With the monthly event series “Hamburger Bahnhof On Tour,” the museum is placing a special focus on networking with Berlin cultural actors for its 30th anniversary: from February to July 2026, Hamburger Bahnhof, in collaboration with Freunde* Guter Musik Berlin e. V., will host six concerts and performances by the Berlin artists Annika Kahrs and Saâdane Afif at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum SIM, Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum, Ev. Heilige-Geist-Kirche, in the Roter Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, KM28, and the Kantine am Berghain.
From February to April 2026, as part of the exhibition Annika Kahrs. OFF SCORE, a programme will take place providing an overview of her performances from the past 16 years. Kahrs’ performances question musical structures as well as factors of music production, performance practice, and listening habits, challenging virtuosity and traditional formats. The exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof shows, until 3 May 2026, the most extensive selection of her works at the intersection of art and music to date. The opening of the series “Hamburger Bahnhof On Tour” on 19 February 2026, will feature Kahrs’ film “Ganz ungültig, nur ein Versuch” (2024) at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum, which will be available for free viewing until 1 March 2026.
From May to July 2026, three further evenings with performances will take place alongside the exhibition Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes, directly connected to the works shown in the museum. Afif’s works, with their diverse references to 20th-century art history, initiate a process of observation and interpretation that involves both participants and viewers. He invites artists and writers to create poetic commentaries on his works in their respective languages. These so-called “Lyrics” are part of the exhibition, which is on display until 13 September 2026, and form the starting point for the performances: on three evenings, a selection of the “Lyrics” written for the exhibited works will be interpreted by musicians and performers from various backgrounds.
An event series by Freunde* Guter Musik Berlin e. V.
Concept: Ingrid Buschmann, Gabriele Knapstein
in cooperation with
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Musikinstrumenten-Museum SIM
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Ev. Heilige-Geist-Kirche-Gemeinde
Roter Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
KM28
Kantine am Berghain
Made possible by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by FREUNDE der Nationalgalerie and Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions e. V.
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