Name: Kiezsalon w/ Valentina Goncharova, Blue Lake and Zoh Amba
Start: 2024-05-04T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-05-04T23:30:00+02:00
Location: Zionskirche Berlin

$Kiezsalon w\/ Valentina Goncharova, Blue Lake and Zoh Amba$

For the 2024 season opening, Kiezsalon returns to the Zionskirche for a full weekend program. Following Friday’s lineup of Blue Lake, Antonina Nowacka and C. Lavender, Saturday continues with Pow Wow singer Joe Rainey and saxophonist Zoh Amba making their Berlin debuts, plus visceral experimentalist Ka Baird.
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺, 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭, 𝘑𝘰𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊. 𝘓𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘺𝘪𝘷-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘯-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.
Historically informed violin player, prize-winning street musician, new age experimentalist, chamber ensemble performer and conservatoire deviant – Valentina Goncharova’s boasts a layered musical legacy. Her immense output dating back to the 1970’s “offers a window into a lesser-known Soviet history of experimental music,” write The Guardian, her music is “made for personal pleasure; as exploration, and therein lies its magnetism”.
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Behind Blue Lake is Copenhagen-based Jason Dungan , whose instruments of choice include a self-built, 48-string zither, clarinet, organ and drum machines. His 2022 album, Stikling , was nominated as ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ by the Danish Music Awards, but his instrumentals are also influenced by drone and ambient as well as Americana, echoing his Texan roots.
In 2023, Tonal Union issued Sun Arcs, marked by its meditative layering that got named ‘Best New Music’ by Pitchfork , who praised its picturesque tracks that invoke an “intimate view, one that can feel both magical in its simplicity and all the more compelling for what’s just out of frame.”
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Zoh Amba is a composer and instrumentalist with an avant-garde blend of folk melodies, mesmerising refrains, and repeated incantations. Born in Tennessee, she studied at the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music, the New England Conservatory and with David Murray in New York, her current home.
“Hearing Amba play, it’s clear that her passion comes from somewhere deep inside. In the first few minutes of a recent concert,” observes The New York Times in their profile on the 23-year old, “she erupted with low-register blasts, then worked her way up to the altissimo range of her tenor sax, her cheeks puffing as she summoned harsh multiphonic squeals.” Zoh’s debut album O, Sun was produced by John Zorn and released on his label Tzadik, followed by Bhakti in 2022.
Listen — https://mahakalamusic.bandcamp.com/album/bhakti
The Zionskirche, inaugurated in 1873 and renovated just last year, was built in a neo-Romanesque style on a 52-metre-high vineyard at one of the highest altitudes Berlin. Its 67-metre tower offers a panoramic view of the city, and its gardens are ideal for lingering before and after the concert with a glass of wine – especially on a warm spring evening.
Kiezsalon opening w/ Joe Rainey, Ka Baird and Zoh Amba
Saturday, 04.05.2024 | Doors 19:00 / Starts 20:00 CET
Zionskirche | Zionskirchplatz in 10119 Berlin-Mitte
Tickets — https://tickets.digitalinberlin.de
Listen to and read more about all participating artists in our 2024 program — https://linktr.ee/digitalinberlin
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The Kiezsalon is a project by Digital in Berlin. Curated by Michael Rosen and funded by Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented by The Wire and taz, die tageszeitung. With the kind support of the Förderverein Zionskirche Berlin.