Open-Air Concert Series at the Neue Nationalgalerie: “Soundscapes in the Garden” from 27 to 30 August 2025

21.08.2025
Neue Nationalgalerie

During the last week of August 2025, Berlins Neue Nationalgalerie presents the open-air concert series „Soundscapes in the Garden“, featuring ambitious live concerts specially customised to this venue, featuring five internationally renowned musicians. For the Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums) on Saturday, 30 August 2025, a day of special sound installations will take place in honour of the Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya, who is presenting a site-specific fog sculpture in the sculpture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie until 14 September 2025.

“Soundscapes in the Garden” follows in the tradition of innovative concert formats that have repeatedly taken place in the museum's sculpture garden since the Neue Nationalgalerie opened—from the Jazz in the Garden events of the 1970s and 1980s, where artists such as Alice Coltrane and Keith Jarrett performed, to the Sound in the Garden series, which has been established since the building reopened in 2022.

The clarity and precision of Mies van der Rohe’s architecture, together with the ephemeral poetry of Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture, serve as parallel inspirations for understanding to conceive of music as a spatial art form. d&b audiotechnik is providing an immersive d&b Soundscape audio system that allows participants to experience the music intensively as they wander wandering among the garden’s plants and sculptures.

“Soundscapes in the Garden” is made possible by the FREUNDE der Nationalgalerie e.V. and is curated by Gregor Quack (Volkswagen Group Fellow) in collaboration with Tessa Nijdam and CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music & Art, Berlin.
The project received crucial support through the generous sponsorship of its main sponsor audibene GmbH.
Live performances and sound installations are powered by d&b audiotechnik.