When does the InSea concert take place?

The concert takes place on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

Where does the event take place?

InSea performs at the Bergerkirche, Wallstraße 17, 40213 Düsseldorf.

How much do tickets cost?

Tickets cost 14 euros in advance. The box office price is 18 euros, and discounted tickets cost 12 euros.

What music can the audience expect?

The duo combines piano, metal, and electronics into an experimental sound world between jazz, industrial, and ambient.

How is it possible to get there by public transport?

The Bergerkirche can be reached with line U71, U73, and U83 to the Benrather Straße stop.

Are there parking options?

The Carlsplatz parking garage is mentioned as a parking option.

InSea turns Düsseldorf into a sound workshop: Metal, piano, and electronics merge live

Name: 21. IDO Festival: InSea – Electronics & Percussion
Start: 2026-10-22T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-22T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Bergerkirche

InSea transforms the Bergerkirche into a sound laboratory

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, the event InSea: Electronics & Percussion as part of the 21st IDO Festival brings together raw metal resonances, piano, and electronic soundscapes. Thilo Schölpen from Düsseldorf and Stephen Oldfield from London will create a hypnotic sound world between jazz, industrial, and ambient starting at 7:30 PM.

Between Jazz, Industrial, and Ambient

InSea moves beyond familiar genre boxes. Acoustic piano playing merges with electronics, mechanical objects, and unconventional sound generators. Metal, oil barrels, and machine noises form a rough, physically palpable sound architecture in which individual resonances linger long after.

Piano, Metal, and Electronics as Stage Performance

Thilo Schölpen combines his work on the piano with influences from New Jazz, No Wave, Avant-garde, Fluxus, Noise, and Drone. His musical language meets Stephen Oldfield's percussive energy and his fascination for found metal objects. Together, they develop a precisely synchronized stage performance between improvisation, sound design, and electroacoustic orchestration.

A Concert with Industrial Power and Poetic Moments

The live atmosphere of the Bergerkirche serves as the resonance space for a concert experience full of contrasts: steel-hard impulses meet floating ambient surfaces, and percussive density encounters intimate piano moments. The result recalls abandoned industrial sites, nighttime machinery rooms, and at the same time a concentrated improvisation with an open ending.

InSea in the Context of the IDO Festival

The 21st International Düsseldorf Organ Festival showcases the organ and related sound forms in their diversity. InSea represents the modern, experimental side of the festival within the program and opens the view to contemporary music, electronic sound art, and cross-genre stage concepts.

Conclusion: An Evening for Curious Ears

Visitors can expect an intense sound bath between jazz, industrial, ambient, and free electroacoustic music. Anyone who wants to experience music not just as sound, but as space, movement, and resonance, should discover InSea live in the Bergerkirche.