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
Video & Sound: José Cardenas, Lennard Schubert (MBM Musikproduktion Darmstadt)
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 (Piano)
György Ligeti: Artikulation (1958)
Electronic Music
Elisabeth Lutyens: Sonate Nr. 4, op. 5 (1938)
thereof: I. Satz
Eike Coetzee (Viola)
Younghi Pagh-Paan: Dreisam-Nore (1975)
Claudia Warth (Flute)
Jessie Marino: Rot Blau (2009)
Jessie Marino & Natacha Diels (Performance)
Brian Ferneyhough: Adagissimo (1983)
Fabrik Quartet:
Federico Ceppetelli, Muzi Lyu (Violin), Jacobo Díaz Robledillo (Viola), Elena Cappelletti (Cello)
Simon Steen-Andersen: Study for String Instrument #1 (2011)
Lucas Fels (Cello)
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.