- Aug 29-Sept3: Akademie der Künste, Workshop in Wolfen
- Sept 3: HUN-Budapest, A38 Ship, FULL BLAST
- sept 4: LTV-Riga, MW Solo
- sept 11: CH-Luzern, gig with Christy Doran, Dieter Ammann, Fredy Studer
- sept 12: CH-Luzern, Lucerne Festival, Uraufführung Zeitkugel für Klavier/Orgel und Orchester
- Sept 8: SLO-Ljubljana, Gromka, FULL BLAST
- Sept 15: GER-Berlin, Akademie der Künste, with Pliakas und Kalle Kalima
- Sept 16: POL-Warsaw, Powiekszenie Club, FULL BLAST feat. Mars Williams
- Sept 17: POL-Krakow, Alchemia, FULL BLAST feat. Mars Williams
- Sept 18: FRA-Alby, Rock in Opposition Festival, FULL BLAST feat. Mars Williams
- Sept 19: NL-Tilburg, Incubate Festival, FULL BLAST
- Sept 20-26 FULL BLAST, TBA:
- Sept 23: FRA-Metz
- Sept 24: AUT-St.Johann, Musik Kultur, FULL BLAST
- Sept 25: FRA-Toulouse, Un Pavé dans le Jazz, FULL BLAST
- Sept 28: GER-Köln, Stadtgarten, FULL BLAST
- Sept 29: UK-London, Cafe Oto, FULL BLAST feat. Ken Vandermark
- Sept 30: UK-London, Cafe Oto, FULL BLAST feat. Ken Vandermark
- Oct 1: GER-Leipzig, Leipziger Jazztage, FULL BLAST
- Oct 2-6: GER-Dresden, Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössische Musik, Uraufführung mit Steamboat Switzerland und Ensemble Courage
- Oct 8: HUN-Budapest, HU-FEST, MW Solo
- Oct 9: NL-Amsterdam, Bimhuis, FULL BLAST feat. Ken Vandermark
(Oct.10-13 and 15 rehearsals @ SWR, Baden-Baden)
- Oct 14: CH-Bern, Dampfzentrale, FULL BLAST and Guests feat. Ken Vandermark/Thomas Heberer/Dirk Rothbusch
- Oct 16: GER-Donaueschingen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Uraufführung "sketches and ballads" with FULL BLAST and Guests feat. Ken Vandermark/Thomas Heberer/Dirk Rothbusch
- Oct 17: CH-Zürich, Moods, FULL BLAST and Guests feat. Ken Vandermark/Thomas Heberer/Dirk Rothbusch
- Oct 18: AUT-Vienna, Porgy & Bess, FULL BLAST and Guests
- Commission of Pro Helvetia for the Piano/Hammond Organ Concerto with Dominik Blum, Lucerne Festival 2010
- MW writes a new piece for Full Blast Extended, Donaueschingen Festival, NEWJazz, october 10
- New piece for Electronics and Drums, commission by the Studio für Elektroakustische Musik of the Academy of the fine Arts. First performance at the "club transmediale" Festival, Berlin
- MW writes a new piece for the ensemble courage, Dresden
- During 2010 the „Wertmüller Fest“ at the Dampfzentrale Bern
- New CD with Rupp and Pliakas on FMP
- New CD with Full Blast "Black Hole & live in Tampere" (Deluxe Tour Edition)
- Japan Tour in december with Full Blast
December 4 – JAP-Tokyo: Pit Inn (with Toshinori Kondo)
December 5 – JAP-Tokyo: Pit Inn (with Otomo Yoshihide)
December 6 – JAP-Osaka: Nu Things
December 7 – JAP-Kobe: Guggenheim House
December 8 – JAP-Nagoya: Tokuzo
December 4 – JAP-Tokyo: SuperDeluxe (with Jim O'Rourke, Akira Sakata, Michiyo Yagi, Tamaya Honda, Nori Tanaka, Todd Nicholson, Shigeo Aramaki)
And by the way read this great articles by Diedrich Diederichsen:
http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2008/0417/feuilleton/0004/index.html
and Julian Weber in the TAZ:
http://www.taz.de/1/leben/musik/artikel/1/kontrapunkt-der-angst/
past highlights 08/09:
„time. In prog.“ for the Ensemble Mosaik and Ensemble Nikel in Berlin, Ultraschall Festival and Tel Aviv Biennale
„time_involved in processing“ for Steamboat Switzerland for the Musica Viva Festival in Munich
New piece for Theo Nabicht´s Contrabass Clarinet Quintet
MW played drums and wrote the music in Christoph Schlingensiefs „Eine Kirche der Angst vor dem Fremden in mir“ , RuhrTriennale, Duisburg, Theatertreffen Berlin and Holland Festival Amsterdam
The Wertmüller Project at the JazzFest Berlin with Brötzmann, Pliakas, Keiji Heino, Mars Williams and Peter Evans
Enjoy Jazz Festival with Brötzmann, Pliakas, Keiji Heino, Mars Williams and Peter Evans
London Jazz Festival with Full Blast
Shows and DrumClinics in Japan
US Tour and Festivals in New York, Belgrade, Paris with Full Blast
CD Release „The specter of Genius“ with Olaf Rupp on „Jazzwerkstatt“
CD Release „Black Hole“ and „Live in Tampere“ with Brötzmann and Pliakas „Atavistic“
past past highlights:
„Decorporeal“ for Ensemble in Huddersfield New Music Festival
„Die Pilzfuge“ mit Peter Weber und Pliakas im Deutschland Radio
Festivals with Brötzmann-Pliakas-Wertmüller in Heidelberg, Berlin, Zagreb, Madrid, Zürich, Tel Aviv, in London (BBC), Brazil/Argentina Tour
Noch #II at the Akademie der Künste Berlin, with Mouse on Mars, Pliakas and Surberg
Shows with Brötzmann-Pliakas-Wertmüller feat. Ken Vandermark , recordings on Swiss National Radio, Zürich