Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla. DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Konzerte & DJ Acts im Schlüterhof

In the organizer's words:

Free, outdoors and under palm trees: this summer, the DURCHLÜFTEN music festival will once again transform the Humboldt Forum's large Schlüterhof courtyard into a lively meeting place for sound, rhythm and culture.

Over four weekends, music from all over the world will radiate from the stage: from the raw energy of Mexican cumbia punk to the hypnotic groove of Kenyan dodo blues, from the electrifying syncopation of Congolese soukous to the powerful messages of Afrofuturist big bands. Japanese folk with a Caribbean influence, soulful jazz, hip-hop and the joy and resilience of the Frafra gospel round off this celebration of sound - boundless, multi-perspective and irresistibly danceable!

Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla (Mauritania)

Synthesizer excess from the Sahara: Mauritanian WZN ("instrumental music") has developed into pop music and can be heard from cabs and cassette stores all over the country. Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla is one of Mauritania's biggest stars. He performs with a group of percussionists at lavish weddings in the capital Nouakchott. Ahmed's unmistakable style is dynamic and ambitious: he whirls over the keys, using not only his fingers but also his elbows and head. Hypnotic and trance-like, Lowla catapults Mauritanian classical music into technological futures - like a baroque rave party without drugs under the open sky in the Sahara.

Further information: free of charge. No ticket required. Schlüterhof - Open Air. Wheelchair accessible. Belongs to: BREATHING - 2025