Hasan Yükselir (TUR)

Composer and soloist HASAN YÜKSELİR is considered one of the most outstanding and many-sided artists of his country. With his extraordinarily powerful voice, he will arrange traditional Anatolian folk songs in classical-western form and jazz versions, sometimes poetic-romantic, sometimes epic-epic, in his own unique musical style…

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DIKANDA (POL)

DIKANDA is a music band of international renown, playing „world music“. They come from Szczecin, Poland. In their artistic work DIKANDA promotes the authenticity of style – searching for new trends therefore most of their works are original compositions. They draw their musical inspiration from traditional folk sounds of the broadly defined Orient – from the Balkans, through Israel, Kurdistan, Belarus to India.

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Die Grenzgänger (DEU)

Music from the world meets German folk song and chanson
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…

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Vural Güler (TUR)

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…

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TRIO FADO (PRT)

Due to its uniqueness, fado was recognized as a cultural heritage of humanity in 2011 and included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Fado is a mixture of melancholy, sadness, longing, nostalgia, happiness and love as well as an expression of joy of life. The trio Fado, founded in Berlin, plays its music with enthusiasm. Thus, for the film „Night Train to Lisbon“ with Bruno Ganz and Jeremy Irons in the main characters, they performed the song „nunca é tarde“ written by Trio Fado soloist Maria Carvalho…

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LUIKU (UKR)

Luiku is an exciting world beats band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Their passionate music is inspired by Mediterranean, Ukrainian and Balkan musical cultures, and features electronic and analog percussion, powerful brass, magical female voices, accordion and more. The band leader and songwriter is the well-known Ukrainian musician and producer Dmytro Tsyperdyuk.

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Waldzitherpunk (DEU)

Each member of the band is a multi-instrumentalist. WALDZITHERPUNK is a folk music group that uses the language of music to touch the roots of German culture. They will perform romantic, rebellious, revolutionary and contemporary works that fit any musical epoch. They will perform together with the forest zither, one of the forgotten instruments of Germany, which is often used during nature walks, and other instruments.

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Giora Feidman (ISR)

Giora Feidman: „I pick up the clarinet to share a message with mankind.“
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…

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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…

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Jerusalem Duo (ISR)

Jerusalem Duo was founded in 2012 by two young musicians from Israel – Hila Ofek (harp) & Andre Tsirlin (saxophone). 
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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