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January 26, 2025

Moka Efti Orchestra

Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 18:00

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Moka Efti Orchestra

The Moka Efti Orchestra, the original 14-piece big band from the hit German TV show »Babylon Berlin«, invites you to travel back in time a hundred years to the »roaring« 1920s. In 1929, the year the series is set in, the world was a very different place. Berlin was wild, dirty, glamorous and party-loving. In the »Moka Efti«, one of the city’s entertainment palaces, people danced the Charleston to opulent big-band numbers. The Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall is now transformed into a dance hall itself when the Moka Efti Orchestra, led by composers Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien, and saxophonist and arranger Sebastian Borkowski, bring back the music and the feeling for life of that bygone era.

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January 27, 2025

Grand Chinese New Year Concert 2025

Mon, Jan 27, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

China Conservatory of Music Traditional Orchestra, Yang Tingting (Pipa), Ma Ke (Erhu), Wang Zhongshan (Guzheng), Zhang Qianyuan (Suona), Li Xincao (Conductor)

The traditional Chinese New Year concert unites cultures, brings symphonic masterpieces of classical Chinese music to the stage and opens up new musical horizons. Every year for more than 25 years, first-class traditional Chinese orchestras have performed in leading concert halls during the Chinese Spring Festival, offering a rich blend of China’s diverse musical cultures.

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January 30, 2025

Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet featuring Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, Will Calhoun

Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

No false modesty: in English, paramount means the top, the ultimate. With Joe Lovano and Julian Lage, two topmost soloists from two generations of jazz truly come together in the Paramount Quartet. They have already known each other for a long time and mutually motivate each other for flights of improvisation. Their accompanists Will Calhoun and Asante Santi Debriano give them the necessary inspiration and ideas every second. Joe Lovano is a giant of the tenor saxophone, admired worldwide and so versatile like no other. With the serene authority of a grandmaster, he puts jazz from all sides in the best light. Julian Lage, who is this brilliant, amiable guitarist who plays completely effortlessly, and, without a break, releases an organic mix of melodic and chordal playing from his guitar. He has been a welcome guest at the Elbphilharmonie since it opened in 2017 and you can now experience him for the sixth time. Will Calhoun is an energetic drummer, who can also arrange very complex rhythms so that they flow. Bassist Asante Santi Debriano, who was born in Panama, is not as well known in Europe as would be appropriate for his status. He played with legends, such as Archie Shepp and Sam Rivers, for a long time, collaborated on more than 100 recordings and leads an exciting nonet in New York with the Arkestra Bembe, which plays many pieces from his output. The Paramount Quartet itself has to date neither made vinyl recordings nor can you find online recordings of any of their live concerts. So, all the greater is the excitement and anticipation for a band, which will certainly play tremendously well.

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February 1, 2025

Alexis Cárdenas / Jorge Glem

Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Alexis Cárdenas (Violin), Jorge Glem (Cuatro), Manuel Sánchez (Double bass)

A breathtaking musical journey that shows in a folkloristic and cheerful way the musical bridges that connect Bach and other classical European icons with the most beautiful Latin American rhythms. The concert begins with Bach and ends with him. In between, the musicians show the full richness of Latin American music.

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February 11, 2025

Tyshawn Sorey Trio

Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 20:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Tyshawn Sorey (Drums), Aaron Diehl (Piano), Harish Raghavan (Bass)

For almost two decades, Tyshawn Sorey advanced ever deeper into the realms of avant-garde jazz with his experimental drum playing before he made a radical turnaround with his album »Mesmerism« in 2022. There, he revealed himself as a fan of traditional jazz and re-recorded well-known jazz standards. On their latest CD project »Continuing«, the three consistently pursue this path and, besides a song by Sorey’s mentor, pianist Harold Mabern, also interpret the »Reincarnation Blues« by Wayne Shorter, which the saxophonist once wrote for the legendary jazz drummer Art Blakey. At a greatly reduced tempo, the combo puts the music under the microscope and brings out details in a casual swing, with an unerring commitment to each note and beat. Tyshawn Sorey is not only a well-known jazz musician but also a classical composer. This year his composition »Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith)« for saxophone and orchestra won the famous Pulitzer Price after his work »Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)« made it to the final last year. Where will the journey go next? Well, who knows…

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February 12, 2025

Nouruz Ensemble

Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Bassem Hawar (Joza), Bassem Hawar (Director), Saad Mahmoud Jawad (Oud), Kioomars Musayyebi (Santur), Rageed William (Duduk), Rageed William (Nai), Reza Samani (Percussion), Reza Samani (Daf), Reza Samani (Tombak), Rita William (Vocals)

Nouruz is the New Year’s and spring festival in the Persian and Kurdish cultures. The Nouruz Ensemble led by Iraqi Bassem Hawar also understands »spring« as a departure – towards exciting encounters between the musicians and their second home in Germany, and with other musical styles. In this concert, however, they focus entirely on their roots. A musical journey takes the ensemble from Basra in southern Iraq to Mosul in the north. They perform pieces from the southern marshlands and poetry set to music by Iraqi Assyrians and Arameans from northern Iraq, as well as classical Arabic maqam music from the area around Baghdad and all over the country. Bassem Hawar is a virtuoso on the Iraqi joza violin, which he built and developed himself; he founded the Nouruz Ensemble as a quartet in 2018. He combines a wide variety of musical styles with virtuosity, and is a tireless ambassador for the music of his homeland. Hawar is joined by the Iranian Kiomars Musayyebi on the delicate dulcimer santur and Saad Mahmoud Jawad, one of Iraq’s most renowned oud players. Other members of Nouruz are Persian percussionist Reza Samani, who has long had his roots in the Cologne area, and the Iraqi Rageed William on Armenia’s national instrument, the melancholy-sounding shawm duduk and the smoky-sounding flute nai. The guest vocalist is Baghdad-born Rita William, who works at the interface between Christian and Arabic singing.

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Symphoniker Hamburg / Michel Camilo / Clark Rundell

Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Symphoniker Hamburg, Michel Camilo (Piano), Clark Rundell (Conductor)

Dominican composer and pianist Michel Camilo, winner of Grammy, Latin Grammy, and Emmy awards, blends jazz, classical, pop, and world music with Caribbean influences. This concert features his energetic Piano Concerto No. 1, fusing jazz and classical elements, alongside Bernstein's "Candide" overture, reflecting Camilo's diverse musicality.

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February 20, 2025

Sarah Willis & The Sarahbanda

Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Sarah Willis (French horn), Yuniet Lombida (Saxophon), Aylin Pino (Violin), Jorge Aragón (Piano), Carlos García (Bass), Alejandro Aguiar (Percussion), Adel Gonzalez (Percussion), special guest: Harold Madrigal Frias (Trumpet)

Here comes the Sarahbanda, the Cuban band with a difference! Formed as part of the hugely popular »Mozart y Mambo« project and led by Sarah Willis of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sarahbanda explores the captivating dance rhythms of Cuba in a way that has never been heard before. The difference? Sarahbanda is the first salsa band to feature a French horn, and with their original compositions and stunning, exclusive re-arrangements of some of Cuba’s best-known songs, this band is taking the Cuban music scene by storm. This flavourful combination of Sarah Willis and some of Cuba’s most talented musicians creates a completely new sound that is fresh, innovative, danceable and simply irresistible.

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February 23, 2025

Bremer Barockorchester

Sun, Feb 23, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Bremer Barockorchester (Chamber orchestra), Alexis Cárdenas (Violin), Miguel Siso (Cuatro), Celso Duarte (Harp), Néstor F. Cortés Garzón (Director)

Together with the multi-award-winning soloist Alexis Cárdenas (violin) and the Grammy winners Miguel Siso (cuatro) and Celso Duarte (harp), the Bremen Baroque Orchestra presents the world-famous violin concertos The Four Seasons in the context of Latin American soundscapes.

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March 7, 2025

NDR Bigband / Darcy James Argue

Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

NDR Bigband, Darcy James Argue (Composition), Darcy James Argue (Conductor)

High voltage. The complete package: rhythmically, harmonically, sonically. The collaboration between the NDR Bigband and composer Darcy James Argue promises serious fun. An awareness of tradition is paired with the open horizon of the internet age and the desire to wildly combine and re-contextualise.

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March 9, 2025

Maria Baptist

Sun, Mar 9, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Maria Baptist (Piano), Maria Baptist (Composition)

»Maria Baptist’s rhapsodic, free-flowing piano style is reminiscent of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett,« writes the renowned Downbeat Magazine, naming the pianist and composer in the same breath as two of the great jazz pianists of our time. The recordings for the new album were made during her debut at the Elbphilharmonie. Maria Baptist’s piano solo cycle interweaves the grand dramaturgy of symphonic works with her profound improvisations to create a new sound experience. Between her powerful virtuosity, subtle polyphony in the spirit of Bach and her boundless lyricism, Maria Baptist’s music reveals an attitude to life of freedom and courage and thus becomes a message to be guided by hopes rather than fears.

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March 11, 2025

Maria Schneider / Oslo Jazz Ensemble

Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Oslo Jazz Ensemble, Maria Schneider (Director)

Already once planned for 2022, the tail end of the Covid pandemic thwarted the wanderlust of Maria Schneider. But postponed is not cancelled: now, the American composer and bandleader presents her ninth album »Data Lords«, which was just awarded two Grammys. Maria Schneider stands for jazz compositions in cinemascope format, for profound, superbly arranged works with the Oslo Jazz Ensemble alongside her this time, for its part a powerhouse of Norwegian jazz creativity. »Data Lords«, this is something like the catapult handmade by David with which Maria Schneider as a resistant, seemingly powerless warrior flings a couple of shiny prepared cannonballs of sound against the Goliath of the tech and music industry. In the USA, the composer is a powerful voice for copyright protection and for the fair payment of musicians in times of streaming services. The music of her ninth album also carries this fighting spirit within it, which she released, as ever, entirely on her own.

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March 13, 2025

Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek

Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Derya Yıldırım (Bağlama), Derya Yıldırım (Vocals), Graham Mushnik (Organ), Graham Mushnik (Synthesizer), Antonin Voyant (Guitar), Antonin Voyant (Bass guitar), Antonin Voyant (Flute), Helen Wells (Drums), Ensemble Resonanz

Derya Yıldırım and her international band continue their psychedelic journey, meandering through Anatolian folk music and poetry with their electrifying grooves, while also delving into their own lives and personal experiences. New interpretations of Turkish classics and the band’s original compositions are seamlessly tied together by inventive arrangements and spellbinding grooves, transcending time as past and present collide in the space of one song. While rooted in Anatolian tradition, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek draw on a boundless cosmos of sounds and builds on the contribution of each band member. Born in 2014, and with 3 albums and one EP under their belt, the group has forged a formidable reputation with their heady mix of Anatolian folk, 1970s Turkish psychedelia, pop and jazz. For their performance at the Elbphilharmonie, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek present a special programme featuring a string of new compositions. Their fans will discover these songs on their fourth LP, recorded in the USA in 2024 and due to be released in spring 2025. Special guests and surprises are to be expected, as the group has multiplied their connections over the years and expanded their visions of musical arrangements and stage production. Yıldırım grew up in the multicultural neighborhood of Veddel, where she was influenced by the culture and music of neighboring communities as well as that of her family, learning the bağlama alongside piano, saxophone and guitar. Despite being multilingual, Yıldırım exclusively sings in Turkish: »It’s really important to me because that’s the language I can really express myself in – it’s my emotional language«, she explains. Graham Mushnik (organ, synthesizers) and Antonin Voyant (guitar, bass, and flute) are both members of London/France-based collective Catapulte Records and have played in l’Orchestre du Montplaisant, a quartet known for its cinematic, retro atmospheres. Capetonian drummer Helen Wells has introduced her own style from the South African DIY and psychedelic scenes into the live set since 2022.

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March 14, 2025

Souad Massi

Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Souad Massi (Vocals), Souad Massi (Guitar), Mokrane Adlani (Violin), Malik Kerrouche (Guitar), Guy Nsangue (Bass), Rabah Khalfa (Darbuka), Maamoun Dehane (Drums)

The great French-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi has been called the »Tracy Chapman of the Maghreb«. Perhaps because she also develops her songs musically around her delicate guitar playing and stands up for freedom, justice, female emancipation, humanism and love in her lyrics. Massi studied classical music as well as Arabic-Andalusian music and developed her own style over time in which, alongside Algerian folk, influences from independent rock also play a key role. Each song by Souad Massi sounds like an elaborate miniature from a musical continent which she invented herself. She sings in French, Arabic and Kabyle, a Berber language spoken in the north of Algeria. She brings a sextet to Hamburg which sometimes makes music in the refined style of chamber music on acoustic instruments and then again in infectious grooves. The mainstay of the ensemble is Rabah Khalfa, who plays the darbuka, a drum with a metal bowl and comparatively high tone.

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March 16, 2025

Silk and Bamboo Quartet

Sun, Mar 16, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Lingling Yu (Pipa), Wenqi Gu (Guzheng), Guo Gan (Erhu), Guo Gan (Gaohu), Hongze An (Sheng), Hongze An (Dizi), Hongze An (Xiao), Hongze An (Bawu)

Silk and bamboo – these are the fabrics used to produce the finely woven traditional music of south-east China. Pipa virtuoso Lingling Yu takes this fine art from her adopted home of Geneva out into the world with a young quartet of other traditional instruments. Lingling Yu comes from the nine-million-strong metropolis of Hangzhou, south of Shanghai, a centre of the silk and tea industry and also China’s own Silicon Valley. Even as a teenager, she was considered a child prodigy on the pear-shaped pipa, a necked bowl lute originally fitted with silk strings. In 1998, Yu moved to Switzerland in order to establish ties between Chinese and Western music, broadening her horizons by studying orchestration, counterpoint and composition. In addition to the pipa, her Silk and Bamboo Quartet brings together other traditional instruments: Wenqi Gu plays the guzheng, a 21-string, 2,500-year-old arched zither. The internationally experienced Guo Gan brings the erhu and gaohu violins to the quartet; he is also well versed in Western classical music and jazz. The quartet is completed by the young Hongze An, who has a command of the bamboo transverse flutes dizi and xiao, the mouth organ sheng and the bawu with its clarinet-like sound. Alternating between solo and ensemble performances, the group’s repertoire includes pieces from the south-east of China and the provinces of Canton and Yunnan as well as from the cities of Chaozhou and Hangzhou.

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March 27, 2025

Allison Miller & Myra Melford’s Lux Quartet

Thu, Mar 27, 2025, 20:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Dayna Stephens (Saxophon), Myra Melford (Piano), Nick Dunston (Bass), Allison Miller (Drums)

Anyone with vision should – make music! At least, as far as the Lux Quartet is concerned. With drummer Allison Miller and pianist Myra Melford, it combines two of the most visionary free-jazz musicians of our age. You could already experience both in the jazz series at the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle as a duo; now, they come to the Recital Hall at the Elbphilharmonie as the main act with saxophonist Dayna Stephens and bassist Nick Dunston. With Alison Miller, one of the most creative drummers and bandleaders is at its heart. She was picked up by »Downbeat Magazine« in their line-up of the »Top 20 Jazz Drummers« and the American radio station NPR Music rates her composition »Otis Was a Polar Bear« as one of the »200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women«. The title of their current CD project »Tomorrowland« hints that the Lux Quartet is pursuing its experimental approach on its new record as well and once again expands on its own expectations of the future. As an established team, the combo can steadfastly rely on each other and so is in position to have no difficulty with free improvisations at any conceivable musical place.

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April 5, 2025

Nai Barghouti, flute

Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 20:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Nai Barghouti (Vocals), Nai Barghouti (Flute), Khalil Khoury (Kanun), Tony Roe (Piano), Diego Alva (Bass guitar), Ruven Ruppik (Drums)

Two musical hearts beat in the chest of Palestinian singer Nai Barghouti: one for the Arabic music of her homeland and one for jazz – her music is a unique combination of both genres. Not least because Barghouti has developed her own singing technique for this symbiosis, which her fans affectionately call »Naistrumentation«. Barghouti uses her voice as an instrument, very similar to »scat singing« in jazz, which instead of words improvises individual syllables into virtuoso melodies. Together with her band, a quartet comprising the Arabian box zither qanun, drums, bass guitar and piano, she transfers the jazzy influences very organically to the Arabian repertoire of her homeland. Nai Barghouti grew up in Palestinian Ramallah. At aged 14, she started studying singing and flute at the Edward Said National Conservatory in Jerusalem. In 2013, she went to the USA, where she discovered her passion for jazz, which she was to take to Amsterdam two years later. There, she studied jazz singing at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. Her exceptional talent and musical sense did not stay undetected for long: in 2019, she was a finalist in the Aga Khan Music Awards in Lisbon and, in 2020, Barghouti won the Concertgebouw Young Talent Award, which opened doors for her in Europe too.

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April 10, 2025

Ibrahim Maalouf

Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Ibrahim Maalouf (Trumpet), & Ensemble

Lebanese-French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is one of those improvisers whose playing you can undoubtedly recognise after the first couple of notes. This is primarily due to seeming festooned in Middle Eastern sounds, which characterise his melodies and differentiate him from pretty much any other virtuosos on this instrument. Standard trumpets are not supplied with the microintervals required by the Arabic musical language Maqam – Ibrahim Maalouf plays a design with an additional quartertone valve. His father Nassim, who is also a trumpeter, designed this. Maalouf junior phrases on this in an incredibly smooth way, excels at any tempo and is not at all reserved about crossing stylistic borders – not only concerning the Orient and Occident, but also the genres within western popular music in particular. Hamburg took to its heart this fisher of men Ibrahim Maalouf, who ensnares his audience at least so readily with words as with notes, on the occasion of his involvement at the »Reflektor Angélique Kidjo« in March 2023. Now, he returns with the Trumpets of Michel Ange (T.O.M.A.), whose impressive trumpet section went into training under him and also toots on quarter tone trumpets. An accompanying band produces considerable power if required. Pretty much anything stylistically is likely to happen in this concert from yearning arabesques to bone-dry rap including eloquent stand-up comedy from the bandleader.

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April 16, 2025

Danube’s Banks

Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 20:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Jonathan Wolters (Clarinet), Jonathan Wolters (Guitar), Jonathan Wolters (Vocals), Jan-Hendrik Röckemann (Saxophon), Timo Zett (Guitar), Timo Zett (Vocals), Jenny Apelmo Mattson (Bass), Jenny Apelmo Mattson (Vocals), Malte Müller (Drums)

This music evokes road trips and long summer nights of non-stop dancing: Danube’s Banks are a byword for a danceable mix of gypsy swing with connections to Django Reinhardt, Klezmer and Balkan beats. Saxophone and clarinet revel in characteristic Balkan and Klezmer melodies; the accompaniment also provides the necessary driving grooves with rhythm guitar and drumming. Their outfits and instruments are retro, their music not one bit old-fashioned however, but always intoxicating. They began with street music in St. Pauli and you can still enjoy the experience here if the weather is good. Because nowhere are you so very close to your audience. But the sextet also makes bars, pubs, clubs and concert halls willingly uneasy – and now the Elbphilharmonie!

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April 20, 2025

Mischpoke / Family Concert

Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 16:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Magdalena Abrams (Clarinet), Magdalena Abrams (Bass clarinet), Magdalena Abrams (Vocals), Cornelia Gottesleben (Violin), Frank Naruga (Guitar), Maria Rothfuchs (Double bass), Christoph Spangenberg (Piano)

A wildly dancing violin and a clarinet that can laugh and cry. A lively, sauntering piano and a bass that sometimes sounds like a train pulling up. With their inimitable mix of klezmer, jazz, tango, world music and classical music, the Hamburg band Mischpoke invites young and old to experience handmade music together, to clap, sing, dance and listen. Whether small or large stages, primary or secondary school, international festivals or the Berlin Philharmonie: Mischpoke meets every audience with sincerity and a twinkle in their eye. Their energetic and highly virtuosic playing creates a collective energy that sets hearts and hips vibrating every time.

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Mischpoke

Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Mischpoke is a Hamburg klezmer band that has built up an international audience. Their music is an inimitable mix of traditional, newly arranged and self-composed instrumental pieces, in which the genres of klezmer, jazz, tango, world music and classical music are explored in the most beautiful way. Yiddish songs are heard in new arrangements and repeatedly surprise with their own song text passages that make political and social references to the present day. In their current programme, Mischpoke adhere to the power of music as a universal language that creates connections between people and cultures. With their passionate and highly virtuoso playing, the Mischpoke concerts always create this collective live energy that gets hearts and hips dancing!

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April 22, 2025

Lucienne Renaudin Vary & Tim Allhoff

Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Lucienne Renaudin Vary (Trumpet), Tim Allhoff (Piano)

Lucienne Renaudin Vary and Tim Allhoff are siblings in spirit, as they move between genres. »Jazz meets classical music« is not just a label for them, but a living reality. The French trumpeter enjoyed a classical education at the renowned Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, but improvising in a jazz quartet or at home with her two younger brothers has always played an equally important role. Pianist and composer Tim Allhoff studied jazz piano in Munich and regularly immerses himself in classical soundscapes as an arranger for renowned musicians from the classical music scene. In the ProArteX series, both give free rein to their joy of playing and experimenting. In addition to Bach and Françaix, the programme includes songs by Gershwin, Gainsbourg and the Beatles.

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May 12, 2025

Ensemble NIGHT

Mon, May 12, 2025, 19:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Jason Kunwar (Sarangi), Jason Kunwar (Bamboo flutes), Jason Kunwar (Piwancha), Jason Kunwar (Vocals), Niraj Shakya (Tungna), Niraj Shakya (Murchunga), Sudhir Acharya (Madal), Sudhir Acharya (Dhime), Sudhir Acharya (Nagara), Sudhir Acharya (Tyamko), Sudhir Acharya (Chatkauli), Shiva Kumar Khatri (Paluwa flute), Shiva Kumar Khatri (Vocals), Sugama Gautam (Vocals)

The landscape of Nepal stretches from tropical plains to the icy, sublime peaks of the Himalayas. Its music possesses a similarly exciting diversity. The Ensemble NIGHT brings out these hidden treasures located between rural folklore, Indian echoes and spiritual colouring. The quintet was formed in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu in 2006 by singer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Kunwar. After an initial phase as a metal band, the musicians decided to explore and preserve the cultural cosmos of the country’s more than 100 ethnic groups and languages. Accompanied by intensive field research trips to remote villages, they have developed a repertoire in which old songs and almost lost instruments come back into play. These include the paluwa flute made from fresh leaves, the three-stringed sarangi covered with sheepskin, and the Tamang stringed instrument known as the tungna. The ensemble also writes new songs based on its deep understanding of traditional music. This »new school folk« tells of spirituality as well as depicting the hardships of life in the countryside. The ensemble also documents its work on film – giving Nepal an opportunity to pass on its exciting heritage to future generations and to the world at large.

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May 14, 2025

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Wed, May 14, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Roscoe Mitchell (Saxophon), Famoudou Don Moye (Drums), Famoudou Don Moye (Congas), Famoudou Don Moye (Percussion), Yuniya Edi Kwon (Violin), Simon Sieger (Piano), Simon Sieger (Trombone), Simon Sieger (Tuba), Junius Paul (Double bass), Junius Paul (Electric bass), Dudu Kouaté (African percussion), Dudu Kouaté (Flute), Dudu Kouaté (Vocals)

With fantastic younger musicians added to the line-up, the collective creates its usually unusual homage to its founding members, staying true to its roots and yet always with its finger on the pulse. »From Ancient to the Future« was the band’s motto right from the start and it speaks volumes about their musical positioning – not only in contemporary jazz, but when it comes to old musical traditions and new music as well. With fantastic younger musicians added to the line-up, the collective creates its usually unusual homage to its founding members, staying true to its roots and yet always with its finger on the pulse. »From Ancient to the Future« was the band’s motto right from the start and it speaks volumes about their musical positioning – not only in contemporary jazz, but when it comes to old musical traditions and new music as well. The album »The Sixth Decade – from Paris to Paris« was recorded in 2020 at the Parisian festival »Sons d’Hiver«, thus also paying homage to the place where it all began. The Guardian writes about the interplay between the old and new guard: » It’s heartwarming to hear the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s devoted heirs so ready to carry the story on.«

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May 24, 2025

Tin Men and the Telephone

Sat, May 24, 2025, 20:30

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)

Tony Roe (Piano), Pat Cleaver (Bass), Jamie Peet (Drums)

They let their concerts be controlled by app and dub political speeches, tennis matches or animal sounds with music: the group Tin Men and the Telephone combines technology, humour and great jazz. In their programme »It’s About Time«, the trio composes playfully and, using cinematic tricks, the rules of time don’t apply – freeze, fast-forward and rewind the moment in music and video or switch on the time lapse? No problem! Tin Men and the Telephone formed in Amsterdam and work meticulously there on ever new concepts for their concerts. They expertly combine their brilliant improvisation skills with influences from hip-hop, pop, jazz and the daily madness of the Internet. With their innovative multimedia shows, they perform worldwide at the biggest jazz festivals, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, the London Jazz Festival and jazzahead!

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June 6, 2025

Workshop: Kosmos Jazz

Fri, Jun 6, 2025, 15:00

Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)

Jazz is a fascinating genre of music that represents a special attitude to life for many fans. Moreover, jazz is accessible to anyone. The famous pianist Herbie Hancock says, »Jazz has an inclusive spirit,« and that applies to the workshop »Kosmos Jazz« as well: participants don’t need any musical knowledge; they get to know some typical jazz instruments in a relaxed atmosphere, have the chance to try them out, and play their first piece of jazz together at the end. Please note: this workshop is aimed at families with children aged six and above. Children younger than six may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.

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June 7, 2025

Workshop: Kosmos Jazz

Sat, Jun 7, 2025, 14:00

Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)

Jazz is a fascinating genre of music that represents a special attitude to life for many fans. Moreover, jazz is accessible to anyone. The famous pianist Herbie Hancock says, »Jazz has an inclusive spirit,« and that applies to the workshop »Kosmos Jazz« as well: participants don’t need any musical knowledge; they get to know some typical jazz instruments in a relaxed atmosphere, have the chance to try them out, and play their first piece of jazz together at the end. Please note: this workshop is aimed at families with children aged six and above. Children younger than six may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.

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June 8, 2025

Workshop: Kosmos Jazz

Sun, Jun 8, 2025, 14:00

Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)

Jazz is a fascinating genre of music that represents a special attitude to life for many fans. Moreover, jazz is accessible to anyone. The famous pianist Herbie Hancock says, »Jazz has an inclusive spirit,« and that applies to the workshop »Kosmos Jazz« as well: participants don’t need any musical knowledge; they get to know some typical jazz instruments in a relaxed atmosphere, have the chance to try them out, and play their first piece of jazz together at the end. Please note: this workshop is aimed at families with children aged six and above. Children younger than six may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.

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June 25, 2025

NDR Bigband / Geir Lysne

Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

NDR Bigband, Geir Lysne (Director)

»Polar Soundscapes« is Geir Lysne’s musical interpretation of the polar north: very personal, explosive and lyrical at the same time. Born in 1965 in Trondheim, Norway, saxophonist, composer and bandleader Geir Lysne has been Chief Conductor of the NDR Big Band since 2016. In his role as chief conductor, he has not only conducted great projects, but has also written a large number of unique musical pieces for the ensemble.

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July 6, 2025

Samara Joy

Sun, Jul 6, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Samara Joy (Vocals), David Mason (Alto saxophone), Kendric McCallister (Tenor Saxophone), Jason Charos (Trumpet), Donavan Austin (Trombone), Connor Rohrer (Piano), Paul Sikivie (Bass), Evan Sherman (Drums)

»I’ll be back!« announced Samara Joy after her acclaimed Elbphilharmonie debut in November 2023 – now the young jazz singer with the goosebump voice is keeping her word and returning with her third album »Portrait«. The two-time Grammy award winner, who is often compared to greats such as Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, presents classics in new arrangements as well as originals and her own lyrics to jazz standards. At just 24 years old, Samara Joy radiates an incredible nonchalance and self-assurance and wants to show herself as an artist who knows exactly what she wants. She has gained so much experience on the concert stage in recent years that she now has the courage to arrange the songs herself, publish her own lyrics – to two jazz classics by Charles Mingus and Barry Harris – and make all the important decisions about the album herself as co-producer. »I hope that listeners will get to know me better through the album!« At her side is a band that has already mastered numerous gigs together in this line-up and is a well-rehearsed team that makes music together effortlessly and full of joy. The Hamburger Abendblatt already wrote about the last Elbphilharmonie performance that the musicians »set off a firework display of surprising rhythm changes, short solos and unusual interpretations.«

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Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek

Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Derya Yıldırım and her international band continue their psychedelic journey, meandering through Anatolian folk music and poetry with their electrifying grooves, while also delving into their own lives and personal experiences. New interpretations of Turkish classics and the band’s original compositions are seamlessly tied together by inventive arrangements and spellbinding grooves, transcending time as past and present collide in the space of one song. While rooted in Anatolian tradition, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek draw on a boundless cosmos of sounds and builds on the contribution of each band member. Born in 2014, and with 3 albums and one EP under their belt, the group has forged a formidable reputation with their heady mix of Anatolian folk, 1970s Turkish psychedelia, pop and jazz. For their performance at the Elbphilharmonie, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek present a special programme featuring a string of new compositions. Their fans will discover these songs on their fourth LP, recorded in the USA in 2024 and due to be released in spring 2025. Special guests and surprises are to be expected, as the group has multiplied their connections over the years and expanded their visions of musical arrangements and stage production. Yıldırım grew up in the multicultural neighborhood of Veddel, where she was influenced by the culture and music of neighboring communities as well as that of her family, learning the bağlama alongside piano, saxophone and guitar. Despite being multilingual, Yıldırım exclusively sings in Turkish: »It’s really important to me because that’s the language I can really express myself in – it’s my emotional language«, she explains. Graham Mushnik (organ, synthesizers) and Antonin Voyant (guitar, bass, and flute) are both members of London/France-based collective Catapulte Records and have played in l’Orchestre du Montplaisant, a quartet known for its cinematic, retro atmospheres. Capetonian drummer Helen Wells has introduced her own style from the South African DIY and psychedelic scenes into the live set since 2022.

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