EVENT POSTPONED: ENSEMBLE NIKEL PERFORMS BRIGHT DARKNESS BY KLAUS LANG
The event has been postponed to September. Please check back later for more news.
4 June 2026, 8 pm: Sunset concert in the Rosengarten, Bern
Ensemble Nikel performs Bright Darkness by Klaus Lang
Nikel is presenting its first open-air concert in Bern’s Rosengarten. As the sun sets, the ensemble will perform Bright Darkness by Klaus Lang.
This atmospheric one-hour piece of music constantly evolves through a succession of minute changes. The perception of time and timbre becomes a vivid experience.
In this special setting, Nikel will present in his home town one of the most frequently performed works from its repertoire to its audience and passers-by. The concert takes place as part of the Bern-based ensemble’s 20th-anniversary celebrations.
Date: 4 June 2026
Concert starts: 8 pm (approx. 60 minutes)
Admission: free, donations welcome
Information on the website (News) as well as on Instagram and Facebook.
New album: Stefan Prins / Nikel: Corpora Ex Machina
Stefan Prins / Nikel: Corpora Ex Machina
A new limited edition EP from NIKEL features 2 works by Belgian composer Stefan Prins. Printed in just 100 copies the release offers on side 1 the “Flesh+Prosthesis #0-2” cycle for tenor saxophone, percussion, piano, e-guitar and soundtrack. Side 2 captures the extension of the F&P cycle in the form of a piece for quartet, ensemble (guest performance featuring musicians from HKB Bern & Sonic Space Basel music schools, conducted by Lennart Dohms) titled: I’m Your Body. Recorded, mixed & mastered by Stefano Bechini & Patrik Zosso and designed by Harel Schreiber (H_M studio) the album is available exclusively through direct orders (Vinyl includes a digital download code).
Simply send your requests to the following email address and your all set: artistic@ensemblenikel.comAll transfers via PayPal at this address: office@ensemblenikel.com
Vinyl: 15 Euro
Shipping (in Europe): 8 Euro, Shipping (outside Europe): 12 Euro
Released: 2026
New album: Sarah Nemtsov / NIKEL: TZIMTZUM
Sarah Nemtsov / NIKEL: TZIMTZUM
bastille musique presents its thirty-fifth release »Sarah Nemtsov: Tzimtzum« featuring world premiere recordings by Ensemble Nikel, WDR Sinfonieorchester and Peter Rundel (conductor). The album contains Nemtsov’s complete Tzimtzum cycle (2020-2023) for soloist ensemble and orchestra, which consists of the four parts Reshimot (2020), Sh’vira (2020), Tikkun (2021) and K’lipot (2023). The WDR recordings are complemented by a 48-page bilingual booklet (EN, DE) with texts by Dirk Wieschollek, an interview with the composer and several score pages, a picture card of a drawing by Elisabeth Naomi Reuter as well as two concertina-fold inserts with photos of the composer and the performers during the recordings.
Released: 2025
New Single Out: Graveyard Slot (w. guest appearance)
“Graveyard Slot (w. guest appearance)” by Australian composer Matthew Shlomowitz, was written especially for Nikel and described by the composer as: “A Telethon styled variety show – with numbers, sketches, guest appearances and house band – in the early morning hours, a time of little importance to advertisers.”
Recorded in Bern, in late 2022, “Graveyard Slot (w. guest appearance)” is one of the first pieces of a long term project we’re immersed in: a new boxset marking the ensemble’s 20th anniversary. This new single is then an invitation for a first peek into what we’re working on and what’s in the oven for us and our audience. Boxset release is due for late 2026.
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