Of resounding bodies and bodily sounds
Today’s music is overly intellectual? The 2025 festival rainy days grabs this cliché by the throat, choosing «bodies» as its theme. Bodies and physicality have always interested the arts. Especially in music, the subject is ambiguous, the idea that the body cannot do without spirit, nor the spirit without the body, more than a bon mot. The multitude of approaches to the body and bodies is reflected in the festival’s programme, once again designed for diehard fans of contemporary music and those who are simply curious alike, offering something for almost all age groups.
Festival Details
- Dates 19-23.11.2025
Full Programme
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Tue 19:30
Rimini Protokoll
SweatGrand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Wed 19:30
Rimini Protokoll
SweatGrand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Thu 12:30
Luxembourg Composition Academy Final Concert
Salle de Musique de Chambre -
Thu 17:30
Walking Piece – Intersections
Grand Foyer -
Thu 17:30
Hearing Voices
A Multichannel ExperienceFoyer Ciel Ouvert -
Thu 18:00
Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion and the Bozzini Quartet
Any Table, Any RoomEspace Découverte -
Thu 19:10
Walking Piece – Intersections
Grand Foyer -
Thu 19:30
Rimini Protokoll
SweatGrand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Thu 19:45
The orchestra: a body of sound
Grand Auditorium -
Thu 21:15
Bozzini Quartet
Hirn + EiGrand Foyer -
Thu 21:45
Exaudi Vocal Ensemble
Voices/PlacesSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Fri 11:00
In Annea Lockwood’s Piano Garden
A happeningJardin du Multilinguisme - Cour Européenne de Justice, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Fri 12:15
Michael Parsons, Siwan Rhys
Space-Time PianosSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Fri 12:15
Hearing Voices
A Multichannel ExperienceFoyer Ciel Ouvert -
Fri 12:15
Alisa Oleva
drip dropGrand Foyer -
Fri 13:30
jez riley French / Pheobe riley Law
soft-hued vesselsSalon PhilaPhil -
Fri 17:30
jez riley French / Pheobe riley Law
soft-hued vesselsSalon PhilaPhil -
Fri 17:30
Pricklings: prick me
Grand Foyer -
Fri 18:00
lovemusic: Protest of the Physical
Bodies of sound, spaces of resistanceEspace Découverte -
Fri 18:30
Pricklings: prick me
Grand Foyer -
Fri 19:15
United Instruments of Lucilin
In a Large, Open SpaceGrand Foyer -
Fri 20:15
Pricklings: prick me
Grand Foyer -
Fri 20:30
Ensemble Recherche
They searched within himSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Fri 22:00
Florentin Ginot
DisturbanceEspace Découverte -
Sat 09:30
Coffee with Composers
Grand Foyer -
Sat 09:30
Hearing Voices
Foyer Ciel Ouvert -
Sat 10:00
Alisa Oleva
drip dropGrand Foyer -
Sat 10:00
Claudia Molitor
The unheard also glistensExterner Veranstaltungsraum -
Sat 10:00
jez riley French / Pheobe riley Law
orchestra of objects | vesselsGrand Foyer -
Sat 10:15
Henri Växby
From the Book of HeadsGrand Foyer -
Sat 10:30
Knut’s Kissa
A bring-your-own-music listening cafe (CDs, LPs)Salon PhilaPhil -
Sat 11:00
Louisa Marxen
Me and themSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Sat 12:30
Solo Voices and Quartetto Mauricio
Spiegel SpieleGrand Foyer -
Sat 14:15
Musici Ireland
Chronically HopefulGrand Auditorium -
Sat 15:45
A-Un
A meeting at a crossing called Steve Kaspar with Yuko Kominami and Nataša GrujovićSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Sat 16:45
Fabrik Quartet
Rare organismsEspace Découverte -
Sat 18:15
Les Percussions de Strasbourg
OnlyGrand Auditorium -
Sat 20:00
Ligeti Quartet
4 hands – 8 handsSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Sat 21:15
Bruine
Espace Découverte -
Sat 22:15
Pony Says Bodies
Grand Foyer -
Sun 09:30
Coffee with Composers
Grand Foyer -
Sun 09:30
Hearing Voices
Foyer Ciel Ouvert -
Sun 10:00
Claudia Molitor
The unheard also glistensExterner Veranstaltungsraum -
Sun 10:00
lovemusic: I Was Wearing My Skin Unfresh
Story time. For adultsSalon PhilaPhil -
Sun 10:00
Alisa Oleva
drip dropGrand Foyer -
Sun 10:00
jez riley French / Phoebe riley Law
orchestra of objects | vesselsGrand Foyer -
Sun 10:30
Heather Roche and Dominic Lash
Ephemeral TangibilityGrand Foyer -
Sun 11:30
Irene Kurka, Leah Muir
Em-bo-dy-ment: A Multimedia DramaEspace Découverte -
Sun 13:00
A Scratch Orchestra Performance
Salle de Musique de Chambre -
Sun 14:30
Piano Biopsy
Matthew Lee Knowles scrutinises the body of a piano, piece by pieceGrand Foyer -
Sun 14:45
Noise Watchers
Body PaintingSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Sun 16:00
dispersion of subjectivity
Luxembourg, Mudam, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Sun 16:00
Trio Accanto
The Last of Their Kin(d): A speculative songbook of endangered speciesEspace Découverte -
Sun 16:00
dispersion of subjectivity
Luxembourg, Mudam, Luxembourg, Luxembourg -
Sun 17:30
Amstel Quartet and 100 saxophones
La bocca, i piedi, il suonoGrand Foyer -
Sun 18:30
Judo and music
Ensemble Multilatérale with judokas Stephen Roulin and Antoine Bidault present Nage-no-kataGrand Auditorium -
Sun 20:15
Explore Ensemble & Exaudi perform Catherine Lamb
dying your dying to come closerSalle de Musique de Chambre -
Sun 22:00
Closing Party with DJ Sensu
rainy days discoGrand Foyer
Throwback to rainy days 2024
The 2024 rainy days festival explored extremes in all their forms, pushing the boundaries of sound and music. The extra short, long, loud, soft, relaxing, intense... From a one-breath composition to a 12-hour performance, with about 50 events in five days, this edition offered some of the most daring, radical, and surprising experiences yet.