Campus-Konzert: Nigeria

In the organizer's words:

The Beethovenfest comes to Berlin and brings together young musicians from Nigeria and Germany. They will play works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Olufęlá Şowándé, Cassie Kinoshi, Mauricio Kagel in various arrangements - as well as old and new songs and songs from Nigeria and Germany.

The Humboldt Forum deals with the history and present of the West African state in its collections (the Benin bronzes that will be transferred back to Nigeria in 2022) and in its events.

The campus project has been a central component of the Bonn Beethoven Festival since it was founded. Every year, the aim is to bring young musicians from Germany into contact and exchange ideas with musicians from a nearby or distant host country, to broaden horizons, to examine playing techniques, listening habits and approaches and thus to promote the development of young musicians here and there. A central work by Beethoven is always on the program, which is unusually illuminated, broken up or supplemented by works related to the guest country.

The symphony orchestra of the National Academy of Music of the Ukraine kicked off the "international orchestra campus", as the project was initially called, in 2001. In the following years, countless musicians from countries such as Brazil, Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa, India and Mexico joined in.

Participants:

Musicians from the German National Youth Orchestra, Germany

Musicians from the MUSON Center of Music Lagos, Nigeria

Members of the band BANTU:

Adé Bantu, Concept & Vocals

Isaiah Oladele Odeyale, musical direction & trombone

Meret Louisa Vogel, musical direction & flute

Sönke Lentz, musical direction

Cassie Kinoshi, saxophone & composition

Moderation of the introduction: Anastassia Bloutsko, Deutsche Welle

Program

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to "Egmont" in excerpts, arr. by Josef Bach

- BANTU: "Ten Times Backwards", "Cash and Carry" & "We No Go Gree" arr. by Isaiah Oladele

- Yoruba Traditional: "Omo to moya re loju", arr. by Josef Bach

- German traditional: "Die Gedanken sind frei", arr. by Isaiah Oladele

- Olufęlá Şowándé: "Nostalgia" & "Akinla" from "African Suite"

- Fela Kuti: "Colonial Mentality"

- Mauricio Kagel: IV. Vivace, V. Moderato & X. Allegro from "10 Marches to Miss the Victory"

Further information:

- Price: 20 EUR / reduced 10 EUR

- Venue: Hall 1, ground floor

- from 12 years