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Every fortnight, on Wednesdays, students from Berlin's universities present themselves to the public in the Curt Sachs Hall of the Museum of Musical Instruments. Booking: Issue of free tickets from 2 pm at the museum box office. Please note the current... moreabout: Jour Fixe - Music in the afternoon
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The interpretation of music has changed constantly over the past 200 years, both on a large and small scale, sometimes almost fundamentally. It is not easy to grasp the numerous changes as a whole - the concentrated examination of individual dimensions... moreabout: Musical interpretation in the 19th and 20th centuries
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The Musikinstrumenten-Museum of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung collects musical instruments of European art music from the 16th to the 21st century. The museum currently has around 3,600 instruments in its collection, many of which are in... moreabout: Public tours with sound samples
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The Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ is one of the largest surviving instruments of its kind in Europe. In 1929, Werner Ferdinand von Siemens, the grandson of the company founder, acquired it from the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in North Tonawanda, NY. It... moreabout: The Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ
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Are you a violin queen, a keyboard lion or more of a guitar hero? Once a month you can try out different instruments under the guidance of our museum guides. You'll also learn how they work and what different sounds you can make with them. Which instrument... moreabout: Try it!
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At the beginning of 2023, the Musical Instrument Museum acquired 14 brass instruments in the tenor and bass registers from the 18th to the early 20th century. These include serpentes in various designs, a bass horn, three ophicleides and several tubas... moreabout: Early Music Live: Low Brass. From Serpent to Tuba and Twoba
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Unfortunately, we can't travel back in time and see how people lived a long time ago. But with the help of music, we can listen to the past!Together, we explore sounds from the Stone Age and learn about music at royal courts, fairs and salons. And what... moreabout: With sounds through time
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Chaos in the musical instrument museum! Something is wrong with the tubas - are they broken? Fortunately, there are the Klausmeisters who can help. Tuba player and music producer Jonas Urbat and jazz trumpeter Lukas Fröhlich show how versatile and sonorous... moreabout: Tuba family concert
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40 years ago, on December 14, 1984, the State Institute for Music Research (SIM) and its Musical Instrument Museum moved into the new building at the Kulturforum. It was built in the immediate vicinity of the Philharmonie according to plans by architects... moreabout: 40 years of SIM at the Kulturforum
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Whether in a symphony orchestra or a brass band, the tuba is an essential part of the ensemble. But why is this instrument so important? The bass instruments are the foundation of the orchestra. However, low-pitched woodwinds such as the bassoon tend... moreabout: Low brass
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Stars and newcomers of the Berlin jazz scene as guests at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum moreabout: Jazz at the MIM
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The »Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin« collects instruments of the European classical music tradition from the 16th to the 21th century. At this time the museum owns nearly 3.500 instruments, many of which are playable. moreabout: Display collection of the Berlin Museum of Musical Instruments
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