Associated with the Réseau Varèse since 2002

MaerzMusik - Festival für aktuelle Musik – became the successor of the Berlin Biennial in 2002, as the annual festival dedicated to musical creation. The event, which strives to combine traditional and modern contemporary music, puts together twenty programmes over a period of ten days in March, organized under the responsibility of the Berliner Festspiele. Chamber music, orchestra, musical theatre, multimedia performances, and new audio-visual technologies are the themes for the programming, which offers numerous world premieres and new productions, including some that are commissioned by MaerzMusik.

Matthias Osterwold

Artistic Director

Matthias Osterwold has directed MaerzMusik since it was started in 2002. He was a founder of Freunde Guter Musik Berlin (1983), Director of the music department at the Podewil International Centre (1992-94), Artistic Director of several international events (Sonambiante Berlin 1996, Festival de Lucerne 1997, Berlin in Hong Kong 2000). Since 1994, he has been a member of the Berlin Arts Council. From 1999 to 2001, he was a commissioner for the ZKM in Karlsruhe.
The Berlin Biennial has been associated with the Réseau Varèse from 1999 to 2001, and MaerzMusik since 2002.

Matthias Osterwold is a member of the Réseau Varèse since 2002.