A flood of information, permanent crises, and bad news every day: the danger of drifting into powerlessness, cynicism, or hatred in the face of global crises has never been greater – for individuals as well as for teams and organizations.
As an event planner, how do you give your audience the aliveness and capacity to act that they’re longing for?
Every feeling carries an impulse to act within it. Whoever feels consciously can act responsibly. My keynote concerts open up exactly this space of possibility — for festivals, conferences, corporations and organizations that want to shape social change from the inside out.
What the heck is a
Keynote Concert?
Every story I share
comes with an exercise for the audience
and a self-written song.
This way I can create from the
three worlds that matter to me:
story sharing, feelings work and music.
And the audience can connect with
the topic on all these levels.
About Dominik Matzka
As a composer, pianist, and singer, I have over two decades of experience translating my feelings into sound. One thing has always moved me: personal stories. That’s how story-sharing and vulnerable encounter became the core of my art — and Keynote Concerts my format of choice.
As multiple crises were intensifying, I came into contact with professional feeling-work. There I learned that feelings are not a disruptive factor, but the strongest resource we have for staying capable of action in times of crisis and upheaval. Since then, I have been accompanying people and organizations in moving from merely enduring change to actively shaping it.
Es sind Gefühle im Raum (“There Are Feelings in the Room”)
The talk-concert about feelings as a force for social change
When issues go global, it’s easy to feel too small — too small for your own anger, fear, or sadness. My talk shows how exactly these feelings become the strongest resource for social action. In it, I share how to find your way out of hatred and powerlessness and back into the capacity to act.
Use the power of your conscious feelings to dig up what moves you in every fiber of your being — and to infect others with your fire.
Excerpts from the premiere on 15th of November 2025 (in German):
Target audience: Festivals, conferences, and conventions on sustainability, responsible business, democracy, personal development, and social change
Duration: 20-min. impulse talk / 60-min. Keynote Concert / 90+ min. with extended exercises
Make Your Event a
Possibility Space
While important external resources grow scarcer worldwide, inner resources for social change — namely your audience’s world-feelings — sit unused in the basement. A treasury of information and energy! And you as a curator have the chance to contribute to their responsible use.
In a 30-minute call, we’ll find out:
• what your event actually needs,
• how my keynote concert fits into it, and
• what the concrete next steps are.
Your audience longs for aliveness and the capacity to act. If you share that longing, I’m on your team.
Staying Capable of Action in Wild Times
The Keynote Concert for Organizations in Transition
Change doesn’t overwhelm organizations — it overwhelms the individual people within them. Under pressure, people often suppress exactly the feelings that would point the way forward — and become numb, cynical, or powerless instead of capable of action. Through personal stories, my keynote shows how consciously felt emotions become the strongest resource for finding your way back into action amid change.
Use the power of conscious feelings — your own and your team’s — to actively shape transformation.
A taste of my stage presence can be found in the recording above — I’m currently developing the content for ‘Staying Capable of Action in Wild Times’ further in a B2B context.
Target audience: Companies and organizations in transition
Duration: 20-min. impulse talk / 60-min. Keynote Concert / 90+ min. with extended exercises
Shape Change from Within
Change is already here — in every industry, every organization, every team. But are the people in them ready to help shape it? Especially when resistance is present, teams are likely sitting on a treasure chest of clarity and energy for action: their own feelings.
In a 20-minute call, we’ll find out:
• whether and how my Keynote Concert fits into your program,
• which format (impulse talk, Keynote Concert, or workshop) works best for your event, and
• what the concrete next steps are.
Menschen sehnen sich People long for clarity and the capacity to act. If you want to make room for that longing in your program, I’m on board.
The combination of music and substantive depth fit the festival’s character perfectly. Many responses from the audience were moved, thoughtful, and inspired at the same time.
What was especially valued was that you didn’t just perform, but opened up a space — emotionally as well as intellectually. That felt genuinely authentic and gave the festival an intense, personal note.
Muniba Kahlon, Bildungsstätte Anne Frank
Worked with
Logistics
- Format: In person / digital on request
- Audience size: ad libitum. Sweet spot: 40 to 400
- Equipment: 1 piano (miked acoustic or electric), wireless mic input, 1 monitor, mixing desk + PA
