Press Release June 3, 2016 Fête de la Musique Berlin

Faîtes la Musique!
The Program for the 22nd Fête de la Musique in
Berlin is finalized
Berlin is geared up for the 22nd Fête de la Musique. The festival Press release June 3rd, 2016
always starts on the first day of summer on June 21st and it is celebrated worldwide. Berlin is a participant since 1995. Now the Fête de la Musique in Berlin
Always on the first day of Summer
program is online at www.fetedelamusique.de.
Tuesday, June 21st 2016
FeteBerlin annually unites both professional and amateur musicians,
amplified or unplugged music, classic or pop, offering boundless
sounds yet to be discovered. The event kicks off at 4pm on the longest day of the year and the entire city will celebrate music both
indoors and outdoors at about 100 stage locations. In addition
impromptu acoustic music will fill the streets as all are invited to participate – but strictly without amplification and unplugged! At 10pm
the celebration continues at seven different indoor locations (Fête de
la Nuit).
Program Highlights:
Each year the collective Berliner Posaunenchöre welcome the
summer starting at 4:30pm with their horns at tower tops at nine
different locations between Lankwitz and Karow.
The premiere of the film „MUSIKA“ by Ruth Biller will be screened
at the rk- galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst. In addition, this event
will feature a live performance of the musicians involved in the
project. In the film they interpret six locations in Lichtenberg and
Hohenschönhausen via audiovisual synthesis.
Fête de la Nuit often combines programs of extreme contrasts. For
example, organ improvisations will be performed in the Immanuel
Church, and „Thylacine” showcases his electronic world music at the
French Night at Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei.
The program has 17 special locations for children:
http://www.fetedelamusique.de/specials-21-6/kinderprogramm/.
For example, this year the Klingende Mobil (the chiming mobile) invites all to the instrument-workshop at the Freilichtbühne Weißensee, and REFoRGELN & friends offer a program for children where
they can sing along as well as a guided organ tour in the
Reformationskirche in the Beusselstraße.
Time:
Start: 4pm
Indoors and outdoors
10pm Fête de la Nuit (indoors only)
Locations:
Approx. 100 stages throughout the city
of Berlin as well as street music
Program:
Hundreds of musicians, bands, groups
and ensembles of all music directions.
Program online:
http://www.fetedelamusique.de/programmsuche/
It’s free!
Organization:
Fête Company, Simone Hofmann
Wallstr. 15a, 10179 Berlin
Financed and supported by
The Major of Berlin / Senate
Chancellery
FeteBerlin 2016 – Highlights per District:
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
The young and gifted soloists of the Julius-Stern-Institut will perform in the
Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin. The Nehring-Grundschule
will present numerous bands and combos, and Larsito of „Culcha Candela“
is stopping by for a meet and greet.
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
RAW hosts Reggae and Hip Hop with „Ganjaman" at Sichtwechsel featuring Reggae Jam Bersenbrück. YAAM presents „BÄM! Berliner Äcademy für
Marching Drums“ by Peter Fox.
Five young previously unacquainted music enthusiasts are taking part in a
20 episode documentary TV series, and in only four weeks they formed a
band. The „School Jam Project” kicks things off at at Nirgendwo.
Lichtenberg-Hohenschönhausen
Nöldnerplatz presents the All Ages Sound Stage, a varied program of rock,
hip-hop, jazz, reggae, funk, punk as well as singer-songwriters.
German Lottery Foundation Berlin
Information and press photos:
www.fetedelamusique.de/presse
PR contact:
Ines Schilgen PR Management
T (030) 399 03 717
[email protected]
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Berlin celebrates the 22nd Fête de la Musique on June
21st, 2016
Marzahn-Hellersdorf
In Betonia the musician „DeFranzy" raps stories with beats: NDW 2.0 meets
rap, pop and electronic.
Mitte
Big bands and brass ensembles like „Die Zentralkappelle Berlin" or
„Hauptstadtblech" create a wonderful atmosphere in the Bar Babette and
„Fattouch“, a music band of refugees, perform their traditional Arabic music
in Kallasch&. The Rosengarten presents a pure a capella program, and fans
of accordion music and chansons can gather at Ganymed. The district of
Mitte has traditionally been the center for choir music; locations include the
Nikolaiviertel, the Parochialkirche, Podewil and in the Senatssaal of the
Humboldt Universität. Overtone singing, monochord and sound-ribbons
accompany Yoga meets Music at BeachMitte, an action platform for the
International World Yoga Day.
Neukölln
The Martin Luther Kirche is hosting two special programs:
„Musethica", the nonprofit and educational project for excellent young
musicians who are practice oriented, present a virtual dialogue between the
viola and the violin with the Musethica founder Avri Levitan and Ori WissnerLevy (classical). The „Hoffnungschor aus Geflüchteten“ will have its first
performance featuring traditional music from Syria and Lebanon.
Pankow
The „Indianapolis Children´s Choir“ is a professional children’s choir from
the USA and are featured guests at the Freilichtbühne Weißensee. The
program includes sacred and secular music, folk and world music. A definite
highlight of the RMBA Stage in the Mauerpark is the English grime-rapper
„Stormzy“.
Reinickendorf
The Gartenstadt Frohnau will rock out to „Ulli und Die Grauen Zellen“ and
in the beautiful venue Labsaal Lübars the „Falschen Fuffziger“ will liven
things up with pop songs.
Spandau
Happy Metal is happening at Plan B & Styroporno with „Gunjah Deluxe feat.
Spandau ALLSTARS“.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
„Aymen Montasser“ presents a „water-glass-symphony“ at the Garten des
Museums der Europäischen Kulturen in Dahlem, and the „Ms Singers
Swingers“ invite you to Paulsborn at the Grunewaldsee for swing time.
Tempelhof-Schöneberg
At Rathaus Friedenau the „Firefrogs Big Band“ plays Swing, Bossa Nova
and Funk.
Treptow-Köpenick
Exotic sounds await you in Novilla including „Ange Da Costa“ (Future Afro
Soul) and „Arifa“ (Jazz, Eastern & Oriental fusion).
All venues and stages FETEberlin 2016 MAP:
http://www.fetedelamusique.de/specials-21-6/fetemap/
Free APP: find all artists, venues, directions, and social media updates:
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FETEberlin on
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/fete-berlin
http://feteberlin.tumblr.com/
Fête de la Musique?
Fête de la Musique was brought to life in
1982 in France in order to allow the
large number of music-making people in
the country to become both audible and
visual for a few hours. Today Fête de la
Musique is celebrated worldwide in 540
cities in 106 countries - in Germany
alone more than 50 cities and townships
participate.
All follow the same rules and guidelines:
Fête de la Musique always takes place
on June 21st, it is free and the musicians
perform without a fee. The festival is
non-commercial, it takes in no revenue
and it has no artistic director, it is based
on citizen participation. Some provide a
venue, others perform in the wide open
with an audience strolling through the
city to listen, dance and celebrate. All
are invited to fill the streets with their
own sounds.
Thanks to a special permit all may perform unplugged/unamplified music
throughout the city of Berlin on June 21st
from 4pm to 10pm. This is allowed on
public streets and squares, provided this
does not disturb institutions such as
hospitals, churches, schools or memorials. Electronically amplified music is
only allowed to registered platforms and
locations.
The German capital has been celebrating Fête de la Musique every year
since 1995, and tens of thousands of
people flock to make a musical discovery tour throughout the city. The
festival is organized by Simone
Hofmann / Fête Company, and is 100%
funded through public spending. Thanks
to the financial support (75%) provided
by the German Lottery Foundation
Berlin Fête de la Musique will also take
place in 2017.
(Press release is subject to change)
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