BERLIN - Kiezsalon grand opening in just 3 weeks, program change, secure your tickets

 

View in browser Dear friends and music lovers,   In just over three weeks, we return to the Zionskirche for the grand opening of our 2024 Kiezsalon season, kicking things off with a two-day music affair on 3-4 May. Now is a good time to reserve your tickets.   Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond our control, Joe Rainey and C. Lavender have had to cancel their European tours. It's a situation we could not predict, and we are genuinely sorry and hopeful they will be able to join us in 2025. We are happy to announce that Colorado-based singer-songwriter Josephine Foster and Kyiv-born, Tallinn-based violinist Valentina Goncharova are stepping up to the plate. In light of these changes, we have also made some adjustments to the schedule. Buy Tickets Ka Baird (US) Friday, 3 May 2024 New York City-based musician and composer Ka Baird is renowned as a powerhouse performer. Their live sets include extended voice and microphone techniques combined with electronics and woodwind instruments, spanning structured conversations and improvisation.    As Pitchfork put it, “This is heady music with a physical presence: an intensely private communion with some unnameable, unknowable other, translated into a force you can feel in your bones.”  Listen on Bandcamp Antonina Nowacka (PL) Friday, 3 May 2024 Antonina Nowacka has a penchant for crafting dreamy, minimalist soundscapes by combining trans-cultural, acrobatic vocal techniques with experimentation in sound synthesis.    After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, she released Lamunan in 2020, her solo debut conceived in the caves of Indonesia. The Quietus writes that with her distinctive voice, Antonina “opens a small portal to a world not quite the same as this one.” Listen on Bandcamp Josephine Foster (US) Friday, 3 May 2024 Described by The Guardian as “a dreamily unique talent,” singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Josephine Foster breathes new life into archaic forms. She has lent her warbling mezzo-soprano and interpretive wit to nearly two decades of self-produced recordings. Her songs are rooted in early American folk-blues as well as classical art songs and Tin Pan Alley. Listen on Bandcamp The Zionskirche, inaugurated in 1873 and renovated just last year, was built in a neo-Romanesque style on a 52-metre-high vineyard at one of the highest altitudes in Berlin. Its 67-metre tower offers a panoramic view of the city, and its gardens are ideal for lingering before and after the concert with a glass of wine – especially on a warm spring evening. Check out the impressions from last year. Buy Tickets We look forward to reuniting with you soon. Michael Rosen & Team ­ Presented by D/B this week Plaid On the cusp of their 30th year with Warp, Plaid aka Ed Handley and Andy Turner play Gretchen on Saturday, 13.04. Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones The experimental free jazz ensemble play House of Music on Saturday, 13.04. Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Berlin’s beloved, genre-twisting supergroup play at House of Music on Sunday, 14.04. Our next Kiezsalon   Kiezsalon Opening Friday, 3 May w/ Antonina Nowacka, Josephine Foster and Ka Baird Saturday, 4 May w/ Valentina Goncharova, Blue Lake and Zoh Amba   Doors 19:00 | Starts 20:00 CET Zionskirche | Zionskirchplatz in 10119 Berlin-Mitte   Tickets / Find on Google Maps / Facebook Events / Read more... ­  ­  ­  ­  Digital in Berlin Brückenstraße 1, 10179, Berlin This email was sent to news@degem.de   The Kiezsalon is a project by Digital in Berlin. Curated by Michael Rosen and funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented by The Wire and taz, die tageszeitung.   Um diese E-Mail auf Deutsch zu lesen, kopieren Sie den Text und fügen sie diesen in den Übersetzer von DeepL.com ein. Images in this E-Mail: Kiezsalon at Zionskirche by Victoria Alexandrova. Ka Baird by Remi Goulet. Antonina Nowacka by Riccardo Caspani. Josephine Foster by Nereis Ferrer. ...