862 - premiere of an oracle machine

On the weekend September 1st - 3rd, a new performative installation has been successfully premiered in the ironworks at the border between France and south-west Germany - accompanied with TV reports on the news (ARD tagesschau) and followed by many reviews in daily newspapers.

Together with René Liebert (video), Marc Thein (light), Willi Bopp (sound) and Matthias Mohr (dramaturgy), Heiner Goebbels has conceived an intense and unique encounter with a former coal stamping machine - which speaks to us in a delicate balance of words, sounds and images.

Only six more performances of this site specific work can be attended until September 17th.

TV report by Uwe Loebens for SR

To see something, to hear something

A Musée du Luxembourg, Paris: September 13, 2023 to January 28, 2024

GERTRUDE STEIN AND PABLO PICASSO - The Invention of Language

Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. / Nocturne on Mondays until 10 p.m

Duo Concert at Tempoe Reale, Firenze

After returning from Budapest performing Everything That Happened And Would Happen on June 14th, Heiner Goebbels and Gianni Gebbia gave a Duo Concert at "Centro di ricerca produzione e didattica musicale" Tempo Reale. Gianni Gebbia on soprano and baritone saxophone, Heiner Goebbels on piano, chinese violin, and various prepared instruments.

Everything that happened and would happen

After the sudden pandemic break in 2020 the large scale performance Everything That Happened And Would Happen had two successful shows again at the 10th Theatre Olympics in Budapest.

Surrogate Cities / Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Ende April bis Mitte Mai 2024 wird der Ballettdirektor und Chefchoreograph Demis Volpi in Düsseldorf an der Deutschen Oper am Rhein seine letzte Kreation in dieser Funktion mit dem Ballett am Rhein zeigen. Gemeinsam mit seinen Tänzer*innen und seinem Team begibt er sich auf die Reise zu einem abendfüllenden abstrakten Ballett, inspiriert von der Vielfarbigkeit der Klänge und dem kraftvollen Ideenreichtum des Werkes von Heiner Goebbels „Surrogate Cities“. DIe musikalische Leitung hat Vitali Alekseenok, der mit der Beginn der Spielzeit 2024/2025 neuer Chefdirigent sein wird.

Heiner Goebbels at Music for Vilnius

The International site-specific music festival „Muzika erdvėje“ - Part of the official program „Vilnius 700“ - invited seven world-famous composers from diverse countries and cultures, renowned for their performances on prestigious concert stages and at international festivals from New York to Tokyo, to honor Vilnius by offering their exclusive musical gifts in celebration of the city's 700th anniversary. Each composer is creating a new music piece dedicated to a selected location in the city, which will be publicly presented during the cycle of world premieres from May to July. Heiner Goebbels has chosen to create a site specific audiovisual installation for the church of Saint Virgin Mary of Consolation, which will be open from May 10th. The portrait concert under the direction of Vykintas Baltakas will happen on May 12th. On the same day the Goethe Institut will present the Lithuanian translation of Heiner Goebbels' Anthology Aestetic of Absence. For COSMOS Theatre workshops Heiner Goebbels will offer an open lecture on May 3rd.

5 Stars for A House of Call with London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Guardian's review of the british premiere of Heiner Goebbels' new Cycle for large orchestra A House of Call in the Royal Festival hall awarded the concert with 5 stars: "It’s a dazzling parade of musical imagery, utterly involving and one of Goebbels’s finest achievements."

New Performative Installation at Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte

For September 2023 Heiner Goebbels creates a new performative Installation - site specific for the world heritage Völklinger Hütte. More information here in the next months.

Installation in Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

In a large group show around the term Machinations inspired by the thinking of Félix Guatarri and Gilles Deleuze the contemporary art museum Reina Sofia in Madrid dedicates one room to a new video and sound installation by Heiner Goebbels - starting in June.

Exhibition: 7 Columns in Elefsina

At paleo eleourgio, in the premises of a former oil mill, Heiner Goebbels realised for the opening of Elefsina European Capital of Culture 2023 a large multi media installation entitled 7 Columns (Mυστήριο_44 7 Columns | Mystery_44 7 στήλες) which runs until the end of April.