Untwelving präsentiert: The Xenharmonic Space

Leading figures from the xenharmonic scene explore the world of microtonal sounds through the prism of synthwave, Anatolian songwriting and sound experiments. To round off the programme, the band Embryo blends traditional melodies from the Arab world with new compositions in experimental tuning systems.

The Munich Kammerspiele and the music discourse magazine “Positionen – Texte zur aktuellen Musik” invite you to the EDO Convention “Untwelving” from 22 to 24 May 2026 – a genre-open, interdisciplinary festival for contemporary microtonal and xenharmonic music of all genres. “Untwelving” brings an international and largely digital scene to Munich live for the first time on this scale and sees itself as a forum for encounters in artistic practice, discourse, education and shared experience. “Untwelving” – literally: “un-twelving” – challenges the dominance of traditional 12-tone equal temperament and opens up new sonic spaces through alternative tunings, the Equal Divisions of the Octave (EDO) and other microtonal systems. Both the convention and the concerts are deliberately open to contributions from pop, rock, electronic, jazz, improvised music and contemporary composition. They demonstrate just how diverse and vibrant this young international scene is, which has grown since the early 2010s primarily through digital platforms such as Discord, YouTube and podcasts, and has developed its practice, theories and instrumental innovations there.

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Enid Valu

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Ayşegül Aykaç & Tolgahan Çoğulu Duo

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Tachy Bunker

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