Urban Lys Reviews
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
Tags
Photoreport
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Special Projects
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
