December 7 + 8, 2024

CHRISTMAS
MARKET

This year, Gut Bennigsen once again shone in festive splendor as the 41st Christmas Market of the Bennigsen Community Association e.V. opened its doors. Just in time for the opening, the rain stopped, and the weather held up throughout the entire weekend. Many dear people gathered to celebrate and enjoy together – more than 7,000 attended this time.

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May 18, 2024

MAUSTETYTÖT

The Finnish band Maustetytöt, consisting of sisters Kaisa and Anna Karjalainen, captivates audiences with catchy melodies and lyrical lyrics. With over 10 million streams and three bestselling albums, they have established themselves as one of Finland’s most popular bands. They gained international recognition through collaborations with “Agents” and Aki Kaurismäki. “Impossibly cool”, writes the New York Times.

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May 31, 2024

BOMBINO

Bombino is an outstanding Nigerian musician who fuses traditional Tuareg sounds with blues and rock. His captivating rhythms and powerful guitar riffs have earned him worldwide recognition, making him the first Grammy nominee from his country. After his world tour, he now performs at the Bennigsen estate.

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June 15, 2024

ETRAN DE L’ AÏR

“If we are invited, we come and play,” says Abindi, a member of the Tuareg music group Etran de L’Aïr . Accordingly, the renowned band accepted our invitation to come to Germany to present their unique mix of a variety of traditional sounds and contemporary music and to celebrate with us.

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June 22, 2024

ALOGTE OHO & HIS SOUNDS OF JOY

Ghanaian artist Alogte Oho’s career is now taking him all over Europe. But that wasn’t always the case. At first, his career progressed in small steps, until a drastic experience changed his life. This resulted in his first hit “Mam Yinne Wa” (God, you love me so) and made Alogte Oho a top frafra gospel artist overnight.

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July 13, 2024

FLORENCE ADOONI

Florence Adooni, the queen of the Frafra gospel, effortlessly combines the wandering melodies of northern Ghana with the highlife rhythm of the Ashanti. Her debut single “Mam Pe’ela Su’ure” on Philophon Records shows her soulful talent and exceptional voice. With influences from both the northern savannah and the rainforest, their music captivates with charm and depth.

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August 15 – August 17, 2024

CANNN 2024

Wiebke and Johannes Thomsen curate a film program at Gut Bennigsen, featuring explosive independent new releases, quirky cinematic gems, and intense visual spectacles.

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August 30, 2024

MINGUS PROJECT

The Mingus Project is a band organized and led by Jorik Bergman. They perform “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady,” a 40-minute suite by Charles Mingus, along with new arrangements of pieces by Charles Mingus. Their program debuted at the 11th edition of the Weekend Festival in Cologne.

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September 8, 2024

OPEN MONUMENT DAY

For this year’s “Open Monument Day®” on Sunday, September 8th, the brick barn was opened and available for a short tour. Free guided tours were offered by the Wunder architectural office at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm.

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September 14 + 15, 2024

NOBODY KNOWS

The English choreographer Robert Robinson explores and examines familial dynamics within the artistic collective. His dance companions are creative fellow travelers on long, open paths that lead into the unknown.

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October 31 – November 9, 2024

DARK RIDE – THE ORDER

Who is this mysterious group of people who lead their hermit-like lives behind the walls of the venerable Bennigsen manor? Passers-by report eerie sounds and ringing, some say they have heard sound waves coming from the earth. Now the secret seems to be revealed. Crumpled, hand-written notes circulating in the surrounding area invite you to come in.

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November 23, 2024

IN THE RELATIVE NOW

In the composition Waves, I attempt to expand the listener’s experience of time and space by introducing the dimension of “temporal memory.” Spatially arranged, ambiguously located sounds and extremely elongated sections dissolve conventional spatial perception, heightening awareness of a new, individual plane of space and time. It is an auditory journey into hidden worlds, revealed through our senses and imagination.

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9 + 10 December 2023

CHRISTMAS MARKET

Once again this year, the Bennigsen estate shone in festive splendor – for the fortieth time. Once again, many lovely people came to celebrate this wonderful anniversary together, so many that we are proud to announce a new record number of visitors.

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September 10, 2023

OPEN MONUMENT DAY

What a great day at our Bennigsen estate. More than a thousand wonderful people were able to enjoy the Open Monument Day in several guided tours in perfect weather.

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July 29, 2023

VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ

There is a popular saying in Mali that the family name of life is change. Vieux Farka Touré has followed this dictum throughout his career.

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July 9, 2023

CULTURE SUMMER 2023: JULIUS EASTMAN PROJECT

Minimal music with pop elements by the rediscovered NYC composer Julius Eastman, played by an eight-piece all-female ensemble.

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June 9 – July 2, 2023

LODDERBAST CINEMA

Wiebke and Johannes Thomsen make cinema programs at the Bennigsen estate with cracking independent new releases, curious film gems and wildly powerful images.

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June 16, 2023

ENSEMBLE SOZUSINGEN

Ensemble Sozusingen inspires with captivating concert collage at Gut Bennigsen.

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May 19, 2023

BASSEKOU KOUYATÉ & NGONI BA

He is “a genius and living proof that the blues comes from Mali”, says Taj Mahal about his colleague Bassekou Kouyaté.

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December 3 +4, 2022

CHRISTMAS MARKET

On 3. and December 4, 2022, the Bennigser Interessengemeinschaft e.V. Christmas market took place for the first time at the Bennigsen estate.

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August 6, 2022

VAGABUNDOS

The Vagabundos go in search of musical treasures of the earth – with sensitive music about love, lust and passion.

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July 17, 2022

NIGHT CANDLES

What can classical music do today? The Orchester im Treppenhaus has been working on an expanded concert concept for several years.

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June 1, 2022

CIRCLING REALITIES

We are more than ones and zeros. We are circles that touch, that intersect. With Circling Realities the orchestra presents a completely new concert experience in the staircase.

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August 22, 2021

TOVTE

With sophisticated arrangements and energetic rhythms, the five musicians from Cologne make it just as easy for their audience to listen devoutly as to dance exuberantly.

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