News
29 May 2020 - Glasgow UK
Release of NOCTURNE - Live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
15 April 2020 - Glasgow UK
Release of Die Getriebenen (Merkel) a film by Stefan Wagner, soundtrack by Irmin
Schmidt
26 January 2020 - Glasgow UK
Concert of 5 Klavierstücke at the Celtic Connections Festival
21 November 2019 - Huddersfield, UK
World Premiere Concert of 5 Klavierstücke at the Huddersield Contemporary Music
Festival
31 October 2019 - Cologne, Germany
Irmin receives the "Holger Czukay Award - for Life Time Achievement"
28 - 31 August 2019
Jury member at the Soundtrack Cologne
16 December 2018 - VOLKSBÜHNE Berlin
"CAN-PROJECT" concert in two parts:
- 1st. part:
Irmin Schmidt conducting Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg: Can Dialog - Suite / Filmmusic - Suite - 2nd part:
CAN - Tribute Concert
5 - 11 November, 2018
International Film Festival Braunschweig
- 6-11/11/2018
"Retrospektive Irmin Schmidt"
(selection of films with soundtracks by Irmin Schmidt - 6 nights, 6 films) - 7/11/2018
"Irmin Schmidt/CAN: Portraitkonzert" - 19:00 at the Staatstheater Braunschweig two pieces for Orchester by Irmin Schmidt and Gregor Schwellenbach :
1. CAN Dialog - Suite
2. Filmmusic - Suite
15 - 17 August, 2018
Pop Kultur Berlin - Irmin Schmidt SPECIAL
- Musikgeschichten: ›Deadlock‹
15.08. / 19.00–20.28
Kino in der Kulturbrauerei (Saal 8) / Film (en)
DE, 1970
Director: Roland Klick
Cast: Maria Adorf, Anthony Dawson, Marquard Bohm et al.
88 minutes - Musikgeschichten: Filmmusiken
Irmin Schmidt, Stephan Wagner
15.08. / 20.40–21.20
Kino in der Kulturbrauerei (Saal 8) / Talk (de)
Moderation: Hanna Bächer - Musikgeschichten: ›Mord in Eberswalde‹
15.08. / 21.30–23.00
Kino in der Kulturbrauerei (Saal 8) / Film (de)
DE, 2013
Director: Stephan Wagner
Cast: Florian Panzner, Ulrike C. Tscharre, Ronald Zehrfeld et al.
90 minutes - Musikgeschichten: Vorspiel Irmin Schmidt
16.08. / 21.20–22.00
Kino in der Kulturbrauerei (Saal 5) / Talk (de)
Moderation: Ulrich Gutmair - Musikgeschichten: Can Kiosk
Max Dax, Irmin Schmidt
17.08. / 20.00–20.40
Haus für Poesie / Talk (de)
Moderation: Anne Waak
8.4.2017
CAN PROJECT Event, Barbican London. Irmin will be conducting the LSO (two Orchester Suites: "Homage à Can" and "La Fermosa") and Thurston Moor will be playing with Can members and his specially curated rock “supergroup”.
5.10.2017
Irmin is currently working on a CAN book commissioned by Faber & Faber, release date 5.10.2017
October 2015
“Electro Violet” – a definitive 12 CD Box Set – out 20 November.
Listen to unreleased track ‘Why Not’ here.
June 2012
Scheduled release of THE LOST TAPES
24.4.2012
BERLIN
As part of the Berlin Film Festival the Berliner Musik Film Marathon will dedicate a day to Irmin's work.
April 2012
USA
Irmin will be in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York to promote the release of the long awaited LOST TAPES. He will be performing DJsets in selected venues.
September - December
Halleluwah!
A visual homage to Can. Exhibition at Abtart gallery, Stuttgart (16 Sep – 5 Nov) (www.abtart.com) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (24 Nov – 18 Dec)
October
14/10/11 Aix en Provence, Irmin Schmidt & Kum DJ set - The Sound Of Can - A set of
previously unreleased exclusive Can material from the Spoon Archives.
21/10/11 Aix en Provence, Irmin Schmidt & Kumo concert.
OCTOBER
Pre Sale CAN Deluxe Vinyl Box
All 14 of Can’s studio albums have been newly cut to vinyl from the remastered tapes for release as a vinyl deluxe box set in early 2012. This will include CDs of all the albums, extensive booklets, an exclusive never released live album (vinyl only) and a newly remastered "Out Of Reach" previously unavailable! The vinyl deluxe box set will be available for pre-order at the beginning of October 2011.
11 MARCH 2011
Norwegian Wood
4 Can tracks on new Japanese Films Norwegian Wood (after the bestseller
by H. Murakami) More here.
Soundtrack CD by Johnny Greenwood also includes 3 Can tracks More here.
12-14 MAY 2011
Irmin Schmidt & Kumo
Soundinstallation Flies, Guys and Choirs and DJset (DJing Can - The Forgotten Tapes) at the Roundhouse,
London - Short Circuit presents Mute
Download the press release & full lineup
listing
31 JULY 2010
"Irmin Schmidt conducts Irmin Schmidt"
Closing Gala of The Schloßfestspiele Ludwigsburg - Germany (near Stuttgart)
Laudatio by Wim Wenders.
The prestigious Schloßfestspiele Ludwigsburg will dedicate it's closing gala performance to the music of Irmin Schmidt, with a focus on his work for film.
22 & 23 APRIL 2010
Film Music & Orchestration Workshop
at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy with Irmin Schmidt
18 DECEMBER 2009
"Season's Greetings from Can" - click here.
18 OCTOBER 2009
Irmin Schmidt Interview im Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
21 NOVEMBER 2009
Irmin Schmidt receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the Soundtrack-Cologne
Irmin Schmidt erhält den Ehrenpreis bei der diesjährigen Soundtrack-Cologne
Live Interview with Irmin Schmidt 21.11.09 from 16:30 - 18:00 open to the public.
For further information contact:
SoundTrack_Cologne
TELEVISOR Mediendienstleistungen GmbH
Trajanstr. 27, 50678 Köln
fon +49 221 931844 0
fax +49 221 931844 9
info@soundtrackcologne.de
26 AUGUST 2009
Irmin Schmidt Interview in der neuen GALORE.
COMING: SUMMER 2010
Irmin Schmidt has been commissioned by the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (Ludwigsburg Castle
Festival) to present an evening of orchestrations of his
works for film.
14 NOVEMBER 2008
German Premiere PALERMO SHOOTING by Wim Wenders
Irmin Schmidt's soundtrack to Palermo Shooting is available on digital download.
find out more9 OCTOBER 2008
PopKomm, Berlin
Irmin Schmidt, Wim Wenders talk about film music.
Soundtracks - The Black Sheep Of The Film Family?
Irmin Schmidt talks about his work
PopKomm
(pro) files - How Did You Do It?
8 APRIL 2008
Irmin Schmidt score for La Fermosa, ballet by Deutsche Oper Am Rhein
The ballet La Fermosa with music for full orchestra composed by Irmin Schmidt.
(Choreography Youri Vamos)
find out morereleases
Irmin
Schmidt &
KumoAxolotl Eyes (CD) including
Flies, Guys and Choirs (DVD)
(Also available individually)
click here to find out more
