DARA String Festival presents a wide variety of innovative multi-genre music for string instruments, ranging from early contemporary to experimental and freely improvised. DARA transcends genre boundaries, uniting highly renowned international artists from diverse musical backgrounds, in a series of encounters to
inspire new thoughts and ideas towards the advancement of individual and collective artistic work.
This year's festival will take place at the wonderful Werkhalle Wiesenburg Berlin. We will also present our first guest edition at the Alte Feuerwache Köln 
and Ort Wuppertal, with focus on the violin and the cello. The program will include the world premiers of pieces by Anna Korsun, Clara de Asís, Viola Yip and Sarah Nemtsov, alongside works by Marc Sabat, Rebecca Saunders, Helmut Lachenmann, Karlheinz Stockhausen and original works/improvisations by the performers. 

You are welcome to DARA 2021!

Artists / Künstlerinnen 

Köln, August 24/25, 18:00
Wuppertal, August 26, 18:00  
Akiko Ahrendt - violinist, composer-performer, improviser / Violinistin, Komponistin-Performerin, Improvisatorin (Deutschland)
Leila Bordreuil - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (USA / Frankreich)
Elisabeth Coudoux - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (Deutschland)
Isidora Edwards - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (UK / Chile)
Gunda Gottschalk - violinist, composer-performer, improviser / Violinistin, Komponistin-Performerin, Improvisatorin (Deutschalnd)
Tomeka Reid - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (USA)
Mari Sawada - violinist, performer / Violinistin, Performerin (Deutschland / Japan)
Biliana Voutchkova - violinist, composer-performer, improviser / Violinistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (Deutschland / Bulgarien)

​Berlin, August 28/29, 18:00 
Susan Alcorn - composer, pedal steel guitar player / Pedal Steel Guitaristin, Komponistin (USA)
Clara de Asís - composer, guitarist / Komponistin, Guitaristin (Schweiz / Spanien)
Leila Bordreuil - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (USA / Frankreich)
Annette Krebs - improvisor, composer, Konstruktion 4 / Improvisatorin, Komponistin, Konstruktion 4 (Deutchsland)
Tomeka Reid - cellist, composer, improvisor / Cellistin, Komponistin, Improvisatorin (USA)
Mari Sawada - violinist, performer / Violinistin, Performerin (Deutchsland / Japan) 
Biliana Voutchkova - violinist, composer-performer, improviser / Violinistin, Komponistin-Performerin, Improvisatorin (Deutschland / Bulgarien)

The festival is kindly supported by Musikfonds, Kunststiftung NRW and NICA Artists 

Photo credits: Sophie Drangwerk, Alberto Duarte, Christina Voigt, Cristina Marx, Petra Cvelbar, Svetlana Selezneva, Simone Petracchi, David Lobato
Collage and graphic design: Boriana Pandova