KinoKonzert

KinoKonzert is a series of audio-visual live performances in Australian cinemas. Curated and presented by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with independent curator Christian Pazzaglia, these events will take you into another world as you enter the hybrid cinema-concert experience. 

KINOKONZERT 09: HEINZ RIEGLER | HOMO SAPIENS

We bring together the work of contemporary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter with experimental composer Heinz Riegler. Together the Austrian-born artists will immerse the audience in a unique audio-visual experience.

29 July 2021: Canberra, NFSA
04 November 2021: Brisbane, QAGOMA
26 March 2022: Melbourne, ACMI
08 April 2022: Sydney, Chauvel Cinema

KINOKONZERT 08b: PHILLIP JOHNSTON | BOOK LAUNCH

Silent film score composer Phillip Johnston launches his new publication Silent Films/Loud Music - New Ways of Listening to and Thinking about Silent Film Music.

25 November 2021: Sydney, Goethe-Institut

KINOKONZERT 08: PHILLIP JOHNSTON | ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED

Lotte Reiniger's 1926 masterpiece The advenutres of Prince Achmed meets a new soundtrack by American-Australian jazz composer Phillip Johnston, played by his exquisite quartet.

26 September 2020: Sydney, Chauvel Cinema 
27 September 2020: Sydney, Chauvel Cinema 
02 October 2020: Canberra, NFSA
20 January 2021: Bangalow, Film Festival
26 February 2021: Melbourne, Fed Square

KINOKONZERT 07: ASHLEY HRIBAR | CALIGARI

The pianist and composer Ashley Hribar takes The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari before. The German-Australian artist merges different genres and techniques between classic piano, use of synthesizer and modern sound art.

26 February 2020: Adelaide, Fringe Festival at Mercury Cinema
27 February 2020: Adelaide, Fringe Festival at Mercury Cinema
28 February 2020: Adelaide, Fringe Festival at Mercury Cinema
01 March 2020: Melbourne, Astor Theatre
05 March 2020: Brisbane, QAGOMA
06 March 2020: Sydney, Chauvel Cinema
07 March 2020: Canberra, NFSA

KINOKONZERT 06: ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING | NOSFERATU

Sydney’s premier contemporary chamber group Ensemble Offspring will team up with Perth-based composer Christopher Tonkin for a brand new interpretation of the silent film classic Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror (1921). The movie by legendary German director F.W. Murnau is an expressionist adaptation of Bram Stoker's original Dracula story.

20 November 2019: Melbourne, Astor Theatre
21 November 2019: Brisbane, QAGOMA
22 November 2019: Sydney, Chauvel Cinema
23 November 2019: Canberra, NFSA

KINOKONZERT 05: LUCRECIA DALT | DER GOLEM

For the fifth edition, we bring together the rare German cult flick Der Golem with a live score from contemporary electronic music producer Lucrecia Dalt. The Goethe-Institut presents this tour in close cooperation with its partners Sydney Film Festival, Dark Mofo, QAGOMA, NFSA, Astor Theatre, Liquid Architecture and Berlin Atonal.

15 June 2019: Sydney, Sydney Film Festival 
16 June 2019: Brisbane, QAGOMA
18 June 2019: Canberra, NFSA
19 June 2019: Hobart, Dark Mofo 
21 June 2019: Melbourne, Astor Theatre

KINOKONZERT 04: SONIC.ART QUARTET | BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A METROPOLIS 

Renowned German saxophone quartet Sonic.Art performs live with Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, the influential silent film directed by Walter Ruttmann in 1927.

28 April 2019: Sydney, Event Cinemas George Street
29 April 2019: Melbourne, ACMI
30 April 2019: Canberra, NFSA

The quartet will also perform a different program at Canberra International Music Festival following these events.

KINOKONZERT 03: JEFF MILLS | WOMAN IN THE MOON

Woman in the Moon by Fritz Lang is often considered one of the first 'serious' science fiction films. It premiered in 1929 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo cinema in Berlin to an audience of 2,000. In cooperation with Melbourne Music Week and ACMI, we are pleased to screen this film with a live score by Jeff Mills, co-founder of Detroit's techno collective Underground Resistance.

16 November 2018: Melbourne Music Week at ACMI

KINOKONZERT 02: CHIARA KICKDRUM | VAMPYR

The second edition of our series brings together a legendary silent film with a contemporary electronic soundtrack: Melbourne-based DJ and composer Chiara Kickdrum presents her original score live on stage to 1932 German–French horror film Vampyr by visionary director, Carl Theodor Dreyer.

21 September 2018: Melbourne, ACMI
26 September 2018: Sydney, Event Cinemas George Street
28 September 2018: Canberra, NFSA

KINOKONZERT 01: HACKEDEPICCIOTTO | CROSSROADS

Having founded Einstürzende Neubauten and the Love Parade, respectively, Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto can rightfully be called legends of Berlin’s post-punk scene. The duo kicks off our series with their own silent movie Crossroads, a reflection on their unique nomadic lifestyle.

14 June 2018: Hobart, Dark Mofo Festival
06 July 2018: Perth, Revelation Film Festival
11 July 2018: Melbourne, ACMI
14 July 2018: Sydney, Event Cinemas George Street