Cottbusser Chor, 2024
Photo by Nicholas Bussmann

Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann — Arabische Zahlen

April 20 — April 20, 2024

Performance – premiere of the new piece!
Presented by Yellow Solo at R50
Ritterstrasse 50, 10969 Berlin
(Club room in the basement of the residential  building)

April 20, Saturday
Door opens: 8 pm
Starts: 8:30 pm
Free admission

Performed by the following members of Cottbusser Chor:
Eduard Mont de Palol
Laura Mello
Yusuf Ergün
Lucile Desamory
Nicholas Bussmann
Aaron Snyder
Margareth Kammerer

Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth
Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth
Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth
Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth
Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth
Cottbusser Chor & Nicholas Bussmann, “Arabische Zahlen”
Stage set of the performance, presented by Yellow Solo at R50, 2024
Photo by Hajnal Nemeth

The Cottbusser Chor is a vocal ensemble and performance group. It has been in existence since the beginning of 2014. The singers of the ensemble speak 13 languages and come from different musical contexts. The algorithm-based compositions in which the choir specializes preserve this diversity. It is precisely this audibility of languages, gestures, accents and accentuations that is the choir’s strength. Since its foundation with the premiere of “The News Blues”, the choir has given concerts at Maerzmusik Berlin 2016, Hangar Bicocca Milan 2016, for documenta14 Radio 2017, SAVVY Contemporary & Zeitzone in 2019, among others. 

The group was also involved in film scores for “Miete essen Seele auf” by Angelika Levi (Arte 2016), Weitermachen Sanssouci by Max Linz (Berlinale 2018).

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Nicholas Bussmann is an artist and musician. With a biographical background in Improvised Music, he creates conceptual frameworks and concrete scenarios for collective performances. At the center of his interest lies the tight and historically rooted connection between music, social practice and socialisation.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT NICHOLAS BUSSMANN AND THE COTTBUSSER CHOR

Special thanks to Maya Schweizer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, and to the residents of Ritterstrasse 50.