The Nutcracker Sessions // Chinese Dance

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Album: The Nutcracker Sessions Label: Naive Records Video: Agnieszka Krzeminska

“LES STATUES…” THEATRE/DANCE PIECE BY COULIBALY AND GOCKEL AT KAMMERSPIELE MUNICH

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Amazing theatre/dance/performance piece by Jan-Christoph Gockel and Serge Aimé Coulibaly. (“Les Statues Revent Aussi. Vision Einer Rückkehr“) If you are either in Munich or Lomé […]

DEBUT ALBUM BY FHUNYUE GAO & SVEN KACIREK

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Fhunyue Gao and I released our debut album “Hoya” on Altinvillage & Mine in April, 2022. We have performed this record live in Bern, Geneva, […]

COLONIALISM-A MUSICAL ORAL HISTORY PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN

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Together with Kenyan storyteller Wangari Grace I developed the performance piece “Colonialism – A Musical Oral History Performance For Children”. We premiered the piece at […]

ODD OKODO LIVE IN ADDIS, NAIROBI AND WARSAW

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ODD OKODDO is still alive! We have been performing in Addis, Nairobi and Warsaw despite the pandemic and we are currently working on a new […]

PERFORMANCE PIECE BY REGINA ROSSI AT PARKAUE THEATRE BERLIN

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Brazilian/Italian choreographer Regina Rossi is working on a new performance piece for children. The piece is about fear. I create the music together with the […]

ONLINE RECORDING SESSIONS

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Since the beginning of the pandemic I have played several recording sessions without leaving my studio apartment. This is how it works:

COLONIALISM – A MUSICAL ORAL HISTOR PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN

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Wangari Grace and Sven Kacirek are currently working on a musical oral history performance for children about colonialism. The project is supported by the IKF […]

LISTENING SESSION AT LATITUDE FESTIVAL

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NEW PERFORMANCE PIECE BY REGINA ROSSI

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On stage there is beating, beating, beating. But nobody is hurt as this is a performance about rage in which sounds, voices, dance, movement and […]

ODD OKODO LIVE IN NAIROBI

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After the release of our debut album “https://oddokoddo.bandcamp.com/” in October 2019, Olith Ratego and I have played several gigs both in Kenya and in Uganda. […]

NAKI BEMBE AT BERGHAIN, BERLIN

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I have been spending some time in Kampala over the last couple of months. Recently “Nyege Nyege Tapes” asked me if had an idea how […]

“THE LAST MORTAL” NEW PIECE BY HALF PAST SELBERSCHULD

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I have recorded some music for the amazing puppeteers Half Past Selberschuld from Düsseldorf since we worked together for “Meine Damen und Herren” 6 years […]

NEW ALBUM PROJECT BASED ON KAMPALA XYLOPHONE

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Sven Kacirek started working on a new album project. Arlen Dilsizian, who is running the Kampala based label Nyege Nyege Tapes told Sven about an […]

ODD OKODDO FIRST LIVE GIGS

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Sven Kacirek and Olith Ratego are ODD OKODDO ( photo by Spitzlicht ). 6 weeks before the launch of their debut album “Auma” they are […]

SVEN KACIREK AND OLITH RATEGO LIVE AT MOVIMENTOS FESTIVAL

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Daniel Martins, Sonja Böhme and the Movimentos Akademie are presenting a new contemporary dance piece at the Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg. Sven Kacirek and Olith […]

FORTHCOMING RELEASE BY ODD OKODDO (SVEN KACIREK & OLITH RATEGO)

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Olith Ratego and Sven Kacirek have been working on a new album together, which will be released on Pingipung Records in October 2019. The 7″ […]

NILS FRAHM “REFLEKTOR” AT ELB PHILHARMONIE

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Nils Frahm is hosting a small festival at the Elbphilharmonie including workshops, screenings and concerts. Sven Kacirek is going to conduct a workshop about polyrhythms […]

BRÜTE – AN OPERA FOR CHILDREN AGED 3

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Kinder Kinder Festval at Kampagel (Hamburg) presents a children s opera based on the book »Hatch, Egg, Hatch!« by Shen Roddie. Music by Diana Syrse, […]

NEW DANCE PIECE BY JOHNNY LLOYD AT KINDEROPER COLOGNE

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I will be back at the Opera Cologne in Februar 2019. After the Premiere of “Zwischen Den Seiten” in 2016, Johnny Llyod and I have […]

NEW DANCE PIECE BY JOHNNY LLOYD BASED ON STRAVINSKY, BERNSTEIN AND KRAFT

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Another piece by Johnny Lloyd (choreography) and Sven Kacirek (music). The music is based on the Sacre by Stravinsky, West Side Story by Bernstein and […]

NEW PERFORMANCE PIECE BY ANTJE PFUNDTNER AT KAMPNAGEL

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Antje Pfundtner and I had closely worked together on seven contemporary dance / performance pieces between 2006 and 2015. After a three years hiatus we […]

“ECONOMIC PARTERSHIP AGREEMENT” NOMINATED FOR ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARD

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I am happy to announce that the album “Economic Partnership Agreement” has been put on the longlist of the ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARD 2018. The […]

GUEST APPEARANCE AT STAATSTHEATER BRAUNSCHWEIG

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After the Premiere at the Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg we are looking very much forward to performing this piece again in Braunschweig.

A SYMPOSIUM BY ANDRES VEIEL AND JUTTA DOBERSTEIN // MUSIC BY KACIREK AND MUHUNI

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Daniel Muhuni and I are going to set a discussion about the financial crisis, food speculation and famines to music. The 2 days symposium is […]