.A donut is more than nuts on a dough.


One donut. One room.
                     Nothing more. 
                                          Yes! 
                                                  Humans.
                                                                   And music. 
One donut.
A connecting element. Of humans. With music.
In the middle open. Without beginning. Without ending.
One donut. In the middle of us.

What else?

J.P. Rameau. Gavotte, Les Teindres Plaintes
A. Eshtiaghi. Soaring wish
P. Glass. Glassworks Opening, Etude No.9
G. Ligeti. Musica ricercata, No. 1, 7, 10
D. Bucurescu. „A donut is more than nuts on a dough“
works for piano with electronics
and more

An inconspicuous doughnut. A familiar everyday object. Almost overlooked…
The starting point for a performative concert situation. In its quiet
existence, it encapsulates what minimal music has always been about: reduction,
repetition, expansion. The donut: a symbol of an attitude.

Friday 26.9. 8:45 pm, TONALi Saal
An artist talk will take place after the concert. Tickets

Sonnenfäden – Studies for Dance & Electronics
„Sonnenfäden“ is a 50-minute cycle of five miniatures for dance and electronics. It is based on more than ten graphic notations from my minimalist workshop at the Eimsbüttel Vocational School of Economics, developed by around ten young people (aged 17–21) with a migration background from Ivory Coast, Syria, Ukraine, Serbia and India. Sonnenfäden refers to the fine lines in the summer light – and at the same time to the lifelines of migration, including my own from China: paths that connect places, languages and memories. Points, lines and surfaces give rise to clear sets of rules (repetition, reduction, displacement, breath) that control dance and sound live. The voices and everyday sounds of the young people become raw material for granular and filter synthesis as well as spatial folds. Dancer Sara Ezzell translates the graphic impulses into body patterns between stillness and pulse; pauses, shadows and heat characterise a summery stretching of time. Preparatory workshops in the institutions teach the rules; selected scores flow directly into the performance. Minimal here means maximally attentive – to material, space and the polyphony of a diverse present.

Saturday 27.9. 3:30 pm, TONALi Saal
An artist talk will take place after the concert. Tickets

Participants
Xiao Fu, Composition, Live-Elektronik, Video/Projection
Sara Ezzell, Dance/Performance
Participants in the minimal workshop at the Eimsbütte Vocational School of Economics – Graphic scores & audio material (participation, not live on stage)

Xiao Fu is a multimedia composer, sound and video artist based in Hamburg. She studied and earned her doctorate in composition at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (HfMT). In 2025, she was a visiting scholar at CCRMA/Stanford University, where she researched AI-assisted composition, vibrotactile feedback systems and performative forms of notation. In her acoustic and electronic practice, she works with gesture control, live electronics and interactive stage systems, with a focus on accessibility and collaborations with deaf performers. Her works for solo and chamber ensemble with live electronics have been presented at the Hamburger Klangwerktage, the next_generation Festival (ZKM Karlsruhe), EMW 2013 (Shanghai), ICMC 2014 (Athens), NYCEMF 2016/17, National Sawdust (New York), TENOR 2022 (Marseille) and ICMC 2025 (Boston). In 2017, she composed and produced the music for the dance theatre production ‘enactment::interchange – an interactive dance theatre’.

OOO
In this 40-minute experimental encounter, visitors are invited to
move together in a circle – slowly, mindfully and without a destination. The empty space becomes a resonance chamber for gentle synthesizer pads, delicate voices and subtle acoustic sounds. The music envelops the movement, carries it and opens up a space for shared contemplation. It is an invitation to consciously slow down and collectively experience presence, movement and sound.

Saturday 27.9. 6:30 pm, TONALi Saal
An artist talk will take place after the concert. Tickets

Participants
Morín González, Performer
Elena Victoria Pastor, Performer
Carlos Andrés Rico, Concept, Composer, Performer

Carlos Andrés Rico works as a producer and performer under the stage name ‘Rico Danta’. His compositions combine electronic sounds with popular music from Latin America and the Global South. His interest in exploring music in relation to society is reflected in his doctoral thesis on artistic research (Dr.Sc.Mus.).
https://carlosandresrico.com/

Form & Freiheit – A journey from classical to minimalist
In ‘Form & Freiheit’, we embark on a musical journey from the structured world of classical song art to the atmospheric reduction of minimalism. The first part of the concert is dedicated to selected songs by Schubert and Schumann—poetic miniatures that unfold emotional depth through voice and piano.
In the second part, we leave the familiar paths: my own compositions, inspired by a workshop with secondary school students, open up sound spaces in which freedom, silence and structure are negotiated in new ways. The young people contributed ideas such as the ‘sound of the desert’ or the image of night-time wanderers – images that I have translated into minimalist soundscapes.
‘Form & Freedom’ is a dialogue between past and present, between formal rigour and tonal openness – an invitation to hear and experience music in a new way.

Saturday 27.9. 8:30 pm, TONALi Saal
An artist talk will take place after the concert. Tickets

Participants
Hussain Atfah, Vocal/Oud /Composition 
Daniel Bucuresscu, Piano
Basilius Alawasd, Cello 
Angela Boutros, Piano

Hussain Atfah is a Syrian tenor whose musical journey combines the spiritual depth of Arab tradition with the sophistication of European classical music. Influenced by Sufi singing and Koran recitation, he learned to play the oud at an early age, studied music education and classical singing in Homs (graduating in 2013), continued his studies in Damascus and came to Germany in 2016. In Lübeck, he completed his vocal studies with distinction (BA & MA), supplemented by piano. Atfah excels in combining Arabic expressiveness with Western technique and has performed at venues including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Beethoven-Halle Stuttgart, Theater Malmö, Bonn and many more. He works with Lucidarium, Asambura and the Ornina Syrian Orchestra, among others, and is developing an artistic profile that bridges tradition and contemporary expression.
https://www.thebima.de/hussain-atfah