Month of Contemporary Music

Once again this year, the Month of Contemporary Music (31.8.-30.9.2024) presented the diversity of Berlin's contemporary music scene.
The Month of Contemporary Music is organized by the scene itself: Ensembles, festivals and artists' are invited to participate in the program with events. The inm / field notes takes care of cross-festival communication. Through the common framework of the Month of Contemporary Music, the broad spectrum of activities of the Berlin scene can be represented and communicated to a wider public.

Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik 2024

MdzM

Month of Contemporary Music 2024

The Month of Contemporary Music is the umbrella festival of the contemporary music scene in Berlin. Together, its organisers present over 120 concerts, installations and performances with current works and a wide variety of artistic perspectives on around 50 stages over the course of a mon...

Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard+

Opening and Program

The Month of Contemporary Music 2024 will open on August 31 at the Kühlhaus with the Festival »Intersecting Encounters«, which is dedicated to the intersections of composition, collective creation and improvisation. The trio Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard, the vocal artist Sofia Jernberg, the ...

Ruth Goller

Program

31 days, 120 events by 40 ensembles on 50 different stages. Here you can find the program of the Month of Contemporary Music 2024.

La Ofrenda@Mara Arteaga

Participating artists and venues

Berliner Philharmoniker • Cantando Admund • Contagious • Dell-Lillinger-Westergaard • Ensemble adapter • Ensemble Dissonart • Ensemble KNM Berlin • Ensemble Modern • ensemble mosaik • Ensemble Musikfabrik • Ensemble Phase • EXAUDI • Ensemble Resonanz • FrauVonDa • glanz&krawall • Konze...

LULU

Facial Points and Genres

The Month of Contemporary Music is a collaborative project: it is the ensembles, festivals and artists who shape the umbrella festival’s programme with their own events. As a result, there is not a pre-defined motto, but rather a variety of themes and forms of music-making and composing th...

Cashmere Radio

Radio of the Month

During the Month of Contemporary Music, Daleman is now inviting various guests into the studio for four weekly broadcasts and will certainly be talking to them not only about music and noise, but also about a wide range of topics. And anyone who misses an edition of the programs broadcast ...

Gastprogramm

Visiting Program for the Month of Contemporary Music

Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, Art Music Denmark, Pro Helvetia and the inm – initiative neue musik berlin / field notes invite musicians, composers, ensembles, and curators to a visiting program during the Month of Contemporary Music in Berlin from August 31 to September 3, 2024. ...

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Contact

Please, feel free to contact the field notes team at any time if you have any questions or suggestions about the Month of Contemporary Music.

Vergangene Ausgaben

Contagious

Past Editions

Every year in September, the Month of Contemporary Music presents the diversity of contemporary music in Berlin. The Month of Contemporary Music is currently in its eighth edition. Here you find a review of the past editions since 2021.