Events
Concerts, exhibitions and tributes that take place after Martin Spühler's passing in August 2023 — and those still to come.
Exhibition with sound sculptures by Martin Spühler, from 29 August to 18 October 2026 at the oxyd – Kunsträume in Winterthur.
Opening hours: Fri 5–8 pm | Sat & Sun 2–5 pm.
Programme: vernissage (Sat, 29 Aug 2026, 6 pm), «Sounds tüfteln» workshop (Sun, 13 Sep 2026, 2–4 pm), musical tour (Wed, 30 Sep 2026, 6.30 pm) and finissage with concerts (Sun, 18 Oct 2026, 2 pm). Each event is listed separately below.
6 pm doors, 6.15 pm welcome address, 6.30 pm sound performance with Pit Gutmann & Matthias Brodbeck on Martin Spühler's sound sculptures.
Workshop for children and adults with Nico Feer & Roger Zollinger. Ages 8 and up.
Musical tour with Annemarie Spühler & Sarah Mühlebach (artistic direction). Welcome by Martina Müller, managing director of Theater am Gleis.
Closing sessions with Natalie Dietrich, Marcello Mosca and Remo Signer, with Julian Sartorius … and others.
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During Festival Archipel 2026 in Geneva, Martin Spühler's sound sculptures are presented in the Jardin as a freely accessible sound installation — throughout the entire festival.
On display are, among others, the Stichorgel, in which a tube immersed in water produces a flute-like tone, and the Tropfsäulen, where water drops on metal tongues set tuned corrugated-iron columns sounding. A homage to a pioneer of experimental lutherie.
With heartfelt thanks to the artist's family, in particular to Annemarie Spühler.
The Centro di Cultura e d'Arte Ascona (CCAA) invited audiences to an afternoon high up on the Furka Pass: in the hall of the historic Hotel Furkablick, Martin Spühler's monumental sound sculptures were brought to life — struck, rubbed and bowed, they unfolded a sound panorama from bell-bright to thunderously deep.
With Pit Gutmann and Matthias Brodbeck (percussion). A performance between sensory perception and artistic vision, rounded off by small culinary delights.
To close the exhibition «Kosmos Martin Spühler» at Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, the hall was once more transformed into a sound space: companions performed on the sculptures, a children's programme invited active participation, and the film «Klangbildhauer Martin Spühler – Eine Reise durch das Land der Schwingungen» (66 min, 2024) by Arthur Spirk and Martin Spühler was screened.
With Annemarie Spühler, Pit Gutmann, Peter A. Schmid and Matthias Brodbeck.
During the exhibition, workshops with school pupils also took place — drawing in front of the sound objects, conversations with Annemarie Spühler and joint exploration of the sounds.
A first homage after Martin's death: musicians and companions bring the sound objects from his studio to life on the shortest night of the year.
With Robert Mark (percussion) and Zrinka Durut (organ).