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© Artemon | Mikis Takeover! Ensemble
Samy Deluxe & MIKIs Takeover
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 May 2065 | ||||||
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Two men who refuse to be put into any one box, on one stage: Miki Kekenj, violinist, composer, and singer, invites the German rap pioneer and music producer Samy Deluxe to join his chamber music group, the "Takeover! Ensemble." Together, these exceptional artists present an exhilarating program that collapses the boundaries between rap and classical music. Where drums and electric bass typically dominate, the cello and clarinet take over—bringing two seemingly opposite elements into perfect harmony.
The "MIKIs Takeover! Ensemble" translates modern songs into a classical language and has already created fine, imaginative arrangements for the music of Joy Denalane, Max Herre, and Stefanie Heinzmann. Now, we can look forward to hearing how the songs of rapper Samy Deluxe from his two "High Culture" albums will sound in the classical Takeover arrangements in a completely new way. The fusion of classical music with hip-hop is a celebration on stage, a major win for both sides, and a new insight into the concept of high culture!
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Samy Deluxe & MIKIs Takeover! Ensemble
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
By subway (U-Bahn):
Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)
By city train (S-Bahn):
Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)
By regional train:
Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)
By bus directly to the Philharmonie:
Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)
By car:
A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).
By bycicle:
A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.
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