Moor Mother & Guests
ensemble mosaik
Date:
Fri 09.01.2026 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Location:
Neue Nationalgalerie
Offer:
Theatre performance | Concert | Dance | Performance / Adults
TIME TRAVEL HEAR TODAY
Moor Mother & Guests
ensemble mosaik
A project by Tilman Hecker
For four January nights, parts of the Neue Nationalgalerie’s glass hall will turn into an interactive concert-installation and become a stage for poet, activist, and musician Moor Mother. Her practice, influenced by experimental hip-hop free jazz and archival exploration, will meet one of Berlin’s premiere institutions of contemporary classical musik, the ensemble mosaik. Their exchange will be supported by a series of virtuosic solo instrumentalists, thinkers, and members of the audience. Together, all will engage in musical and philosophical time travel and explore alternative ways of temporal thinking.
The conceptual dialogue with the simultaneously exhibited video installation The Clock by the Swiss artist Christian Marclay is welcome, but not essential.
The four consecutive evenings each offer a unique combination of composed and improvised music, lectures, performances, workshops, and interactive elements. As each night is different, repeat visits are strongly encouraged.
TIME TRAVEL HEAR TODAY is supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfond.
Composition, Text & Artistic Direction: Moor Mother aka Camae Ayewa
Idea, Concept & Setup: Tilman Hecker
Curator & Dramaturgy: Gregor Quack (Volkswagen Group Fellow, FREUNDE der Nationalgalerie e.V.)
Sound Direction: Jakob Wundrack
Lighting Design: Scott Bolman
Production Management: Wiebke Wesselmann (Y Music)
Management, ensemble mosaik: Christina Gießmann
Artistic Direction, ensemble mosaik: Niklas Seidl
Guests:
Moor Mother (vocals, percussion, electronics)
Alya Al-Sultani (soprano)
Dudù Kouate (percussion)
Aquiles Navarro (wind instruments, percussion, electronics)
Simon Sieger (keyboard, flutes, vocals)
ensemble mosaik:
Kristjana Helgadottir (flute)
Chatschatur Kanajan (violin)
Karen Lorenz (viola)
Martin Losert (saxophone)
Mathis Mayr (cello)
Roland Neffe (percussion)
Sarah Saviet (violin)
Niklas Seidl (cello)
Simon Strasser (oboe)
Ernst Surberg (piano)
Admission workshops here
Tickets here