About
Adrian Thieß is a sound artist, electronic musician, trumpeter and performer based in Hamburg. His work is situated in the field of creative music technologies, where improvisation, sonic research, spatial audio, instrument building, modular synthesis and interactive music systems converge. Out of this convergence emerge hybrid sound spaces in which the boundaries between player and instrument, human and machine begin to shift. Recent performances include appearances at Spatial Audio Week Helsinki, PGVIM International Symposium Bangkok, next_generation Festival at ZKM Karlsruhe, Blurred Edges Festival Hamburg and Moers Festival.
He studied music and theatre at the Lübeck University of Music, where, under Prof. Nicola Hein, he began combining his instrumental practice with experimental and media-based approaches. As a member of the ensemble chaos|cadence, he also develops interdisciplinary works at the intersection of music, technology and performance. The ensemble has received the Possehl Music Prize (2023) and the Prize for Originality at the D-bü Competition (2024).
Works & Projects
Hybrid Structures
Solo
Hybrid Structures is Adrian Thieß’s main solo project, where extended trumpet techniques meet modular synthesizers and self-developed interactive music systems. Rather than being a fixed composition, the project is conceived as an evolving process — a continuous exploration of the dynamic interplay between acoustic performance and interactive music technologies.
One of the most recent recorded performances of Hybrid Structures took place at the PGVIM International Symposium 2024 in Bangkok.
chaos|cadence
Ensemble
The ensemble chaos|cadence — comprising Ariadne Dalatsi (voice), Sophie Kockler (clarinet), Jorma Marggraf (piano), and Adrian Thieß (trumpet and electronics) — was formed during their shared studies at the Conservatory of Lübeck. Their work focuses on the development of interdisciplinary concert formats that merge classical and contemporary music with text, visual art, performance, and new media.
With this approach, chaos|cadence was awarded the Possehl Music Prize for New Musical Performance Concepts in January 2023 for their project A-distroy, and received the Prize for Originality at the D-bü Competition in Nuremberg in May 2024 for their project Post-Bodies {corporeal.code}.
Thiess-Dalatsi-Kim
Trio
Since 2022, Ariadne Dalatsi, Goeun Kim, and Adrian Thieß have been working together as an interdisciplinary ensemble at the intersection of experimental music, technology, and performance. Their work places improvised music at its core, aiming to expand improvisational practice through the use of interactive music systems and instrument building, constantly seeking new sonic languages.Their joint performances have included appearances at the Klangtauchen Festival in Lübeck and the next_generation X Festival at ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe.
In summer 2025, the ensemble traveled to South Korea, where they had been invited to present the audiovisual installation frapper dans le vide and to perform a series of concerts as part of the exhibition 관계맺기.
Modular Reverberations
for radio and modular synth
In his piece Modular Reverberations, Adrian Thieß develops a dialogue between a radio and a modular synthesizer. Starting from the diverse range of sounds that emanate from this particular radio — including spoken word fragments, snippets of music, static, and ambient noise — the composition assembles these elements into a dense, multi-layered sonic collage. By capturing and reprocessing ephemeral audio moments, Modular Reverberations draws attention to how meaning is constructed, lost, and recombined in today’s digital environments.
Concerts
2026-06-07, Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg, Klang+Sache, Duo-Set with Caroline Cecilia Tallone
2025–10–22, Post-Bodies, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Cité des Arts, Paris
2025–10–19, Post-Bodies, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Alte Feuerwache, Köln
2025–08–21, Trio Thiess-Dalatsi-Kim, Outhouse, Seoul
2025–08–05, Post-Bodies, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Zentralbibliothek, Essen
2025–08–03, Post-Bodies, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
2025–07–31, Post-Bodies, Ensemble chaos|cadence, MS Stubnitz, Hamburg
2025–06–08, Moers Festival, with Verena Barié (rec, elec), Adrian Thieß (tp, elec), Aaron Rosenow (dr), Caroline Schnabel (voc, elec), Angharad Davies (ltg, v)
2025–05–07, Hybrid Structures, Solo, Hörbar, B-Movie, Hamburg
2024–11–08, Symposium dazwischen, Ensemble chaos|cadence, HfMT Hamburg
2024–08–24, Hybrid Structures, Solo, PGVIM International Symposium, Bangkok
2024–06–14, Blurred Edges Festival, Ensemble chaos|cadence, TONALi Saal, Hamburg
2024–06–08, Hybrid Structures, Solo, next_generation X Festival, ZKM, Karlsruhe
2024–01–14 Artificial Resonances, Ensemble chaos|cadence, ZKFL, Lübeck
2024–01–12, Artificial Resonances, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Haus Eden, Lübeck
2023–12–10, Artificial Resonances, Ensemble chaos|cadence, Essigfabrik, Lübeck
2023–11–28, Hybrid Structures, Solo, Spatial Audio Week, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2023–02–11, Trio Thiess-Dalatsi-Kim, Klangtauchen Festival, Lübeck
Contact
Adrian Thieß
22303 Hamburg
+49-157-32585934
contact[at]adrianthiess.com