SPEAKER

Thorsten Quaeschning

Musician, Composer, Producer

Tangerine Dream

Thorsten Quaeschning is a Berlin-based composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

Thorsten founded Picture Palace music in 2003 and joined Tangerine Dream in 2005. In 2013, Edgar Froese appointed him Musical Director of Tangerine Dream. Under Quaeschning’s leadership, the band composes and records new music with Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick while touring internationally.
His wider work spans solo records, film and documentary scores. He has also worked with Tangerine Dream on the music for Grand Theft Auto V and collaborated with Brian May, Jean-Michel Jarre, Steven Wilson, Schiller, Steve Rothery, Steve Hillage, Ulrich Schnauss, Blood Incantation, The Ocean, Kristof Hahn, Harald Grosskopf, Franz Bargmann and Shir-Ran Yinon.

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Session

The Future of Sound – A Closing Conversation with Thorsten Quaeschning (Tangerine Dream)

As technology transforms artistic creation, the question is no longer simply what we can produce, but what makes creation meaningful. How do technological systems reshape artistic subjectivity, creative freedom, and our relationships with audiences? Drawing on musical practice and critical reflection, this closing keynote explores the conditions under which art emerges, the tensions between innovation and conformity, and the role of cultural institutions in shaping artistic possibilities. Beyond technological progress, Rewire! invites us to reconsider what we expect from art, what we choose to create, and how we experience it together.

Fireside Chat

🇩🇪 German

SCENE

Cultural Preservation

Convention

Speakers

Thorsten Quaeschning

Moderators

DJ Nomi

Music Hall 2+3 – nhow Berlin

Nov 4, 2026,

17:40 –

18:00