Writing Sounds in Göttingen: Where Text and Electronic Violin Merge
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Writing Sounds: When Language Takes on Sound
On Saturday, October 10, 2026, two extraordinary art forms will meet at the Literaturhaus Göttingen: Author Annette Pehnt and improvisational musician, violinist, and composer Harald Kimmig combine text and sound into a unique live improvisation.
A Dialogue Between Violin and Words
At Writing Sounds, literature is created not only on paper. Harald Kimmig lets his electronic violin resonate while Annette Pehnt indulges in Instant Writing. Both react immediately to each other and develop a stage performance that is entirely dedicated to the moment.
Improvisation with an Open Ending
The event is fueled by tension, synchronization, and surprising turns. Soundscapes, electronic resonances, and written language enter into an intense dialogue. The audience experiences how individual tones create thoughts and how words grow into a sound space of their own.
Two Independent Voices of the Present
Harald Kimmig is one of the defining artists of free improvisational music. The violinist and composer has worked with Cecil Taylor, Peter Kowald, and John Tchicai, combining free music with theater, dance, and interactive media. For his performance Interface, he received the Dance and Theater Award from the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Stuttgart in 2019.
Annette Pehnt is a multi-award-winning writer, literary scholar, and professor of creative writing and cultural journalism. For her literary work, she has received, among other awards, the Mara Cassens Prize, the Solothurn Literature Prize, the Hermann Hesse Literature Prize, the Cultural Prize of Baden-Württemberg, and in 2023, the Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund.
Live Atmosphere Full of Concentration
The intimate atmosphere of the Literaturhaus creates the ideal space for this concert experience between reading, sound art, and performance. Every moment remains open; every reaction alters the course. Thus, an immediate audience atmosphere develops, where acoustics, light, language, and electronic violin merge into a common composition.
Conclusion: A Unique Morning for Open Ears
Writing Sounds promises not an ordinary reading and not a classical concert, but a unique encounter of literature and free improvisation. Those who want to experience how text emerges in the very moment and how sound changes meaning should witness this special concert experience live at the Literaturhaus Göttingen.
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