior TamTamTreppenbar, Münchner Kammerspiele
Saturday, May 23rd 09:00 Marc Sabat Listening Session: Flows from "The Tree" Listening session and Talk &Tryout Workstation with Continuum Fingerboard, Lumatone, and the PLAINSOUND HEXATONE app FatCat-CR
10:00 Concert: Robin Hayward Microtonal tuba & electronics FatCat-Lab
Lectures 10:30 Edward Clijsen On EDO Metal FatCat-CR 11:15 James Mulvale (FastFast) Presenting his music & the ChromoTone Rainbow Connection FatCat-CR 11:45 Concert: Lore Amenabar Larrañaga Quarter-tone accordion FatCat-Lab
— Break — Lectures 13:30 RamiOlsen Whatif the way we tune music mirrors the way we organize society?FatCat-CR 14:15 Prof.Pierluca Lanzilotta Microtonalitybefore and with Georg Friedrich Haas FatCat-CR 15:00EdWilliams QueeringTimbre FatCat-CR 16:15BenjaminSprick Resistanceof matter FatCat-CR 17:00 Roundtable II Untwelving the System:Microtonal Practice as a Form of Critique? Prof.Pierluca Lanzelotti, Ed Williams, Benjamin Sprick, CatherineLamb Moderation: AnnaSchürmer FatCat-CR from 18:00 Instrument Exhibition Hangout & Presentations Habibi Kiosk, Münchner Kammerspiele 19:30 Concert: Tolgahan Çoğulu, Ayşegül Aykaç, FastFast, Embryo,Stephen Weigel & Tachy Bunker Werkraum, Münchner Kammerspiele Buy Ticket 22:00 Xenharmonic Club Night II: Rodrigo Sena, Asra3, diskopeter TamTamTreppenbar, Münchner Kammerspiele
Lectures 11:00Philipp Gerschlauer Microtonal Jazz Improvisation and Composition using 128 Notes per Octave and Beyond FatCat-CR 11:30 Laurel Pardue Ableton /w Rodrigo Sena HowAbleton Live got Xenharmonic Tuning FatCat-CR 12:30 Roundtable III Tuning Systems in Translation: Across Cultures and Technologies Tolgahan Çoğulu, Laurel Pardue & Marja Burchard Moderator: Stefan Pohlit FatCat-CR — Break — 14:00 Lectures Todd Ian Harrop The Bohlen–Pierce Tuning System FatCat-CR 14:30 Elaine Walker Macrochip Pre Record Release Presentation FatCat-CR 15:15 Roundtable IV Tools, Ears, Imagination: Microtonal Workflows in Electronic Music Rodrigo Sena, James Mulvale,Tachy Bunker, Dolores Catherino, Asra3 Moderation: Peter Jung FatCat-CR 16:30 Closing Concert: Maddie Ashman FatCat-Lab
--------------------------------------------------------------- + Friday & Saturday The Instrument Exhibition Habibi Kiosk, Münchner Kammerspiele Beyond 12 – Lab for Microtonal Instruments including following Instruments & Brands Khamak Haken Continuum Exquis 36-tone Organ "Arciorgano" by Studio31 Fluidboard Hexboard LinnStrument Microtonale Guitars by Tolgahan Çoğulu PitchGrid Lumatone Ableton Push 3 NodeAudio Website
--------------------------------------------------------------- + Friday & Saturday in collaboration with MK: Campus Workshops with Anna-Maria Hefele, Dolores Catherino, Peter Jung 22.5., 5 pm I Meeting point at Habibi Kiosk, Maximilianstrasse 22.5., 7 pm I Dinner together at the Theater Cafeteria 22.5., 8 pm I Concert „Untwelving: Beyond 12", Habibi Kiosk 23.5., 3 pm I Meeting point at Habibi Kiosk, Maximilianstrasse 23.5., 3 - 7 pm I Workshop 1 „Overtone singing – the voice as a polyphonic resonant instrument" with Anna-Maria Hefele 23.5., 3- 7 pm I Workshop 2 „Touch the Microtones- PitchGrid meets PolyChromatic Music" with Peter Jung & Dolores Catherino 23.5., 7:30 pm I Concert „Untwelving: The Xenharmonic Space", Werkraum Registration -------------------------------------------------------------- Münchner Kammerspiele Maximilianstraße 26, 80539 München FatCat Kellerstraße 8a, 81667 München
THE IDEA The idea for the music convention Untwelving emerged from the EDO dossier published in the August issue (#144) of Positionen – Texte zur aktuellen Musik. The issue brings together key voices of the contemporary microtonal scene and reflects the breadth and vitality of current EDO practices. You can purchase the print or digital edition of Positionenhere. The hereby exclusively published special section of issue #144 also features an extensive and carefully curated list of the TOP 22 EDO albums, complete with QR codes that invite readers to explore the remarkable diversity of styles and genres within today’s microtonal music landscape.
Die Idee zur Musik-Convention Untwelving entstand aus dem EDO-Dossier der August-Ausgabe (#144) der Zeitschrift Positionen – Texte zur aktuellen Musik. Das Heft versammelt zentrale Stimmen der zeitgenössischen mikrotonalen Szene und spiegelt die Vielfalt und Lebendigkeit aktueller EDO-Praxen wider. Hier können Sie die Print- oder Digitalausgabe von Positionen erwerben. Der hier exklusiv veröffentlichte Sonderteil der Ausgabe #144 enthält zudem eine umfangreiche, sorgfältig kuratierte Liste mit 22 EDO-Alben, ergänzt durch QR-Codes, die dazu einladen, die beeindruckende stilistische und ästhetische Bandbreite der heutigen mikrotonalen Musik unmittelbar zu entdecken.
--------------------------------- Team Genoël von Lilienstern - Composer & Curator E-Mail Bastian Zimmermann - Curator & Publisher of Positionen magazine E-Mail Marcus Grassl - Production Manager Lucia Rossi - Accountant Veronika Wagner - Head of Convention Jakob Weiß - Head of Music Instrument Exhibition E-Mail
