May 21, 2026 (8 pm)
Zentralbibliothek Essen, Hollestr. 3 (Gildehof)

THE PURPOSE OF ART – de Sade and the idea of freedom
A musical-literary-performative concert as a farewell from the music library Essen at Gildehof Center 

With words and music a.o. by Pierluigi Billone, Maurice Blanchot, Katharina Gross, Helmut Lachenmann, Jug Markovic, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler

Thomas Krause, recitation and theatrical action
Ensemble S201 (Essen):
Heni Hyunjung Kim, clarinet
Filip Erakovic, accordion and performance
Kunsu Shim & Gerhard Stäbler, performance

An event by AKTIVE MUSIK Essen in cooperation with the music library of Zentralbibliothek Essen
supported by City of Essen and EarPort Duisburg

 

March 26, 2026 (7 pm)
Wiener Konzerthaus (Mozart-Saal)
Wien, Lothringerstraße 20 (Austria)

Den Müllfahrern von San Francisco
An acronym from acoustic memories of a journey (1988/1990)

Also with works by Laure M. Hiendl, Bernhard Lang and Luxa M. Schüttler

Klangforum Wien
Vimabyi Kaziboni, conductor

 

February 16, 2026 
Aichi University of the Arts 
1-114 Yazakosagamine, Nagakute, Aichi, 480-1194 (Japan)

Engelkadaver
for soprano solo and electronic sounds on a poem by Frank Schablewski (2020)
Premiere 

Karera Fujita, Sopran

 

February 8, 2026 (8 pm)
Angela Merici Gymnasium, Neustr. 35, Trier

ÜBERGÄNGE
In the context of OPENING26 – International Festival for contemporary Sound Art in Trier

SICH VER·SCHREIBEN
for string quartet (2025)
with a video by Taejoong Kim

WIDERSCHEIN
for string quartet (2025)
Premiere

Also with works by Kyungwoo Chun, Anton Lukoszeviece and Kunsu Shim 

Luna Quartet:
Janneke van Prooijen & Heleen Hulst, violin
Elisabeth Smalt, viola
Katharina Gross, cello

Kunsu Shim & Gerhard Stäbler, performance

 

January 25, 2026 (11 am)
EarPort Duisburg, Philosophenweg 17A

PerformanceConcert
for the opening of the exhibition zwanglos.beisammen by artists from the Rhineland

with works by Henryk Golden, Katharina Gross, Arnold Marinissen, Franz Schubert, Kunsu Shim and Gerhard Stäbler

Fallen Leaves Trio:
Vizma Zvaigzne, mezzosoprano
Sean Haid, countertenor
Arnold Marinissen, percussion

Kunsu Shim & Gerhard Stäbler, performance

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science North Rhine - Westphalia and the City of Duisburg

 

January 24, 2026 (1 pm & 3 pm)
Mozarteum University, Schwarzstraße 36, Salzburg (Austria)

Rituals

Kunsu Shim/Gerhard Stäbler:
attraction for two performers (2009)

Also with works by Georges Aperghis, Luciane Berio, John Cage, Iris Szeghy, Iannis Xenakis
and premieres by students of the composition classes

Florian Gfüllner and Felicitas Zähringer, performance
Students of instrumental and vocal education, of the Orff Institute and the vocal department
Angelika Luz, concept, musical and stage direction 

 

December 13, 2025 (6 pm)
Europäische Kunstakademie Trier, Aachener Straße 63

PerformanceConcert „70+50“ (for the 70th birthday of Bernd Bleffert)

Gerhard Stäbler: AugenTanz/MundStücke from: Performances for lovers of music (1999)
Gerhard Stäbler: SCHWELLEN. A Phantasy. Audio-Visuals for voice solo (2017)
Kunsu Shim / Gerhard Stäbler: AUF DEM WASSER, EIN GESICHT for Koto solo (2005)
a.o.

Naoko Kikuchi, Koto
Gerhard Stäbler, performance

 

November 9, 2025 (3 pm)
Municipal Library Düsseldorf, Konrad Adenauer Platz (KAP) 1

Tau und Nelke
Three actions for solo voice (2017)

Also with works by Mark-Andreas Schlingensiepen, Nikolaus Brass, Snezana Nesic, Adriana Hölsky, Robert HP Platz, Kaija Saariaho, George Aperghis, Kurt Schwitters and John Cage

Angelika Luz, soprano
Irene Kurka, soprano
Stefan Oechsle, doublebass flute
Carter Williams, electronics

 

November 7, 2025  (7.30 pm)
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, PLATFORM-L
11 Eonjuro 133gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06053, Korea

SICH VER·SCHREIBEN
for string quartet with typewriter, audience and a video by Taejoong Kim (2025)

Also with works by Sebastian Claren, Bohyun Kim, Junsu Kim, Byungmoo Lee, Kunsu Shim, Youngkwang Yang and a collective composition/performance by and with Junsu Kim, Huiyeon Bang, Jun Lee and Haeun Lee

Kim Yukyung and Park Shinye, violin
Byun Kyungin, viola
Yoon Seckwoo, cello

In the days leading up to the concert, there will be workshops and seminars with the participating composers.

The guest performance was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science North Rhine - Westphalia

 

November 6, 2025 (7.30 pm)
Eisenhower Saal of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Campus Westend 

In the context of the Annual Meeting of the Büchner Society

Capricci I–V for violin solo (2022)

Annette Reisinger, violin

 

September 28, 2025 (7 pm)
Salon des Amateurs, Grabbeplatz 4, Düsseldorf

Heterotopie – Places that are both real and perceptibly different

] in myself I am 
for soprano, piano, actions and scents (2016) 

Also with works by by deok-Vin lee, Catherine Lamb, Morton Feldman and Marco Stroppa

project ensemble morph:
Mabel Yu-ting Huang, piano
Sungkum-Jennie Yang, violin
Theresa Szorek, soprano
deok-Vin lee, composer-performer
Moonsun Shin, concept/project leader

Supported by Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf

 

September 28, 2025 (11 am)
EarPort Duisburg, Philosophenweg 17A

PerformanceConcert for the opening of the exhibition
SCHATTENSÄUME – New Paintings by 
Martin GoppelsröderIntroduction: Prof. Dr. Karin Stempel

Auf nacktem Rand
Actions for violin, cello, piano and performer (2025)
Premiere

Also with works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Kunsu Shim and Alexander Skryabin

Trio Présence:
 
Karin Nakayama, violin
 
Niklas Seidl, cello
 
Roland Techet, piano

Kunsu Shim & Gerhard Stäbler, performance

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science North Rhine - Westphalia

 

September 24, 2025 (7 pm)
Zentralbibliothek Düsseldorf, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1

Archive Update – Focus on Original Music Manuscripts  
A Ceremony for the Rhenish Music Archive

Welcome address: Miriam Koch, councillor for Culture and Integration

Kunsu Shim: BUCH for three players (2006)
    Kunsu Shim, Gerhard Stäbler and Elisabeth von Leliwa, performance