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Unboxing the Archive

30 September 2026, 19.00, HfMDK Frankfurt (Kleiner Saal)

A concert collage spanning 80 years of the Darmstadt Summer Course, featuring students from the HfMDK Frankfurt and material from the archive of the International Music Institute Darmstadt

Music by Günther Becker, Brian Ferneyhough, György Ligeti, Elisabeth Lutyens, Jessie Marino, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Wolfgang Rihm and Simon Steen-Andersen

Musical Direction: Lucas Fels

Musical Program


Günther Becker: Streichquartett Nr. 1 (1963)
Fabrik Quartet:
Federico Ceppetelli, Muzi Lyu (violin), Jacobo Díaz Robledillo (viola), Elena Cappelletti (cello)


Wolfgang Rihm: Klavierstück Nr. 5: Tombeau (1975)
thereof: I. Senza Tempo und III. Quasi corale
Qiongdan Liang


Elisabeth Lutyens: Sonate Nr. 4, op. 5 (1938) for viola
thereof: I. Satz
Eike Coetzee


György Ligeti: Artikulation (1958)


Younghi Pagh-Paan: Dreisam-Nore (1975) for flute
Claudia Warth


Jessie Marino: Rot Blau (2009) for two performers


Simon Steen-Andersen: Study for String Instrument #1 (2011)
Lucas Fels (cello)


Brian Ferneyhough: Adagissimo (1983) for string quartet
Fabrik Quartet

Address & Directions

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main (HfMDK)
Eschers­hei­mer Land­stra­ße 29–39
60322 Frank­furt am Main

Nearby public transport:

Subway: Grüneburgweg station (approx. 100 m walk), lines U1, U2, U3, U8

From Frankfurt Central Station:

  • Subway: Take line U4/U5 toward Enkheim/Preungesheim to the Willy-Brandt-Platz stop, then take line U1, U2, U3, U8 toward the north to the Grüneburgweg stop
  • S-Bahn (any line toward the city center) to the Hauptwache stop, then take line U1, U2, U3, or U8 northbound to the Grünburgweg stop

Admission is free. We’ll be happy to take your seat reservations before 15 September: imd@darmstadt.de

Presented by Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) in cooperation with HfMDK Frankfurt am Main and the Friends of IMD.