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Urban Lys Reviews

Online magazine about music between Ukraine, Germany and global

Ukrainian Songs
and African Drive

The Resident Music Collective
in Humboldt Forum

"Mit Pauken und Palästen" ("With Drums and Palaces") is a multidisciplinary art project combining a musical program performed by the Music Resident Collective, contemporary dance and video projections that immersively interact with the space and the audience. The main topic of reflection is the Humboldt Forum exhibition "Blown Away: The Palace of the Republic", which opened in May and is dedicated to the Palace of Republic.

Text, photos & videos 

Olga Kovalevska

Date

March 2024

Location

Humboldt Forum

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Palace of Republic is a building that was the political centre of the GDR and stood on the site of the Humboldt Forum until 2008. Hence the name, which is a play on the German phrase "mit Pauken und Trompeten" (literally "with drums and trumpets", used in the sense of "gloriously").

 

 

Despite the historical context, the concert "With Drums and Palaces" did not feel politically committed. The composer, conductor and musical director of the project, Clemens Rynkowski, has arranged for the team a stylistically colourful programme combining elements of traditional cultures and original songs by the participants, as well as several specially written compositions.

The Music Resident Collective itself is an international, multi-instrumental mix of artists, most of whom have successful solo careers in various musical styles and are based in Berlin.

The Music Resident Collective participants:

Adrián Artacho – live electronics / video / sonification

Ali Hasan – frame drums

Jakob Dinkelacker – self-made percussion / horn / electronics

Gal Golob – cello

Ganna Gryniva – voice / electronics

 

 

Aly Keïta – balafon

Bo-Sung Kim – Korean percussion (Gugak)

Shih-Che Lee – trombone

Khadim Ndome – vibraphone / timpani

Joan Osca – saxophone

Ernesto Robles – electric guitar

Laura Robles – cajón

Clemens Rynkowski – musical direction / theremin / keyboards

Florian Rynkowski – bass / viola da gamba / strings, electronics

Hanne Pilgrim – movement / sonification

Junjian Wang – dance / sonification