Tour offers 2017/2018

Merkle Kulturkonzepte
Dear promoter,

 
All information, videos etc. on the projects can be found at:
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en
 
For all questions:
email:  info@merkle-kulturkonzepte.de   phone: +49-(0)8374-586 606
 
 
 
FESTIVAL ON TOUR
 
THE NORDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017
THE NORDIC MUSIC FESTIVAL is an event musical-poetic highlights from the entire Nordic region, with annually changing parties. We invite you to a tour with the musical ambassadors of northern Europe.
A fully loaded Festival evening awaits you, representing the wide variety of Nordic music scene. http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!nordic-music-festival-2/k3nyo
AVAILABILITY: JANUARY / SEPTEMBER 2017
 
 
WORLD MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
 
WORLD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE - Spectacular Voices, Rhythms & Moves!
The finest percussionists of three continents encounter each other in the WORLD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. The charismatic master of Japanese Taiko drumming Takuya Taniguchi, the Brazilian magician of percussion Marco Lobo and the enchanted singer and percussionist Njamy Sitson from Cameroon perform alongside European piano master and composer Walter Lang and bass virtuoso Peter Cudek. The traditional musical heritage introduced by each percussionist is being carefully and passionately transformed by this unique ensemble into a new style that may rightle be called “One World Music”. The fascination of this unparalleled musical adventure stems from the exciting and colorful performance and highly vibrant music of the WORLD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!world-percussion-ensemble-2/gjc7b
AVAILABILITY: OCTOBER 2016 / MARCH / APRIL / SUMMER / OCTOBER 2017 – AND ON REQUEST
 
The Bossa-Nova of PAULA MORELENBAUM
She is the "GRANDE DAME" of Bossa Nova.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!paula-morelenbaum-2/mt7so
AVAILABILITY: APRIL / MAY / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2017 – MARCH 2018
 
RADIO EUROPE – TOGETHER IN MUSIC
The award-winning musicians "broadcast" on a wide European frequency with impressive depth and breathtaking virtuosity.
Direct transmission guaranteed!
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!radio-europa-2/hgm75
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
TOKAME - SALSA - SON - TIMBA - FUNK – JAZZ
Authentic Caribian Funky Music with influences by jazz and rock, traditional son and modern salsa - or in short: a new sound of worldmusic – played by a 12-member international top orchestra.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!tokame-2/an7pz
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
KERBERBROTHERS ALPENE FUSION - alpine and transglobal ethnojazz
Alpine Fusion is created from a transglobal mix of authentic alpine sounds and ethno underground. Infectious rythms are combined with alphorn and Scherrzither, comtemporary jazz groove with yodel, zither and dulcimer.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!kerberbrothers-alpenfusion-2/viok1
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
 
BEST OF SWING AND GROOVE
 
“LAS VEGAS”
SINATRA TRIBUTE BAND & MAX NEISSENDORFER celebrating
the music of Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Elton John, Tom Jones and many others
Special Guest: Britta Medeiros
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!stb-las-vegas/pjdzj
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
SINATRA TRIBUTE BAND & MAX NEISSENDORFER
A MAN AND HIS MUSIC - The story of the greatest singer of the 20th century
The SINATRA TRIBUTE BAND & MAX NEISSENDORFER have put together a fantastic program which retraces the various stages in Frank Sinatra’s life.  Also the unique duets, performed by Max Neissendorfer and charismatic guest singer Barbara Mayr, are imbued with the spirit of Frank Sinatra …
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!stb-a-man-and-his-music/vygl9
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
MAX NEISSENDORFER SWING & SCAT PROJECT
"My goal is the flair of the Sinatra era, the virtuoso vocal art of Bobby McFerrin and the pop productions of performances of an Elton John to join so that a wide audience with the passion for handmade , high quality music again the " Aha effect " can experience in live performance , as it was just at performances of the aforementioned immortal sizes of the music business and still is possible."
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!max-neissendorfer-trio-2/y0t4j
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
WINTER WONDERLAND –
CHRISTMAS SHOW WITH THE SINATRA TRIBUTE BAND & MAX NEISSENDORFER
For their „Winter Wonderland“ program, the Sinatra Tribute Band and Max Neissendorfer have taken their cue from the man himself. As a result, melodious American classics such as “Jingle Bells“ and “White Christmas“ are freed of kitsch and cliché and newly interpreted, embracing flights of instrumental fancy and acrobatic scat solos.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!stb-winter-wonderland/mumue
AVAILABILITY: EVERY YEAR ON CHRISTMAS PERIOD
 
 
JAZZ UP TO DATE
 
RICHIE BEIRACH TRIO – COMING TOGETHER
Richie Beirach (piano) - Regina Litvinova (keyb) - Christian Scheuber (dr)
Richie Beirach is an extraordinarily versatile musician, which is evident from his incredible career: He has played solo, as part of a trio, in a big band and in concerts with symphonic orchestras, and there are more than 400 CDs on which he can be heard. Whether he plays with Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Mike Brecker, Jack de Johnette, John Abercrombie or especially Dave Liebman and their joint band Quest or whether he is leader or sideman – his distinctive melodic and harmonic style is always there. Moreover, as a composer for Elm, Leaving and many others he is one of the most interesting musicians of the modern age.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!richie-beirach-trio-2/ipa3o
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
THREE IN THE RED CIRCLE
Reiner Witzel (sax,fl) – Christian Scheuber (dr,perc,samples) – Joscha Oetz (b)
The three musicians work creatively in their trio lineup without a harmony instrument which makes the music remain human. When listening to the music you feel that the three musicians of „Drei im roten Kreis” (Three in the Red Circle) have mastered the art of scaling down orchestral film music to a trio setting and at the same time have the music of the film accompany their songs right under the surface. Jazzthing
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!three-in-the-red-circle/qpx8m
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
JOHN MARSHALL – ALEX JUNG - JOHANNES OCHSENBAUER – NIGHTBIRD (Thoughts on Chet Baker)
John Marshall, Alex Jung and Johannes Ochsenbauer present their own and unique thoughts on Chet Baker in this chamber-music kind of lineup. The american trumpet player John Marshall is  known as on of the most original, authentic and tasteful musicans of his genre worldwide.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!thoughts-on-chet-baker-2/qva72
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
HARRY SOKAL & JOHANNES OCHSENBAUER TRIO – BASS PLAYERS DELIGHT
(…) The playing is World Class, from start to finish, and the program is terrific” (…) Ron McClure
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!ochsenbauer-sokal-2/slr5h
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
 
MUSIC AND DANCE
 
A DANCE-JAZZ-FUSION
„FUMMQ“ (Ferenc und Magnus Mehl Quartett) feat.
Elisa Badenes, Pablo von Sternenfels und Jesse Fraser
Together the dancers and musicians developed a special transgressive program that contains free elements and improvisations, as well as choreographed and arranged passages. The element of improvisation, especially, adds that certain something to this collaboration. It is omnipresent in jazz and allows a maximum degree of interaction.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!a-jazz-dance-fusion-2/yfmzc
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
 
CLASSICAL MUSIC AND CLASSIC-JAZZ
 
NEW!
SONUS MOBILIS – Songs of Love and Death
IN PREPARATION
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
NEW!
TANGOLOGIA – HISTORIA DEL TANGO
Join TANGOLOGIA on their journey and experience, how Waltz, Mazurka, Milonga and Habanera meet each other in a wild chaos at the Rio del Plata and transform into the first Tango Argentino, how slowly the musicians become more professional and the representants of the “Guardia Vieja” such as Angel Gregorio Villoldo (“El Choclo”) or Vicente Greco (“Ojos Negros”) take over and the Tango finds its way through the brothels and nightclubs of Buenos Aires into the fine European ballrooms and saloons.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!tangologia-historia-del-tango/fkblj
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
TANGOLOGIA – play the music of the legendary argentinian
tango composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla.
Instead of the bandoneon, the beautiful sound of Fabian Pablo Mueller on the saxophone brings a new and exciting color into this wonderful music.
Join TANGOLOGIA on an adventurous journey to the musical world of Astor Piazzolla!
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!tangologia-play-piazzolla/z49h0
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
ENSEMBLE CLAZZIC
"Four musicians with the audacity to cross the borders between musical genres. A quartet that dares to bridge the gap between baroque music and jazz and is dedicated to the concept of "crossover", that seduces with Johann Sebastian Bach and bewitches with the magic of jazz, offering the public its extravagant programs with the highest passion.
This crossover ensemble brings together classical jazz musicians, jazz-playing classic players and classical musicians."
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!ensemble-clazzic-2/roj0q
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST
 
WALTER LANG BAROQUE JAZZ TRIO
The Baroque Jazz Trio takes strong melodies and chord progressions from composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni and Georg Friedrich Händel and plays their variations on those baroque themes. They never leave the substance of the composition.
http://kulturkonzeptemerkle.wix.com/kulturkonzepte-en#!walter-lang-baroque-jazz-trio-2/prmsp
AVAILABILITY: ALL YEAR ON REQUEST


More Informations to all of our projects:
MERKLE KULTURKONZEPTE
Mühlbachweg 12
D-87463 Überbach
Tel.: **49-(0)8374-586 606
www.merkle-kulturkonzepte.de
info@merkle-kulturkonzepte.de