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. 

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DUO FLORES / STEINHÄUSER (ARG)

RAÍCES (Música Argentina) In der Absicht, die Wurzeln der vielfältigen Kultur Argentiniens zu ergründen, widmen sich der argentinische Sänger Diego Valentín Flores und die Berliner Pianistin Katja Steinhäuser dem repräsentativsten Repertoire dieses Landes. Zambas, Tangos, Canciones, Tonadas und mehr. Schlicht und einfach. Intensiv und berührend. Eine Reise direkt ins Herz…

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Ugarit (SYR)

Walid Khatba – Violine
Abdalhade Deb – UD & Soloist

Ugarit is an ancient port and Bronze Age trading city in northern Syria. Its people spoke a Semitic language written in a distinctive cuneiform alphabet. Abdalhade Deb & Walid Khatba, both graduate the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus and have been working together very successfully over the past years…

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Erdem Şimşek (TUR)

Erdem Şimşek was born in Ankara, on 1984. He is one of the prominent baglama performers of younger generation. He started to play baglama when he was six with the influences of his grandfather Asık Suleyman Kocak. He graduated from METU, Geological Engineering Department in 2007. He completed his ethnomusicology master degree in ITU MIAM, where he worked as a research assistant until 2015. He continues his doctoral studies in ITU Musicology and Music Theory Program and works as a lecturer in ITU Turkish Music State Concervatory Instrument Department. Behind the concerts with Bengi Baglama Trio and Lal Baglama Trio he has been performing in many different international music projects such as the ones with Dresden Sinfoniker and Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed in many music programs in national TV (TRT), like Bergüzar, Dem Bu Dem, Katre, Yediveren, Telli Turnam…

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Proekt Iljada (MKD)

Proekt Iljada ist eine junge Ethno-Fusion Band aus Skopje. Unser Anliegen ist es, die Schönheit der mazedonischen Musik einzufangen und mit modernen Ausdrucksmitteln zu bereichern. Wir wollen unsere Zuhörer auf eine klangliche Reise durch die vielfältige musikalische Landschaft mitnehmen, die Mazedonien zu bieten hat. Wir präsentieren ein breites Repertoire von…

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Mariachi “Dos Aguilas” (MEX)

The Mariachi Band „Dos Aguilas“ brings the authentic Mexican Mariachi sound to Germany and Europe. he name of the band „Dos Aguilas“ („Two Eagles“) indicates their connection to Germany and Mexico, …

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Trio Hellas (GRC)

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InceSaz (TUR)

İncesaz wurde 1997 von Murat Aydemir, Derya Türkan und Cengiz Onural gegründet. Istanbul lyra, tanbur und kanun sind die wichtigsten Solisten. Das Konzertrepertoire von InceSaz ist in der Regel eine Mischung aus traditioneller und klassischer türkischer Lieder. İncesaz interpretiert auch eigene Kompositionen von Cengiz Onural und Murat Aydemir. Ezgi Köker Aldemir…

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Christophe Bourdoiseau (FRA)

Der Franzose Christophe Bourdoiseau präsentiert französische Chansons im traditionellen Sinne. Aber seine eigenen Lieder sind keine Erzählungen über die Bohème in Paris sondern spielen in Berlin nach der Wende im Stadtviertel Prenzlauer Berg. Immer wieder wird er dabei von wunderbaren Musikern begleitet, die seine romantischen Chansons durch slawische und swingende…

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Sina Nossa (PRT)

Seven musicians from North Rhine-Westphalia shared their passion for fado. In 2005, five Portuguese, a Brazilian and a German founded Sina Nossa – or in English: our destiny. While fado is the driving force, anyone expecting Sina Nossa to be a classical fado ensemble is in for a surprise because the musicians fuse their musical roots with elements from classical music, jazz, pop and folklore and bring their different musical characters to bear, imbuing the music with their own, inimitable style. The melancholy and world-weariness of the fado are mingled with rhythm, carefree vivacity and joie de vivre, but without pathos…

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