founded in 2011, the Cologne-based chamber music ensemble defends the values of sustainability and recycling throughout the music world. From the paper mountain of existing works, we salvage the finest materials for refining and reimagining. Using the Pierrot lineup, we not only pursue classically composed works for our own instruments, but add to our repertoire works for unconventional instruments, for example, common items (tables, balloons, and so forth), voices, and electronic sound sources. hand werk focuses on unconducted chamber music, in order to present music to the public that is not only technically but also musically enthralling. hand werk has been seen at festivals including the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Acht Brücken in Cologne, Zagreb Biennale, Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, Bayreuth Festival, Ruhrtriennale, Ultraschall in Berlin, NOW! in Essen, TransArt in Bolzano, at a residency at Harvard University, on tour in Lebanon, Melbourne, Singapore, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, and as participants in various concert series in numerous European cities. In addition to this, hand werk regularly performs their very own productions.