Black Music Renaissance 3 goes BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Kelvin Sholar presents Machete Horns

In cooperation with  award-winning Black American pianist Kelvin Sholar we present  the third installment of BLACK MUSIC RENAISSANCE: a four-day powerhouse event with the goal to celebrate the common threads of rhythm, harmony and melody that unites all music of the African diaspora with music from the Americas and Eurasia.   Kelvin Sholar is a musician that knows no stylistic boundaries. He has won over ten awards for music and appeared on over one hundred recordings, in wildly ranging styles. Sholar is featured in live performances by Stevie Wonder, Kevin Saunderson or Carl Craig, Qtip, Nigel Kennedy and many others; not to mention his acclaimed work with original music, or the music of Jeff Mills, Rob Hood, Earth, Wind and Fire- and many others.

Machete Horns

Machete Horns are two Cuban musicians of the new generation: the saxophonist Regis "KinRe" Molina and the trumpeter Daniel "El Congo". They are graduates of the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA) in Cuba. Even though they were trained as classical musicians since their early days, the Horns were always absorbing their heritage music, ranging from Afro-Cuban religious music to reggae, rumba, soul and classical music.

In 2006, they met for the first time in Berlin. Combined with new elements they found in this cosmopolitan city, they created a unique and spontaneous sound with percussion and horns: The Machete Horns. They have performed in clubs, at festivals and on TV shows with Tony Allen, Jimmy Tenor, Jean- Paul Bourelli (Miles Davis), Aloe Blacc, Raúl Paz, Interactivo, JahAcoustic and many more. 

Line Up:

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All dates:

FRIDAY February 03: Jaimeo Brown: HipHop, Blues, Work Songs and Jazz
FRIDAY February 10: Machete Horns
FRIDAY February 17: Kalavan Quartett
FRIDAY February 24: Shebeen: visiting the roots. A musical storytelling evening

Black history Month

Jedes Jahr im Februar wird in zahlreichen Ländern der Black History Month mit Veranstaltungen zu Schwarzer Kultur und Geschichte zelebriert. Auch die WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN macht mit verschiedenen Veranstaltungen Schwarze Kultur, Geschichte und Gegenwart sichtbar. Im Februar 2017 werden wir in Kooperation mit dem preisgekrönten Schwarzen Pianisten Kelvin Sholar die vierteilige Konzertreihe BLACK MUSIC RENAISSANCE zum dritten Mal durchführen. Beginnend mit dem 3. Februar 2017 präsentieren wir jeden Freitag klassische und einzigartige Musikstile der afrikanischen Diaspora aus den Amerikas und Eurasien: HipHop, Blues, Arbeitslieder (work songs), Jazz, Reggae, Soul, Rock, Rumänischer Tango, African Latino Dance und Detroit literature.

Die Räume und Toiletten der WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN sind rollstuhlzugänglich. Um den Zugang mit Rollstuhl zu gewährleisten, bitten wir um telefonische Voranmeldung: +49 (0)30 60 97 70-0.