Events in August 2011
Press Invitation
Press Release, Mon 18 Jul 2011
We cordially invite you to these cultural events in August:
Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture"
Socalled
Klezmer Hip Hop from Canada
Josh Dolgin aka Socalled, the klezmer-hip-hop maestro from Canada is musician, producer, beat architect, and visual artist all rolled into one. As a child of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, he came into contact with Jewish culture at an early age, but only as a university student did he discover the music that goes hand in hand with it. Initially he played piano and accordion in local funk, salsa, and gospel bands. Later he began to mix klezmer with samples from Yiddish theater records from the 30s to create his own sound. In the meantime, he is known for his genre-breaking approach and for his cooperation with greats from funk, hip hop, jazz, and classical music such as Fred Wesley, Frank London, Gonzales, and David Krakauer. At the Jewish Museum Berlin, alongside legendary songs from his album "Ghettoblaster," Socalled will present his latest project "Sleepover," a combination of folktronica, electro funk, neo soul, klezmer, rap, and dancehall.
Socalled (MPC, vocals, accordion, piano), Katie Moore (vocals), Allen Watsky (guitar), Fred Liebert (bass), Michael Winograd (clarinet)
When: 11 August 2011, 8 pm
Where: Glass Courtyard, ground level
Admission: 15 €, 10 € reduced rate. Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de
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Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation
Lindenstraße 9–14
10969 Berlin
Cultural Summer Program
Jazz in the Garden: Electric Krause
Anchored in jazz but with a large pinch of psychedelic groove and ecstatic intensity, an affinity with Pink Floyd and Coldplay is palpable in Electric Krause’s music. Vocals as a backdrop to instruments is a typical feature of this guitar trio. Rüdiger Krause (composition, guitar, E-Bow, vocals), Daniel Cordes (bass, Kaoss Pad, vocals), Andi Bühler (percussion, vocals)
When: 14 August 2011, 11 to 1 pm (admission free)
This jazz event in the museum garden can be enjoyed with a picnic basket from Liebermann’s Restaurant. Please order with at least 24 hrs advance notice on tel. +49 (0)30 25939 760.
Long Museum Night
Berlin choirs feature highly in the 29th Long Museum Night. At the Jewish Museum Berlin, two very different vocal ensembles will perform.
From 7 to 8.30 pm
We welcome Berlin’s oldest musical establishment as our guest - the well-known boys’ choir "Staats- und Domchor Berlin" headed by Kai-Uwe Jirka. The young voices carry pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Kurt Weill among others through the exhibition into all the crooked corners of the Libeskind Building.
From 8.30 to 10.30 pm
At a later hour, the pop-up choir "Erstes Berliner Oktett" will surprise visitors with brief, unexpected performances of amusing pieces from the Jewish song treasury at various spots in the museum.
Every half hour from 6 to 11 pm
Only on Museum Long Night is the museum offering half-hour tours on exhibits related to music. Be it about instruments such as the violin and grand piano or about pictures and audio terminals - the visitors decide. They learn what the selected exhibits have to do with German-Jewish history and the personal story they tell.
7 and 8.30 pm
Moreover, on this evening, the museum shines light on what it otherwise collects behind the scenes - the museum’s curators will present the current cabinet exhibition "New Acquisitions."
Tour duration: 30 min. Number of participants is limited.
Bookings (for non-journalists) at the museum cash desk on the day.
Please gather at the Meeting Point in the museum lobby
When: 27 August 2011. The museum will be open until 2 am on Long Museum Night.
Admission with the Long Night ticket: 15 €, reduced rate 10 euros
