PANDA platforma Berlin

ANDRES ROOTS (ESTONIA) #PANDAglobal / #PANDAmusic Sat., 06/04/2024, 20:00 An official Ambassador for the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Andres Roots is an Estonian slide guitarist whose music has received airplay on five continents and whose Golden Disc-earning 2016 LP “Roots Music” remains the only blues album ever to top the sales charts in the Baltics. Roots’ latest release “Vol. 12” has nevertheless invoked comparisons with not just the heyday of Mississippi Delta Blues but also with Davy Graham, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder – and even acoustic Led Zeppelin. “Musicians of this sort run counter to all expectations, and upset various purists” – Ted Gioia, US "An absolute genius of the guitar" – Leeds Blues Club, UK "He sounds like a trio at the very least" – Blues-Finland.com, Finland "This is a man who can play the blues" – Rhythms Magazine, Australia [TICKETS]: 10 € https://www.eventbrite.de/e/853578234477

UMZ UMZ / DJs EXPERIMENTAL SPACE #PANDAelectronics / #PANDAmusic Fri., 05/04/2024, 20:00 UMZ UMZ is a project that brings newcomers to the music scene together with experienced DJs and gives them space to experiment. Here, the DJs who are forced to play last at commercial venues get the prime spot, and those who are used to headlining have the creative freedom to experiment beyond the usual boundaries of the Berlin dance scene. Young aspiring VJs work closely with the DJs on the visuals and light show. In the first edition, we will travel from experimental broken beats to cozy bassline techno and finish with the high energy of drum and bass house. [ENTRY]: donation (recommended amount 5-10 €) https://www.facebook.com/events/1102314260798974

SASSOON / KELLERS DUO #PANDAjazz Wed., 03/04/2024, 20:00 Julie Sassoon – piano Willi Kellers – drums Quiet intensity and a spiritual sense of sound characterize this duo. From the beginning, a tension builds in their music, in which the mere acoustic process turns into a musical event. A transcendent unity of meditative improvisations emerges. Lyrical melodies and percussive outbursts, which overlap with drum rhythms from the world of Bartok or Stravinsky, jazz-Africa-wildness, alternate with very quiet, almost inaudible atmospheric sequences. Photo: Karl Lehner VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxg7UPGe4rc [TICKETS]: 10 € online / doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/848746592907

BADASH #PANDAmusic Sat., 30/03/2024, 20:00 Bringing ancient melodies to modern ears through her extensive performances across Europe, Asia and the US, Vocal-artist BADASH has emerged as a fresh voice in the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) tradition. Hailed as "Hauntingly pure and expressive voice, a virtuoso of her rarefied art" by Chicago Tribune, her improvisatory vocal style is deeply rooted in her own multi-cultural heritage, with influences from Western, Turkish and North African music. Through her training in contemporary theater, she transcends this rarely spoken language to unearth the rich oral history steeped in these timeless songs. [TICKETS]: 15 € pre-sales / 20 € doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/810738479617

KALASCIÒ FEAT. PÉTER SOMOS #PANDAmusic Fri., 29/03/2024, 20:00 Massimiliano Di Carlo – voice, trumpet, lute, bagpipe, jew's harp, tamburin Valentina Bellanova – ney, recorders, bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, loop station Peter Somos – percussion, frame drums Massimiliano di Carlo and Valentina Bellanova propose a concert centered around the improvisational codes of the traditional music of their origin (the music of the Central Apennines and the sonority of the Adriatic for Massimiliano and Turkish / Greek music for Valentina). The concert leaves behind Western forms of entertainment to create a sonorous flow inspired by the ritual forms still active in Central and Southern Italy and the whole Mediterranean Middle East. In this concert, the Duo will be joined by the percussion virtuoso Péter Somos (Hungary). [TICKETS]: 10 € https://www.eventbrite.de/e/816012373977

FINK FLOYD #PANDAjazz Wed., 27/03/2024, 20:00 Johannes Fink – cello Rieko Okuda – piano Antti Virtaranta – double bass Greg Smith – drums Pink Floyd was an incredibly successful rock band. Fink Floyd is the band of the jazz musician Johannes Fink from Berlin, who conjures up fascinating music from his instrument, the prepared cello. His band is a brand new, sparkling jazz band. Johannes Fink plays and improvises with Rieko Okuda (Japan) on piano, Greg Smith (Canada) on drums and Anti Virtaranta (Finland) on bass. Photo: Sergei Gavrylov-Haudring [TICKETS]: 10 € online / doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/775895553487

#SAVETHEDATE This week at PANDA🔥 ▪️ ❗️CANCELLED SANDY B: SOUTH AFRICAN KWAITO AND BINK LEGEND! ▪️ 24/03/24 | 12:00 PANDA SAFE SPACE // #PANDAUKRAINE Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/panda-safe-space-pandaukraine/896227558956578/ ▪️ 26/03/24 | 20:00 SBP4 // PANDA GOES KESSELHAUS https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/sbp4-panda-goes-kesselhaus/ ▪️ 27/03/24 | 20:00 FINK FLOYD // #PANDAjazz Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/fink-floyd-pandajazz/862179815402035/ ▪️ 29/03/24 | 20:00 KALASCIÒ FEAT. PÉTER SOMOS Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/kalascio-feat-peter-somos/1561887417945700/ ▪️ 30/03/24 | 20:00 BADASH Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/badash/1089008935557219/ More information, tickets and changes on our website: https://panda-platforma.berlin/events See you at PANDA platforma🐼 Music by @somospeter

IDENTITIES QUINTET #PANDAjazz Wed., 20/03/2024, 20:00 Mia Dyberg – alto sax Camila Nebbia – tenor sax Roman Stolyar – piano Horst Nonnenmacher – double bass Samuel Hall – drums IDENTITIES QUINTET is a free jazz / free improv ensemble that unites musicians from different countries living in Berlin. The music created by the ensemble members in a real time manifests the power of improvisation as a universal music language which is capable to unite representatives of different cultures. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mw3gyy4x98&t=1719s [TICKETS]: 10 € online / doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/810692361677

ORKESTAR KRIMINAL [CANADA] #PANDAglobal / #PANDAmusic Mon., 18/03/2024, 20:00 Giselle Claudia Webber – voice Julian Selody – saxophone, clarinet Lisa Gamble – musical saw, baglamas Sam Minevich – guitar, bouzouki Asia Fruman – lyra Christos Smirnios – drums Julie Richard – tuba Sergey Topor – accordion Tyler Parent – upright bass “Imagine a 10-member gender-balanced band that sources material from the criminal underworld a century ago, performing songs in eight languages with quirky instrumentation and a punk attitude" – Edmonton Journal. Along with their original Yiddish, Greek and Spanish compositions, Orkestar Kriminal worked extensively with native-speaking linguistic collaborators from all over the world to compose lyrics in Hindi, Mixteco, Arabic, Polish, Bosnian and Norwegian Bokmål. With all these nuanced, stylized arrangements, and 9 different languages featured, "Originali" is the band's most ambitious album yet. [TICKETS]: 15 € pre-sale / 20 € doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/802593989227

PANDA Safe Space #PANDAukraine 🇺🇦 Sun., 17/02/2024, 12:00 - 15:00 Sun., 24/03/2024, 12:00 - 15:00 Every Sunday, PANDA offers a "safe space" for everyone who came to Berlin from Ukraine, their relatives and friends. Creative workshops and active games are held for children. For adults, PANDA Safe Space is a place where you can meet, communicate or be silent together and feel safe. PANDA Safe Space takes place at the Bibliothek am Wasserturm: Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Do you want to help? For our Safe Space, we are looking for volunteers: creative workshop leaders (drawing, handicraft etc.), as well as psychologists of any kind. We will be grateful if volunteers bring some sweet or salty healthy snacks, tea and/or materials for creativity. You can get more information by coming to the PANDA platforma on Sunday or writing to Telegram @yablokozadora (Yulia) [ADMISSION]: free and without prior registration https://www.facebook.com/events/896227538956580

JOKER JAMES #PANDAmusic Sat., 16/03/2024, 20:00 Joker James is a project of independent journalist and musician Alexey Ponomarev. It is a benefit solo performance, unique «bard-rap» show incorporating a hip-hop groove, some heritage of Russian rock scene, and echoes of the British 60s. Songs of Joker James find their origin in the emotions accumulated by Alexey over years of work for independent media. The concert’s program includes all the hits of Joker James project, both old («No Fun», «My Best Friend (Is A Foreign Agent)», «The Country Which Don’t Exist No More») and new, written after the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine. [TICKETS]: 16 € online / 20 € doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/810744357197

DEREK PLAYS ERIC #PANDAjazz Wed., 13/03/2024, 20:00 Andreas Willers – electric guitar Jan Roder – electric & double bass Christian Marien – drums DEREK PLAYS ERIC is an excellent live band that combines virtuosic stylistic confidence with humor and a contemporary connection to the familiar in a performance that is as intelligent as it is energetic. On its current second album “Suite Of Soaps”, the Berlin trio DEREK PLAYS ERIC once again renegotiates nothing less than the boundaries between jazz, free improvisation and rock, between the avant-garde and the familiar, accessible in a way that is as intelligent as it is emotional. VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OJ1jWSvJR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexsW6Y0CDw [TICKETS]: 10 € online / doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/767701073577

🔥SAVE THE DATE🔥 This week at PANDA Platforma: ▪️ 08/03/24 | 16:00 ROSA MIMOSA – QUEER*-FEM* EVENT BY QUARTEERA https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/rosa-mimosa-queer-fem-event-by-quarteera/ ▪️ 09/03/24 | 20:00 POLSKY BEAT NIGHT https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/polsky-beat-night/ ▪️ 10/03/24 | 12:00 PANDA SAFE SPACE // #PANDAUKRAINE https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/panda-safe-space-pandaukraine-63/ ▪️ 13/03/24 | 20:00 DEREK PLAYS ERIC // #PANDAjazz https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/derek-plays-eric/ ▪️ 16/03/24 | 20:00 JOKER JAMES https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/joker-james/ More information, tickets and changes you can find on our website: https://panda-platforma.berlin/ See you at PANDA platforma🐼 #pandaplatforma

POLSKY BEAT NIGHT #PANDAglobal / #PANDAmusic Sat., 09/03/2024, 20:00 Experience an electrifying Polsky Beat evening at PANDA Platforma, Berlin, on March 9, 2024! Featuring Ptakova's genre-blending magic, the folk and experimental fusion of Konrad Słoka and CHANGO, and Duxius's genre-defying performance. This lineup promises a musical odyssey filled with emotion, energy, and innovation. Don't miss this journey through musical diversity! [TICKETS]: 15 € https://www.eventbrite.de/e/819256727927

ROSA MIMOSA – QUEER*-FEM* EVENT BY QUARTEERA #PANDAqueer Fri., 08/03/2024, 16:00 Join the "Rosa Mimosa" event on March 8, 2024, at Panda Kulturplatform Berlin. This queer*-feminist event will feature discussions on activism, protection of political prisoners' rights, and self-reflection on queer* and fem* identity. The official part and open discussion will run from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, followed by concerts and performances from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. [ADMISSION]: donation https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/rosa-mimosa-queer-fem-event-by-quarteera/

SILKE EBERHARD TRIO #PANDAjazz Wed., 06/03/2024, 20:00 Silke Eberhard – alto sax Jan Roder – double bass Kay Luebke – drums “Eberhard leads a superb trio… In this stellar configuration she presents her own compositions, flexible and attractive vehicles rooted in hard-swinging post-bop that nevertheless provide her with great freedom,” – Downbeat Magazine, Peter Margasak. This music decisively swings and sways into the stream of the New Thing in jazz, a movement flowing for over half a century. It is a forceful declaration of the posthumous followers to Dolphy, Coleman, Mingus, and Monk. Silke Eberhard's music originates from this tradition yet remains entirely independent. It does not lead its listeners to a museum but into a present that is aware of its origins and can playfully engage with them. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrUj9SxhtI [TICKETS]: 10 € online / doors https://www.eventbrite.de/e/767691765737

PANDADOX BY PETRUS AKKORDEON EXHIBITION OPENING #PANDAart / #PANDAexhibitions Tue., 05/03/2024, 19:00 The artworks by Petrus Akkordeon are a vivid source of joy for connoisseurs of graphics, admirers of paper & paint, and those who love animals (not excluding humans). They are for people with a sense of humor, fans of letters and words, and attentive listeners of music. For us, in short. ADMISSION: FREE https://panda-platforma.berlin/events/pandadox-by-petrus-akkordeon-exhibition-opening/

FROM BRUSSELS: EUROPE, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BELARUS SERGEY LAGODINSKY #PANDApolitics / #PANDAtalks Sun., 03/03/2024, 19:00 IN RUSSIAN WITHOUT TRANSLATION В рамках цикла «Путешествие как самопознание» Александр Смолянский встретится с депутатом Европарламента от фракции «Союз 90 / Зелёные» Сергеем Лагодинским. Они обсудят политическую карьеру Лагодинского в Европейском парламенте, европейские политические течения и антиамериканские настроения, поговорят об отличиях позиций западного общества по войне в Украине и на Ближнем Востоке. Среди тем и личные впечатления от общения с Алексеем Навальным во время учебы в Йельском университете, обсуждение того, как Россия работает с политиками и журналистами в Европе. Помимо прочего будут рассмотрены сценарии изменений политического режима в России в случае поражения в войне с Украиной и возможное наказание ключевых фигур, поддерживающих существующий режим. [ВХОД]: донейшн + регистрация через Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.de/e/846345410907

PANDA SAFE SPACE #PANDAukraine 🇺🇦 Sun., 03/03/2024, 12:00 - 15:00 Every Sunday, PANDA offers a "safe space" for everyone who came to Berlin from Ukraine, their relatives and friends. Creative workshops and active games are held for children. For adults, PANDA Safe Space is a place where you can meet, communicate or be silent together and feel safe. PANDA Safe Space takes place at the Bibliothek am Wasserturm: Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Do you want to help? For our Safe Space, we are looking for volunteers: creative workshop leaders (drawing, handicraft etc.), as well as psychologists of any kind. We will be grateful if volunteers bring some sweet or salty healthy snacks, tea and/or materials for creativity. You can get more information by coming to the PANDA platforma on Sunday or writing to Telegram @yablokozadora (Yulia) [ADMISSION]: free and without prior registration https://www.facebook.com/events/896227538956580

🔥SAVE THE DATE🔥 This week at PANDA platforma: ▪️ 01/03/24 | 20:00 MARENERA // CÀ LA TARANTA È VIVA! https://www.facebook.com/events/333574112875143/ ▪️02/03/24 | 20:00 KÜRA #PANDAart #PANDAperformance https://www.facebook.com/events/761076716087398/ ▪️ 03/03/24 | 12:00 PANDA SAFE SPACE // #PANDAukraine https://www.facebook.com/events/896227538956580/896227555623245/ ▪️ 03/03/24 | 19:00 PUBLIC TALK WITH SERGEY LAGODINSKY https://www.facebook.com/events/370765259045355/ ▪️05/03/24 | 19:00 Petrus Akkordeon / „PANDADOX“ Exhibition opening #PANDAexhibition https://www.facebook.com/events/311472561905957/ ▪️ 06/03/24 | 20:00 SILKE EBERHARD TRIO // #PANDAjazz https://www.facebook.com/events/883988530116624/ ▪️ 08/03/24 | 16:00 ROSA MIMOSA – QUEER*-FEM* EVENT BY QUARTEERA https://www.facebook.com/events/1347082482679609/ ▪️ 09/03/24 | 20:00 POLSKY BEAT NIGHT https://www.facebook.com/events/283020767900670/ More information, tickets and changes on our website: https://panda-platforma.berlin 🐼