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The F.I.M. and its formats
The Forum of Improvised Music is an initiative to promote freely improvised music in Frankfurt.
Open stage for free improvisation:
After the performance of the ‚Opener group‘, interested musicians can improvise and interact in various formations in the second part of the evening.
Formations+
Renowned musicians committed to F.I.M. improvise with each other in changing line-ups (5 formations). The formations are complemented (+) by invited guest musicians.
Formations+ with F.I.M. Frankfurt meets…
In the spirit of networking, F.I.M. invites a national/international initiative of improvised music for musical exchange every year. Formations+ Dance Freely improvising musicians interact with protagonists of the dance scene, supplemented by guest musicians and guest dancers.
„Raumbespielung“:
Free musical interaction and improvisation in public spaces in Frankfurt. Improvisation by 11 musicians at 11 locations with a joint concluding group improvisation.
Female Duo:
In an intimate concert setting, two protagonists of the national improvisation scene improvise in a duo format.
NEXT EVENT
Planning ´26: Save the date! october 1-4, 2026
Our international festival of improvised music from October 1-4, 2026, is taking shape!
Here is the preliminary program overview:
Festival day 1 – Thursday, October 1, 2026 – Gallustheater
Concert 1 – 19:00 – Gallustheater: Soli
1 – Els Vandeweyer/B – vibraphone
2 – Max Clouth/D – guitar
3 – Tizia Zimmermann/CH – accordeon
4 – Carl Ludwig Hübsch/D – tuba
5 – Chris Corsano/US – drums
Concert 2 – 20:30 – Gallustheater: F.I.M. Formationen+ Tanz
Improvisationen in Interaktion mit Tanz in 4 Formationen mit
Els Vandeweyer/B – vibraphone
Tizia Zimmermann/CH – akkordeon
Carl Ludwig Hübsch/D – tuba
Martin Lejeune/D – guitar
Max Clouth/D – guitar
Chris Corsano/US – drums
Stundents of dance at HfMDK – dance
+ guest musicians
Festivalday 2 – Friday, October 2, 2026
Solo trumpet 1 – 11:30 – Alte Nikolaikirche
Dennis Sekretarev/D
Lectures/Workshop – 13:00 – HfMdK and (requested) Musikschule:
Elliott Sharp (and possibly Hamid Drake, Shahzad Ismaily) teach about practice of improvisation
Concert 1 – 19.00 – Brotfabrik: SOG
Lina Allemano/CAN – trumpet
Uwe Oberg/D – piano
Matthias Bauer/D – double bass
Rudi Fischerlehner/A – drums
Concert 2 – 20:30 – Brotfabrik: Ismaily – Sharp – Corsano
Shahzad Ismaily/US – bass
Chris Corsano/US – drums
Elliot Sharp/US – guitar
Concert 3 – 20:30 – Brotfabrik: Brötzmann – Drake
Caspar Brötzmann/D – guitar
Hamid Drake/US – drums
Festival day 3 – Saturday, October 3, 2026
Solo Trompete 2 – 11:30 – Alte Nikolaikirche
Lina Allemano/CAN
Filmdoku – 14:00 – Mal Seh’n Kino
Als Mensch ein Solist – A Film about the Jazz Musician Günter Baby Sommer, 89 Min., incl. film talk + drums solo
Concert 1 – 19:00 – Brotfabrik: Nebbia – Sharp – Nilssen-Love
Camila Nebbia/ARG – saxophone
Elliot Sharp/US – guitar
Paal Nilssen-Love/NO – drums
Concert 2 – 20:30 – Brotfabrik: Gropper – Drake – Vicente – Downes – Ismaily
Philipp Gropper/D- saxophone
Hamid Drake/US – drums
Luis Vicente/PT – trumpet
Kit Downes/GB – piano
Shahzad Ismaily/US – bass
Concert 3 – 22:30 – Brotfabrik: Railton – Bang – Aarset
Lucy Railton/GB – cello, electronics
Jan Bang/NO – live sampling, programming
Eivind Aarset/NO – guitar, electronics,
Electronic set – 23:30 – Brotfabrik
Anushka Chkheidze/GE – electronics
Festival day – 4 – Sunday, October 4, 2026
Solo trumpet 3 – 11:30 – Alte Nikolaikirche
Luis Vicente/PT
Concert 1 – 15:00 – Nebbiensches Gartenhaus: Solo
Carme Lόpez Fernández/ESP – Gaita gallega
Concert 2 – 17:00 – KunstKulturKirche Allerheiligen: Chkheidze – Railton – Downes
Anushka Chkheidze/GE – electronics
Lucy Railton/GB – cello, electronics
Kit Downes/GB – organ
Concert 3 – 19:00 – Brotfabrik: Schlippenbach – Mahall – Nilssen-Love – Sharp
Alexander von Schlippenbach/D – piano
Rudi Mahall/D – clarinet
Paal Nilssen-Love/NO – drums
Elliot Sharp/US – guitar
Concert 4 – 20:30 – Brotfabrik: Warelis – Nebbia – Gropper – Ismaily – Drake – Aarset – Bang
Marta Warelis/PL – piano
Camila Nebbia/ARG – saxophone
Philipp Gropper/D – saxophone
Shahzad Ismaily/US – bass
Hamid Drake/US – drums
Eivind Aarset/NO – guitar, electronics
Jan Bang/NO – live sampling, programming
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Musicians of previous openers and formations
Halym Aabo-Kim, Nana Pi Aabo-Kim, Jonathan Aardestrup, Christine Abdelnour, Julia Alsdorf (Tanz) Bülent Ates, Christoph Aupperle, Thomas Bachmann, Nik Bärtsch, Savas Bayrak, Lucía María Rubio Belda (Tanz), Isabelle Bodenseh, Michael Bossong(†), Big Breeezy, Thomas Breuer, Paul Cannon, Nico Chientaroli, Tony Clark, Max Clouth, Elisabeth Coudoux, Marcel Daemgen, Marlies Debacker, Matthias TC Debus, Bob Degen, Christopher Dell, Erwin Ditzner, Maria Dybbroe, Mia Dyberg, Nigel Edwards, Izabella Effenberg, Peter Feil(†), Jörg Fischer, Fred Frith, Fe Fritschi, Valentin Garvie, Bernhard Gehrke, Gregor Glogowski, Martin Götte, Igor Grabez, Sebastian Gramss, Frank Gratkowski, Devin Gray, Gerhard Gschlößl, Daniel Guggenheim, Fred Guntermann, Fabian Habicht, Katharina Hamp, Peter Hanson, Alfred 23 Harth, Ruben Hausmann, Shay Hazan, Nicola Hein, Frederich Helbing, Christopher Herrmann, Matthias Hoch, Matt Hollenberg, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Lutz Jahnke, Jazzmadass, Salim Javaid, Jo Jena, Wilbert de Joode, Willi Kappich, Roger Kintopf, Aki Kitajima, Naoko Kikuchi, Henri Klein (Tanz), Peter Klohmann, Stefan Kohmann, Athina Kontou, Liz Kosack, Burkard Kunkel, Kathrin Lambert, Raphael Languillat, Christof Lauer, Sonia Lautenbacher (Tanz), Lömsch Lehmann, Martin Lejeune, Gunnar Lettow, Christian Lillinger, Abril Lukac (Tanz), Andrea Maria Maeder (Tanz), Rudi Mahall, Dominik Mahnig, Dirk Marwedel, Felix Mayer, Annick Moerman, Michael Moore, Oliver Potratz, Puschan Mousavi Malvani, Frederik Maul, Heiner Metzger, Nikolai Muck, Matthias Muche, Sana Nagano, Ali Neander, Andreas Neubauer, Mani Neumeier, Etienne Nillesen, Uwe Oberg, Richard Oberscheven (Tanz), Eric Plandé, Maria Portugal, Christian Ramond, Emma Rasmussen (Tanz), Ada Rave, Ulrich Raupach, Wolfgang Reimers, Vitold Rek, Michael Riessler, Bertram Ritter, Jan Roder, Guilherme Rodrigues, Isabel Rößler, Chris Rücker, Eric Ruffing, Olaf Rupp, Páula Sánchez, Georgia Sassone (Tanz) Silvia Sauer, Heinz Sauer, Felicitas Schauer, Uli Schiffelholz, Wolfgang Schliemann, Sue Schlotte, Martin „Schmiddi“ Schmidt, Daniel Schmitz, Britta Schönbrunn (Tanz), Matthias Schubert, John Schröder, Ulrike Schwarz, Aleksandra M. Ścibor Infinity (Tanz), Khadim Seck, Danny Sher, Angelika Sheridan, Emilie Škrijelj, Dennis Sekretarev, Aleksandar Skoric, Jasper Stadhouders, Sebastian Sternal, Mieko Suzuki, Peter Stock, Tassos Tataroglu, Ziv Taubenfeld, Christof Thewes, Hasan O Tuna, Jan-Filip Tupa, Birgit Ulher, Harvey Valdes; Matthias Vogt, Luise Volkmann, Marta Warelis, Rainer Weber, Ingo Weiß, Uschi Wentzell, Bastian Weinig, Jürgen Werner, Jonas Westergaard, Katharina Wiedenhofer (Tanz), Philipp Wildenhues, Georg Wolf, Jürgen Wuchner(†), Eva Zöllner, Kathrin Zurborg
Guidelines for artists who wish to apply:
Generally, we do not hold pure concerts, except for local duo concerts. Our formats are interactive, meaning sessions with an opener or formations to which we invite individual musicians or groups who improvise and interact in various formations that we have arranged for the evening.
We generally cannot consider specific appointment requests. Due to the multitude of inquiries from both domestic and international sources, we are unable to respond to them. However, we do include all inquiries in our musician database and will get in touch if there is interest: fim-ffm@gmx.net
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