DEGEM News – BERLIN – New show added for the Kiezsalon finale next Wednesday, 30 September

Dear friends and music lovers,

Due to high demand, we’ve announced an additional show for our season finale next Wednesday. This matinée is your second chance to visit our closing program, featuring the Berlin debuts of Seoul-based zither duo Dal:um, Georgian composer Mariam Gviniashvili, and Hungarian flautist Juli Deák.

Since the original Kiezsalon finale is sold out, book your matinée tickets.

Mariam Gviniashvili

Wednesday, 30 September

With a background as a singer and pianist, Oslo-based Georgian composer and visual artist Mariam Gviniashvili now works with electroacoustic music, 3D sound, and instrumental composition, surveying the emotional and spatial dimensions of sound.

She has been commissioned by institutions and ensembles such as GRM, ZKM Karlsruhe, MA/IN, Notam, Henie Onstad Art Centre, and Oslo Sinfonietta. The Wire described Rhythm in Flux, her composition for the 16-piece Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, as “a staccato work of unrelenting if off-kilter propulsion.”

Juli Deák

Wednesday, 30 September

Hungarian flautist and saxophonist Juli Deák bridges classical, contemporary, and jazz music through tender melodic lines, circular breathing, and percussive effects.

Deeply rooted in the classical tradition, her sound embraces experimentation, improvisation and folk influences. In both her performance piece The Breathing Project and new album Brisk, her focus has turned toward the physical language of the flute — breath pressure, airflow, resonance, and the subtle mechanics of keys and metal.

Dal:um

Wednesday, 30 September

Defining new territory for Korea’s traditional instrumentation, Dal:umis the Seoul-based duo of Ha Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung, virtuosos on the gayageum and geomungo types of zither respectively.

Blending minimalism, experimental folk, and abstract jazz into ethereal soundworlds, their 2024 album Coexistence was praised by Songlines as “a deft fusion of Korea’s ancient musical traditions with modern influences,” while Chain DLK hailed it as “a rare achievement: an album that engages with tradition without ever sounding reverent or restrained.”

Brave New?

Exhibition at Collegium Hungaricum Berlin

The group exhibition Brave New? at Collegium Hungaricum explores different forms of worldbuilding. Moving between fictional worlds, technological visions, and non-human ecosystems, the works on display trace possible futures. They pose an essential question: How can we redefine the relationship between humans, technology, and the environment?

The exhibition features works by Adrienn Újházi, Boglárka Boruzs, Hajnal Szolga, Jia-Jen Lin, Joaquina Salgado, Júlia Eszter Kuzma, and Mónika Kárándi. The show will be open to our Kiezsalon guests throughout the evening.

Joining us as our music selector is Rok Kosir from Slovenia, soundtracking the moments before, after, and in-between the live shows.

Since this is the final Kiezsalon before our winter break, we would love to see you one last time 🖤

All the best,

Your Digital in Berlin Team