About Heiner Goebbels

Goebbels with piano and drumstick Photograph by Marco Caselli Nirmal

Inspired by an eclectic range of influences and sources, Goebbels’ fascination with literature, politics and anthropology informs richly textured visual compositions that integrate classical, pop, jazz and traditional indigenous music. Recent works by Heiner Goebbels in the UK include Songs of Wars I Have Seen (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2007), Eraritjaritjaka (Edinburgh International Festival, 2004) and Hashirigaki (Barbican, 2002).