It is important to find community in what you do. -Nikita Mekalin (Geuxx)- Ukraine, and especially Kyiv, was at a time of cultural flourishing that had been gestating for years, positioning itself as a contemporary and proactive capital in the artistic and technological field. Unfortunately, the pace of this ascent was interrupted by the Covid-19…
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Berlin Oriental Group: Getting along through beauty
“Berlin has had an Arab population since 1960, when then West Germany invited in thousands of Moroccans as “guest workers” to help rebuild the country’s post-war economy”(1). However, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision in 2015 to take in more than one million migrants under refugee status or humanitarian protection, I began getting interested in the…
Tamuz Nissim and the language of Jazz
You always find a common language with the people you play music with, but also with people that come to listen to you. Tamuz Nissim is a Jazz singer, pianist and songwriter, whose artistic experience began inside her family and has led her to very interesting places. She was born in Tel Aviv, surrounded by…
Arda, the band who wants to change Metal in Russia
Arda is a Muscovite band from Power Metal founded in 2002 by Pavel Okunev, former vocalist of the group ‘Epidemia’, with great success during the 90s. Since my first visit to Moscow, a place called my attention, the name of which, unlike all the businesses and the craft bazaar opposite, was in English. It was…
Out of Nations: Blurring borders with music
“Where are you from?” This is the basic question that marks the beginning of countless conversations in places where cultural diversity converges almost by autonomy. Iconic cities such as Berlin or New York guarantee in advance the interaction of people from almost every nation, sometimes in spaces of less than 1 square kilometer. However, when…