Kontraklang - O Karakino

In his works, the Berlin based composer often makes social processes, social customs and their developments the material of his music. For O’ Karakino, he decided to invent an »art music tradition« on his own from scratch, such as it might exist somewhere in the Mediterranean region: along with work songs and an array of individual vocal and instrumental techniques. The two main scenes of the piece seem strangely familiar and irritating at the same time – a fisherman is repairing his boat on the shore and is plagued by strange visions, a shepherdess has lost her way in a cave and is conversing there with a distorted echo. Tableaus such as these are widely known from many different narratives and stories, yet in O’ Karakino they appear and resound as if from a completely unfamiliar place.

With great musical imaginative power, the piece thus deals not only with questions of (historical) authenticity, but also with the identity-forming moments of supposedly securely handed-down narratives. In this play, the question of what is historically correct and what is not becomes increasingly less important. The Spanish percussionist and singer Juanjo Guillem plays the role of the fisherman, the soprano Andrea Conangla embodies the shepherdess. The brass Ensemble Apparat from Berlin and the Aleph Guitar Quartet bring the musical illusion to life.

 Tickets: 12 / reduced 9 €
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Organizer: Kontraklang in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth
Supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds
Media partners: digital in berlin, jungle world, taz, field notes, berliner fenster

Foto: Die Sopranistin Andrea Conangla ist in O' Karakino als Schäferin zu hören (© Oliver Röckle)