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Sven will premier a new piece for string orchestra and electronics at Neue Meister Concerts in Berlin on November 6th.
The sixth Neue Meister Concert once again brings important representatives of Modern Classical Music together on stage. In partnership with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Neue Meister presents 4 musicians of a new musical era who have their homes between classic, electronic and pop.

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Sven will perform a unique project with renowned Manchester Camerata on September 9th. Artist filmmaker Chris Paul Daniels provides an exhilarating live video performance to compliment Sven's music. Sven is performing some brand new Electronica and special versions of Pocket Symphonies.
The project will be shown at the extraordinary art center HOME in Manchester.

Chris Paul Daniels
HOME Manchester
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Sven is honored to be Composer in Residence for the 25th anniversary of the Moritzburg Festival. Under the direction of the cellist Jan Vogler, it is one of the most important chamber music festivals in the world. Some of the most exciting musicians will play Sven`s chamber music including a new string quartet:
Arabella Steinbacher, Tobias Feldmann, Mira Wang (Violine)
Lawrence Power, Ruth Killius, Hwayoon Lee (Viola)
Jan Vogler (Cello)
Lise de la Salle , Lucille Chung (Piano)
The Festival is running from August 5th until August 20th.

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Sven will be the keynote speaker at the Beyond Humanism Conference in Rome this week. 150 leading philosophers and scientists from all over the world will discuss the future of mankind, the state of humanism and posthumanist concepts for 5 days at the John Cabot University. Head of the conference is Prof. Dr. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, who reflects on Sven's work in some of his books about posthumanism in todays art.
Sven is a member of the Beyond Humanism Network.

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Sven starts his own weekly radio program Schöne Töne on Radio 1/Berlin. The show will be broadcasted every Thursday from 11 pm to 1 am, starting on May 4th. It will also be streamed on Radio 1's website.
Sven will play multi-genre music that he likes with a focus on modern classical ideas.

Schöne Töne
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Sven is once again collaborating with the National University San Martin of Buenos Aires. Together with rector Carlos Ruta, he is holding a speech at the university about modern Humanism in Art. 
His choir work I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain will be performed by Sven and Ensemble Vocal Contemporáneo del DAMus at Centro de las Artes in a special UNSAM production. The concert will be conducted by Kristjan Järvi.
In 2013, Sven received the prestigious ‘Maestro’ title by the University and regularly returns to Buenos Aires for collaborating projects.

For the second time Sven teams up with the fabulous BBC Singers. The choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the best of contemporary music has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Judith Bingham and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Sven's first work with BBC Singers has been for the collaboration with Pet Shop Boys on A Man from the Future, premiered in 2015 at Royal Albert Hall in London during the Proms.
This time they are staging I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain at London's Barbican Center during the Sound Unbound Festival on April 30th.

Sound Unbound Festival
BBC Singers

Sven is Composer in Residence at 3 renowned festivals and orchestras in 2017:

July – Spanish National Orchestra and Choir / Madrid

August – 25th Anniversary of Chamber Music Festival Moritzburg / Dresden

September – Enescu Festival / Bukarest

Moritzburg Festival
Enescu Festival

Sven will play 2 shows at the SxSW festival together with renowned University of Texas Chamber Singers, conducted by James Morrow.
The concerts are supported by Initiative Musik.
South by Southwest (abbreviated as SXSW) is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, US. It is the biggest showcase festival in the world with more than 1.000 international acts.
12 acts not to miss at SXSW
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You can watch and listen now to Meernacht from the album I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain. We released the music video with the hypnotic visuals by Mani M. Sigfusson exclusively on the beautifully selected YouTube channel 'jybh012-When all the warmth leaves us'. Also take a look at the other pieces from their selection.
You may also find Bell Sound Falling Like Snow from Pocket Symphonies
in its original orchestra version.
Meernacht
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We are fascinated by the architectural masterpiece and very excited do be able to perform I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain here on March 25th.
We can`t wait to explore the unique sound quality of Gemany´s new cultural landmark.
Unfortunately, the show is already sold out.
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We are happy to see, that I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain had a very good start after the release. We played some enthusiastically received shows in Hamburg, Berlin, Weimar, Gdansk and Vilnius so far.
Next year will see many shows in different countries. Hope to see you somewhere.
The first album and live reviews are coming in as well:
Drowned in Sound
Ambient Blog
Planet Hugill
Freihe Presse
Amusio

Today, my new album I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain is ready to find you. It has been a long way since Pocket Symphonies and I am happy to offer you my next step today, which includes choir music, electronics and even my own lyrics.
Thank you very much to the wonderful Vocalconsort Berlin and Kristjan Järvi and to anybody involved in this. Special thanks to the crew at my label Neue Meister.

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ABENDGLÜHEN is the first song of Sven's upcoming album I EAT THE SUN AND DRINK THE RAIN. Visual artist Sebastian Linda created a beautiful clip for it.
The 3 times-web-video-price winner works with Sven for the second time.
The album will be out September 9th on the new Berlin based label NEUE MEISTER and features Vocalconsort Berlin, conducted by Kristjan Järvi.
Video: bit.ly/2bJwzzC
Preorder the album: bit.ly/IEtSaDtR
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Today, NEUE MEISTER released a very special EP of Sven's track RISE. As a reference to the time, when Sven was “raised”, he did an old school Deep House Mix, as well as some other mixes of this original orchestral track. The beautiful cover shot has been done by German actor Alexander Scheerhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexander-Scheer/210058992532904 showing fashion designer Esther Perbandt.
Have a listen: btprt.dj/2a7cJ1e

Today sees the release of POCKET SYMPHONIES ELECTRONICA.
In his electronica concerts, Sven played his orchestra compositions on the piano or vibraphone, some got radically edited in electronical deconstruction, some got pulses and beats. Now, the Berlin based NEUE MEISTER label is putting those reincarnations out on vinyl and digital.

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Overwhelming resonance for the premiere of I EAT THE SUN AND DRINK THE RAIN on May 7th.
The sold out RADIALSYSTEM V in Berlin has been the perfect stage for Sven's new work for Choir and Electronics.
Thank you to: Kristjan Järvi, Vocalconsort Berlin, Esther Perbandt, Máni M. Sigfusson and the sound- and light team of RADIALSYSTEM V.

Photo by Claudia Weingart

Sven signed with new Berlin based label NEUE MEISTER for two upcoming albums and one remix-EP.
In June he will release his long anticipated POCKET SYMPHONIES ELECTRONICA.
It will be available on vinyl and digital.
September sees the release of his new work for choir and electronics
I EAT THE SUN AND DRINK THE RAIN, for the first time showing Sven´s lyrical work as well.
The ten pieces are performed by VOCALCONSORT BERLIN, conducted by Kristjan Järvi.

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