Open_Music e.V. Stuttgart

„Luftig gedacht, wenig personalistisch, voller eigenständiger Klangideen – eine Entdeckung.“

www.open-music.eu/lab25

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💥Ensemble Spotlight!
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be taking you behind the scenes to introduce you to the members of the open music ensemble. We’ll be kicking the series off with our violinist, Felix Borel! 👇

Felix Borel – Violin
Felix is an artist with an impressive stylistic range. Alongside his permanent position with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, he is constantly seeking new artistic inspiration through improvisation. His versatility is also reflected in his work with renowned ensembles such as ensemble recherche, Camerata Bern, Trio Ginko, the Kurmann Strings and the Helios Quartet. He holds a teaching post in improvisation at the Freiburg University of Music. Felix has been a permanent member of open music since 2018 and has significantly enriched our work with his creative energy ever since.

🎧https://open-music.bandcamp.com/album/soloists
📸Michi Meier

meine.stadt

💥Ensemble Spotlight!
In our weekly series introducing the musicians of the open music ensemble, we are pleased to present a second member: clarinetist Felix Behringer (and yes, following last week's introduction, the second Felix in our ranks) 👇

Felix Behringer is a highly versatile clarinetist with a deep, passionate commitment to contemporary music. After completing his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts and the Manhattan School of Music in New York, he was selected for a scholarship at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt am Main. In addition to his work as a freelance musician, Behringer teaches at the Zurich Conservatory of Music
He has long been a cornerstone of our formation: Felix joined open music in 2013 and has been deeply enriching our ensemble for over a decade.
More on: www.felix-behringer.de

📸Michi Meier
meine.stadt

💥Ensemble Spotlight!
Our weekly series on the musicians of the open music ensemble continues; today we are excited to introduce one of the three artistic directors and board members: Roderik Vanderstraeten

Roderik Vanderstraeten – sound director, composer, musician, sound engineer, open music Artistic Director
Roderik Vanderstraeten works as a sound engineer, sound director and recording producer at the intersection of composition, electroacoustic practice and the performing arts. The focus is on music production: sound is developed as a formal and spatial structure, documented and translated into performance or release formats. Depending on the context, this results in sound scores, cue structures, live setups, studio realisations and reproducible workflows.
He studied music theory, piano and classical guitar, trained in dance and the performing arts at the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne, and subsequently completed a diploma in audio engineering in London. Since 1998, he has worked as a freelance sound engineer, sound director, sound designer, composer and musician for stage and media. Since 2019, he has been a board member of open music e.V. Stuttgart, where he is responsible for production and laboratory formats that bridge composition and improvisation – particularly in recording, documentation and concert formats.

More on https://www.roderikvanderstraeten.de/

📸Michi Meier
meine.stadt

✨Our new albums are out on Bandcamp!
‘Residual Light’ and ‘Unfixed Terrain’ capture our open music sessions during LAB25: a format dedicated to improvisation, acoustic instruments, electronics, listening, risk-taking, texture, silence, density and unexpected musical forms.

▶️ https://open-music.bandcamp.com/album/residual-light
▶️ https://open-music.bandcamp.com/album/unfixed-terrain

🙏🏼A huge thank you to for the recordings, editing, mixing and sound engineering!

🙏🏼And to all the guest musicians: Olivia Steimel (accordion), .composer (DIY modular, laptop), Frank Wörner (voice, vocals), (modular synth), (piano, Rhodes, electronics, laptop), (voice), (piano), Jörg Kch (electronics, iPad), Jochen Keil (electronics), Jesse Ronneau (cello), Andrew Digby (trombone), (modular synth), Marcel Schmid (Saxophone)

open music ensemble: Michael Kiedaisch (Vibraphone, Percussion), (Sound Design, Audio, Electronics, NB), (Cello, Electronics), Felix Borel (Violin, Electronics), Felix Behringer (Clarinets)

👉🏼Listen to the entire open music catalogue on Bandcamp: https://open-music.bandcamp.com/

Wirh the support of the City of Stuttgartmeine.stadt

✨ Spannungsfeld Komposition–Improvisation 2025 ✨Ensemble-Improvisation als kollektive Echtzeit-Komposition.
Spannungsfeld Komposition-Improvisation 2025 fand am 7. Dezember im Rahmen
der Austellung „Prägungen und Faltungen“ des Kunstmuseums Stutgart statt. Die Kombination aus Improvisationen zu Werken der Ausstellung und Kompositionen von im Ausland lebenden Künstler’innen erzeugte einen dynamischen Dialog.
Für die 2025er Ausgabe seiner jährlichen Reihe hat das open music ensemble die Akkordeonistin Olivia Steimel, die Komponist*innen und Jesse Ronneau sowie das JAM Ensemble unter der Leitung von Alexander Adiarte eingeladen. Ein herzlicher

💙Dank an für ihre inspirierenden Kunstwerke und Offenheit!
📸 Meier

open music ensemble
Michael Kiedaisch – Vibraphon, Perkussion
– Soma Terra
– Cello
Felix Behringer – Klarinetten
Felix Borel – Violine

🙏🏼Wir danken der .meine.stadt für ihre treue Unterstützung und das für die Kooperation

This Sunday, Spannungsfeld 2025 in Kunstmuseum Stuttgart !!✨

✨ Spannungsfeld 2025 – Komposition Improvisation ✨
Im Rahmen der Ausstellung „Prägungen & Entfaltungen“ im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

📅 So., 7. Dezember 2025
⏰ 15:00 Uhr
📍 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

Das open music ensemble lädt ein zu einem musikalischen Dialog zwischen Freiheit und Struktur:
Improvisationen zu Werken der Ausstellung treffen auf Kompositionen internationaler Künstler*innen – ein Klangraum voller Spannung, Begegnung und Überraschung.

🎶 open music ensemble
Michael Kiedaisch – Vibraphon, Perkussion
Roderik Vanderstraeten – Moog, Terra Soma
Céline Papion – Cello
Felix Borel – Geige
Felix Behringer – Klarinetten
✨ Gäste
Olivia Steimel – Akkordeon
Arezou Rezaei – Komposition
Jesse Ronneau – Komposition
JAM Ensemble

➡️ Mehr Infos: open-music.eu

Gefördert von der Stadt Stuttgart
In Kooperation mit dem Kunstmuseum Stuttgart & dem JAM Ensemble der Stuttgarter Musikschule
Danke an Nadira Husain für ihre freundliche undkreative Unterstützung

https://open-music.bandcamp.com/album/libres

open music Festival 2025

Mit dem open music ensemble: Michael Kiedaisch (Vibraphon, Perkussion, künstlerische Leitung), Céline Papion(Cello, künstlerische Leitung), Roderik Vanderstraeten (Elektronik, Klangregie, künstlerische Leitung), Felix Behringer (Klarinetten), Felix Borel (Geige)

und Gästen: Élise Dabrowski (Kontrabass & Stimme), Sascha Henkel (Gitarren, Elektronik), Gareth Lubbe (Bratsche und Obertongesang), Michi Meier (Installation, Live-Projektionen), Joseph Michaels (Komposition), Masako Ohta (Klavier), Thomas Putze (Eiscello – Installation), Ulrike Stortz (Geige), Andrew Digby (Posaune), Johannes Wohlleben (Rhodes), Lu Hübsch, (Tuba), Theresa Coll (Stimme) und Jan Wegmann (Moog,Elektronik)

"Yankee Dollars for Scott" Komposition Joseph Michaels

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Stadt Stuttgart, Ritter Sport, Thomas Arns und Mateo Weida - Evangelische Jugend Kirche Stuttgart.

Live Recording and Mixing Roderik Vanderstraeten

Libres, by open music Ensemble & Guests 10 track album