Between Mountains Festival Programme 2026

Between loud and soft, between classical and electronic, between dancing and listening. Thank you to everyone who came along to the second edition of Between Mountains.

These live acts and DJs were a treat for your ears.

Live Act

AFAR & Kai Schumacher

Analogue synthesisers meet classical piano; delicate melodies meet pulsating beats. A hypnotic pull that breaks down rigid structures and opens up new spaces. Playing by its own rules.

Live Act & DJ

Acid Pauli

In his musical aesthetic and approach to electronic music culture, Acid Pauli – alias Martin Gretschmann – is as versatile and determined as an artist can be.

Akra Ondo

Akra Ondo’s DJ sets are known for their careful curation, guiding listeners and inviting them on a journey.

Live Act

Alexandra Maria Seywald

Breaking down barriers and finding hope: the Salzburg-based violinist Alexandra Maria Seywald combines solo virtuosity with a profound quest for social relevance.

Ambienti Sonori

Exploring sound as a material that transforms environments, Ambienti Sonori brings together music selection, sound design, acoustics and visual elements.

Live Act

Arev Emre Imer

Electronic musician who performs with the Junges Kammerorchester Baselland.

BEX

BEX' sets are driven by curiosity and intuition—digging obscure rythms and unexpected turns and blends genres with ease.

BanzaiXX

BanzaiXX captivates audiences with his seamless mixes and infectious energy.

Live Act

Beatrice Berrut

A musician who bridges the gap between tradition and modernity.

Live Act

CANCELLED · Earth Trax

Unfortunately, the concert with Earth Trax has been cancelled for personal reasons.

Live Act

Chewlie

Chewlie is a Bern-based producer, visual artist, and DJ navigating the fringes of bass music with a fondness for asymmetry and atmosphere.

Dave Nebula

Blending ambient, downtempo, beats, and pitched pop, Dave Nebula creates dense sonic spaces that feel intimate, hypnotic, and slightly unhinged.

Live Act

Detect Ensemble

The Detect Ensemble has set itself the task of creating content that combines the qualities of different art music worlds.

Live Act

Dobrawa Czocher

As a musician, Czocher loves to expand the sound spectrum of the cello and to oscillate between classical and contemporary music.

Live Act

Duo Equinox

With an extraordinary line-up ranging from euphonium and trumpet to marimba and percussion, Valentin Frutiger and Valerian Alfaré break down the boundaries between classical and contemporary music.

ELIO

DJ from the Schmusi Collective.

IX4M & Ben Jarli

IX4M and Ben Jarli dip genres in watercolours: no brushes, just a delicate touch.

Guided tour

Impulszentrum Holdenweid

The Impulszentrum Holdenweid gives guided tours of the house and grounds to anyone interested.

Live Act

Junges Kammerorchester Baselland

The Junges Kammerorchester Baselland combines musical masterpieces with fresh ideas, performing both major orchestral works and innovative and rarely heard pieces.

Live Act

Kate Lim

Kate Lim ist eine Zürcher Klangkünstlerin, deren Arbeit aus einem Leben zwischen zwei Kulturen wächst, wo Gesten oft mehr erzählen als Worte und Klänge zu Trägern von Erinnerung und Zugehörigkeit werden.

Live Act

Kebyart

The Kebyart Saxophone Quartet is breaking down musical boundaries and taking the classical music scene by storm with their virtuoso precision.

Live Act

Los Sara Fontan

A fearless mix of influences—as disparate as classical music, hardcore punk, noise, IDM, or electroacoustic sound—serves as fuel for Los Sara Fontan's radical musical language.

Live Act

Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz

Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz’s new multi-percussion solo programme is a fascinating dialogue between driving grooves, contemporary classical music and experimental electronic music.

Mumbi Kameri & Keshia

Mumbi Kameri & Keshia will present a varied, cross-genre set in which they weave together unexpected tracks and well-known favourites to create a musical journey.

NVST

Rather than navigating genres, NVST works the dancefloor as a space of friction and release, balancing precision with instability.

Rafush

Rafush's sets weave Afro-diasporic rhythms, experimental electronics and percussive club music into narrative journeys that blur genre boundaries.

Live Act

Robot Koch

Robot Koch & Detect Ensemble present a fascinating blend of cinematic electronica, contemporary classical music and immersive soundscapes.

Talk

SRF Kitchen Talks

Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) invites various musicians to take part in conversations in the Holdenweid kitchen.

Live Act

Sebastian Mullaert

Where nature, Zen meditation and electronic perfection come together: a mesmerising live performance by the exceptional artist Sebastian Mullaert.

Live Act

Simon Höfele

Simon Höfele is a trumpet virtuoso who has performed with renowned orchestras and conductors around the world.

Squadra

Die Squadra versorgt euch zwischen Konzerten am Im Puls mit Barmusik.

Live Act

Stimming

By combining elegantly crafted soundscapes with profound, stirring reflections, Stimming has forged his own path.

SändiMental

For SändiMental, music is not a genre, but a feeling. It follows no set path, but is guided by intuition. The focus is on the energy of the moment.

Live Act

Tillmann Ostendarps kleine Band

Tillmann Ostendarp gathers Justine Tornay, Elio Amberg Paul Amereller and Arthur Hnatek to fuse improvised sounds with electronic textures.

Tuğba

Tuğba moves effortlessly through a wide variety of genres and draws inspiration from sounds that move her personally.

Yawatex

Whether you're all-in or running it side by side, the Yawatex vibe brings people together to make memories.

Yushh

Yushh is a DJ, producer and label owner (Pressure Dome) from Bristol.

Live Act

aantz & O/Y

Electronic live act based in berlin. Analog, percussive, deep, loop-heavy.

kansi

House, soul, funk, sufi, shayari, ambient, percussions, kansi finds a way to fit everything together.

kweku

Kweku blends a percussive take on transatlantic sounds, moving freely between then and now.

Live Act

maTrigal

Contemporary classical meets electronic music, elaborate harmonics merge with elements of world music and jazz, driving beats fusion with complex polyrhythms.

mattmosphere

Matti takes music lovers on gentle, warm and mystical journeys.

mille balles

mille balles' selections bring together hypnotic basslines, raw rhythms, oddball electronics, and unexpected gems, moving freely across genres and eras.

mo & jacjacjackyy

mo & jacjacjacky drift queerly across genres and tempos, beatless one moment, wide open on the dance floor the next.

pokka

pokka has never confined herself to a single genre, but has now found her musical home in a house and techno sound that is minimal yet emotional, endlessly groovy and full of breakbeat surprises.

äöü

Driven by a deep love for pads, arps, basslines, and drum breaks, äöü blends elements of breakbeat, dub, ambient, IDM, and trip-hop.

Consent

AFAR & Kai Schumacher

Acid Pauli

Akra Ondo

Alexandra Maria Seywald

Ambienti Sonori

Arev Emre Imer

BEX

BanzaiXX

Beatrice Berrut

CANCELLED · Earth Trax

Chewlie

Dave Nebula

Detect Ensemble

Dobrawa Czocher

Duo Equinox

ELIO

IX4M & Ben Jarli

Impulszentrum Holdenweid

Junges Kammerorchester Baselland

Kate Lim

Kebyart

Los Sara Fontan

Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz

Mumbi Kameri & Keshia

NVST

Rafush

Robot Koch

SRF Kitchen Talks

Sebastian Mullaert

Simon Höfele

Squadra

Stimming

SändiMental

Tillmann Ostendarps kleine Band

Tuğba

Yawatex

Yushh

aantz & O/Y

kansi

kweku

maTrigal

mattmosphere

mille balles

mo & jacjacjackyy

pokka

äöü