tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 8.00 pm CEST
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CEST
Sounds like this:
https://youtu.be/R-bq_SGblQI
FlamenKora – Album release concert (European tour) and world premieres with new flamenco and Brazilian sounds.
By sensitively and skillfully interweaving improvised trumpet and flamenco guitar with traditional mandinka kora and vocals from Senegal, FlamenKora creates timeless and enchanting multicultural music; a welcome balm in these troubled times.
Volker Goetze’s evocative trumpet lines dance gracefully with the soulful vocals and kora of his newest duo partner, the esteemed master of traditional Mande music – Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko. Up-and-coming flamenco guitar maestro Roberto Monteiro is the newest band member, adding authentic Spanish flair with driving rhythms and subtle, imaginative colors. As the group’s founder and producer, Goetze brings a special wisdom to FlamenKora, acquired not only through decades of devotion to West African Mande music, but also through a deep mastery of jazz composition and arrangement and a recent deep dive into the melodic and rhythmic traditions of flamenco and maqam.
Volker Goetze
An award-winning German jazz trumpeter, composer, filmmaker, producer and conceptualist who has lived in New York City since 2002, Volker Goetze specializes in blending ancient folkloric cultures with contemporary jazz soundscapes. He creates poetic music, film and live performance narratives that support peace and collaboration in these turbulent times.
Goetze first studied trumpet with Markus Stockhausen in Cologne, Germany, and completed his master’s degree on scholarship with Michael Mossman and Antonio Hart at the Aaron Copland School of Music. During a visit to Senegal in 1996, he fell in love with Mande music and culture, which changed his life forever. He produced and directed a documentary called GRIOT, which centered around the Kora culture and was called „stunningly beautiful“ by The Globe and Mail (UK) and „a film to see“ by African News. GRIOT was included in the official selection of film festivals in Amsterdam, Vancouver, Warsaw, Valladolid and Thessaloniki. GRIOT also led to a highly acclaimed, twelve-year series of three albums that Goetze produced, recorded and toured internationally as a duo with his film’s leading man, Senegalese griot and kora master Ablaye Cissoko.
Goetze’s three albums in duo with Albaye Cissoko have received international recognition and have been streamed over 20 million times worldwide, earning him an honorable place on the map of jazz-meets-world music. He has also worked on three continents in the development of various jazz and multimedia projects, as a leader, arranger and sometimes as a valued partner alongside greats such as Nana Vasconcelos, Mino Cinelu, Lenny Pickett, Steve Lacy, Peter Kowald and Eli Goulart.
https://www.volkergoetze.com/
Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko
The Paris-based Mande griot was reportedly born „with the kora in his hands.“ He hails from Dakar, Senegal, and is a nephew of Soundioulou Cissokho, the king of the kora.
Ali Boulo Santo’s magical playing and singing have led to numerous collaborations with jazz and world music greats such as Doudou Gouirand, the Belmondo Brothers, Tony Allen, Omar Sosa, Fania, Piers Faccini, Trilok Gurtu, Manu Dibango, New Cool Collective Jazz Band, Erif Truffaz, Alama Kanté, Diogal and Julien Baer, to name a few. He is also co-composer of the musical Kirikou and Karaba with Youssou N’dour, Angélique Kijo and Tété.
Appreciated for his innovative kora style and creativity in combining Mandingo music with Senegalese and Western influences, this indefatigable artist has valiantly served as a bridge between Africa and the West. He plays a dual role, representing the crossroads between cultures with humanity, sincerity and respect for the many colors of life.
Roberto Monteiro
This aspiring guitarist, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1987, began his studies in classical guitar at the age of 16 at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he also studied flamenco guitar with Mara Lúcia Ribeiro (one of the first flamenco guitarists in Brazil, a student of Entri de Cañorroto).
From then on, he dedicated himself entirely to flamenco, accompanying famous dancers such as Carmen La Talegona, Domingo and Inmaculada Ortega, before settling in Madrid and completing his studies in flamenco guitar at the Arturo Soria Conservatory.
Currently he works as a guitarist in several tablaos in Madrid and is the artistic director of one of the Sala Temple; he accompanies famous singers of the Spanish pop scene such as Lola Indigo, María Pelae and Vicente Navarro, as well as the dance group Matices.
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