The 14th edition of the COMPUTING MUSIC series is a two-day festival of algorithmic music in Karlsruhe and Cologne. At different venues, Bernd Härpfer, Daniel Höpfner, Siegfried Koepf, Jia Liu, Michele Samarotto, Dennis Scheiba, Matthias Schneiderbanger, and Amir Teymuri will present compositions, improvisations, and sound installations. In talks and discussions, positions on algorithmic music from Karlsruhe and Cologne come together. For COMPUTING MUSIC XIV, the Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln – GIMIK e.V. is collaborating with Digitale Kunstfabrik e.V. from Karlsruhe.
Fri 13th November 2026
7 p.m. concert
MUTProbe 1, Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Am Schloss Gottesaue 7, 76131 Karlsruhe
Admission is free
Sat 14th November 2026
11 a. m. – 4 p. m. Lectures and Discussions
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. Break
Architekturschaufenster, Waldstr. 8, 76133 Karlsruhe
Admission is free; donations are welcome
For more information about the program, click here.
A project of the Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln – GIMIK e.V. with Digitale Kunstfabrik e.V. Karlsruhe, funded by the Musikfonds e.V., the Kulturamt Köln (Cologne Office for Culture), and the Kunststiftung NRW, with the kind support of the Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft (Institute for Music Informatics and Musicology) and the SAM·ComputerStudio of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe University of Music).