Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra (BGKO)
Dilek Türkan, Derya Türkan & Mete Aslan (TUR)
Céline Rudolph AMARÉ (DEU – FRA – BRA)
Dervish of Anatolia (TUR)
Denise Krammer Duo (BRA – DEU)
Hasan Yükselir (TUR)
Dijle (TUR)
Grussworte der Förderer / Schirmherren 2025
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2025 Programm / Tickets
Grussworte der Förderer / Schirmherren 2024
This festival is dedicated to you and your endless dreams—and to those who share them!
MainWeltmusik Festival Symphonie Orchester 2024 (DEU, UKR, CZ, TUR)
Das in diesem Jahr neu gegründete Sinfonieorchester des MainWeltmusik Festivals, unter der Leitung von Peter Zelienka (CZ, SVK, DEU), präsentiert sich gemeinsam mit dem Dirigenten Fırat Yükselir (TUR). Unterstützt wird das Orchester von der Sopranistin Daria Tymoshenko (DEU/UKR) und dem Bassbariton Hasan Yükselir (TUR), die dem Publikum ein einzigartiges Klangerlebnis…
Divanhana (BIH)
Von Smyrna nach Piräus: Rembetiko (TUR – GRC)
Mit den Erzählungen des berühmten türkischen Schauspielers Orhan Aydın darf das Publikum die tiefgehende und emotionale Geschichte des Rembetiko erleben. Im Rahmen einer kulturellen Erfahrung, die Anadolu Blues und Rembetiko-Songs vereint, kommen Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus der Türkei und Griechenland zusammen, um die traditionelle Musik von Izmir und den westlichen…
Flamenco Vida y Sueños (ESP)
Daria Tymoshenko (UKR / DEU)
Umut Fırat Yükselir (TUR)
Peter Zelienka (CZ, SVK, DE)
The MainWeltmusik Festival is delighted to welcome Peter Zelienka as a guest artist. With his impressive career and diverse contributions, his performance is sure to be a highlight of the festival. Join us and be captivated by his exceptional talent!
BruderHerz „Geschichten aus den Jahrhunderten“ (DEU)
Rana Ayhan (TUR)
Moderation mit Expertise und Vielseitigkeit Rana Ayhan, geboren am 21. Juli 1991 in der Nähe von Frankfurt am Main als Tochter einer Familie aus Izmir, ist eine etablierte Moderatorin, die durch ihre Leidenschaft für Sprachen und ihr umfassendes Fachwissen in der Moderation überzeugt. Nach ihrem Abschluss an der Hochschule Fulda…
Utku Asan (TUR)
İdil Biret: „Utku Asan ist ein äußerst talentierter junger Pianist, dessen Intelligenz es ihm ermöglicht, musikalische Probleme schnell zu erfassen und zu lösen. Sein Verständnis von Form und natürlicher Differenz ist beeindruckend.“ Utku Asan wurde 1999 in Istanbul geboren und begann im Alter von sieben Jahren mit dem Klavierspiel. Seine…
Orhan AYDIN (TUR)
Orhan Aydın: Schauspieler, Regisseur und Autor Er begann seine künstlerische Laufbahn auf der Bühne des Ankara Halkevi. In seiner langen und erfolgreichen 52-jährigen Karriere hat er sich nie von der Bühne entfernt und wertvolle Rollen in bedeutenden Theaterensembles des Landes übernommen. Aydın hat sowohl als Schauspieler als auch als Regisseur…
Schirmherrschaft Videobotschaft von Herrn Tarek Al-Wazir, Hessischer Minister für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr und Wohnen
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL & DILEK TÜRKAN (GRC & TUR)
ZAITSA (UKR)
which made its UK debut in 2012 at the Mela Festival, to coincide with the opening of the London Olympics.
The band’s creative activity has won many awards and prizes; their album was nominated for the „Edmonton Music Prize 2018“.
The group’s programme consists of Ukrainian folk songs in modern arrangements and their own compositions. The focus is on human feelings, especially from the time of the great wave of European immigration to North America at the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century….
SYRIAB (SYR)
DIKANDA (POL)
Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen Junior-Band (DEU)
Die Grenzgänger (DEU)
Die Grenzgänger (The front-lineers) from Bremen gave guest performances throughout the Federal Republic, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria and Sweden with a stirring mix of chanson, folk song, jazz, blues and music cabaret. Deutschlandradio sent the group as a German contribution to the Festival of European Broadcasting in Norway…
OMIKRON (GRC)
Jannis Karis (GRC)
Holger Fröhlich – (DEU)
Vural Güler (TUR)
MainWeltmusik Festival 2023
TRIO FADO (PRT)
LUIKU (UKR)
Waldzitherpunk (DEU)
Giora Feidman (ISR)
Even the greatest careers start out small: Giora Feidmans humble beginnings date back more than 70 years to his youth in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. There he is born on the 25th of March 1936 as the son of Jewish immigrants from Bessarabia (Moldavia / southern Ukraine). Music runs in his blood…
Impressions of MainWeltmusik Festival 2014-2019
Ein musikalisches Fest in Offenbach | Mit der Kraft der Musik Grenzen überwinden. „Musik ohne Grenzen verbindet Nationen“ Das internationale Festival der Weltmusik möchte Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft zusammenführen, um das gemeinsame kulturelle und geistige Erbe miteinander zu feiern, zu teilen und weiterzuentwickeln. Dabei spielen die unterschiedlichen Nationalitäten, Religionen und Sprachen…
Jerusalem Duo (ISR)
The Duo is one of the most exciting and unique ensembles in the world of chamber music. Since their first performance together, Jerusalem Duo has performed concerts in numerous stages and has been invited to appear at major festivals throughout Europe and Israel..
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Streichquartett des Capitol Symphonie Orchesters (DEU)
Duo Walther & Treyz (DEU)
Flamenco Vida y Sueños (ESP)
Rebetiko Trio (GRC)
Giora Feidman Trio (ISR)
The well-rehearsed musicians fit perfectly to one another as they almost compete against each other, each encouraging the other, supplementing something that the other began, adding points, imitating, counteracting the sequences of the partnering instruments – often with concentrated earnestness and sometimes good for a light-hearted prank. Everyone, who is able to attend, is swept away.
Every concert is one-of-a-kind…
Kočani Orkestar (MKD)
The band’s popularity rose to new heights with the release of Alone At My Wedding, for which their line-up was rejuvenated: original trumpet player Naat Veliov left (and formed a splinter band, called “Naat Veliov’s Original Kočani Orkestar”), and several younger players joined the band. The repertoire transcended the strict boundaries of the brass band genre, with the exploration of “salon music” played during wedding parties in Macedonia, and the integration of more subtle instruments such as darbuka, banjo and clarinet…
GaMaNia (DEU)
Everyone that plays or sings along with them achieves thereby the citizenship of GaMaNia and is a GaManian. Multiple citizenships are welcome. It is a nice coincidence that Ga Ma & Ni are tone syllables in indian music, and correspond with the note names E F & B or with the syllables Mi Fa & Ti in Solfeggio…
Flamenco Sentío (ESP)
The artists Rubio Montero (song), Diego Rocha (guitar), Marie Estrada (dance) have been working together very successfully over the past years. Last year at MainWeltmusik festival 2016 was a very successful celebration. The group „Sentío“ is pleased to present flamenco with a lot sentío at the festival…
Quartett Anatolia (TUR)
Hasan Yükselirs master discipline is to embed the Anatolian song and poetry of famous Turkish mystics and poets in music and to let it sound artistically. Quartet Anatolia – under the direction of Hasan Yükselir – enables a journey through traditional Anatolian folk tunes, which are interpreted in classical, western music forms as well as in the mode of jazz.
ZARIZA GITARA (RUS)
Zariza Gitara play their songs so expressively and cheerfully, as if they were sitting at the campfire, while the girls dance around the listener wrapped in colorful, waving fabrics.
DUO FLORES / STEINHÄUSER (ARG)
Ugarit (SYR)
Erdem Şimşek (TUR)
Proekt Iljada (MKD)
Mariachi “Dos Aguilas” (MEX)
Trio Hellas (GRC)
InceSaz (TUR)
Christophe Bourdoiseau (FRA)
Sina Nossa (PRT)
Duo Doyna (DEU)
Tolgahan Çoğulu (TUR)
He received both Master of Music and PhD degrees on classical guitar from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music where he studied with Soner Egesel and Bekir Küçükay. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘The Adaptation of Baglama Techniques into Classical Guitar Performance’ and…
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Vural Güler
In his performances, Vural Güler adapts traditional Anatolian folk songs into an elegant and modern idiom. Rhythms and instruments are combined in new and innovative ways and harmonically complement his soft and resonant voice…
Kardeş Türküler
Music and Dances of Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Thrace
√ is a music and dance project from Turkey that performs the folk songs and dances of Anatolia, Thrace and Mesopotamia in their original languages, and pays special attention their own cultural contexts.
√ is an Istanbul based musical group, internationally known for their use of traditional Anatolian, Middle Eastern and Balkan instruments, drawing upon the rich, varied and conjoined cultural and musical traditions that are the band members‘ respective birthrights: Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Roma, and Armenian….
Trio Rosenrot
trio Rosenrot interprets German folk songs in a new, unique way. A folk song is like a core, an essence, which here develops a dynamism that surprises. trio Rosenrot creates an living room atmosphere in the chamber music ensemble of soprano voice, guitar and drums, which in the next moment can change into an orchestral sound space of immense vastness. Current music that touches.
For more info www.triorosenrot.net
Razbar Ensemble
The repertoire consists of a rich heritage of sacred texts and melodies that have been passed down from generation to generation. The compositions are varied, and there is no predetermined format for their performance. The texts and melodies are intuitively arranged, and even the number of musicians, singers, and members of the chorus may vary from one concert to the next…
Sedaa
Master singer Nasaa Nasanjargal and Naraa Naranbaatar who studied in their Mongolian homeland, abduct you together with the virtuosic Dulcimer player Ganzorig Davaakhuu and the Iranian Multi-instrumentalist Omid Bahadori into one genuinely exotic world between Orient and Mongolian steppe.
THE MAGICAL REBAB DUO
Hasan Yükselir (TUR)
Vali Vasile Darnea (ROU)
Rembetiko - Aspasia Stratigou & Vasilis Korakakis
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