Tilman Kanitz -

Stockhausen

Concert

Musikfest Berlin, Konzerthaus 2026, Berlin, cellist

1st Solocello in Stockhausen’s “Michaels Reise um die Erde” as a guest of Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.

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Tiere

Record Release | Vinyl

Edition Telemark

Tiere I + II: Electronic music based on a field recording
Edition Telemark (Vinyl)

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CHANEL / Art Basel / Fondation

Music

Fondation Beyeler

Music and soundscapes by Tilman Kanitz for the CHANEL reception at Fondation Beyeler during Art Basel.

Holistic notation study

Performance

St. Matthäus-Kirche, Kulturforum Berlin 2026, Berlin, performer

Realized in collaboration with the composer Christian Dimpker: N. 34 (2024/25) Holistic notation study II {Mechanical spectra} fuses contemporary dance with video and experimental sound art.

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CHANEL Commission

Music

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Berlin 2026, music curator, producer, sound designer

Music and soundscapes by Tilman Kanitz for the opening night of CHANEL Commission: Lina Lapelytė – We Make Years Out of Hours, inside and outside the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Berlin.

bbrrmm.

Concert | Performance

KLANGLANDSCHAFTEN 2026 Planetary Responsibility: Sounding Gardens (Brandenburg) 2026, cellist improviser, performer

A Sound Utopia in the Countryside for Two Cellos and Three Nature-Controlling Instruments by Alex Nowitz w/ Sophie Notte, Tilman Kanitz (Violoncello); Friederike Bechem (Motorsäge), Ursula Münstermann (Traktorrasenmäher), Jürgen Laartz (Sense)

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Lange Nacht für EA

Concert

20nine30 | Paul-Lincke-Ufer 29 | 10999 Berlin 2026, Berlin, cellist, curator

Lange Nacht für EA w/ Biliana Voutchkova, Hartmut Leistritz, Rebecca Lane, Teresa Grebchenko and Tilman Kanitz.

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Projections

Concert

KM28 venue for contemporary concert music 2025, Berlin, cellist, curator

A concert with Jared Redmond and Tilman Kanitz
Featuring early works by Morton Feldman

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embrace

Music

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin 2025, music curator, producer, sound designer

Opening night of the CHANEL Commission at Hamburger Bahnhof, embrace by Klára Hosnedlová, coinciding with Berlin Gallery Weekend.
Sound Design and Sound Curation by Tilman Kanitz.

EA:90

Concert | Light | Music | Performance

Theater im Delphi, Berlin 2024, artistic director, cellist, curator, musical director, producer

Festival celebrating the 90th birthday of the composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler.
Curated and produced by Tilman Kanitz, Biliana Voutchkova, Hauke Harder.

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OPENING culture salts 2024

Concert | Installation | Performance

The opening of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 2024, composer, sound designer

Curated by Elisabeth Schweeger
Directed by Ludger Engels
Sound Design by Tilman Kanitz

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unter dem eis

Concert | Performance

MUT - Museum unter Tage for contemporary Art, Bochum 2023, artistic director, cellist, performer, producer

A performative concert installation by Tilman Kanitz and Sebastian Blasius

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Übungen zur Verwunderung

Concert | Installation | Performance

Museum Küppersmühle for Contemporary Art 2023, composer, curator, director

Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra at Museum Küppersmühle for Contemporary Art
Curated and staged by Tilman Kanitz and Ludger Engels

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Rythme du millimètre SB 38

Record Release

Edition Telemark, Studio Tilman Kanitz 2022, cellist, producer

For me, making music is a meditative research process, moving in inbetween spaces. The tonal space I contribute comes in contact with the tonal space played by the pianist. They intersect and overlap, move apart: a spatial experience.

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The Pankow-Park Sessions Vol. 1

Record Release

Another Timbre, Studio Tilman Kanitz 2020 - 2021, cellist, producer

The Pankow-Park Sessions Vol. 1

Six duo improvisations for cello and piano by the veteran composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, and Tilman Kanitz.

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Dark Shadow

Concert | Light

Asia Culture Center, Gwangju/South Korea 2022, light designer, producer

Duo project with the composer and vocalist Sebastian Claren: electronic music and spoken word. Debut at the ACC World Music Festival (Asian Cultural Center, Gwangju/South Korea). Album release planned for December 2023.

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Gagokbounce: One by One

Concert | Light | Music | Performance

National Theater of Korea, Haneul Space, Seoul 2022, director, light designer, sound designer

Music: Sebastian Claren
Original Text: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Stage Direction: Tilman Kanitz
Stage, Light, Sound Design: Tilman Kanitz
Music Coordinator: Yoo Hong
Singer: Park Minhee
Played by: WhatWhy Art
Hong Yoo (Daegeum), Jieun Kang (Daegeum), Gina Hwang (Geomungo) and Woonshik Kim (Janggu)

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Eden I

undisclosed locations in Berlin 2022, director, performer, producer

Something is lost here,
and we don’t know what it is.

Concept, Direction, Choreography, Production: Tilman Kanitz & Niklas Draeger

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Recording Studio

Music | Record Release

Berlin Pankow-Park producer

In 2020 I started setting up my home studio in an old factory in the north of Berlin. The acoustic is designed by Mo Stern.

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Lulu

Installation | Music | Theatre

Theater Aachen 2021, composer, sound designer, theatre score

Stage Director: Ludger Engels
Stage Design: Volker Thiele
Sound Design: Tilman Kanitz
Costume Design: Raphael Jacobs

La Calisto

Music | Opera | Theatre

Theater Aachen 2020, sound designer

Opera by Francesco Cavalli

Musical Director: Christopher Bucknall
Stage Director: Ludger Engels
Stage Design: Ric Schachtebeck
Sound Design Tilman Kanitz
Costume Design: Raphael Jacobs

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Apeiron

Music | Performance | Theatre

Theater Bonn 2020, composer, sound designer, theatre score

Drama by Anja Hilling

Stage Director: Ludger Engels
Music and Sound Design: Tilman Kanitz
Performers: Lydia Stäubli, Klaus Zmorek, Jan Viethen, Tilman Kanitz, Choir (Sulamith Hartmann, Leona Holzki, Elias Konradi)

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Clash

Happening | Installation | Music

Eißbach Studios Munich 2019, composer, director, sound designer, stage designer

Singers: Tahnee Niboro, Antigone Papoulkas
Violin solo: Chouchane Siranossian
Choreographer: Frank Willens
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

Newdimensions #1

Concert | Installation

Monopol 2019, curator, improviser

Newdimensions #1

A festival in one day.

With: Jochen Arbeit (guitar and effects), Hong Yoo (degum), Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (piano), Thomas Grötz (electronics), Thomas Mahmoud (electronics), Tilman Kanitz (cello and electronics), Yoraco Gonzales (light instalation)

Curator: Tilman Kanitz

risc night #3

Uncategorized

unknown 2019, Berlin

feat. Tilman Kanitz (Saturn A by Sebastian Claren), Andi Thoma und Jan St. Werner (Mouse on Mars), Michael Wertmüller

Curator: Thomas Mahmoud

Kolik

Music | Theatre

Gare du Nord Basel / Radialsystem Berlin 2019, Berlin

A project by Jannik Giger, Leo Hofmann, Benjamin van Bebber
with Sarah Maria Sun and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

Schwebstoff #4

Concert | Record Release

KM28 2019, Berlin

EA Stiebler: mehrklang (Premiere) for Cello / Delay
Tilman Kanitz (Cello)

Der Kurator als Künstler

Text

Während die Position des Kunstkurators schon in der zweiten Hälfte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts kontinuierlich an Macht und Einfluss gewonnen hat, ist ihre Bedeutung in unseren Nuller- und Zehner-Jahren geradezu explodiert…

Returning Home II

Music | Theatre

Radialsystem Berlin 2019, Berlin

Music: Claudio Monteverdi, Korean Gagok Music, Sebastian Claren, Tilman Kanitz
Director: Ludger Engels
Musical Director: Tilman Kanitz
Musikmontage/Elektronische Musik: Sebastian Claren, Tilman Kanitz

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Wandelkonzert

Music | Performance

Albertinum Dresden 2018, Dresden

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

Music: J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michael von Biel, Sebastian Claren, Elliot Carter, György Kurtag, Hans Pfitzner, John Dowland, Philip Glass, Tilman Kanitz, Helmut Lachenmann, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Vivier, Iannis Xenakis

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

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Saturn A

Record Release

by Sebastian Claren 2018, Berlin

Saturn A by Sebastian Claren
Cello: Tilman Kanitz

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Komplizenschaft im Nebel – Das Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop im Berliner Radialsystem V

Text

Im dritten Teil der Reihe FORT/DA geht Tilman Kanitz zurück in die Zukunft. Er bezieht sich auf und remixed sein Stück Unmöglichkeit II von 2016…

Komplizenschaft im Nebel
– Das Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop im Berliner Radialsystem V

Text

Im dritten Teil der Reihe FORT/DA geht Tilman Kanitz zurück in die Zukunft. Er bezieht sich auf und remixed sein Stück Unmöglichkeit II von 2016…

Fort/Da III

Happening | Installation | Music

Radialsystem Berlin 2018, Berlin

Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Rashad Becker: o.T. (Premiere), Sebastian Claren: Saturn A (Premiere) a. o.

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Fort/Da I

Happening | Installation | Music

Radialsystem Berlin 2018, Radialsystem Berlin

Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz
Music: Phillip Enders (Premiere), César Franck, Philip Glass, Francisco Guerrero, Giacinto Scelsi
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

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Passages

Concert | Performance

Tongyeong International Music Festival 2018, South Korea

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Peter Ablinger, Ludwig van Beethoven, Philip Glass, Dmitri Shostakovich a. o.
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Returning Home I

Music | Theatre

Tongyeong International Music Festival 2018, South Korea

Music: Claudio Monteverdi, Korean Gagok Music
Director: Ludger Engels
Musical Director: Tilman Kanitz
Musikmontage/Elektronische Musik: Sebastian Claren, Tilman Kanitz

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inside/out

Light | Music

Akademie der Künste am Pariser Platz, Berlin 2018, artistic director, CTM Festival

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz
Music: Rashad Becker (Premiere), Walter Zimmermann, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (Premiere, Dieter Schnebel (Premiere), Pauline Oliveros

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

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Les Vers Luisants

Film | Light | Music

Österreichisches Filmmuseum / Wien Modern 2017, Vienna

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop / verein .akut
Music: Mark Andre, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michel Chion, Sebastian Claren (Premiere), Morton Feldman
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Transit

Music | Performance

Donaueschingen Festival for Contemporary Music 2017, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Premieres by Chiyoko Szlavnivs, Dmitri Kourliandski, Sebastian Claren, Michael von Biel
Director: Laurent Chétouane
Musical Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Bajazzo Road Opera

Happening | Music | Performance

Kudamm Karree Berlin 2017, Berlin

by Ludger Engels, Tilman Kanitz, Thomas Mahmoud
Music: Ruggero Leoncavallo, Tilman Kanitz, Thomas Mahmoud
Director: Ludger Engels
Musical Directors: Tilman Kanitz, Thomas Mahmoud
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

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Staub II

Light | Music | Performance

Ballhaus Ost Berlin 2017, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop / verein .akut
Music: Franz Schubert, Iannis Xenakis, Helmut Lachenmann, Mark Andre, Georg Friedrich Haas
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Staub I

Light | Music | Performance

Odeon / Wien Modern 2017, Vienna

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop / verein .akut
Music: Franz Schubert, Iannis Xenakis, Helmut Lachenmann, Mark Andre, Georg Friedrich Haas
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

Khaos

Dance | Music | Performance

HAU Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Tanzquartier Vienna, Malta Festival Poznan, Onassis Cultural Centre Athens 2017, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna

Music: J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Rihm, John Cage
Choreographer: Laurent Chétouane

Unmöglichkeit IV

Concert | Installation | Light | Performance

KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Berlin 2016, artistic director, curator, light designer, stage designer

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Iannis Xenakis, Mathias Spahlinger, Helmut Lachenmann, Eliot Carter, Rashad Becker (UA), György Kurtag, Salvatore Sciarrino, Clara Gervais (UA), Biliana Voutchkova (UA), Sebastian Claren, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Vivier

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Unmöglichkeit III – Alice

Installation | Music | Performance

Sammlung Hoffmann 2016, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Mark Andre, J. S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ole Brolin/Harpo ‘t Hart/Tilman Kanitz, Clara Gervais (Premiere), Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Riehm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gregoire Simon (Premiere), Iannis Xenakis

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Unmöglichkeit II – Unbox

Installation | Music | Performance

Galerie Studio Picknick Berlin 2016, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Wolfgang Riehm, Helmut Lachenmann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Salvatore Sciarrino, Mark Andre, Georg Friedrich Haas, Sebastian Claren (Premiere), Ole Brolin/Harpo ‘t Hart (Premiere)

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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Unmöglichkeit I – J’espère

Installation | Music | Performance

Atelier Dirk Bell 2016, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Ole Brolin/Harpo ‘t Hart/Tilman Kanitz,
Guillaume Dufay, Helmut Lachenmann, Wolfgang Riehm

Curator and Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

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rainy days

Light | Music | Performance

New Music Festival Philharmonie Luxembourg 2015, Luxembourg

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Premieres by Sebastian Claren and Michael Reudenbach

Songs for E.

Installation | Music

Sammlung Hoffmann Berlin 2015, Berlin

Music: Bernd Alois Zimmermann, John Dowland, Christoph Herndler
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

Orfeo – eine Sterbeübung

Installation | Music | Performance

Ruhrtriennale Essen, Martin Gropius Bau Berlin 2015, Berlin, Essen

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Claudio Monteverdi, Tilman Kanitz and Michael Rauter
Directors: Susanne Kennedy, Suzan Boogaerdt, Bianca van der Schoot
Musical Directors: Tilman Kanitz and Michael Rauter

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Ring

Installation | Music | Performance

Donaueschingen Festival for Contemporary Music, Kunstfestspiele Hannover, Operadhoi Madrid, Johanneskirche Berlin 2014, Berlin, Hannover, Madrid

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Richard Wagner, Georg Nussbaumer
Artistic Director: Georg Nussbaumer

Kaleidoskopville

Uncategorized

Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Operadaagen Rotterdam, Kunstfestspiele Hannover 2014, Berlin, Hannover, Rotterdam

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Director: Michael Rauter
Costume design: Tilman Kanitz, Boram Lie

Bach / Passion / Johannes

Concert | Dance | Music | Performance

HAU Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Tanzquartier Wien a.o. 2014, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Choreographer: Laurent Chétouane
Music: J.S. Bach

Omöoohno…

Happening

Sophiensaele Berlin, Café Oto London 2014, Berlin, London

Music, Performance, Video: Thomas Mahmoud, Tilman Kanitz, Michael Rauter, Jan St. Werner

15 Variationen

Concert | Dance

Tanzplattform Deutschland / Kampnagel, Tanzforum Wien a.o. 2014, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna

Music: Domenico Gabrielli, Nico Mullhy
Choreography: Laurent Chétouane

Nach Wien

Concert | Installation

Panikearth @ Dirk Bell, Concertgebouw Brugge, Bosporus Istanbul 2014, Berlin, Bruges, Istanbul

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Music: Haubenstock-Ramati, Georg Nussbaumer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Schoenberg, Christoph Herndler
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

PALIMPSEST

Concert | Happening | Performance

Schinkel Pavillon Berlin 2014, Berlin

Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Voice: Iza Mortag Freund
Sound: Ole Brolin
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

DECAY

Happening | Installation | Music | Performance

Schinkel Pavillon Berlin 2014, Berlin

Performance: Iza Mortag Freund, Michael Rauter, Tilman Kanitz
Sound: Ole Brolin, Tilman Kanitz
Sculptures: Eva Kotatkova
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz

MUD

Panikearth @ Dirk Bell 2014, Berlin, composer, light designer, producer, stage designer

Voice: Iza Mortag Freund
Elektronic: Ole Brolin
Cello: Michael Rauter, Tilman Kanitz
Artistic Director: Tilman Kanitz