Werkhalle Wiesenburg Opening Hours:
Dear Friends of Werkhalle Wiesenburg
Our 2026 season opens on 6th May with the start of our Sonic Wednesday series, curated and performed by Chatschatur Kanajan and friends.
Full Sonic Wednesday programme below – we look forward to seeing you!
EVENTS
SONIC WEDNESDAYS programme for May 2026:
We’re excited to continue our concert and performance series every Wednesday from May through October in the unique space of Werkhalle Wiesenburg, known for its remarkable acoustics and historic atmosphere.
From classical to experimental music, and even musical stand-up, each event offers a new and
unexpected perspective on music and sound art.
6.05.26
OKNO 56
intermedial performance by Chatschatur Kanajan
violin, prepared piano, percussion, electronics, ink and paper
13.05.26
BLATNYAK
Russian criminal songs
Wolf, voice and guitar
Chatschatur Kanajan, violin, percussion and electronic
20.05.26
Ruben Mattia Santorsa
Miniatures for classical guitars
György Kurtág (1926*)
Calmo, dolcissimo, lontano
Luis Milan (before 1500—after 1561)
Pavana n. 1 and n. 3
Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963)
Sarabande
Lisa Streich (*1985)
Kind
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude BWV 999
Rosalba Quindici (1976*)
Preludio
+Henri Sauguet (1901-1989)
Musique Pour Claudel Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
“Over the rainbow” arr. Tōru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996)
Ruben Mattia Santorsa, guitarist. He has been passionately devoted to contemporary music for nearly three decades, collaborating with composers, writing articles about music, and composing for electric guitar. He has a deep love for feedbacks, drones, and the freeze pedal.
He enjoys writing short stories, reading Cesare Pavese, Raimond Carver and drinking soy milk cappuccinos in Berlin cafés.
27.05.26
Burdens of Classical Education
musical stand up with Chatschatur Kanajan
A solo evening between virtuosity and irony.
Classical, improvisation and personal stories – serious and simultaneously playful.
EXTRAS
TIP article June 2023
Constanze Suhr
“Paintings from Sweden are on display in the former WIESENBURG homeless shelter..”
Thomas Bo Henriksson and the Werkhalle Wiesenburg
FROM SHELTER TO CULTURAL LOCATION
“It happens. A visit to the Werkhalle Wiesenburg
Thomas bo Henriksson’s studio has been a magnet for the independent art scene since the existence of the complex was threatened…”
Article on Thomas Bo Henriksson and the Werkhalle Wiesenburg by Elizabeth Wirth in Kaleidoskop on TAZ Blogs (German)
English text here
The History of the Wiesenburg
now available in book form
On sale in the Werkhalle 10 euros or on Etsy 14.50 incl. shipping
