Piano Duo Festival #2 - Day 1: Bieler-Wendt/ Stolyar & Abrahams/ Mayas

Schedule

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kühlspot Social Club | Berlin, BE

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PIANO DUO FESTIVAL FOR IMPROVISED & EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC #2
The second edition of The Piano Duo Festival will happen on October 8 & 10 2025.
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About the Festival:
The invited pianists meet in a setting that deviates from the classical concert world, engaging in open musical dialogue without stylistic boundaries. The festival aims to give piano duos greater attention, recognition, and visibility in an improvisational context.
Curated by Isabel Anders, the festival happened for the first time in 2024 and is presented since 2025 in collaboration with piano partner Marc Schmolling.
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DAY 1 - 8.10.2025
Set 1: 20:30h
Helmut Bieler-Wendt & Roman Stolyar
Set 2: 21:20h
Chris Abrahams & Magda Mayas
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🎹 Roman Stolyar – Born in Novosibirsk, studied jazz piano & composition (contemporary/electronic). Performed at major festivals across Eastern & Western Europe, UK & USA. Collaborations with Dominic Duval, Oliver Lake, Vinny Golia, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Sergey Letov, Martin Kuchen Trio, Day & Taxi, Cohen Family and more. Releases on Cadence Jazz, Ayler, Electroshock, Creative Sources. Author of Modern Improvisation: A Practical Guide for Piano (2010). Since 2023 based in Berlin, active with Edith Steyer, Meinrad Kneer, Lina Allemano, Anna Kaluza, Johannes von Breslau; member of IDENTITIES Quintet.

🎹 Helmut Bieler-Wendt – Studied violin, piano, improvisation & composition in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm and others. Scholarships from Karlsruhe, Darmstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Schloss Solitude & Bartels Fondation. Since 1976 active internationally as pianist/violinist focusing on improvisation & conceptual composition. Composed interdisciplinary works, musique concrète, installations & music theater. Concerts & teaching in Europe, Asia, South America; frequent radio broadcasts (SDR, SWR, HR, SR, WDR). Director of Musicirkus label since 1995.

🎹 Chris Abrahams – Australian pianist, keyboardist & film composer. Born 1961 in NZ, grew up in Sydney. Became part of Sydney’s jazz scene in the 1980s, co-founded The Benders with Lloyd Swanton. Member of The Sparklers and long-time partner of singer Melanie Oxley (numerous albums). Released solo albums incl. The Tender Hook Soundtrack (2008) & Play Scar (2010). Film scores & collaborations with Jon Rose, Burkhard Beins, Sabine Vogel, Kai Fagaschinski, Anthony Pateras, Andrea Belfi, David Toop, ensembles Hammerriver & The Somnambulist. Performs regularly in Australia & Europe.

🎹 Magda Mayas – Berlin-based pianist & composer. Developed over 20 years a distinctive vocabulary using preparations, objects & amplification inside/outside the piano. PhD in music performance (Gothenburg University). Since 2019 professor of improvisation at Hochschule Luzern. Performed solo & with George Lewis, Zeena Parkins, Phill Niblock, David Sylvian, Maja Ratkje, Tony Buck (Spill), Christine Abdelnour, Jane in Ether, Splitter Orchester. Appeared at MaerzMusik, Documenta, Berlin Biennale, Huddersfield Contemporary. Residencies at Villa Aurora (2016) & Montalvo Arts Center (2017, 2019). Curated Music Unlimited Wels (2019). 40+ CDs, radio works for ABC Australia & Deutschlandradio Kultur.
Venue: @kuehlspot_social_club
Adress: Lehderstraße 74 in Weißensee/ Pankow

Photo Credits:
Roman Stolyar: Oleg Bessonov
Isabel Anders: Sergei Haudring
Helmut Bieler-Wendt: Jürgen Rösner
Magda Mayas: Olivier Jaquet
Marc Schilling: Dieter Düvelmeyer
Chris Abrahams: unknown
Aki Takase: Dirk Bleicker
Alexander v. Schlippenbach: Dirk Bleicker
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