„Their performance is a vocal tour de force“ – TAZ
ABOUT
The vocal quartet niniwe from Berlin stands for their own artful arrangements that refuse to be limited by conventional genre labels. With richness of facets, homogeneity, and precision, the four women create a fascinating sound world that demands to be experienced and can hardly be captured in words.
Since the ensemble’s founding in 2002, the trained jazz singers have received international recognition, won numerous awards, and performed at major concert halls and renowned festivals at home and abroad.
Niniwe has released seven albums to date.
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March 2025 Stimmflut with Vivavoce & Free Vocals
Sold-out venues in Stade, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg, Lingen, Emden, and Schweinfurt. Thanks to our friends and hosts from Vivavoce! We’re delighted to be part of it again.
November 8, 2024 Friedenskapelle Münster
Thanks for a great evening at the beautiful, sold-out Friedenskapelle Münster, where we performed for the 5th time!
September 2024 Photo Shoot with Dovile Sermokas
Thanks Dovile for the productive day and our beautiful new portrait and press photos.
www.dovilesermokas.com
December 2023 Berlin Christmas Concert
Christmas Lullaby – Sound And Silence
For the first time, we’re presenting a double concert together with the Berlin viol ensemble Jaye Consort around Christiane Gerhardt. In addition to separate concert segments by both ensembles, niniwe will be accompanied and enhanced by the sound of Jaye Consort, for which Winnie Brückner has written wonderful arrangements. The warm yet overtone-rich sound of the viols and niniwe’s multifaceted sound merge into a truly heavenly listening experience.
We’re incredibly excited and fulfilling a Christmas wish of our own with this concert.
April 2023 Premiere of Winnie’s Composition at Lunalia Festival Belgium
you will never be alone anymore (if you smile) for 17 instruments and 4 voices successfully premiered at the opening concert of the Lunalia Festival in Belgium. It was a great joy and honor to perform with I SOLISTI and Filip Rathé!
Opening Concert Lunalia in Mechelen (Belgium) April 22, 2023
We’re excited to open the Lunalia Festival in Belgium. Especially for this occasion, our soprano and artistic director Winnie Brückner is arranging a suite on Charlie Chaplin’s song “Smile” for niniwe, winds, and string ensemble. We’re also presenting excerpts from our wonderful Sting program Sister Moon.
December 2023
Sing-Along Project @ CHORALSPACE
December 9-11, 2023: Interested singers can participate in the Christmas sing-along project. Winnie will work with you on 6 international Christmas songs arranged by her, which will be presented in a joint concert with niniwe at the American Church in Berlin. Sheet music and teaching materials included.
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December 2022
Grand Berlin Christmas Concert
On December 18, 2022, the 4th Sunday of Advent, our traditional Berlin Christmas concert takes place at 5 pm. We’ve chosen the Auenkirche in Wilmersdorf again, whose acoustics are particularly well-suited for Christmas sounds.
This marks the conclusion of our niniwe concert year.
We’re very much looking forward to performing many familiar and new Christmas songs.
Advance tickets available at Eventfrog for €20 (reduced €15) HERE
Box office opens at 4:20 pm.
Hörgeräte Hornig will partner this event again – thank you!
Looking for a nice Christmas gift?
Our 3rd Christmas CD “O du stille Zeit” from last year is available in our shop.
November 2022
New Christmas CD “O du stille Zeit”
We recorded it in April – now we proudly present our 3rd Christmas CD! Available now in our shop or at concerts.
Thanks to Martin Offik for the wonderful collaboration.
October 2022
20 Years NINIWE: Grand Anniversary Concert at Passionskirche Kreuzberg
20 years since niniwe’s founding. We’re celebrating with a grand anniversary concert on June 16, 2022, at Passionskirche Kreuzberg!
This is also the premiere of our new program
“Sister Moon” – A tribute to STING. World hits like “Every breath you take,” “Fields of gold,” or “Message in a bottle” alongside lesser-known gems from Sting’s diverse repertoire, artfully arranged and passionately performed. We’re especially excited that the Indie Pop Choir (directed by Lena Sundermeyer) and the New Jazz Choir Berlin (directed by Carolien Krohn) will open the evening!
January 2022
New Christmas CD!
If we can’t sing concerts, we’ll find other tasks! Our long-overdue third Christmas album is in production – Christmas will come! Recordings planned for late April, hopefully possible.
Stay healthy and cheerful,
Your niniwes
December 2021
Christmas Concert at Berlin Auenkirche
Hoping “lockdown light” shows desired effects and December events become possible again, we’ve decided to plan our annual Berlin Christmas concert and start advance sales. This year we’ve already started rehearsing – three new wonderful arrangements by Winnie! The concert will be at Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, as last year. It’s large enough to maintain distancing and hygiene rules for a safe concert. Only 100 of 450 seats will be filled, free seating. To address the pandemic situation with significantly fewer seats and missing revenues, we offer different price categories. We hope this keeps the concert affordable for as many people as possible and thank everyone who can afford and is willing to pay a higher ticket price.
We believe it’ll be even more important this year to look forward to Christmas together. Our audience’s safety is our priority. Tickets will be refunded if the concert can’t take place.
Looking forward,
niniwe
April 2021
Ghost Concert on Deutschlandfunk-Kultur!
We’re excited to perform a concert with live broadcast on Deutschlandfunk-Kultur!
Sunday, April 26 at 8:03 pm the broadcast starts with our colleagues from Bmajor – also from Berlin – we’re up at 9 pm, with distance and dedication.
The concert can be followed on radio or live stream and will be available on the DLF website for 30 more days.
BLOG
March 2025 Stimmflut with Vivavoce & Free Vocals
Sold-out venues in Stade, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg, Lingen, Emden, and Schweinfurt. Thanks to our friends and hosts from Vivavoce! We’re delighted to be part of it again.
November 8, 2024 Friedenskapelle Münster
Thanks for a great evening at the beautiful, sold-out Friedenskapelle Münster, where we performed for the 5th time!
September 2024 Photo Shoot with Dovile Sermokas
Thanks Dovile for the productive day and our beautiful new portrait and press photos.
www.dovilesermokas.com
December 2023 Berlin Christmas Concert
Christmas Lullaby – Sound And Silence
For the first time, we’re presenting a double concert together with the Berlin viol ensemble Jaye Consort around Christiane Gerhardt. In addition to separate concert segments by both ensembles, niniwe will be accompanied and enhanced by the sound of Jaye Consort, for which Winnie Brückner has written wonderful arrangements. The warm yet overtone-rich sound of the viols and niniwe’s multifaceted sound merge into a truly heavenly listening experience.
We’re incredibly excited and fulfilling a Christmas wish of our own with this concert.
April 2023 Premiere of Winnie’s Composition at Lunalia Festival Belgium
you will never be alone anymore (if you smile) for 17 instruments and 4 voices successfully premiered at the opening concert of the Lunalia Festival in Belgium. It was a great joy and honor to perform with I SOLISTI and Filip Rathé!
Opening Concert Lunalia in Mechelen (Belgium) April 22, 2023
We’re excited to open the Lunalia Festival in Belgium. Especially for this occasion, our soprano and artistic director Winnie Brückner is arranging a suite on Charlie Chaplin’s song “Smile” for niniwe, winds, and string ensemble. We’re also presenting excerpts from our wonderful Sting program Sister Moon.
December 2023
Sing-Along Project @ CHORALSPACE
December 9-11, 2023: Interested singers can participate in the Christmas sing-along project. Winnie will work with you on 6 international Christmas songs arranged by her, which will be presented in a joint concert with niniwe at the American Church in Berlin. Sheet music and teaching materials included.
.
December 2022
Grand Berlin Christmas Concert
On December 18, 2022, the 4th Sunday of Advent, our traditional Berlin Christmas concert takes place at 5 pm. We’ve chosen the Auenkirche in Wilmersdorf again, whose acoustics are particularly well-suited for Christmas sounds.
This marks the conclusion of our niniwe concert year.
We’re very much looking forward to performing many familiar and new Christmas songs.
Advance tickets available at Eventfrog for €20 (reduced €15) HERE
Box office opens at 4:20 pm.
Hörgeräte Hornig will partner this event again – thank you!
Looking for a nice Christmas gift?
Our 3rd Christmas CD “O du stille Zeit” from last year is available in our shop.
November 2022
New Christmas CD “O du stille Zeit”
We recorded it in April – now we proudly present our 3rd Christmas CD! Available now in our shop or at concerts.
Thanks to Martin Offik for the wonderful collaboration.
October 2022
20 Years NINIWE: Grand Anniversary Concert at Passionskirche Kreuzberg
20 years since niniwe’s founding. We’re celebrating with a grand anniversary concert on June 16, 2022, at Passionskirche Kreuzberg!
This is also the premiere of our new program
“Sister Moon” – A tribute to STING. World hits like “Every breath you take,” “Fields of gold,” or “Message in a bottle” alongside lesser-known gems from Sting’s diverse repertoire, artfully arranged and passionately performed. We’re especially excited that the Indie Pop Choir (directed by Lena Sundermeyer) and the New Jazz Choir Berlin (directed by Carolien Krohn) will open the evening!
January 2022
New Christmas CD!
If we can’t sing concerts, we’ll find other tasks! Our long-overdue third Christmas album is in production – Christmas will come! Recordings planned for late April, hopefully possible.
Stay healthy and cheerful,
Your niniwes
December 2021
Christmas Concert at Berlin Auenkirche
Hoping “lockdown light” shows desired effects and December events become possible again, we’ve decided to plan our annual Berlin Christmas concert and start advance sales. This year we’ve already started rehearsing – three new wonderful arrangements by Winnie! The concert will be at Auenkirche Wilmersdorf, as last year. It’s large enough to maintain distancing and hygiene rules for a safe concert. Only 100 of 450 seats will be filled, free seating. To address the pandemic situation with significantly fewer seats and missing revenues, we offer different price categories. We hope this keeps the concert affordable for as many people as possible and thank everyone who can afford and is willing to pay a higher ticket price.
We believe it’ll be even more important this year to look forward to Christmas together. Our audience’s safety is our priority. Tickets will be refunded if the concert can’t take place.
Looking forward,
niniwe
April 2021
Ghost Concert on Deutschlandfunk-Kultur!
We’re excited to perform a concert with live broadcast on Deutschlandfunk-Kultur!
Sunday, April 26 at 8:03 pm the broadcast starts with our colleagues from Bmajor – also from Berlin – we’re up at 9 pm, with distance and dedication.
The concert can be followed on radio or live stream and will be available on the DLF website for 30 more days.