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Incense of Music 49/ Trio, Quartet

A multisensorial concert – Friday, 10th April 2020, 8 p.m.

Elena Kakaliagou, french horn and voice . Caroline Tallone, hurdy gurdy . Utku Tavil, drums

Evi Filippou, vibraphone . Arne Braun, guitar . Sofia Eftychidou, double bass . Daniel Schroeteler, drums – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.

PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin

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INCENSE OF MUSIC 47/ Joolaee, Maximov

A multisensorial concert – Saturday, 8th February 2020, 8 p.m.

Misagh Joolaee, kamancheh . Viktor Maximov,  guitar .  – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.

PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berli

We look forward to the second event of the year, a double concert by two virtuosos on very different instruments: Misagh Joolaee, Kamancheh and Viktor Maximov, guitar. A contrasting evening, harmonious in composition. We will burn some surprising incense.

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Incense of Music 46/ Faber, Sawada, Strasfogel, Notte – Rajab

A multisensorial concert – Friday, 24th January 2020, 8 p.m.

First set:

Maja Ratkje (1973):  „to F” (for cello solo, 2011); Synne Skouen (1950):  “… a travers les paroles (for violin solo”, 2007); Cecilie Ore: “Lex temporis” (for string quartet, 1992); Jane Birkin (1948): „Lost Song“, after Peer Gynt Suite nr. 2, op. 55 in an arrangement by Serge Gainsbourg and Grégoire Simon

Anna Faber, violin; Mari Sawada, violin; Daniella Strasfogel, viola; Sophie Notte, cello

Second set:

Ziad Rajab, oud and voice

Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): cypress/ orange and frankincense/ myrtle

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Incense of Music 44 – Voutchkova, Zerang

A multisensorial concert- Tuesday, 10th December 2019, 8 p.m.

Biliana Voutchkova, violin . Michael Zerang,  percussions  – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): n.a.

After their first performance in Chicago in 2016 the duo has played at a number of occasions and recorded their first album which will be released in 2020. Using reduced vocabulary in a highly unusual and original manner the duo creates an intimate world of symbiotic sound.

Studio Rainer Spehl, Brunnenstrasse 152, 2. Hinterhof
10115 Berlin, Germany

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Incense of Music 43 – SUGAR and friends

A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 28th November 2019, 8 p.m.

SUGAR and friends: Opoponax – Grégoire Simon, viola and electronics, Ole Brolin, electronics, Isabelle Klemt, cello, Davide Eggert, cello  – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Lemon and Opoponax

First part: Grégoire Simon: viola and electronics solo. Second Part: SUGAR and friends, Isabelle Klemt, David Eggert, Ole Brolin, Grégoire Simon

PANDA Theater in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin

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Incense of Music 42 – SUGAR play Slow

A multisensorial concert- Thursday, 7th November 2019, 8 p.m.

SUGAR play Slow, feat. Yannick Rafalimanana. Grégoire Simon: violin and Synthesizer, Yannick Rafalimanana: piano, Ole Brolin: sound design und electronics. Works by SUGAR, Bartok, Feldman, Webern, Ligeti, Schubert, Messiaen and Debussy – Fabio Dondero and Dominik Breider (Incense burning): Petitgrain and Oud

Part 1: Music for violin / viola and piano

G. Ligeti: Hora Lunga for viola solo; B. Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano n.2 Molto Moderato; F. Schubert : Fantasie for violin and piano ( excerpts ); J. S. Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba and piano in G Major; I. Stravinsky: Élegie for viola solo; A. Webern: Pieces for violin and piano; M. Feldmann: Viola in my life for viola and piano

Part 2: Music for piano and synthesizer

O. Messiaen: Regard de la vierge for piano; C. Debussy: Des pas sur la neige; O. Messiaen: Le Banquet Céleste; C. Debussy: La Cathedrale engloutie; O. Messiaen: Louange à l´éternité de Jésus

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Incense of Music Festival at Pandatheater

Solos and Mixtures, Incense of Music 39-41

A multisensorial festival from 10th to 12th of October

We have the big pleasure to announce a very special music and incense festival happening from 10th to 12th October (Thursday to Saturday) at Pandatheater in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. In three evenings we will experience twelve great artists from all around the world  playing mostly solo concerts of various nature and style.  We will listen to European  and Arabic classical, to jazz, experimental and free improvised music. Additionally we will burn incense mixtures specially conceived for the occasion. Each mixture will contain eight different fragrances.  A multisensorial challenge of highest ambition. For guests who are particularly sensitive to smoke, this event is not recommended.

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Meanwhile in Japan..

Nihon Shoki, a book of classical Japanese history, gives the first formal record of incense in Japan when a log of agarwood, a fragrant wood used in incense burning, drifted ashore on Awaji Island during the Asuka period in 595 CE, and was presented to Prince Shōtoku and the Empress Suiko. Shōtoku knew of incense burning from Buddhism, which had been introduced into Japan around 538 CE from China through Korea.

Photo: Ranjyatai, a historical kyara wood dating to the 10th century CE, kept at the Shōsōin treasury in Nara