“Began in Africa” at Porgy & Bess
- June 9th, 2010
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On Monday night, Otto Lechner & Windhund were – after successful performances in Linz and Graz – once more joined by the Zanzibari Zumari horns duo Sekembuke & Siga – the first occasion for the Viennese audience to experience the merging of two very different sonic spheres! With a sold out Porgy & Bess, the concert marked the beginning of the 6-days-festival “Began in Africa”.
After a mellow intro by Otto Lechner, Melissa Coleman, Matthias Jakisic, Karl Ritter and Peter Rosmanith, the two Zumari horn players entered by striding through the auditorium from the upper to the ground level… an effective entrée!
Especially in the second half of the gig, some great improvisational passages showed, that – though, as Otto Lechner stated, each concert with the Zumari horn musicians is like a completely new encounter – the traditional sounds of Zanzibar and the improvisation by the Austrian artists, provide a common ground for new explorations…
Windhund, Sekembuke & Siga @ Porgy, Vienna
For further pictures of the gig, check out the Gallery on this site!
and from VIDC / on Flickr: Foto © Karola Riegler
“wenn ich die windhunde höre, bin ich immer wieder überrascht, mit welcher
intuitiven sicherheit sie fremdartige musikstile aufnehmen, wie locker und
ernsthaft sie mit diesen ungewohnten klangsystemen umgehen, ohne die eigene
musikalische basis preiszugeben. im zusammenspiel mit den zumari-horns führte das in den besten momenten zur vollständigen aufhebung von exotik, was ich natürlich sehr genossen habe”.
Robert Bilek ORF Ö1 Aktuelle Kultur