The Munich ensemble "JISR" has been invited by the Goethe-Institut to tour in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. On Tuesday, March 22, at 7pm, the band's multi-faceted sound can be experienced live in concert at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premise.
This concert is especially significant, as it is set to be the first tour by a German music collective in Bangladesh since the pandemic started. Entry is free of charge but due to the pandemic, seating is limited, informed a press release.
The ensemble features Marja Burchard, Roman Bunka, Mohcine Ramdan, Severin Rauch, Niko Schabel, and Marwan Fakir.
"The tour in South Asia is, in many ways, about the exchange of musical cultures. Mohcine Ramdan's music project is a melting pot of diverse musical styles and traditions. The repertoire of musical influences is considerable: from Arabic classical music and poetry to African Gnawa grooves and German Krautrock, Balkan, Jazz, Tango and Andalusian Flamenco. A snapshot of a musical culture that breaks the boundaries between different musical genres and fills the imagination, unconventionally instrumented and with a great longing for new and unexplored realms of sound," reads the press release.
In this concert, a group of Bangladeshi guest musicians will also perform a number of songs together with the JISR, including Labik Kamal Gaurob, Nazrul Islam, Jalal Ahmed, and Baby Dewan.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh is organizing this concert, in partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dhaka and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy to celebrate the Mujib Borsho, together with the 60 Years Celebration programme of Goethe-Institut in Bangladesh, and 50 Years of the Diplomatic Relationship between Bangladesh and Germany.
Beside the concert, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh will be organizing a multi-disciplinary arts exhibition highlighting cultural projects from across the country with the signature name Goethe Pop Up starting from March 21 and to continue until March 23, 2022, every day from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Studio space premise, level 8, DrikPath Bhobon, 16 Sukrabad, Panthapath, Dhaka-1207.
