Kiezsalon mit Francesca Marongiu und Peder Simonsen

Composer and sound designerFrancesca Marongiuis originally from Rome and now lives in Tuscany. Her work explores the intersection of sound, memory, and place, combining acoustic sensitivity with electronic techniques and weaving ambient elements into atmospheric compositions.

Peder Simonsenis a Norwegian musician, composer, instrument maker, and brass instrument researcher. His work focuses on just intonation, microtonality, and sustained sounds, using drawn-out notes to explore overtones and acoustic space.

The three Kiezsalon concert evenings at the Academy of Arts are a project byDigital in Berlinin collaboration with the Academy of Arts’Studio for Electroacoustic Music. Curated by Michael Rosen and supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented byThe Wireand thetaz, die tageszeitung.

Kiezsalon

Since 2015, the Kiezsalon has provided a forum for innovative musical activities that transcend genre boundaries. As an interface between the avant-garde, innovative pop music, and interdisciplinary art, the series presents compact performances by artists of diverse genres, backgrounds, and statuses. Today, it is considered unique in the German independent music scene in terms of its focus and continuity and has established itself as one of the city’s most popular and successful music series.

Since 2020, the Kiezsalon has benefited from a four-year funding program from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, which provides planning and financial security through 2027. The concerts are usually sold out and regularly feature a high number of Berlin premieres—often more than 70% per year. In this way, the Kiezsalon makes a significant contribution to raising the profile of new artistic perspectives.