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FILM MUSIC ONLINE

Ghosts
Film music for a poetic short film by Alisa Berger about butoh dance, movie available →here (on the platform Nowness)


RADIO ONLINE

→Me and my music
A 40-minute radio programme about me and my work (in German) by Julia Neupert, SWR2.

→WDR3 Neue Musik
Another radio programme about me and my work (55 minutes, also in German), by Karl Ludwig, WDR3.


UPCOMING PERFORMANCES / EVENTS

Sept 19, 2026 - Herbstjazz Groß-Rohrheim
A festival set in the evening with Matthias Schriefl, at Evangelische Kirche Groß-Rohrheim.

Sept 24, 2026 - Opening gala of the Cologne opera house
Cologne Opera and Theatre are celebrating their return to their traditional venues on Offenbachplatz with a grand, festive gala. The programme for the public and guests of honour is being organised jointly by the Opera and Theatre on the opera stage - and I shall have the honour of performing David Bowie’s ‘Starman’ alongside the fantastic ensemble of the Schauspiel Köln and the Gürzenich Orchestra.

Oct 10, 2026 - Ente, Tod und Tulpe
w/ Theater Fayoum, Michael Griener and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker.
The world-famous children’s book by Wolf Erlbruch adapted for the stage, featuring music from the Romantic period and the classical modern era, as well as several new compositions by Simon Rummel, complemented by the improvisational spirit of drummer Michael Griener.
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Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Tina El-Fayoumy – Direction and performance
Simon Labhart – Performance
Simon Rummel – Musical concept, arrangement, composition and keyboard instruments
Michael Griener – Percussion
Oliver El-Fayoumy – Outside Eye
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Further information →here
11:00 a.m., Mendelssohn-Saal der Tonhalle Düsseldorf

Oct 14, 2026 - Requiem für eine marode Brücke
Music theatre by Anna-Sophie Mahler and Viola Köster with participation of Experimentalchor alte Stimmen and Domchor Koeln, actors of Schauspiel Koeln, under the musical direction of Michael Wilhelmi and me.
We talk to people from the construction industry and urban development, with economists, futurologists and activists about the existing plans for a futureproof Cologne – and about the resistance they encounter. And from the quotations they have provided, a music theatre work is created by Cologne residents for Cologne, a vocal concert for three actors, two Cologne choirs and a city of the future.
More information →here
7:30 p.m., Kolumba Museum, Kolumbastr. 4, 50667 Koeln



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