The Orania.Concerts Events Calendar

The Orania.ConcertsConcerts with great artists living in Berlin.

  • Saturday

    9 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Acoustic

    Sebastian Peszko & Fredi Gebhardt

    Orania.Stage

    Jazz Manouche meets Mediterranean melodies, Balkan sounds, & classical music. All in a lively, powerful & truly fascinating listening experience.

    Sebastian Peszko is a multi-genre violist, violinist, composer & studio musician. After graduating from the Royal College of Music (UK) & the Manhattan School of Music (USA), he worked as a freelancer & performed in some of the world's most renowned concert halls. He played with Moka Efti Orchestra, Nightmares on Wax, Grandbrothers, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Babylon Orchestra & for the TV series "Babylon Berlin" amongst many others. In 2018, he released an instrumental album titled "Toccata in C-Clef”.

  • Tuesday

    12 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Béla Meinberg
    Tribute to Erroll Garner - Joy of a giant

    Orania.Stage

    Erroll Garner's piano playing has everything you could want: Swing, groove, fun, sometimes even hints of rap and hip-hop. He played for himself and for the audience alike, never losing the childlike and fearless joy of experimentation that makes his music so unique. His rhythm section musicians could never be sure which song would be played next and in which key. Pure surprise and entertainment!

    His most famous composition is, of course, "Misty." However, this evening is also dedicated to his lesser known compositions as well as the songs he always interpreted, such as the medley from "My fair lady".
  • Wednesday

    13 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Declan Forde
    Early Jazz and the swing era

    Orania.Stage

    Declan Forde is a pianist from Scotland who has lived in Berlin since 2014. His unique approach to jazz has captivated audiences in Berlin and beyond, establishing him as one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation. At his Orania.Berlin solo piano night you can expect to hear repertoire influenced by the piano styles of Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Thomas Fats Waller, Jaki Byard and compositions from the first half of the 20th Century.
  • Thursday

    14 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Voices

    Lily Dahab
    my favorite songs, from North to South America

    Orania.Stage

    America is a colourful continent, from North to South and so it is its music. From the Great American Songbook to the sensual Latin American compositions. Lily Dahab celebrates well known songs from Pop to Jazz in a frame of a charming breeze of different Latin rhythms.

    When the Argentinean singer talks about her roots, she reflects about music open in all directions, that moves and transcends boundaries. Thus, Latin American music influenced "American jazz" at an early stage and this in turn influenced "Latin music”. Lily Dahab, Argentinian singer from Buenos Aires living in Berlin, has already been dubbed "A voice like glowing honey" by critics.

    In 2010, she released her debut album "Nomade", which was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award for "Best World Music Album" and the "Echo Jazz". In 2013 she was selected for the project "Initiative Musik" (supported by the German Parlament). And subsequently released her 2nd album "Huellas" (Herzog Records). Like „Huellas“ her new album „Bajo un miso cielo“ was voted "CD of the Week" by MDR and SWR cultural radio stations.
  • Friday

    15 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Grooves

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Saturday

    16 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sons of the Preacher Man
    Robert Keßler meets Dirk Erchinger

    Orania.Stage

    This evening at Orania.Berlin drum groove master Dirk Erchinger meets renowned guitarist Robert Keßler. Long-time companions, the two sons of preacher men have now joined forces & inimitably combine contemporary, grooving jazz with blues, rock & funk. They'll play songs from current studio albums & entirely new compositions. Special feature is Keßler's hybrid instrument, which combines bass & guitar. An evening full of energy, groove, soul, jazz & explosive joy of playing.

    Born in 1984, Keßler released "Little People" in 2022, his 5th studio album. As a sideman he tours with various jazz - & pop artists. Since 2017 he has been professor for guitar and ensemble at the SRH University Berlin. Dirk Erchinger (*1969) was drummer of the Jazzkantine for 16 years & has played for the AcidJazz act Count Basic for almost 30 years. He can be heard on dozens of productions with well-known artists. In 2022/23 he toured with superstar Apache 207. Dirk is founder of Drumtrainer Berlin & lecturer at SRH University Berlin.
  • Tuesday

    19 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Lionel Haas
    Soul from Motown and More

    Orania.Stage

    What would the history of soul music be without the legendary Detroit record label that produced numerous famous artists, such as the Temptations, Barry Gordon Jr., the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson - to name just a few?

    Born in Bonn and based in Berlin since 1999, pianist Lionel Haas is known for his stylistic diversity, at home in jazz as well as in soul, R&B and blues. This time he honors soul legends by adapting and reproducing carefully selected Motown hits in his own solo piano versions.
  • Wednesday

    20 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Kenneth Berkel
    The Music Of Richard Whiting

    Orania.Stage

    At the Orania.Berlin Solo Piano series Kenneth Berkel presents the music of Richard A. Whiting (1891-1938), who was overshadowed by Broadway composers like George Gershwin and Cole Porter for a long time. However, he composed hit songs like “Too Marvelous for Words” and “She’s Funny That Way”, that have been recorded by jazz giants like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Whiting’s music was used in more than 450 films and series, some of these songs will be rediscovered tonight.

    Kenneth Berkel was born in Berlin in 1996. He started playing piano at the age of 6. With only 10 years he explored the world of Jazz. He graduated at one of Germany’s most popular music schools C. Ph. E. Bach. Afterwards he studied Jazz-Piano at Jazz- Institut Berlin. Kenneth Berkel lives in Berlin where he works as both a Pianist and Composer/Arranger. He is part of the Big Band der Deutschen Oper Berlin as well as the Orchester der Bad Hersfelder Festspiele and already played for the President. Kenneth is playing concerts all over Germany and Europe. He has received a scholarship by Y. Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin since 2018.
  • Thursday

    21 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Voices

    Simon Paterno & Band

    Orania.Stage

    Simon Paterno was soaking up the flair of Broadway and Gospel music early on after moving to New York to study Performing Arts. The soulful voices of Whitney Houston, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder had always inspired him just as artists from the golden Jazz era.

    The German-Filipino published his first EP 'Head To Toes' in 2014 and performed his original songs as supporting act of Earth, Wind and Fire at the Jazzopen Stuttgart and - unknowingly - at the same New Yorker club in which Donny Hathaway had recorded his legendary live album.

    Although raised in Hamburg, Simon has been a 'Berliner' for four years, worked together with some of the city's finest Soul- and gospel singers and was part of the anniversary season of The Voice of Germany in 2020.

  • Friday

    22 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Saturday

    23 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sinesis Duo „Hojas y Rutas“
    the routes to our roots

    Orania.Stage

    United by music, father and son present a project that speaks of their Argentine and Latin American roots with the influence of Jazz and World Music. You will hear compositions by Quique Sinesi (guitar, charango) and Augusto Sinesi (guitar, voice).
  • Sunday

    24 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Marque Lowenthal
    More than Xmas

    Orania.Stage

    Look forward to discovering Christmas melodies that have been artistically weaved into improvisations by American born pianist Marque Lowenthal. A joyous evening of Jazz with a hint of Xmas intended to make the people merry awaits you. During the Christmas holidays, we invite you to our Piano Specials under the Orania.Berlin tree with festive interpretations from Northern Europe, South America and the USA.
  • Monday

    25 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Agita Rando
    Winter Music

    Orania.Stage

    This evening, Latvian-born pianist Agita Rando plays music for the time 'in between the years' at a warm fireplace. Contemplative yet colourful improvisations on old and newer Christmas songs and winterly music from Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Germany. During the Christmas holidays, we invite you to our Piano Specials under the Orania.Berlin tree with festive interpretations from Northern Europe, South America and the USA.
  • Tuesday

    26 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Carly Quiroz
    Merry & Bright

    Orania.Stage

    The Argentinian pianist and composer, who has been living in Berlin since 2008, will take you on a journey through different musical styles with festive song interpretations from all over the world. There's bound to be a visit to his South American roots to make you forget the cold Berlin winter. This is the last evening of our Christmas Piano Specials.
  • Wednesday

    27 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Piano

    Larry Porter
    The Roaring Twenties

    Orania.Stage

    For this concert Larry will explore the music of the 1920s. The Roaring Twenties also known as the Jazz Age was an era of great transformation in America. It saw the beginning of jazz and recorded music, the advent of radio and the automobile. Broadway revues and musicals flourished as well as silent films. Porter will breathe new spirit and life into these 100-year-old songs with his swinging and inventive interpretations.
  • Thursday

    28 Dec

    2023

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    Orania.Voices

    An Evening with Denice Brooks

    Orania.Stage

    "An Evening with Denice Brooks" is an awesome music journey through beautiful Soul, R&B and Jazz ballads, as well as "get up and dance" music. Denice Brooks is another example of the appeal Berlin has for top-class international artists. The powerful-voiced American celebrated numerous successes such as being the only female artist that Prince authorized to re-record "Purple Rain".
  • Friday

    29 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Rolf Zielke & Rolo Rodriguez
    Latin Percussion

    Orania.Stage

    Pianist and composer Rolf Zielke’s music is a reflection on Contemporary Jazz, Latin and Brazilian Jazz, and music of the ‘Middle East’. ‘Technically he knows all the tricks...the man from Berlin presents himself as a pianist who is able to surprise the overcrowded genre with a fresh, new sound.’ (Jazz thing) ‘The listener experiences piano-jazz of the highest order.’ (Jazzpodium)

    Rolf Zielke will present a piano-percussion-duo at Orania.Berlin. He will perform with the percussionist Rolo Rodriguez from Uruguay, creating an extraordinary quality of musical unity with a breath-taking drive that transcends the boundaries of jazz rhythm conventions. These outstanding musicians have been members of the international Jazz Scene for many years.
  • Saturday

    30 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sinesis Duo „Hojas y Rutas“
    the routes to our roots

    Orania.Stage

    United by music, father and son present a project that speaks of their Argentine and Latin American roots with the influence of Jazz and World Music. You will hear compositions by Quique Sinesi (guitar, charango) and Augusto Sinesi (guitar, voice).
  • Sunday

    31 Dec

    2023

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    What the World Needs Now

    Martina Barta, vocals
    Matti Klein, grand piano

    Orania.Stage

    At the center of the musical evening are the extraordinary compositions of Burt Bacharach as well as selected jazz and pop covers by his contemporaries. Martina Barta is a multi-talented Czech singer based in Berlin. A graduate of the renowned Manhattan School of Music (New York, USA), she recently sang with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the Philharmonic Hall and represented the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest. Together with Matti Klein (Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin and mastermind of his celebrated Soul Trio) on the Steinway grand piano, we will take you on a timeless journey of sound into the new year - a year 2024 that will hopefully be characterized by Bacharach’s touching song: 'What the world needs now is love sweet love'.

    THE X-BERG DUCK IS ALREADY ON THEIR WELL-DESERVED HOLIDAY. HENCE WE DECIDED TO ASSEMBLE A VERY SPECIAL MENU WITH LIVE MUSIC FOR NEW YEARS EVE.
  • Monday

    1 Jan

    2024

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    Orania.Piano

    Matti Klein

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.
  • Thursday

    4 Jan

    2024

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    Orania.Voices

    Scott Hildebrand

    Orania.Stage

    Scott Hildebrand is a singer/songwriter and multi- instrumentalist, whose music pulls from genres such as the Chicago Blues of his hometown, as well as Indie Folk, Americana and Rock & Roll. Throughout his musical journeys, he strives to inspire open-mindedness and ignite the adventurous flame in the hearts of his listeners. His earthy voice is accompanied by his expressive guitar and harmonica playing. As he travels the world making music on what he calls his “Endless World Tour,” he has the ability to find deep connection and share openly with audiences.
  • Friday

    5 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Saturday

    6 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sinesis Duo „Hojas y Rutas“
    the routes to our roots

    Orania.Stage

    United by music, father and son present a project that speaks of their Argentine and Latin American roots with the influence of Jazz and World Music. You will hear compositions by Quique Sinesi (guitar, charango) and Augusto Sinesi (guitar, voice).
  • Thursday

    11 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Simon Paterno & Band

    Orania.Stage

    Simon Paterno was soaking up the flair of Broadway and Gospel music early on after moving to New York to study Performing Arts. The soulful voices of Whitney Houston, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder had always inspired him just as artists from the golden Jazz era.

    The German-Filipino published his first EP 'Head To Toes' in 2014 and performed his original songs as supporting act of Earth, Wind and Fire at the Jazzopen Stuttgart and - unknowingly - at the same New Yorker club in which Donny Hathaway had recorded his legendary live album.

    Although raised in Hamburg, Simon has been a 'Berliner' for four years, worked together with some of the city's finest Soul- and gospel singers and was part of the anniversary season of The Voice of Germany in 2020.

  • Friday

    12 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Saturday

    13 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sons of the Preacher Man
    Robert Keßler meets Dirk Erchinger

    Orania.Stage

    This evening at Orania.Berlin drum groove master Dirk Erchinger meets renowned guitarist Robert Keßler. Long-time companions, the two sons of preacher men have now joined forces & inimitably combine contemporary, grooving jazz with blues, rock & funk. They'll play songs from current studio albums & entirely new compositions. Special feature is Keßler's hybrid instrument, which combines bass & guitar. An evening full of energy, groove, soul, jazz & explosive joy of playing.

    Born in 1984, Keßler released "Little People" in 2022, his 5th studio album. As a sideman he tours with various jazz - & pop artists. Since 2017 he has been professor for guitar and ensemble at the SRH University Berlin. Dirk Erchinger (*1969) was drummer of the Jazzkantine for 16 years & has played for the AcidJazz act Count Basic for almost 30 years. He can be heard on dozens of productions with well-known artists. In 2022/23 he toured with superstar Apache 207. Dirk is founder of Drumtrainer Berlin & lecturer at SRH University Berlin.
  • Thursday

    18 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    An Evening with Denice Brooks

    Orania.Stage

    "An Evening with Denice Brooks" is an awesome music journey through beautiful Soul, R&B and Jazz ballads, as well as "get up and dance" music. Denice Brooks is another example of the appeal Berlin has for top-class international artists. The powerful-voiced American celebrated numerous successes such as being the only female artist that Prince authorized to re-record "Purple Rain".
  • Friday

    19 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Rolf Zielke & Rolo Rodriguez
    Latin Percussion

    Orania.Stage

    Pianist and composer Rolf Zielke’s music is a reflection on Contemporary Jazz, Latin and Brazilian Jazz, and music of the ‘Middle East’. ‘Technically he knows all the tricks...the man from Berlin presents himself as a pianist who is able to surprise the overcrowded genre with a fresh, new sound.’ (Jazz thing) ‘The listener experiences piano-jazz of the highest order.’ (Jazzpodium)

    Rolf Zielke will present a piano-percussion-duo at Orania.Berlin. He will perform with the percussionist Rolo Rodriguez from Uruguay, creating an extraordinary quality of musical unity with a breath-taking drive that transcends the boundaries of jazz rhythm conventions. These outstanding musicians have been members of the international Jazz Scene for many years.
  • Sunday

    21 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Johannes Wehrle meets Florian Kolditz
    Tribute to Elliott Smith

    Orania.Stage

    When Berlin based pianist, keyboardist and composer Johannes Wehrle fell in love with the music of Elliott Smith at the beginning of the millennium, he was still a teenager. While the tragic death of Elliott happened soon after this discovery, the sound and the songs became an important companion in the following decades. While diving deep into music, studying Jazz Piano in Weimar, touring across Europe with musical groups across all Genres, the compositions of Elliott never stopped fascinating him.

    This led to the idea of performing the songs in a different way; by writing instrumental interpretations for a stripped-down duo setting, Johannes Wehrle takes the melodies to the Steinway piano, while Florian Kolditz translates the oscillating guitar pickings to the world of four strings. Together the two go beyond the originals by reharmonizing and improvising, exploring what else is hidden inside the music of the great songwriter.
  • Thursday

    25 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.
  • Friday

    26 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Saturday

    27 Jan

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Sebastian Peszko & IBUKI Duo

    Orania.Stage

    Jazz Manouche meets Mediterranean melodies, Balkan sounds, & classical music. All in a lively, powerful & truly fascinating listening experience.

    Sebastian Peszko is a multi-genre violist, violinist, composer & studio musician. After graduating from the Royal College of Music (UK) & the Manhattan School of Music (USA), he worked as a freelancer & performed in some of the world's most renowned concert halls. He played with Moka Efti Orchestra, Nightmares on Wax, Grandbrothers, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Babylon Orchestra & for the TV series "Babylon Berlin" amongst many others. In 2018, he released an instrumental album titled "Toccata in C-Clef”.

    Ibuki Sakano is a self-taught Selmer-Maccaferri guitar player & has been working mainly as a Jazz Manouche player. In 2016, Ibuki & Ayane Kondo, percussion/hammered dulcimer player, founded the world music duo LuneSonne. With Jazz Manouche, Classical, Folk, and own compositions he is striving for even more beauty in music.
  • Thursday

    1 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    2 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Thursday

    8 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    9 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Thursday

    15 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    LÜX - Unplugged Sessions
    Indie Pop Music - exuberant yet fragile

    Orania.Stage

    LÜX - the Berlin based songwriting duo with Isobel Afonte (vocals, toys) and Simon Anke (keys, log drum) is coming to Orania.Berlin for a handful of exclusive acoustic concerts. LÜX’ indie pop music fuses exuberant arrangements with fragile minimalism and strings together one playful hook after another. After their live debut in 2023 at Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei, LÜX now brings its songs to the intimate stage of Orania.Berlin together with breathtaking percussionist Tayfun Schulzke and exceptional bass player Hannes Huefken.
  • Friday

    16 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Saturday

    17 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.
  • Thursday

    22 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    23 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke
    Pop, Jazz, Grooves & Melodies

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Saturday

    24 Feb

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Hot Impressions
    High Energy Jazz, Contemporary Harmonies and Oriental Sounds

    Orania.Stage

    United by their passion for improvised music, a German, a Uruguayan and a Brazilian meet in Berlin to draw on all the influences of a city that bursts with energy. After a couple of years this trio project has finally returned. Jazz, contemporary harmony and oriental sounds are fused with the rhythmic sensuousness of South America. With their musical thirst, creativity and enthusiasm the artists declare their love for the vitality of multi-cultural Berlin.

    Rolf Zielke has won many jazz awards. He has played at many international cultural events as a renowned artists of the jazz or World Music scene. This project is further proof of Zielke’s own particular style – his soulful, lyrical and expressive playing.

    Guilherme Castro and Rolo Rodriguez form an internationally famed rhythm section. After long and intensive co-operation in many world renowned bands, their names stand for breath-taking groove and intuitive ensemble playing.
  • Friday

    1 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Thursday

    7 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    8 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke
    Pop, Jazz, Grooves & Melodies

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Thursday

    14 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    LÜX - Unplugged Sessions
    Indie Pop Music - exuberant yet fragile

    Orania.Stage

    LÜX - the Berlin based songwriting duo with Isobel Afonte (vocals, toys) and Simon Anke (keys, log drum) is coming to Orania.Berlin for a handful of exclusive acoustic concerts. LÜX’ indie pop music fuses exuberant arrangements with fragile minimalism and strings together one playful hook after another. After their live debut in 2023 at Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei, LÜX now brings its songs to the intimate stage of Orania.Berlin together with breathtaking percussionist Tayfun Schulzke and exceptional bass player Hannes Huefken.
  • Friday

    15 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Thursday

    21 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    22 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Saturday

    23 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Hot Impressions
    High Energy Jazz, Contemporary Harmonies and Oriental Sounds

    Orania.Stage

    United by their passion for improvised music, a German, a Uruguayan and a Brazilian meet in Berlin to draw on all the influences of a city that bursts with energy. After a couple of years this trio project has finally returned. Jazz, contemporary harmony and oriental sounds are fused with the rhythmic sensuousness of South America. With their musical thirst, creativity and enthusiasm the artists declare their love for the vitality of multi-cultural Berlin.

    Rolf Zielke has won many jazz awards. He has played at many international cultural events as a renowned artists of the jazz or World Music scene. This project is further proof of Zielke’s own particular style – his soulful, lyrical and expressive playing.

    Guilherme Castro and Rolo Rodriguez form an internationally famed rhythm section. After long and intensive co-operation in many world renowned bands, their names stand for breath-taking groove and intuitive ensemble playing.
  • Friday

    29 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Saturday

    30 Mar

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.
  • Thursday

    4 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    5 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke
    Pop, Jazz, Grooves & Melodies

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Saturday

    6 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Hot Impressions
    High Energy Jazz, Contemporary Harmonies and Oriental Sounds

    Orania.Stage

    United by their passion for improvised music, a German, a Uruguayan and a Brazilian meet in Berlin to draw on all the influences of a city that bursts with energy. After a couple of years this trio project has finally returned. Jazz, contemporary harmony and oriental sounds are fused with the rhythmic sensuousness of South America. With their musical thirst, creativity and enthusiasm the artists declare their love for the vitality of multi-cultural Berlin.

    Rolf Zielke has won many jazz awards. He has played at many international cultural events as a renowned artists of the jazz or World Music scene. This project is further proof of Zielke’s own particular style – his soulful, lyrical and expressive playing.

    Guilherme Castro and Rolo Rodriguez form an internationally famed rhythm section. After long and intensive co-operation in many world renowned bands, their names stand for breath-taking groove and intuitive ensemble playing.
  • Thursday

    11 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    12 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Friday

    19 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Thursday

    25 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    LÜX - Unplugged Sessions
    Indie Pop Music - exuberant yet fragile

    Orania.Stage

    LÜX - the Berlin based songwriting duo with Isobel Afonte (vocals, toys) and Simon Anke (keys, log drum) is coming to Orania.Berlin for a handful of exclusive acoustic concerts. LÜX’ indie pop music fuses exuberant arrangements with fragile minimalism and strings together one playful hook after another. After their live debut in 2023 at Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei, LÜX now brings its songs to the intimate stage of Orania.Berlin together with breathtaking percussionist Tayfun Schulzke and exceptional bass player Hannes Huefken.
  • Friday

    26 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Saturday

    27 Apr

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.
  • Thursday

    2 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    3 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Friday

    10 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke
    Pop, Jazz, Grooves & Melodies

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Saturday

    11 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Hot Impressions
    High Energy Jazz, Contemporary Harmonies and Oriental Sounds

    Orania.Stage

    United by their passion for improvised music, a German, a Uruguayan and a Brazilian meet in Berlin to draw on all the influences of a city that bursts with energy. After a couple of years this trio project has finally returned. Jazz, contemporary harmony and oriental sounds are fused with the rhythmic sensuousness of South America. With their musical thirst, creativity and enthusiasm the artists declare their love for the vitality of multi-cultural Berlin.

    Rolf Zielke has won many jazz awards. He has played at many international cultural events as a renowned artists of the jazz or World Music scene. This project is further proof of Zielke’s own particular style – his soulful, lyrical and expressive playing.

    Guilherme Castro and Rolo Rodriguez form an internationally famed rhythm section. After long and intensive co-operation in many world renowned bands, their names stand for breath-taking groove and intuitive ensemble playing.
  • Thursday

    16 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    17 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Saturday

    18 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.
  • Thursday

    23 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    LÜX - Unplugged Sessions
    Indie Pop Music - exuberant yet fragile

    Orania.Stage

    LÜX - the Berlin based songwriting duo with Isobel Afonte (vocals, toys) and Simon Anke (keys, log drum) is coming to Orania.Berlin for a handful of exclusive acoustic concerts. LÜX’ indie pop music fuses exuberant arrangements with fragile minimalism and strings together one playful hook after another. After their live debut in 2023 at Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei, LÜX now brings its songs to the intimate stage of Orania.Berlin together with breathtaking percussionist Tayfun Schulzke and exceptional bass player Hannes Huefken.
  • Friday

    24 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Thursday

    30 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    31 May

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Thursday

    6 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Atrin Madani & Friends
    Where Are We Now

    Orania.Stage

    Atrin Madani is no longer a stranger to the jazz scene. With his impressive voice and versatile repertoire, the son of Iranian immigrants has conquered a place in the hearts of jazz lovers.

    You can hear the Berlin singer's intensive study of his predecessors such as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. However, he honors the masters by not copying them, but by confidently going his own way.

    In his interpretations of songs by David Bowie, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Coldplay and Nick Drake, among others, you can recognize Madani's enormous passion for sensational songwriting and touching tales.

    Atrin Madani succeeds in getting close to the listener and taking them on a journey. To yesterday and tomorrow. To the here and now. To the place where jazz has always been at its best.
  • Friday

    7 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Carly Quiroz & Topo Gioia
    South American Gaucho Music

    Orania.Stage

    Carly Quiroz and Topo Gioia invite you to travel southwards on a musical journey with melodies and rhythms from the land of gauchos. The South American region, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina, offers a wide variety of musical expressions that will captivate listeners.
  • Thursday

    13 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    LÜX - Unplugged Sessions
    Indie Pop Music - exuberant yet fragile

    Orania.Stage

    LÜX - the Berlin based songwriting duo with Isobel Afonte (vocals, toys) and Simon Anke (keys, log drum) is coming to Orania.Berlin for a handful of exclusive acoustic concerts. LÜX’ indie pop music fuses exuberant arrangements with fragile minimalism and strings together one playful hook after another. After their live debut in 2023 at Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei, LÜX now brings its songs to the intimate stage of Orania.Berlin together with breathtaking percussionist Tayfun Schulzke and exceptional bass player Hannes Huefken.
  • Friday

    14 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Rossano from Brazil meets José Aurelio

    Orania.Stage

    Rossano Snel und José Aurélio draw inspiration from the Brazilian instrumental music of the 60s and 70s. The duo plays original songs and classic tunes from João Donato, Tom Jobim and Deodato. The two Brazilian musicians also use their experiences to improvise over danceable vamps, mixing house and disco music with latin flavours.

    It's an evening of brazilian and latin music to dance, flirt and indulge.
  • Saturday

    15 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Grooves

    Hot Impressions
    High Energy Jazz, Contemporary Harmonies and Oriental Sounds

    Orania.Stage

    United by their passion for improvised music, a German, a Uruguayan and a Brazilian meet in Berlin to draw on all the influences of a city that bursts with energy. After a couple of years this trio project has finally returned. Jazz, contemporary harmony and oriental sounds are fused with the rhythmic sensuousness of South America. With their musical thirst, creativity and enthusiasm the artists declare their love for the vitality of multi-cultural Berlin.

    Rolf Zielke has won many jazz awards. He has played at many international cultural events as a renowned artists of the jazz or World Music scene. This project is further proof of Zielke’s own particular style – his soulful, lyrical and expressive playing.

    Guilherme Castro and Rolo Rodriguez form an internationally famed rhythm section. After long and intensive co-operation in many world renowned bands, their names stand for breath-taking groove and intuitive ensemble playing.
  • Friday

    21 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Matti Klein meets Tayfun Schulzke
    Pop, Jazz, Grooves & Melodies

    Orania.Stage

    The impromptu yet delicately honed musical symbiosis between Matti Klein on the Steinway grand piano and Tayfun Schulzke on a variety of percussion instruments from around the world seems to emerge from only one source. The two have been connected by a musical friendship for many years, which is celebrated this evening with a selection of jazz pop and soul classics as well as improvisations. A soulful evening, sometimes joyful and sometimes thoughtful, just like life outside of Orania.Berlin’s windows.

    In addition to studio work (e.g., Seeed), Tayfun Schulzke can also be heard as a percussionist with renowned artists such as Meret Becker, Culcha Candela or Jan Delay and at international festivals. Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio as well as the Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta.
  • Thursday

    27 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Voices

    Mike Russell´s
    Funky Soul Kitchen

    Orania.Stage

    Mike Russell's Funky Soul Kitchen is one of the best funk/soul bands in Europe. The band consists of international musicians, and plays original songs by singer/guitarist Mike Russell from Washington, D.C. (USA). Members of this "All Star Band" - Lionel Haas (keyboard), Sir Charles Williamson (bass) und DiCarlo, (drums) - have played with The Michael Jackson Immortal Band, The Weather Girls, John Lee Hooker Jr, Eddie Harris, TM Stevens, Oneida James, and Joachim Germany. The latest CD from Mike Russell ´s Funky Soul Kitchen "The Quasimodo Sessions" is available on iTunes, Amazon and many others.
  • Friday

    28 Jun

    2024

    ©
    Orania.Acoustic

    Maryjazz meets Felix Seefluth
    A sensitive voice of the soul

    Orania.Stage

    Mary is a Ukrainian artist, pianist, and composer, Felix a German born and raised drummer. Our project includes well know songs played with a totally different approach, including a strong command of the language of Jazz, unconventional song structures, unexpected tempo changes, colorful harmonies, rhythms, and solos.

    The program filled with a passion for creating music in a variety of styles, including jazz, pop, soul, contemporary, and R&B. We use unusual harmonic changes, and multiple layers of melody that reflect the sensitive voice of the soul. Cluster voicings, chromatic and blues elements, pedal points, and rhythmic tension create unique and unexpected chord progressions, which will make you enjoy our exciting music journey.

  • Saturday

    29 Jun

    2024

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    Orania.Grooves

    Matti Klein & Friends
    Soulful Session feat. Berlin All-Stars

    Orania.Stage

    The groove lives in his fingers, soul in his roots, funk in his heart.

    Matti Klein became known as a founding member of the popular German jazz-funk band Mo'Blow and tours internationally with his equally celebrated Matti Klein Soul Trio. He has also worked in the studio with Nils Landgren, Sarah Connor and Herbert Grönemeyer, is on the road as musical director and keyboardist with Brazilian soul icon Ed Motta and has been Artistic Director of Orania.Berlin since 2019.

    Joined by former, present, and future companions, all of them all-stars of the Berlin music scene, he assembles a different high-end band line-up for one grooving, soulful session on the Orania.Stage.