Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends featuring The Wedding Orchestra for Middle Eastern Music

Diva: Celebrating Oum Kalthoum

Duration 120min including intermission

Her fame can be compared to that of Maria Callas: Oum Kalthoum (1904– 1975) was arguably the most influential musician of the Arabic world of the 20th century. Her gift was her ability to transport her audience into a kind of trance through phenomenal improvisations.

“Diva: Celebrating Oum Kalthoum” is an ode to the heritage of this legendary Egyptian singer and the first project of The Wedding Orchestra for Middle Eastern Music in collaboration with singer and performer Ruth Rosenfeld. The orchestra is an initiative of the director Ariel Efraim Ashbel that brings together professional musicians from all over the world. It aims at strengthening the links between old and new residents of Berlin and establishing an opportunity for performing Middle Eastern music at a high professional level in contexts where it would usually not be heard.  

 

  • Cast

    Idea, Concept, Director

    Ariel Efraim Ashbel

    Musical Director

    Alexey Kochetkov

    Visuals

    Alona Rodeh

    Singer

    Ruth Rosenfeld

    Guest Singer

    Husam Al Ali

    Orchestra

    The Wedding Orchestra for Middle Eastern Music

    Valentina Bellanova, Lee Caspi, Penelope Gkika, Hogir Göregen, Serkan Ky, Peter Kuhnsch, Lorenz Mase, Wassim Mukdad, Or Rozenfeld, Adel Sabawi, Serdar Saydan, Ahmet Tirgil, Hamza Qabbani

    Sound

    Guy James Cohen

    Lights

    Joseph Wegmann

    Production

    björn & björn

    Thanks to

    Sirine Malas, Barbara Friedrich, Jochen Roller

  • Credits
    [Translate to EN:]

Further Information

Visitor note

First production part of AUSUFERN 2016, Uferstudios Berlin. Production: Ariel Efraim Ashbel and Friends. Coproduction: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

The re-run is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

Past dates

  • Sat 6.1.

    from 19:00 to 21:30 HAU1

  • Sun 7.1.

    from 17:00 to 18:30 HAU1

Location

HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin

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