rehearsals start for the production of ‘Der Prinz von Homburg‘, by Kleist. Regie : Ulrich Rasche Musik : Andrea Belfi Mitarbeit musik : Alfred Brooks

*After the cancellation of BBIMF 2024, we are determined and excited to share that the Beirut and Beyond International Music Festival will be back this year. From December 4th to the 6th, we will be offering a full artistic program at Metro Al Madina, reclaiming the festival’s regional and international dimension. This edition brings together a lineup of artists from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iran/Egypt, Chile and Tunisia; alongside special guests from near and far. Their music speaks to the realities, tensions, resistance, liberation and possibilities. بعد غياب دام عاميّن بسبب الوضع القائم في المنطقة، نعود هذا العام بمهرجاننا السنوي والدولي. …

13th November 2025 @ Morphine Raum Thursday, 13th November | stray signals ft. Giannis Arapis, Alf Brooks, µ ensemble @ Morphine Raum. Giannis Arapis Giannis Arapis is a guitarist and a composer based in Athens, Greece who performs, composes and improvises experimental rock and jazz music. His main purpose is to help establish the electric guitar as a melodic voice in avant-garde music. He has played and recorded with Noël Akchoté, MatsGustafsson, Mariam Rezaei, Hilary Jeffery, Jan Klare, Eva Lindal and Johan Berthling among others. Some of his record releases are in labels such as: Clean Feed (Ahanes-Petrichor 2022), Shhpuma …

9th November, 2025 @ Westflügel, Leipzig µ ENSEMBLE 09.11. • 18:00 – 23:15 • Westflügel • Concerts & Performances µ ensemble is a quartet producing quietly ecstatic microtonal drone music. Using a motorised hurdy-gurdy, home-made bagpipes, viola, trumpet and sine-waves, the group produce a wavering cloud of texture and tone designed to melt into the atmosphere and surround the audience like heavy air. µ ensemble (pronounced ‘mu ensemble’) are Alf Brooks, Aisling Marnane, Germán Gabriel García and Joseph Summers. The letter µ is derived from the Egyptian hieroglyph for water, but is now used as a symbol in many applications - denoting, for …

L sent me this a couple of weeks back. It took me a while to get around to it but since first playing, it's been on repeat. He's in Bethlehem, holding out, in prison in his own land. Strength to you