When does A Long Night of Music take place?

The event starts on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 7:00 PM and is expected to end at 10:45 PM.

Where does the concert take place?

A Long Night of Music takes place in the Kleine Saal of the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Lampingstraße 16, 33615 Bielefeld.

When does the entry start?

According to the event information, entry begins at 6:00 PM.

Which artists will perform?

The program includes Marina Epp and Noel Araya, Maria Trautmann and Sarah Marie Caroline Dahm, and Enya Obert and Silke Lange. The musical labyrinth will be designed by the Cooperativa Ensemble.

How long does the event last?

The stated playing duration is 3 hours and 45 minutes.

What are the ticket prices?

Ticket price information will follow.

A Long Night of Music Bielefeld 2026

Name: A Long Night of Music – The Musical Labyrinth
Start: 2026-10-17T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-17T22:45:00+02:00
Location: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Kleiner Saal

A Long Night of Music transforms Bielefeld into a musical labyrinth

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle opens its spaces for an extraordinary concert format blending new music, digital art, and performative stage art. A Long Night of Music connects three contemporary concerts with a sensory sound experience in the darkened orchestra rehearsal room.

Three concerts, three interdisciplinary sound worlds

The evening navigates through different artistic perspectives: Marina Epp and Noel Araya combine Butoh dance, digital art, and contemporary accordion literature. Maria Trautmann and Sarah Marie Caroline Dahm bring together improvised and performative trombone music with live painting. Enya Obert and Silke Lange open another sound landscape between piano, digital art, and Eritrean-influenced elements.

When music transforms space

Between the concerts, a special live atmosphere develops in the musical labyrinth. The Cooperativa Ensemble invites you into the darkened orchestra rehearsal room, where sounds and texts take over navigation. With covered eyes, the audience is thrown back to hearing and experiences acoustics, space, and synchronization from an unusual perspective.

New music with all senses

The program connects orchestration, free improvisation, stage performance, and visual art into an open concert experience. The Kleine Saal of the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle offers the appropriate setting: a characteristic atmosphere and an acoustics in which fine sound colors are as present as impulsive playing movements.

Artistic direction and Cooperativa Ensemble

The artistic direction is held by Katharina Koenig. As a musical labyrinth, the Cooperativa Ensemble contributes voices, string instruments, clarinet, electronics, percussion, sound objects, and fragmented recordings. The evening is organized by Cooperativa Neue Musik e.V.

Conclusion: A concert evening beyond familiar listening habits

A Long Night of Music is aimed at everyone who wants to not only hear contemporary music but also physically and spatially experience it. Three concerts, visual art, and an acoustic labyrinth make the evening an intense concert experience. Those wanting to discover Bielefeld's new music scene live will experience an evening full of surprises.