TUNE. Sound and Beyond Live 2025

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TUNE, a series of short sound residencies, is hosted at Haus der Kunst and explores the intersections of sound, music, and visual art. The invited artists move across genres, eras, and influences and generate sonic responses and exchanges with the wider programming at Haus der Kunst. The spirit of play and evolving structures are two main threads running through this year’s TUNE. Many of the sonic artists in our new programme create compositions and experiences from multiple sound sources and logic systems. In the interplay of these loosely connected assemblages, new meanings emerge.

Curated by Sarah Miles. TUNE 2025 is supported by UNITEL Musikstiftung.

Upcoming TUNE

Fri, 11.7.25, 8 pm | TUNE. Elias Rønnenfelt. Concert
Sat, 12.7.25, 6 pm | TUNE. Elias Rønnenfelt. Artist talk
Sat, 12.7.25, 8 pm | TUNE. Elias Rønnenfelt, Gabriel Ferrandini. Concert

In July, acclaimed Danish musician and poet Elias Rønnenfelt comes to Haus der Kunst as part of TUNE, presenting two concerts: his solo performance on the first evening and a collaboration with Gabriel Ferrandini on the second. Additionally, he will take part in an artist talk.

Elias Rønnenfelt is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the critically acclaimed band Iceage, which he co-founded when he was 16 years old. After over a decade of album releases and world tours, and a side project called Marching Church, in 2024 Rønnenfelt released his debut solo album, Heavy Glory, a raw and introspective work that tells tales of inspiration and perseverance in the face of chaos, isolation and excess. He wrote the material while on the road alone with his guitar, playing shows along the way sometimes in forests, living rooms, bookstores, and chapels.

Rønnenfelt has a wider practice as a published poet and collaborated with visual artist Elizabeth Peyton for his debut book Sunken Heights, which was published by Anthology. Presented in both the original Danish and Rønnenfelt’s own English translation, the book balances fierce, primal reflections on the present with tender, romantic meditations on love, disillusionment, and emotional growth in a smoldering world.

On Friday evening, as part of TUNE, Elias Rønnenfelt presents a solo live performance. Without a backing band, this will be an intimate showcase of his work from recent years.

On Saturday evening, Rønnenfelt performs together with Gabriel Ferrandini, a pioneering composer and musician on the European music scene and member of the Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio and Red Trio. The two artists first met at Lisbon’s legendary venue ZDB and later spent a week together on Madeira Island during an artist residency, which culminated in a public performance in 2019. This year, they reunited for another residency and concert in Budapest as part of Isolation Festival. Their performance has a strong improvisational dimension, emerging naturally from the deep empathy and mutual understanding that has developed through their relaxed and organic collaboration over the years.

Next Dates: 12. & 13.9.25 | Beni Brachtel