Rabih Lahoud MASAA / NEON DILEMMA

In the organizer's words:

Double concert

16.15h: Rabih Lahoud MASAA @ Stadtgarten, concert hall

Masaa is Arabic for evening. The time when the contours are still visible, but much is already blurred in the twilight. This is also how the improvisational music of the Masaa quartet around singer Rabih Lahoud, who was born in Lebanon in 1982 and has lived in Germany for a long time, can be described. With Reentko Dirks (guitar), Demian Kappenstein (drums) and Marcus Rust (trumpet), Lahoud celebrates the coming together that often takes place in the evening. It is the transformation of shared storytelling and reporting into a piece of music, it is an ignoring of borders - the imaginary ones between people, but also the concrete ones between countries. Together they bring together the classical music of Europe with the jazz of the USA, the link between the two genres is in turn the meandering, melismatic melody of the Arabic maqam and the concise style of Lahoud's mother tongue, in which he sings the songs.

Rabih Lahoud - voc
Reentko Dirks - gtr
Demian Kappenstein - dr/perc
Marcus Rust - trp/flg

Masaa is Arabic for "evening"-that time of day when outlines are still visible, yet much is already blurred by the twilight. This is also how one might describe the improvisational music of the Masaa Quartet, led by singer Rabih Lahoud, who was born in Lebanon in 1982 and has lived in Germany for many years. Together with Reentko Dirks (guitar), Demian Kappenstein (drums), and Marcus Rust (trumpet), Lahoud celebrates the coming together that often takes place in the evening. It is the translation of shared storytelling and narration into a piece of music; it is a defiance of boundaries-the imaginary ones between people, but also the concrete ones between nations. Together, they bring together the classical music of Europe with the jazz of the USA; the connection between the two genres is, in turn, the meandering, melismatic melody of the Arabic maqam and the distinctive style of Lahoud's native language, in which he sings the songs.

/ Break 16.45 - 18.00 /

18.15: NEON DILEMMA

Neon Dilemma is a cooperative band featuring the Austrian Elias Stemeseder (piano), who commutes between Berlin and New York, and the Cologne-based Robert Landfermann (bass) and Leif Berger (drums). Using acoustic and electronic instruments, three protagonists of jazz-based improvisational music develop a discourse on the possibilities of contemporary interplay in historical instrumentation. Concepts and ideas from different geographical and temporal origins are transformed into novel organizing principles that enable the ensemble to harmonize supposedly disparate musical elements. Delicate counterpoint and prancing polyrhythms sound effortlessly alongside raw towers of sound, vehement chord clusters and simple songfulness.

Elias Stemeseder - p/synth
Robert Landfermann - b
Leif Berger - dr

Neon Dilemma is a collaborative band featuring Elias Stemeseder (piano), an Austrian musician who divides his time between Berlin and New York, along with Robert Landfermann (bass) and Leif Berger (drums) from Cologne. Using acoustic and electronic instruments, these three protagonists of jazz-based improvisational music engage in a discourse on the possibilities of contemporary ensemble playing with historical instrumentation. Concepts and ideas from diverse geographical and temporal origins are repurposed into novel organizing principles that enable the ensemble to harmonize seemingly disparate musical elements. Thus, delicate counterpoint and dancing polyrhythms effortlessly coexist alongside raw sound towers, vehement chord clusters, and simple singability.

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The concert is partially seated. There is no entitlement to a seat.

The concert hall, Stadtgarten is barrier-free accessible

Photography is not permitted.

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The concert is partially seated. There is no entitlement to a seat.

Concert hall @ Stadtgarten is barrier-free accessible.

Photographs are generally not permitted.