Meskerem Mees & Carlos Garbin

Blues and other touching stories

Meskerem Mees is an expert in soft sounds with big impact. The sophisticated simplicity and soothing voice of the 26-year-old Belgian won her the Montreux Jazz Talent Award. Together with Brazilian dancer and guitarist Carlos Garbin, she tells stories through the blues. The programme, which the two developed as music for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's dance creation EXIT ABOVE, is inspired by the tradition of so-called American “disastrous songs”. Carlos Garbin plays country blues guitar while Meskerem Mees sings about how music can help us overcome even the most difficult times, physically, spiritually, and mentally. 

At Saturday's Relaxed Performance, Meskerem Mees takes the audience into her internal processand presents new compositions.  

Dates:

29.08., 20:30 Uhr (Meskerem Mees & Carlos Garbin)

30.08., 17:30 Uhr (Relaxed With…Meskerem Mees)

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares

With resounding throats and radiant hearts

One of Bulgaria's best choirs has a French name: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. Their overwhelming, arcane and mystical soundscape inspires artists such as Kate Bush and Lady Gaga. For 70 years, the women's choir has shaped the cultural face of Bulgaria, presenting a repertoire from the Balkan region that has been passed down for generations in new, dynamic arrangements. After Swiss ethnologist Marcel Cellier brought the recordings of the former radio and television choir to the world scene in the 1980s, the ensemble, with its special timbre, has become an integral part of the global music landscape. 

Dates:

Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares: 1 Std. 15 Min.

Lady Leshurr

Cute Community welcomes the queen of Grime

Silence, the Queen is speaking! In 2015, Lady Leshurr showcased her freestyle rap talent in her “Queen's speeches” and became an online sensation. With classic beats, witty rhymes, and powerful bars, the grime artist from Birmingham is one of the best rappers in the UK. As part of her comeback, she will also perform at the Ruhrtriennale, at the invitation of Cute Community.

Dates:

12.09., 21:30 Uhr (Lady Leshurr)

Evergreen &  Beyond

Timeless sounds beyond the concert hall

Caroline Shaw writes music in which the voice becomes an instrument and instruments start to sing. The compositions of the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music not only enrich hit series on Netflix and other platforms, but also bring to life the music theatre production SIDDHARTHA with her delicate music. Evergreen was the title of her last project with the multi-award-winning Attacca Quartet. In Evergreen & Beyond she joins the quartet not only as a composer, but also as a singer and violist.

Dates:

19.09., 20:30 pm (Evergreen & Beyond)

20.09., 17:30 pm (Relaxed With...Evergreen & Beyond)