DEGEM News – FWD – Our Winter Concert Picks ❄

Dear friends and music lovers,

To ease the pain of Berlin’s freezing winter months, we’re happy to share a few places to stay warm and enjoy music over the coming weeks.

The nomadic concert series Berlin Confidential presents its next edition at the Villa Elisabeth, the great Hungarian composer Mihály Víg returns with his band Balaton at silent green and the MaerzMusik festival is back—scroll down to read more.

Berlin Confidential

Sunday, 8 February | Villa Elisabeth

The roaming music series presents a double bill with composer-pianist Kaan Bulak and cellist Ella van Poucke this Sunday. Bulak’s music sits between the melodic influences of classical concert halls and electronic club music. He performs with his ensemble, presenting works by Johann Sebastian Bach alongside original compositions.

He’s joined by acclaimed Dutch soloist Ella van Poucke, who has played with leading orchestras including the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic.

Mihály Víg & Balaton

Sunday, 22 February | silent green

Hungarian musician Mihály Víg is best known for one of cinema’s great director–composer collaborations: his long-standing work with the late Béla Tarr, composing the scores for films including Damnation, Werckmeister Harmonies, and Satanstango. In 2023, we celebrated this legacy at our rescoring and screening of Satanstango, featuring Víg himself.

Beyond film, Víg was a central figure in Budapest’s underground music movement throughout the 1980s, most notably with his work in the band Balaton. On Sunday, 22 February, they will perform songs from the films of the late Béla Tarr and their own catalogue.

MaerzMusik 2026

20–29 March | Haus der Berliner Festspiele & more

This year, MaerzMusik threads together concerts, performances, installations and exhibitions, unfolding like a living organism—part sanctuary, part laboratory.

Taking place at venues across Berlin—including Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Radialsystem, silent green and MaHalla—the festival brings together influential artists such as composer Georg Friedrich Haas, composer-performer Ellen Fullman, cellist Okkyung Lee, and many more.

D/B Listening Desk

Music we are currently listening to

Once a month, we will now share music that we’re listening to in our office. Here are five albums that have stayed with us this last month: Rebuilding by Jake Xerxes Fussell & James Elkington, Rhythm Immortal by Carrier, OVERTIME by username, Marsh crane, Lifetime by Erika de Casier and Jana Horn—she’s playing at Neue Zukunft in Berlin on March 11th.

Save the date: Our Kiezsalon season opening will take place on the weekend of 22–23 May 2026. Stay tuned for our program announcement coming soon.

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Your Digital in Berlin Team