Kollektiv UNRUHE is a Berlin-based collective of thirteen musicians from ten countries, driven by the conviction that collaboration is the future of artistic creation.
Founded in 2021, the collective’s voice is multiple: from co-composition to improvisation, music theatrical works to 21st century repertoire for their eclectic instrumentation, UNRUHE searches constantly for new ways of enabling collaborative creation.
Working within the ensemble and with external collaborators, the group has embarked on a number of projects exploring the unstable spaces between collectively composing, performing and curating. Productions including SPELL (the scenic co-composition and collaboration with director Ludmilla Mercier and guests, 2025), ANTIPODES (collaboration with Ensemble Orbis, 2024), NOT FOUND (co-composition, 2023), and Unruhige Köpfe (collaboration with visual artists at 48 Stunden Neukölln, 2022) demonstrate the groups interdisciplinary and distinctive artistic approach.
To date, Kollektiv UNRUHE has performed 45 world premieres by composers from both within and external to the collective. The collective has performed in a number of concerts locally in Berlin and at Festivals such as rainy days Luxembourg, impuls Graz, the Darmstadt Summer Courses, the Transparent Sound Festival Budapest and Klangwerkstatt Berlin.
UNRUHE has collaborated with composers such as Óscar Escudero, Beniamino Fiorini, Daphné Hejebri, Mert Moralı and Sara Stefanović and has offered workshops at the Landesjugendensemble Berlin, the Musikakademie Rheinsberg and impuls Graz. In the 2024/25 season, the ensemble was the resident ensemble of the Musikakademie Rheinsberg.
Moving into the future, Kollektiv UNRUHE strives to maintain the ethos from its early days: to be a safe space where creative risk tasking is valued, in which collective practice and individual artistic voices can thrive together.
Kollektiv UNRUHE is supported by InSzene (2026-2027, Podium Gegenwart | Deutscher Musikrat) and the Berlin Senatverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftliches Zusammenhalt (2026-2027).
Date: 2026/2027