Month of Contemporary Music

In 2025, the Month of Contemporary Music will once again present the unparalleled richness of Berlin's contemporary music scene. The umbrella festival invites you to discover current works by Berlin ensembles, artists and composers in concerts, performances, and sound installations. Atten...

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...

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 ...

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

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 • Konzertha...

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...

A complex story of intrigue, secrecy and artistic rivalry unfolds within Berlin's new music scene. The four episodes are centrer on a group of Latin American artists whose careers and personal lives are intertwined by unexpected events and revelations. Competition, love, community and pass...

From 31 August to 2 September, we welcome a group of artists, ensemble representatives and curators from Denmark, Switzerland and Luxembourg who are taking part in the guest program of this year's Month of Contemporary Music.

Hier geht es zur Übersicht aller Veranstaltungsorte und Adressen. Die Informationen zu den Spielorten sind auch im Veranstaltungskalender zu finden.

Hol dir das exklusive T-Shirt zum Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik 2024 und zeige deine Unterstützung für Berlins zeitgenössische Musikszene!

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.

The Month of Contemporary Music has been around since 2017, and here you can find a review of past editions.