Dear Enthusiasts,
On Friday, 12 September 2025, Elshan Ghasimi will perform the fourth and, for now, final concert of her cycle “Tasneef” at the Tieranatomisches Theater (Campus Nord, Philippstraße 13, House 3, 10115 Berlin).
Start: 6:00 pm
Arriving a bit earlier also allows a look at the small permanent exhibition and the exemplary neoclassical architecture of the venue.
Admission is free.
All of Elshan Ghasimi's concerts
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Dear Festive Community,
Summer seemed to vanish before it even arrived – and now the rich array of autumn festivities is already upon us.
I am delighted to announce that Elshan Ghasimi’s long-awaited “final” Tasneef concert has at last secured one of Berlin’s most beautiful venues: the Tieranatomisches Theater (Charité Campus, Berlin-Mitte). Join us on 12 September 2025 at 6:00 pm – and feel free to come a bit earlier to admire the building’s extraordinary architecture and its small permanent exhibition.
Admission is free.
Morphine Raum · “Recording Session” with Elshan Ghasimi - 8 November
We’re excited to share an early highlight: at 8:00 pm on 8 November, Elshan Ghasimi will perform at Morphine Raum. Operated by Morphine Records, this unique venue is studio, stage, and sound laboratory in one – intimate, pared down to the essentials, and fitted with hand-crafted sculptural loudspeakers.
Founded at the very start of the pandemic, Morphine Raum has grown into a vital hub for international music – a retreat for collaboration, recording, and genre-defying experiments.
In this special setting, a live recording will be created together with the audience – a sonic distillation of nine years of artistic work.
Screening & Finissage · At the Threshold: Exile
On 3 September, we invite you to the Kommunale Galerie Berlin for a screening featuring works by Sergey Bratkov (Infinite War, Exile), Ula Golub (Arche Noah), Jalal Maghout (Have a Nice Dog!), Aline Kleytman (Place to See Before You Die), Oksana Kazmina (Yellow Dress), and Oksana Chepelyk (Chronicles of War).
The screening is part of the exhibition At the Threshold: Exile, curated by Eleonora Frolov. Six artistic voices from Ukraine and Syria do not merely document war and exile – they transform these realities into poetic, visual, and narrative forms. The result is a panorama of isolation, flight, fragmentation – and the deep longing to arrive.
The screening begins at 5:00 pm and will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.
On Sunday, 7 September, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, the exhibition concludes with a finissage and a curator’s tour led by Eleonora Frolov.
We look forward to welcoming you at one or more of these events.
With warm regards,
Julian Malte H. Schindele
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Dear lovers of living world cultures,
We cordially invite you to another concert at the ‘New Memories’ exhibition. The ‘Book of Kings’, the Shanameh, and thus the most crucial tale in Persian culture, which is rich in stories, takes centre stage. Newly staged, updated and reinterpreted for voice, tar, trumpet and electronics. Join us in looking forward to the Berlin premiere on Sunday, 15 September, at 5 PM. You are welcome to visit the exhibition from 3 PM, linger in the open area, and converse.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Eleonora Frolov and JMH Schindele
From the Press release (Elshan Ghasimi & Philipp Püschel)
The Shahnameh (engl. ‘Book of Kings’) is one of the most famous works of world literature and tells the history and origins of the Persian-speaking world.
The newly formed duo Elshan Ghasimi & Philipp Püschel are now bringing this epic into the present day and developing a new concert format. Elshan Ghasimi is a composer, singer and virtuoso of the Persian long-necked lute tar. Philipp Püschel is a trumpeter and enhances his instrument with analogue effects and live electronics.
Based on the ‘RADIF’, the classical Persian art music, and inspired by the Shahnameh texts of the author Abū ʾl-Qāsim Firdausī (940-1020), the duo looks at the Eastern tradition from a contemporary perspective and interweaves it with the present.
Through jazz, free improvisation of tar and trumpet, live electronics, and reciting vocals, Ghasimi and Püschel enter into a dialogue across cultures and millennia.
Events
Curator-guided tour and artist talk with sculptor Ben Greber
on Sunday, 24 August 2024 and on Saturday, 21 September 2024, at 4 PM
Book a free ticket here
Finissage of the exhibition "New Memories (El Arbi Bouqdib Archive)"
On Sunday, 5 October, 2024 | 6 - 10 PM
Book a free ticket here
How to find us
Please note that the exhibition and performance venue Pumpwerk Berlin (am Pumpwerk 4, 12524 Berlin) is in Grünau. The journey from Alexanderplatz takes around 55 minutes. We therefore recommend that you allow sufficient time for this.
Concert Calendar
Take a look at the Elshan Ghasimi concert calendar. Maybe you can also hear her in your city. There are concerts in various German cities in the coming months (Munich, Essen, Hamburg, Magdeburg, etc.).
Artists: Sergey Bratkov, Elshan Ghasimi, Ben Greber, Markus Hoffmann, Michal Martychowiec, Patrick Panetta, Max Schaffer, Stark & Shakupa
Curated by Eleonora Frolov and JMH Schindele
Concept and initiative: JMH Schindele
Runtime: 18. August – 5. October 2024, Saturday and Sunday, 3 - 8 PM
Address: Pumpwerk Berlin, Am Pumpwerk 4, 12524 Berlin
© Video: Stark & Shakupa, Concerto21 Stiftung
© Photo: El Arbi Bouqdib Archive, Gestaltung Masoud Morgan
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Dear music lovers,
We cordially invite you to enjoy an extraordinary musical experience on 7 September at 7 pm. The internationally acclaimed tar soloist and composer Elshan Ghasimi will present her concept album ‘The Flower and Death’ for the first time in the video installation of the same name by the artist duo Stark & Shakupa. This unique work combines classical Persian music with experimental biography and the demands of contemporary conceptual art.
With the finest sensitivity and deep expression, Elshan Ghasimi transports us into a fascinating world of new melodies. As a composer, she masterfully succeeds in merging the various modal scales of the Persian Radīf* with elements of minimal music. Among others she draws inspiration from the poetry of Shahrokh Meskoob as well as her own texts. Ghasimi performs as a versatile artist - in the roles of composer, soloist, singer and reciter.
Experience the harmonious combination of video art and classical Persian music as part of the exhibition ‘New Memories (El Arbi Bouqdib Archive)’ and be enchanted by this artistic symbiosis.
After the concert, we cordially invite you to a drink in a relaxed atmosphere to reflect on what you have experienced and to receive an introduction to the exhibition from the curators.
The album ‘The Flower and Death’ will be released in autumn 2024.
We look forward to your visit and an unforgettable evening!
With best regards,
Eleonora Frolov and JMH Schindele
Take a look at more upcoming events:
Concert: Elies Miniatures III – The Flower and the Death
Elshan Ghasimi, Stark & Shakupa, JMH Schindele
On Saturday, September 7, 2024 | 7:00 PM
Here for ticket booking.
Concert: DUO Philipp Püschel and Elshan Ghasimi
On Sunday, September 15, 2024 | 5:00 PM
Here for ticket booking.
Curator-guided tour with artist talks
on Sunday, 24 August 2024 and on Saturday 21 September 2024 at 4 pm
Here for ticket booking
Finissage of the exhibition "New Memories (El Arbi Bouqdib Archive)"
On Sunday, October 6, 2024 | 3:00-5:00 PM
Here for ticket booking.
Artists: Sergey Bratkov, Elshan Ghasimi, Ben Greber, Markus Hoffmann, Michal Martychowiec, Patrick Panetta, Max Schaffer, Stark & Shakupa
Curated by Eleonora Frolov and JMH Schindele
Concept and initiative: JMH Schindele
Runtime: 18. August – 6. October 2024, Saturday and Sunday, 3 - 8 PM
Address: Pumpwerk Berlin, Am Pumpwerk 4, 12524 Berlin
© Photos: ©️Arne Ahlert, ©️Timo Kalisch ©️ Simona Bortolotti
© Photo: El Arbi Bouqdib Archive, Gestaltung Masoud Morgan
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Dear reader,
The artistic encounter between the Persian setar master and composer Elshan Ghasimi and the flautist and shakuhachi player from Bremen Dieter Weische gave rise to the wish to deepen the dialogue between these two traditions. The desire became an idea, and they developed a new format: classical Persian and Japanese music merged into “Nahfernost” [Nearfareast].
Elshan Ghasimi has written new compositions for the concert on the 30th of September in the salon of the Schwartzsche Villa. They are based on classical literature-based pieces for the individual instruments. Together, she and Dieter Weische explore the relationship between rhythmic poetry and music and playfully show the similarities and differences between these ancient musical traditions.
Concert date
30th of September 2023
8 pm (admission from 7:30 pm, box office from 7 pm)
Tickets 18 € | red. 12 €
Buy tickets: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-dieter-weische-nahfernost-tickets-707449308927
Venue
Large Salon Schwartzsche Villa
Grunewaldstrasse 55
12165 Berlin
More information
www.elshanghasimi.com | https://www.floete-shakuhachi-bremen.de
© Photo Dieter Weische
Michal Martychowiec Blue #5 (Upper Lusatia)
(January 2016) chromogenic prints, 175x220 cm
Dear friends of summer,
I would like to draw your attention to several program items by the artists of Bublitz Infrastructure.
Firstly, Elshan Ghasimi is performing at the Kampnagel International Summer Festival in Hamburg on the 24th of August. On the 26th and 27th of August, she can be seen and, above all, heard at the Dara String Festival in Berlin at the Theater im Delphi. Further information and tickets can be found on the respective websites (links marked in green, as always).
In the unique atmosphere of the Wehrmuehle Museum at Art Biesenthal, Michal Martychowiec will be showing his, it must be said, heavenly photographs from the Blue series. These are accompanied, framed, and interrogated by a series of his Promethean neon works. The group exhibition with the optimistic as well as correct title Let Life be Beautiful like Summer Flowers was curated by Dan Chen and runs until the 24th of September. An unconditional recommendation to all Berliners for a lovely late summer excursion.
If you happen to be in the south, southeast of the republic, I recommend a visit to the Höpfgut in Breitenberg, Lower Bavaria. This summer, the BAUHAUS BAVARIA artists' summer residence took place here for the first time. As a result, the exhibition Beyond Landscape can be visited until the 3rd of September. The exhibition features works created on-site by Elshan Ghasimi, Rachel Harris, Julius Holtz, Markus Hoffmann, Peter Kees, JMH Schindele and Aline Weyel.
Wishing you the best,
JMH Schindele
Michal Martychowiec Blue #3 (Pomerania)
(November 2013) chromogenic prints, 175x220 cm
So now the plan is fixed! Who would have expected that suddenly everything would be moving so fast?? Elshan Ghasimi made a suggestion, I gratefully accepted: She wants to set 38 objects from the estate of El Arbi Bouqdib into music. She wants to translate them into her own subjective and beautiful language of Classical Persian Music. In dialogue with uncertain pasts.
The objects/souvenirs/relics – how should I call these memorial stones? – will be ’staged‘ by Michal Martychowiec. The objects, their symbolic qualities form a polyphonic chorus that speaks of Bouqdib’s life. As a curator working with such diverse artists as a Persian musician and Martychowiec, an intellectual interrogator of 20th-century art, it is my concern to bring these different modes, possibilities and qualities into a common form.
For this, however, we need a new concept … The idea of the concert exhibition just popped into my head. After all, Ghasimi is giving concerts and is composing for objects. So, Concert-Exhibitions. Ephemeral and permanent …
Yes, it’s a huge question how a life can (and should!) be told. And I am happy (and a bit relieved even) that this long story of Bouqdib, his life, his time, his person and his work begin with music. After all, what could be freer as an approach? Almost like a dance and very volatile.
Our concern is the poetic reconstruction of the past. Truth and Fiction (Dichtung und Wahrheit) like good old Goethe said.
I am very happy to supervise and curate this project!
März 2018 (1397/1439 a.H.“)
T. +49 30 83031251
E. moderation@bublitz.org
You can reach us by phone from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00.
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10779 Berlin
Inge Buck & Elshan Ghasimi: „Was bleibt“
Berührt und inspiriert von dem zweisprachigen Gedichtband „Unter dem Schnee“ der Lyrikerin Inge Buck, übertragen ins Persische von Madjid Mohit, hat die iranische Musikerin und Komponistin Elshan Ghasimi eigene Kompositionen geschaffen. Die poetische Bilderwelt, die Rhythmen und Metaphern hat sie auf dem persischen Saiteninstrument Tar in eine kongeniale musikalische Sprache übertragen.
Ein poetischer Dialog zwischen Lyrik und Musik, zwischen Orient und Okzident, zwischen den Gedichten von Inge Buck und den musikalischen Interpretationen von Elshan Ghasimi: „Die Töne kommen zu mir, ganz natürlich wachsen sie, wenn ich die Gedichte lese.“
Ein Bogen zwischen den Kulturen wird gespannt. Im Dialog und in der Stille zwischen persischer Musik und deutschsprachigem Text entstehen vor dem inneren Auge der Hörer aus Zeilen und Tönen Welten: über Stadtlandschaften und Natur, Jahreszeiten und Lebenszeit, über Vergessen und Erinnern, über Krieg, Exil und Flüchtlingsheim, über die Sprache der Bücher und die Aufbewahrung von Verlorenem in einem Gedicht.
Elshan Ghasimi und Inge Buck, zwei Künstlerinnen aus unterschiedlichen Kulturen, Sprachen und Generationen begegnen sich in ihrem Zusammenspiel: die Texte öffnen sich zur Musik, die Musik zu den Texten.
Konzert-Lesung am 30. August 2018 in Bremen
Beginn 19 Uhr
Buchhandlung Leuwer | Am Wall 171 | 28195 Bremen
Konzert-Lesung am 3. September 2018 in Berlin
Beginn 20 Uhr
Lettrétage | Mehringdamm 61 | 10961 Berlin
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