I am proud to announce that I’m a newly appointed member of the jury for cultural exchange grants of the federal state of Berlin. Very much looking forward to working with such great colleagues.
Jury member International cultural exchange programmes
Trickster Orchestra
My radio show about Trickster Orchestra for ARD radiofestival, containing excerpts of my interview with Cymin Samawatie and Ketan Bhatti.
The Necks at Donaueschinger Musiktage
My radio show for SWR about The Necks‘ concert at Donaueschinger Musiktage 2008. Including a short introduction to the current album “Got it” by The Still.
Wired. Sound art project on telegraphy in Iran
Work and research grant from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, for “new music and sound art”. My project is about telegraphy in Iran and the Prussian military. Research is being conducted to develop a collaborative sound art project for Klangteppich IV. Title image is from Goldsmid, Frederic John: Telegraph and Travel, London 1874
Klangteppich III
Proudly presenting the 3rd edition of Klangteppich. Festival for music of the Iranian diaspora.
Artist in residence: Hadi Bastani
Lineup and dates at klangteppich.berlin
Klangteppich III is funded by Musikfonds Neustart Kultur by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, GEMA, the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Department of Culture Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
Partner: Studentendorf Schlachtensee, Noiselab festival
Media Partner: berta.berlin, Blogrebellen, Noise a Noise/Tehran, Norient
Lina Allemano’s Trio Ohrenschmaus at Jazzfest Berlin 2020
Radio show for SWR about the concert of the Berlin trio of trumpeter Lina Allemano with Michael Griener – drums and Dan Peter Sundland – bass at Jazzfest Berlin 2020. Introducing her solo debut album “Glimmer Glammer” (picture) as well.
The Jazz Aging: how elder musicians pursue their career
Radio show for SWR including interviews with the trombone player Conny Bauer and the pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach. Besides their music I chose recordings of Archie Shepp & Jason Moran (picture), Maggie Nicols, Marshall Allen & Tara Middleton of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Sheila Jordan and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes.
Who dares wins. The pianist Jane Getz
Radio show about the pianist Jane Getz for SWR including her recordings with Pharoah Sanders, Charles Mingus, Eugene McDaniels and Dale Fielder, as well as her own albums as Mother Hen and as a bandleader in jazz. Her book (picture) is worth reading.
Portrait of the composer Emre Dündar
Portrait of the composer Emre Dündar, fellow of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm of DAAD for Deutschlandfunk Hörspielmagazin, including excerpts of performances of his works at Festival Ultraschall Berlin in January 2021, performed by Ensemble KNM Berlin.
Music and Poetry
Radio show for SWR2 about music and poetry.
With Bernd Oeszevim, Roman Babik and the poet Shannon Sullivan, Joachim Badenhorst and the poet Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, Ig Hennemann and Anna voor de Wind with a poem by Anneke Brassinga, Didrik Ingvaldsen and the Nowegian-Czech quartet + choir, inspired by the poetry of Rafael Alberti, Keir Neuringer and the Ensemble Klang, Ya Tosiba/Zavoloka with a poem by Aliagha Vahid Isgandarov, Mahsa Vahdat and Kronos Quartet with a poem by Forough Farrokhzad, and Hans Unstern (photo by Konstantina Levi).