In 2021, One Earth Orchestra released their first album „Journey“ in collaboration with the Berlin-based label „Sungroove“. In original compositions, arrangements and improvisation, it leads us through a variety of soundscapes: From the music of the indigenous Otavalos of Ecuador via Jazz, through Senegal up to the music of the Balkans and Klezmer.
18. Sept. 2022 Weltfest Ludwigshafen
https://www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de/programm/spielplan?eventUid=5743&cHash=3c1ec7296e9f811544b1e9147fe2e20b
12. Jun. 2022 Musikfestspiele Potsdam-Sanssouci
https://www.musikfestspiele-potsdam.de/programm/kalender/programm-details/fahrradkonzert-inselhopping-sportlich.html
20. Nov. 2021 Heidelberg
Grenzhof Heidelberg, Grenzhof 9, 69123 Heidelberg
28. März 2021 Weltfest Ludwigshafen
http://www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de/programm/extras/?eventUid=2601
29. Sept. 2019 Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen (cancelled)
http://www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de/programm/extras/?eventUid=2601
25. August 2019 Frankfurt am Main “Klänge der Erinnerung”
http://www.initiative-neunter-november.de/main.html
4 pm Hochbunker an der Friedberger Anlage 5-6, 60314 Frankfurt
18. und 19. Oktober 2018 Festspiele Ludwigshafen / Nach Athen!
http://www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de/programm-alt/extras/?eventUid=3356
11. August 2018 Höxter
Koptisches Kloster Höxter-Brenkhausen, Propsteistraße 1A, 37671 Höxter
7:30 pm
26 May 2018, Schwetzingen
Finnisage – Concert
to conclude the sound installation “Heimat” (“Homeland”) by Volker Staub at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele (open daily from 27 April to 26 May 2018)
Artists: Ruben Staub (clarinet), Ustad Ghulam Hussain (rubab), Dragan Ribic´ (accordion), Mirweis Neda (tablas) und Volker Staub (percussion and artistic direction)
Location: Schlosspark Schwetzingen, Lapidarium (Museum der Originalskulpturen des Schwetzinger Schlossparks)
Time: 26 May 2018, 15:00 o’clock [3 p.m.]
Organizer: Schwetzinger Festspiele GmbH, Hans-Bredow-Straße, 76530 Baden-Baden
Information: https://www.swr.de/swr-classic/schwetzinger-festspiele/-/id=17055558/qxm7ay/index.html, Tel.: 07221-92924990
17 March 2018, Nürnberg
World Music & Klezmer in the Villa Leon / ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA
Programme to be published.
Location: Villa Leon, Schlachthofstraße/ Philipp-Koerber-Weg 1, 90439 Nürnberg
Time: 17 March 2018, 20:00 o’clock [8 p.m.]
Organizer: Villa Leon, 0911/ 231-7400
Information: https://kuf-kultur.nuernberg.de/kulturlaeden/villa-leon/kontakt-lage.html
26 November 2017, Frankfurt am Main
The bunker “Hochbunker” in Friedberger Anlage was built on the foundations of the once biggest synagogue in Frankfurt. After World War II it has become a memorial for the darkest chapter in German history. Remembrance and memory need a location in the present. Therefore, the ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA is creating together with the Afghan musician Ustad Ghulam Hussain (rubab) and Mirweis Neda (tablas) a program with new compositions and traditional music from all over the world. Especially music of cultures who are on the brink of extinction due to the pressure of globalization, war or censorship, will be presented in all its diversity and glory.
Location: Hochbunker an der Friedberger Anlage 5-6, 60314 Frankfurt
Time: 26 November 2017, 17:00 o’clock [5 p.m.]
Organizer: Initiative 9. November, Friedberger Anlage 5-6, 60314 Frankfurt
Information: http://www.initiative-neunter-november.de/veranstaltungen.html
12 November 2017, Neu-Isenburg
OPEN WORLD 2 / ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA
The second Intercultural Music Festival will present intercultural art, literature, theatre (amongst other plays: “The Last Caravanserai” by Ariane Mnouchkine) and a concert by ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA.
Programme to be published.
Location: Hugenottenhalle, Frankfurter Straße 152, 63263 Neu-Isenburg
Time: 10 November 2017, 19:30 o’clock [7:30 p.m.]
Organizer: Kulturbüro der Stadt Neu-Isenburg [Cultural authority of the town of Neu-Isenburg]
Information: http://hugenottenhalle.de/programm/alle-aktuellen-veranstaltungen/
6 April 2017, Frankfurt
The FABRIK [the “factory”] in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen is well-known for its vaulted basement with its characteristic atmosphere and its concerts for lovers of all kinds of music, some of them only rarely heard. The ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA plays pieces by Volker Staub, Sebastian Flaig, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Steve Reich, Klezmer arrangements and arrangements by traditional musicians from Syria, Bulgaria, Germany, India, the USA and Senegal.
Location: Die FABRIK, Mörfelder Landstr. 85, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, 069 60504429, wagner@die-fabrik-frankfurt.de
Time: 5. April 2017, 18:00 Uhr
Organizer: Die FABRIK, Mörfelder Landstr. 85, 60598 Frankfurt am Main, 069 60504429
Information: https://www.die-fabrik-frankfurt.de/programm/2017-04#p308
15. Okt. 2017 Theater in the Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen
The WELTFEST (“world festival”) in the theater in the Pfalzbau is also an annual peace festival of people and musicians from many different nations living in the area. The theater becomes a place which offers a diversity of musical and intercultural encounters. During breaks dishes from all over the world can be tasted. The ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA opens and concludes the world festival with a percussion performance and music from Ecuador, Syria, Afghanistan, Senegal, Bulgaria, Israel and Germany.
Guest artists:
Ustad Ghulam Hussain (rubab) and Mirweis Neda (tablas) from Afghanistan,
Modou Seck (djembe and vioce) from Senegal, Bahnhofshelfer Choir Mannheim
Location: Theater in the Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen
Time: 15 October 2017, 12:30 – 18:00 o’clock [12:30 – 6 p.m.]
(from 12:30 in front of the theater, Opening / 13:00 perkussion performance / 13:15 Gläsernes Foyer, Composition by Volker Staub, traditional music from Afghanistan / 14:00 Modou Seck solo / 16:00 Ustad Ghulam Hussain and Mirweis Neda solo / 17:30 Gläsernes Foyer, Composition by Ruben Staub and traditional music from Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Germany, Syria and Israel.
Organizer: Theater in the Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, Berliner Strasse 30, 67059 Ludwigshafen, +49 (0) 621 504 3046, info@theater-im-pfalzbau.de
Information: http://www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de/programm/extras/?eventUid=2601
5 April 2017, Münster
LVM Kulturwelt, 60 minutes of music, ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA
Once created for the employees of LVM Versicherung [LVM Insurance], this concert series now attracts visitors from all over Münster and its surroundings.
The ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA plays pieces by Volker Staub, Sebastian Flaig, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Steve Reich, Klezmer arrangements and arrangements by traditional musicians from Syria, Bulgaria, Germany, India, the USA and Senegal.
Location: LVM Versicherung, Akademie im Kristall, Kolde-Ring 21, 48151 Münster
Time: 5 April 2017, 18:00 o’clock [6 p.m.]
Organizer: LVM Versicherung, Monika Schäfer-Althoff, Tel.: 0251 7022810, m.schaefer-althoff@lvm.de
Information: https://www.lvm.de/wps/portal/lvm/die-lvm/unternehmen/wir-als-foerderer/kultur/kultur-kulturwelt-tab2#karteiReiter0
The second stage of the tour “Along the Spine” takes ONE EARTH ORCHESTRA to Ecuador and Costa Rica. There we bring about concerts and joint projects together with very different partners.
Tour details:
25 – 27/2/17: Musical encounter with the flutists of the indigenous Kichwa in the Centro Cultural de Investigación Ancestral y Desarrollo Integral Comunitario Hatun Kotama in Otavalo (Ecuador).
27/2/17: Concert in the Centro Cultural Hatun Kotama together with Kichwa musicians
1 – 3/3/17: Workshops for composition, improvisation, violin, cello, percussion, clarinet in the Conservatorio de Música Franz Liszt in Quito
4/3/17: Final concert in the Conservatorio de Música Franz Liszt in Quito
6 – 8/3/17: Workshops for composition, improvisation, violin, cello, percussion, clarinet, accordion at Golden Valley School in Heredia (Costa Rica)
8/3/17: Final concert at Golden Valley School in Heredia
9 – 10/3/17: Musical encounter with musicians of the Bribri and the Naso in Yorkín near Bambú (Costa Rica) and the border with Panama
9/3/17: Concert with musicians of the Bribri and the Naso in Yorkín
Programmes of the concerts:
The following pieces were prepared for the musical encounters and concerts:
Volker Staub: for two to play on one drum (for 2 percussionists) / weather instruments (sound installations) / Tripa for ensemble – OEO #1, #4, #5 (for ensemble) / Unser Meer / Mare Nostrum (for singing soloists, choir, instrumental soloists and orchestra)
Sebastian Flaig: Der Emul (for ensemble) / Wide Call (for ensemble)
Edgar Granda: Suite Popular Moderna Ecuatoriana (for guitar solo, arranged for ensemble by Volker Staub)
Klezmer arrangements and arrangements of traditional music from Syria, Bulgaria, Germany, India, the USA and Senegal.
New pieces rehearsed on location together with cooperation partners.
Participants:
Ruben Staub: Clarinet and arrangement / Mila Krasnyuk: Violin, viola / Larissa Nagel: Cello / Dragan Ribic´: Accordion
Sebastian Flaig: Percussion and composition / Volker Staub: Management, composition, piano and percussion
Noeryati Soegiono: Translation, tour management / Karl Heinz Pröpsting: Documentation
Cooperation partners:
Conservatorio de Música Franz Liszt, Quito / Centro Cultural Hatun Kotama Otavalo / Golden Valley School, San Isidro de Heredia, Costa Rica / Asociación Humboldt – Centro Goethe Quito / Red Cultural Alemana, Ecuador / Foundation Apfelbaum / Foundation Neue Musik im Dialog / One Earth Orchestra / Theatre of the Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen / Private sponsors
Information:
http://www.franzliszt.edu.ec
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