Album: The Nutcracker Sessions Label: Naive Records Video: Agnieszka Krzeminska
DEBUT ALBUM BY FHUNYUE GAO & SVEN KACIREK
Fhunyue Gao and I released our debut album “Hoya” on Altinvillage & Mine in April, 2022. We have performed this record live in Bern, Geneva, […]
COLONIALISM-A MUSICAL ORAL HISTORY PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN
Together with Kenyan storyteller Wangari Grace I developed the performance piece “Colonialism – A Musical Oral History Performance For Children”. We premiered the piece at […]
ODD OKODO LIVE IN ADDIS, NAIROBI AND WARSAW
ODD OKODDO is still alive! We have been performing in Addis, Nairobi and Warsaw despite the pandemic and we are currently working on a new […]
PERFORMANCE PIECE BY REGINA ROSSI AT PARKAUE THEATRE BERLIN
Brazilian/Italian choreographer Regina Rossi is working on a new performance piece for children. The piece is about fear. I create the music together with the […]
ONLINE RECORDING SESSIONS
Since the beginning of the pandemic I have played several recording sessions without leaving my studio apartment. This is how it works:
COLONIALISM – A MUSICAL ORAL HISTOR PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN
Wangari Grace and Sven Kacirek are currently working on a musical oral history performance for children about colonialism. The project is supported by the IKF […]
NEW PERFORMANCE PIECE BY REGINA ROSSI
On stage there is beating, beating, beating. But nobody is hurt as this is a performance about rage in which sounds, voices, dance, movement and […]
ODD OKODO LIVE IN NAIROBI
After the release of our debut album “https://oddokoddo.bandcamp.com/” in October 2019, Olith Ratego and I have played several gigs both in Kenya and in Uganda. […]
NAKI BEMBE AT BERGHAIN, BERLIN
I have been spending some time in Kampala over the last couple of months. Recently “Nyege Nyege Tapes” asked me if had an idea how […]
“THE LAST MORTAL” NEW PIECE BY HALF PAST SELBERSCHULD
I have recorded some music for the amazing puppeteers Half Past Selberschuld from Düsseldorf since we worked together for “Meine Damen und Herren” 6 years […]
NEW ALBUM PROJECT BASED ON KAMPALA XYLOPHONE
Sven Kacirek started working on a new album project. Arlen Dilsizian, who is running the Kampala based label Nyege Nyege Tapes told Sven about an […]
ODD OKODDO FIRST LIVE GIGS
Sven Kacirek and Olith Ratego are ODD OKODDO ( photo by Spitzlicht ). 6 weeks before the launch of their debut album “Auma” they are […]
SVEN KACIREK AND OLITH RATEGO LIVE AT MOVIMENTOS FESTIVAL
Daniel Martins, Sonja Böhme and the Movimentos Akademie are presenting a new contemporary dance piece at the Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg. Sven Kacirek and Olith […]
FORTHCOMING RELEASE BY ODD OKODDO (SVEN KACIREK & OLITH RATEGO)
Olith Ratego and Sven Kacirek have been working on a new album together, which will be released on Pingipung Records in October 2019. The 7″ […]
NILS FRAHM “REFLEKTOR” AT ELB PHILHARMONIE
Nils Frahm is hosting a small festival at the Elbphilharmonie including workshops, screenings and concerts. Sven Kacirek is going to conduct a workshop about polyrhythms […]
BRÜTE – AN OPERA FOR CHILDREN AGED 3
Kinder Kinder Festval at Kampagel (Hamburg) presents a children s opera based on the book »Hatch, Egg, Hatch!« by Shen Roddie. Music by Diana Syrse, […]
NEW DANCE PIECE BY JOHNNY LLOYD AT KINDEROPER COLOGNE
I will be back at the Opera Cologne in Februar 2019. After the Premiere of “Zwischen Den Seiten” in 2016, Johnny Llyod and I have […]
NEW DANCE PIECE BY JOHNNY LLOYD BASED ON STRAVINSKY, BERNSTEIN AND KRAFT
Another piece by Johnny Lloyd (choreography) and Sven Kacirek (music). The music is based on the Sacre by Stravinsky, West Side Story by Bernstein and […]
NEW PERFORMANCE PIECE BY ANTJE PFUNDTNER AT KAMPNAGEL
Antje Pfundtner and I had closely worked together on seven contemporary dance / performance pieces between 2006 and 2015. After a three years hiatus we […]
“ECONOMIC PARTERSHIP AGREEMENT” NOMINATED FOR ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARD
I am happy to announce that the album “Economic Partnership Agreement” has been put on the longlist of the ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARD 2018. The […]
GUEST APPEARANCE AT STAATSTHEATER BRAUNSCHWEIG
After the Premiere at the Movimentos Festival in Wolfsburg we are looking very much forward to performing this piece again in Braunschweig.
A SYMPOSIUM BY ANDRES VEIEL AND JUTTA DOBERSTEIN // MUSIC BY KACIREK AND MUHUNI
Daniel Muhuni and I are going to set a discussion about the financial crisis, food speculation and famines to music. The 2 days symposium is […]
“LES STATUES…” THEATRE/DANCE PIECE BY COULIBALY AND GOCKEL AT KAMMERSPIELE MUNICH
Amazing theatre/dance/performance piece by Jan-Christoph Gockel and Serge Aimé Coulibaly. (“Les Statues Revent Aussi. Vision Einer Rückkehr“) If you are either in Munich or Lomé […]