Kabinett der Sinne is not a conventional concert. It is closer to visiting an art exhibition, with the works presented as installations distributed throughout the space. The audience prepares for the evening with blood-red drinks, moves freely around the room, and sits on velvet cushions as they wish — an experience that engages all the senses and that listeners actively shape for themselves, while music remains firmly at its core.

Under the direction of Yorgos Ziavras, the ÉRMA Ensemble presents a diverse programme of contemporary music. In Cologne, the focus is on Unsuk Chin’s early, fairytale-like masterpiece Acrostic Wordplay, featuring Penny Sofroniadou in the virtuosic soprano role. In addition, the ensemble members perform in various formations and appear as soloists in several works.