Auditorivm is a solo performance project by Yasemin Vollmond, developed over eight years through the convergence of classical music theory, overtone composition, and artistic research into listening and the human nervous system.
The title derives from the Latin auditorium: a place dedicated to attentive listening and shared inquiry. Auditorvm reinterprets this idea as a contemporary performance format. It is neither a sound bath nor a conventional concert, but a composed listening environment in which audiences are free to lie down, sit, or observe. Each mode of engagement is equally valid, allowing listeners to experience the work according to their own physical and perceptual needs.
The composition is based on the principles of the Cosmic Octave, approached through the discipline of classical musicianship. Each gong functions as an individual musical voice, with a harmonic structure derived from its overtone spectrum and a specific role within the overall dramaturgy. Rather than relying on improvisation, the sixty-minute performance follows a carefully constructed compositional arc in which harmonic tension gradually resolves into states of openness and rest.
Auditorivm investigates how harmonic relationships, resonance, and temporal structure shape the experience of listening. The work proposes listening as an embodied, attentive practice, positioning sound as a medium through which perception, presence, and collective attention can be explored.
30 Min = 300 eur + transport
60 Min = 400 eur + transport
90 Min = 600 eur + transport
TECHRIDER
Artist provides:
2 condenser Microphones (position L + R)
Focusrite Scarlett
Synthesizer
MacBoook + Logic Pro
all Sonic instruments
Venue provides:
1 Stereo input on house mixer (L+R)
Power socket at performance position
balanced TRS to XLR cables (stereo out, L+R) (important!)
Still and sparkling water or herbal tea
Yasemin Aegaeis Vollmond ('87) is a classically trained pianist, composer, and sound ambient musician whose work operates at the intersection of acoustic physics, nervous system science, and performance.
She is the daughter of two visionary Turkish parents who cultivated in her both a deep musical sensibility and an entrepreneurial spirit from early on. Raised between cultures and shaped by a tradition of mystical Islam, she has carried these inheritances through studies and work across Istanbul, London, and Berlin.
Trained in classical music theory and piano from childhood, she later studied under a lineage of gong practitioners including Kay Karl, Jens Zygar, Mike Tamburo, Christophe Nédélec, and Max Palin. Alongside this, she developed her own production practice and originated Auditorivm, a structured solo performance format designed around the arc of nervous system regulation.
Her approach to the gong is musicological rather than therapeutic: each instrument is understood as an acoustic body with its own overtone spectrum and harmonic logic. Sessions are not always improvised but compositionally guided, drawing on the framework of the Cosmic Octave and the measurable relationship between sustained low-frequency sound and the parasympathetic nervous system.
As a certified breathwork instructor, she also integrates breath as a primary portal to peace, a physiological lever that alongside acoustic frequency accelerates states of deep rest and perceptual shift.
Yasemin has performed in spaces including Funkhaus, Metropol, Atemporal, Abby Mood, Clärchens Ballhaus, Kiezkapelle, Mahalla, and Quantum Gallery.
Based in the in betweens, Berlin and Anatolia.