Spooky Cousins
Li-Chin Li (sheng), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin),
Carter Williams (viola d`amore), Fe Fritschi (accordion)
Sunday, November 16, 2025, 19:00
St. Gertrud, Krefelder Str.57, 50670 Köln
6-8-9 Fēnbèi I
Li-Chin Li (sheng), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin),
Fabian Neubauer (multi instruments), Bastian Buddenbrock (iwas)
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 16:00 as part of
Soft Opening “Kapute Szene”, 15:00-18:00, Kyffhäuser Str.31, 50674 Köln, backyard
IPOO
Li-Chin Li (sheng), Andrew Levine (haken continuum, theremin und modular synth), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Friday, November 14, 2025, 20:00
Subsol, Ackerstr 67, 40233 Düsseldorf
God´s Burnout
Saskia von Klitzing (Schlagwerk), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds)
Sunday, November 09, 2025, ca. 19:00
REM Festival, Schwankhalle Bremen, Buntentorsteinweg 112/116, 28201 Bremen
Speeddating – instant 3 minute trios and 1 tutti
Katharina Bohlen (Klarinette), Jun-Y Ciao (Sopransaxofon, Stimme), Uwe Juchum (Bassklarinette, Tenorsaxofon), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Brigitte Küpper (Stimme), Claudius Reimann (Kontrabassklarinette), Thorsten Töpp (E-Gitarre), Christofer Varner (Posaune), Ute Völker (Akkordeon), Joseph Warner (Kontrabass), Kai Winter (Altsaxofon), Norbert Zajac (Stimme).
Friday, November 07, 2025, 20:00
ORT, Luisenstr 116, 42103 Wuppertal
Calliope 4
Teresa Coll (voice), Tan Shuoxin (laptop), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 19:00
Houseboat on the River Rhine, Bayerstr 45,go to the river, 53332 Bornheim-Hersel
Maybe Candles
Bastian Buddenbrock (iwas), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Teresa Coll (voice), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Fabian Neubauer (percussion), Sun Yizhou (feedback, electronics), Tan Shuoxin (laptop)
Sunday, October 12, 2025, 20:00
Solips, 42329 Wuppertal Vohwinkel, Buchenhofener Str 35
Final Inspection Quintet
Fabian Neubauer (multiple instruments), Duy Luong (bass), Ketonge (raviosonarli), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Friday, September 05, 20:00
Subsol, Ackerstr 67, 40233 Düsseldorf
Random Expectation Trio
Li-chin Li (sheng), Reinhold Friedl (microtonal bontempi organ), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Friday, August 29, 19:00
Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Stephane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar
Random Expectation Septet#2
Matthias Kaiser (concept, prepared and amplified violin), Li-chin Li (sheng), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Tan Shuoxin (laptop), Ketonge (ketonge´s raviosonarli), Simon Rummel (microtonal harmonium), Fabian Neubauer (piano, acoustic objects)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 20:00
Tersteegenkirche, Amselstr. 22, 51069 Köln
VocColours+
VocColours: Gala Hummel, Andreas Techler, Brigitte Küpper, Norbert Zajac (voices),
Matthias Kaiser (violin), Thilo Schölpen (feedback, aerophonium)
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 15:00
Kulturtag-Oberscheid, Taftahü Oberscheid e.V. Bonner Str. 21| 53567 Buchholz
[draußen]
Hanna Schörken (vocals), Pablo Liebhaber (drums), Li-Chin Li (sheng),
Duy Luong (bass), Bastian Buddenbrock (#’), Hsiao-Ting Lee (dance),
Fabian Neubauer (perc.), Matthias Kaiser (violin), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds)
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 19:30
Solips, 42329 Wuppertal Vohwinkel, Buchenhofener Str 35
Calliope3
Teresa Coll (voice), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 20:00
Block 7, Barbarastr. 3-9, 50735 Köln
Kaiser, whose background in extended violin techniques and improvisation places him on the esoteric edges of string theory (both musical and perhaps quantum), doesn’t simply play the violin. He invokes it.
Appearance at Moers Festival 2025
Trio 1
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Ulrich Phillipp (double bass)
Friday, June 06, 2025, 17:30
Moers Festival, Freysinn 1, Treckerstage
Piano mobil
Matthias Kaiser (solo violin)
Saturday, June 07, 2025, 14:45
Random Expectation Septet
Matthias Kaiser (concept, prepared and amplified violin), Sun Yizhou (feedback), Zhu Wenbo (clarinet, tapes etc.), Zhao Cong (objects), Tan Shuoxin (eletronics), Simon Rummel (microtonal harmonium), Thilo Schoelpen (piano, feedback)
Saturday, June 07, 2025, 23:30
Moers Festival, In der Halle
ornithological sth – solo piece for violin and windup woodpeckers
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin, windup woodpeckers, electronics)
Sunday, June 08, 2025, 17:00
Moers Festival, Club Jazz, Byobu
God’s Burnout
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Saskia von Klitzing (drums)
Sunday, June 08, 2025, 20:00
Moers Festival, Auf’m Platz
Moers Session
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Tan Shuoxin (laptop), Meinrad Kneer (double bass), Tomo Ando (percussion)
Monday, June 09, 2025, 14:00
Moers Festival, Open Air Stage
Random Expectation come together
Musicians from Beijing and Colgne and other places, tba
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 19:30
Studio Orbitale, Vogteistr. 18a/Innenhof, 50670 Cologne
Trio A
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Peter Alexius (guitar, synth, electronics), Fabian Neubauer (drums)
Sunday, May 25, 2025, 19:30
Houseboat on the River Rhine, Bayenstr 45, 53332 Bornheim-Hersel
Speeddating
Katharina Bohlen (clarinet, bass clarinet), Uwe Juchum (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Brigitte Küpper (voice), Claudius Reimann (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Thorsten Töpp (electric guitar), Christopher Varner (trombone), Joseph Warner (double bass), Andreas Wagner (clarinet, bass clarinet), Kai Winter (alto saxophone), Norbert Zajac (voice)
Multiple three-minute-trios and one tutti
Friday, May 23, 2025, 20:00
BLOCK 7, Barbarastr. 3-9, 50735 Köln
Flourish!
Li Li-chin (sheng), Fabian Neubauer (percussion), Matthias Kaiser (violin)
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 19:30
Galerie Rompone, Brüsseler Str. 31, 50674 Köln
Calliope etc.
Teresa Coll (voice), Erhard Hirt (guitar, electronics), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Angelika Sheridan (flute, cello)
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 19:30
Houseboat on the River Rhine, Bayenstr 45, 53332 Bornheim-Hersel
Speeddating
Katharina Bohlen (clarinet, bass clarinet), Uwe Juchum (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Brigitte Küpper (voice), Claudius Reimann (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet), Thorsten Töpp (electric guitar), Joseph Warner (double bass), Andreas Wagner (clarinet, bass clarinet), Kai Winter (alto saxophone), Norbert Zajac (voice)
Multiple three-minute-trios and one tutti
Friday, April 25, 2025, 20:00
Subsol, Ackerstr 67, 40233 Düsseldorf
Random Expectation Quintet
Li-Chin Li (sheng), Jun-Y Ciao (reeds), Tan Shuoxin (laptop), Simon Rummel (harmonium, microtonal harmonica), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Monday, March 17, 2025, 20:00
Tersteegenkirche, Amselstr. 22, 51069 Köln
3D*
Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), Jörg König (guitar), Johannes Pfingsten (drums)
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 19:30
Houseboat on the River Rhine, Bayenstr 45, 53332 Bornheim-Hersel
solo, duo, trio
solo: Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin), duo: Sun Yizhou and Tom Soloveitzik, trio: Felicie Bazelaire, Pierre-Antoine Badaroux, Daichi Yoshikawa
Saturday, February 8, 2025, 20:00
8lithèque, 3 Rue Victor Considérant, 75014 Paris
random expectation 2 – Connecting Sound from Beijing and Cologne
“7 ways of air alienation” (conceptual improvisation by Matthias Kaiser)
“Church” (composition by Zhu Wenbo)
Sun Yizhou (feedback), Zhu Wenbo (clarinet, tapes etc.), Zhao Cong (objects), Tan Shuoxin (eletronics), Simon Rummel (microtonal harmonium), Thilo Schoelpen (piano, feedback), Matthias Kaiser (prepared and amplified violin)
Thursday, January 30, 2025, 20:00
Tersteegenkirche, Amselstr. 22, 51069 Köln
random expectation 1 – Connecting Sound from Beijing and Cologne
Sun Yizhou (homemade devices), Zhu Wenbo (clarinet, tapes etc.), Zhao Cong (objects), Matthias Kaiser (violin etc.)
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 19:00
Galerie Rompone, Brüsseler Str. 31, 50674 Köln
WIO-Wuppertaler Improvisationsorchester
Friday, January 17, 2025, 20:00
Neue Kirche, Sophienstraße 3b, 42103 Wuppertal