Series WO World
England in the west, Finland in the north, Tanzania in the south, and Syria in the east define the playing field of the World series in the 2026/27 season. Yet this only hints at the range of musical styles presented here. Although the group She’Koyokh is based in London, it is devoted to Eastern European music: with Anatolian love songs, ballads from the Balkans, and melancholy klezmer melodies. The band Jawa aims, with its program Last Breaths from Aleppo, to preserve Syrian music threatened by the long civil war, including the spiritual Sufi dance.
The ensemble Värttinä draws on the traditions of Karelia, the region today shared by Finland and Russia, performing with various instruments and warm‑hearted vocals. The polyrhythmic music of Tanzania is brought to us by the Zawose Queens, an aunt‑and‑niece duo who appear as multi‑instrumentalists, singers, and dancers. The ritual dances known as “pizzica tarantata” are said to heal wounds caused by the bite of a tarantula. That may be controversial from a scientific perspective; however, the ensemble Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino from Apulia in southern Italy, specialists in this musical tradition, demonstrates at each of its performances just how uplifting this music can be.
Concerts
Chamber Music Hall
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
World
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino:
Mauro Durante voice, frame drums and violin
Giulio Bianco Italian bagpipes, harmonica and recorders
Massimiliano Morabito diatonic accordion
Emanuele Licci voice, guitar and bouzouki
Giancarlo Paglialunga voice and tamburrieddhu
Silvia Perrone dance
Tarantella from Apulia
Chamber Music Hall
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
World
She’Koyokh:
Christina Borgenstierna Percussion
Çiğdem Aslan vocals
Matt Bacon guitar
Meg-Rosaleen Hamilton violin
Paul Moylan double bass
Živorad Nikolić Accordion and Vocals
Susi Evans clarinet
Klezmer, Hora, Love Songs
Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Chamber Music Hall
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
World
Jawa
Chamber Music Hall
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
World
Värttinä
Susan Aho Accordion and Vocals
Mari Kaasinen vocals
Karoliina Kantelinen vocals, flutes and kantele
Jukka Kyllönen drums
Matti Laitinen guitar, bass and backing vocals
Lassi Logrén violin and backing vocals
Chamber Music Hall
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
World
The Zawose Queens:
Pendo Zawose vocals
Leah Zawose vocals
Sousou & Maher Cissoko:
Maher Sissoko vocals and kora
Sousou Sissoko Vocals and Guitar
Prices & seating plan
| Price category | Block/row | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A
D
E
|
130 € |
| 2 |
B
C
F
Wheelchair positions 1 |
130 € |