WorldWideMusic goes Romnja Jazz
Friday 20.09.2019 9:30pm | Club
Admission: pre sale 10 € plus fee / box office 15 €, 10 € (reduced), 5 € (Berlin Pass)
Organizer: Werkstatt der Kulturen/ Roma Trial
Production
Matilda Leko
The singer and composer Matilda Leko grew up with the rhythms of the Balkans and the music of the Roma. From an early age, the native Viennese with Serbian and Roma roots began to experiment with different styles of music: from the sounds of her homeland to Pop, Rock, Soul and Jazz.
Discovering Jazz music brought her back to Vienna where she studied Jazz vocals. Matilda Leko was one of the first singers in Vienna to blend music from the Balkans with Jazz, and one of the first who gave this type of music a distinct sound and a new dimension. Her music transcends borders and is not reduced to only one genre or direction. Her compositions are challenging and emphasise her unusual and creative compositions.
Part of her repertoire include satirical, political Viennese songs. Her voice, which she uses like an instrument is bluesy, soulful and very versatile when improvising. Her lyrics recount stories based in real life.
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It is not only women in general who are clearly underrepresented in Jazz music, but especially women who identify as "People of Colour" find it particularly hard to assert themselves in the industry because of ongoing discrimination.
This is the reason why RomaTrial e.V. initiated the one-year RomnjaJazz programme: The focus is on jazz musicians and composers from Berlin with a Sinti or Roma background.
The WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN (WdK), being simultaneously a venue for events and a producer, set itself the task of looking at current (culture and migration) political developments. The WdK addresses these issues by using various forms of art, culture and action, and will stage concerts by three artists in September 2019.
With the series WorldWideMusic goes RomnjaJazz the venue not only maintains its consistent focus on transculturality and diversity in order to reflect Berlin's variety of migrant and minority forms of culture, art and action. The WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN thereby also continues this year’s focus on Balance for Better. An event that is already creating more visibility for female artists on the music scene of Berlin thanks to the concert series She´s Got Jazz and WorldWideMomenMusic. The venue is once again positioning itself as one of the few cultural institutions in Germany, which not only puts World Jazz on stage, but also defines the face of tomorrow's genre, not least through its own WorldJazzEnsemble. Little Big Band.
A project by Roma Trial e.V., supported by the Senate Administration for Culture and Europe.
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