Thursday 07.11.24 @ 20:00 - Doors 19:30
Zahir
Lucia Boffo (Vocals), Lisa Hoppe (double-bass), and Danielle Friedmann (Piano)
Live Music in Berlin - Jazz, World Music
Tickets from 19.90€
©Courtesy of Zahir / Danielle Friedmann
About the Artists
Zahir is a trio that combines jazz-inspired song formats with free improvisation. Central to this is the linking of language and music on a rhythmic and dramaturgical level, as well as the playful connection of form and content. Half of the lyrics are written by the band and the other half are poem settings by authors such as Miguel de Unamuno and Walter de la Mare. The songs take place in the languages in which the three musicians also communicate with each other: English, German and Spanish. This allows openness for improvisational explorations with music and lyrics alike, and there are also passages with three-part singing. Compositions and arrangements are by bassist Lisa Hoppe, and the improvisational arrangement is worked out by the band in the rehearsal process.
Connected by their multilayered cultural identities and cross-connections with each other Zahir develops music that improvises both delicate and bold nuances, that feels connected to jazz that wanders wherever associations take her. To be heard are among others: Ballads of long-forgotten thinkers*, picked up situation comedy and very, very urgent wishes.
The band name Zahir was inspired by the short story of the same name „El Zahir“ by the Argentinean author Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges. In it, an object is described, which causes such an obsession in some people that they become more and more distant from reality, and end up from reality and eventually spend the rest of their lives in a dreamlike state. The word zahir comes from Arabic ( ظهي ) and means the revealed. At the same time, there is a parallel with the Hebrew word zahir (זהיר ),which means careful.
Website of Zahir: https://www.zahirmusic.de/
Date: Thursday 07.11.2024
Doors: 19:30
Concert: 20:00 – 2 sets – 1 break
Artists: Zahir
Genre: Jazz, Improvisation, World Music
Location: Gallery Under The Mango Tree, Merseburger Str. 14, 10823 Berlin
(U7 Eisenacherstr)
Under The Mango tree
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