Gilberto Gil / Sandra de Sá / Margareth Menezes / Afroreggae

Extra concert

Mon, Jun 12, 2006

6 pm

Free admittance - Open air in front of the House of World Cultures

As part of Copa da Cultura in the House of World Cultures, four of Brazil’s top musicians will come together for an encore concert on June 12th at 6 p.m. Gilberto Gil, AfroReggae, Margareth Menezes and Sandra de Sá are the headliners of an open-air free concert on the lawn of the House of World Cultures on the evening before the Brazilian team plays its first World Cup match. As surprise guest also Daniela Mercury entered the stage! And more big concerts will follow.

12 June concert - about the participating artists:

Gilberto Gil, one of the founders of Tropicalia movement, has just released a brand new CD/DVD Eletracústico signaling his return to the music scene after a break of three years due to his high-profile activities as Brazilian Minister of Culture. An even stronger dialogue between acoustic and electronic percussion elements join with ebullient vocals are hallmarks of the historical repertory of his hits from the 1960’s until today.

AfroReggae is one of the most-followed music groups in Brazil and over the world – whether in their favela community in Rio de Janeiro or performing with artist Caetano Veloso on the Piazza del Popolo in Rome before a European audience of more than one hundred thousand. In February 2006 the band opened for the Rolling Stones at a free concert for a million people at Copacabana beach. The show combining music, theater, dance, circus and social insertion is a hit with audiences worldwide – appealing to both traditional and alternative crowds.

Margareth Menezes, the great axé singer, is about to celebrate her 20th year as a performer of Afro-pop-Brazilian sounds. Two decades and twenty international tours later, she comes to Berlin. Margareth has left a strong impression internationally through her work with the North-American singer, composer and producer David Byrne and has been featured in some of the most important newspapers of the world such as The New York Times, Le Monde and the Washington Post. The Los Angeles Times has dubbed her “the Brazilian Aretha Franklin”.

Sandra de Sá is one of the most expressive Brazilian singers of our times, enrapturing listeners with power and energy of her music. She is known for her deep and hot-blooded voice, a strong personality – an irresistible mixture of charm and Brazilian malandragem. Sandra’s artistic versatility allows her to sing samba music, the blues or jazz with equal intensity. During a career spanning 24 years, she has reached very eclectic and different types of fans, not only with respect to age, but also musical interests. The special quality of her personal style has been affirmed and confirmed by a huge popular success.

Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury is a phenomenon: in the mid-1990s, she played in Uruguay before a record audience of 280,000 people. As a 15-year-old, she already set Bahia’s nightclubs on fire with her pop song performances. Axé was the name of the successful mixture of Samba and Reggae with the rhythms of the Candomblé drums, typical of the Afro-Brazilian groups at Carneval in Bahia. And Mercury brings the euphoria of Carneval onto the stage: “She whirls across the stage, making Madonna look like a disco mutant with two left feet.” Chicago Sun-Times

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