Past Event

Fri, January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM

BEN LAMAR GAY

© Chelsea Ross
Pierre Boulez Saal

Composer and cornetist Ben LaMar Gay has found a form of creative expression that begins with improvisation and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. For this performance at the Pierre Boulez Saal, which is part of his ongoing work-in-progress The Manipulations of Lines and Breff, he presents a new ensemble comprised of his international family of collaborators.

“Growing up on Chicago’s South Side allowed me to witness many ceremonial processions towards our freshwater inland sea, Lake Michigan. At our Great Lake, generations of improvisers, poets, swimmers, storytellers, and grill masters have been called by the openness that the waterside provides. The water calls to them, it calls to me, it calls to all of us who witness it. My affection for songs inspired by ‘the water’ spans from fisherman melodies to spirituals to loud House music ‘mash-ups’ in a beach parking lot. It often felt that the offerings of sound to the water were made in exchange for the sense of openness against the grid. I love when a ‘mash-up’ sounds like water.”
—Ben LaMar Gay


Set 1: The Beauty of Secrets

The program’s first set features the ensemble in mixed groupings performing a collection of improvised systems based on the beauty of secrets.

Set 2: Água Futurism (Extended)

The second set marks the world premiere of Água Futurism (Extended), a new work commissioned by the Pierre Boulez Saal and inspired by Great Lake sonic rituals and the connection to water.

Artists

EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
18:30
Hall opens
19:00
Start
19:30
No intermission
End
21:30
Bar closes
22:30
Times are approximate.

the artists

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YOUR VISIT

How to get there

Pierre Boulez Saal
Barenboim-Said Akademie
Französische Straße 33d
10117 Berlin, Germany

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Public transport

U-Bahn U2 Hausvogteiplatz (350m) U5 Museumsinsel, U6 Unter den Linden (600m)
Tram M1, M12 Mitte / Am Kupfergraben
Bus 147 Werderscher Markt (100m), 100, 300, N5 Staatsoper (300m)


By Car 
Q-PARK parking garage Unter den Linden / Staatsoper
Bebelplatz 2
10117 Berlin

Theatre tariff (5:30 pm – 11:30 pm by prepayment): €10

More information on getting there by public transport, bike, or car is available on our Getting there page.

Opening Hours

Box Office

Monday to Friday 2 pm to 6 pm
Closed on weekends and holidays
On performance days, the box office is open one hour prior to an event on weekdays and two hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

 

Papagena Call Center

Ticket hotline +49 30 4799 7411

Monday to Saturday 9am to 8pm
Sunday and public holidays 2pm to 8pm

Food & Drinks

Casalot Catering welcomes Pierre Boulez Saal visitors before and after concerts, serving a variety of dishes of Arab cuisine.

On concert nights, the catering opens one hour before the start of an event and remains open after the performance. You may also place pre-orders for intermission right at the counter.

More info on our catering here.

Accessibility

To book wheelchair-accessible seating, other seats for visitors with disabilities, or companion seats, please contact us directly.


+49 30 4799 7411 
| tickets@boulezsaal.de 


All wheelchair seats are accessible by elevator. All visitors, including patrons using a wheelchair, will enter the Pierre Boulez Saal through the main entrance. Tickets will be checked at the hall doors.

In order to make access as easy as possible, we kindly ask that you inform us of your requirements when booking your tickets.

Restrooms for visitors with disabilities are located in the basement and on the balcony level and are accessible by elevator.

Four parking spaces for visitors with disabilities are available on the street Hinter der Katholischen Kirche.

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