AKUA NARU / TYSHAWN SOREY / ANTA HELENA RECKE / ENSEMBLE RESONANZ longing to tell — the blues opera. Based on the book with the same title by Tricia Rose.

In the organizer's words:

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A concert production on the big stage about black female intimacy - for hip-hop, jazz and classical music fans alike.

The philosopher Cornel West called her "the Toni Morrison of hip-hop": akua naru, US-American musician, scholar and activist, has become an influential artist as a professor of hip-hop at UC Santa Cruz and as a musician with six albums to her name. On her most recent album "all about love: new visions", influenced by the pioneering thinker bell hooks, akua naru collaborated with the Hamburg-based Ensemble Resonanz, with whom she is now also creating a production for the big stage. The evening is being created together with the composer, multi-instrumentalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey and the multi-award-winning director Anta Helena Recke. The starting point is the 2003 book "Longing To Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy" by American sociologist and pioneer of hip-hop research Tricia Rose, in which she collects 21 stories by Black women of different ages and social backgrounds: Stories about love and loss, tenderness and violence, intimacy and community, which will now be premiered with akua naru, Tyshawn Sorey and the Ensemble Resonanz in a concert production that will subsequently tour Europe.

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A team of award-winning artists collaborates with Ensemble Resonanz to create a moving evening about Black female intimacy-for fans of hip-hop, jazz, and classical music alike.

Philosopher Cornel West once called her "the Toni Morrison of hip-hop": akua naru, the U.S.-American musician, scholar, and activist, has made a name for herself as a professor of hip-hop at UC Santa Cruz and as an artist with six albums to her name. On her latest album, all about love: new visions-inspired by feminist thinker bell hooks-akua naru already collaborated with Hamburg's Ensemble Resonanz. Now, they are coming together again to create a production for the big stage. The evening is developed in collaboration with composer, multi-instrumentalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey, as well as the acclaimed director Anta Helena Recke. The starting point for the piece is the 2003 book Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy by American sociologist and pioneering hip-hop scholar Tricia Rose, which brings together 21 stories of Black women from diverse backgrounds and generations. Stories of love and loss, tenderness and violence, intimacy and community will now come to life on stage in a concert performance featuring akua naru, Tyshawn Sorey and Ensemble Resonanz - premiering before embarking on a European tour.

Part of 50+ acts at the International Summer Festival 2025 at Kampnagel (6.-24.8.) - discover theater, music, art & dreams. #kampnagel25 #festivalvibes #roomtodream

Price information:

46/36/24/14 Euro (reduced from 9 Euro, 50% with festival ticket)