The pulse of Berlin and Paris

Kultur Ensemble invites you to an evening of two landmark silent films of the 1920’s with live electronic scores. Travel from Berlin to Paris through Walter Ruttmann’s Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) and René Clair’s Paris qui dort (1923), performed with live scores by German electronic music duo Gebrüder Teichmann and French musician Stéphane Scharlé. Both films explore the city through rhythm, movement and visual experimentation. A century after their release, these new scores revisit their imagery through electronics, percussion and improvisation, creating a dialogue between early cinema and contemporary music. Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) with live music by Gebrüder Teichmann Berlin awakens. Trains stream into the city, factory machines begin to turn, streets fill with workers, shoppers and revellers. Across five acts following the course of a single day, Walter Ruttmann’s celebrated Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis transforms urban life into a visual composition