Tickets and information: https://ultraschallberlin.de/konzert/2026-01-18_feizabadi-deep-siesta-zafraaan-ensemble/

On January, 18th, 2026 at Radialsystem as part of the Ultraschall Festival 2026

A chamber opera in three acts with prologue 

Two artificial beings – Ök and Mani – are born out of digital chaos. Curious and amazed, they discover the world of humans: its beauty, its EmoSons, its contradictions. Initially playful and childlike, they soon recognise the abysses of human existence – war, destruction, loss of self. They begin to ask questions: about origin, responsibility, meaning. When they realise their own power, they decide to destroy humanity – out of a paradoxical mixture of disappointment, love and clarity. After the apocalypse, they find only themselves. Love arises from the emptiness – and from it, new conflict. In a final clash, they destroy each other. What remains is silence. Or: a new beginning.

An opera about artificial consciousness, humanity, destruction and the wonder of existence.

Concept, composition and direction: Amen Feizabadi

Conductor: Yalda Zamani

Libretto: Dilek Mayatürk

Dramaturgy: Konstantin Parnian

Video production: Amen Feizabadi and Maryam Takhtkeshian

Photography: Maryam Takhtkeshian

Camera: Hamed Otadi, Ghazal Bakhtazad

Sound: Soheil Mirzadeh

ZAFRAAN ENSEMBLE

Liam Mallett, flute

Miguel Pérez Iñesta, clarinet

Martin Posegga, saxophone

Emmanuelle Bernard, violin

Josa Gerhard, viola

Martin Smith, cello

Beltane Ruiz Molina, double bass

Anna Viechtl, harp

Clemens Hund-Göschel, piano

Daniel Eichholz, percussion

With audio, video and photo recordings of the boys’ choir of the Veda Music Institute (conductor: Soudabeh Salem) in Tehran.

NEUE VOCALSOLISTEN

Helena Sorokina, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Gloger, countertenor/baritone

Michael Nagy, tenor

Andreas Fischer, bass

Production manager: Piotr van Gielle Ruppe

Management Zafraan Ensemble and PR: Sofia Surgutschowa

With friendly support by the Deutscher Musikrat and by initiative neue musik berlin e.V.

Commissioned by Zafraan Ensemble, made possible by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.