Kategorie: MainWeltmusik Festival 2015

The Kočani Orkestar hails from the town of… Koçani, and was founded by trumpet player Naat Veliov. As showcased in “l’Orient est rouge”, the band’s original repertoire was based on Gypsy tunes from various parts of the Balkans and on Turkish/Bulgarian rhythms, with a sprinkle of Latin flavour.

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…

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. 

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…

Proekt Iljada is a young ethno-fusion band from Skopje. Our aim is to capture the beauty of Macedonian music and enrich it with modern means of expression. We want to take our listeners on a sonic journey through the diverse musical landscape that Macedonia has to offer. We present a wide repertoire of fast dances, melancholic ballads and all the fascinating rhythms that make Macedonian music so special. The project aims to contribute to intercultural understanding in modern Europe. We want to show how music can bring people together and create new artistic and social horizons.

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, …

 İncesaz was founded in 1997 by Murat Aydemir, Derya Türkan and Cengiz Onural. Istanbul lyra, tanbur and kanun are the most important soloists. The concert repertoire of InceSaz is usually a mixture of traditional and classical Turkish songs. İncesaz also interprets own compositions by Cengiz Onural and Murat Aydemir.

 The Franzose Christophe Bourdoiseau presents French Chansons in the traditional sense. But his own songs are not stories about the Bohème in Paris but are set in Berlin after the fall of communism in the Prenzlauer Berg district. Again and again he is accompanied by wonderful musicians who enrich his romantic chansons with Slavic and swinging notes. Christophe Bourdoiseau and his band will take the audience on a distant journey of sound. 

The ensemble KLEZMERS TECHTER is one of the very few professional female klezmer ensembles in Europe, if not in the entire world. Already at the beginning of their career they won a musical award at the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ENSEMBLES in Privas, France. Since 15 years of existence they have participated hundreds of concerts not only in halls like THE OLD OPERA in Frankfurt during the days of jewish culture, but also in a lot of small synagogues especially in Germany