Matthias Ningel - Harmonie

In the organizer's words:

In his fifth solo program, Ningel is concerned with the big picture: harmony - in music and society. Even the ancient Greeks had a bold idea: musical harmony and cosmic harmony are based on the same order. Ningel takes this idea further and asks himself what the current state of harmony is. Why do today's times feel so out of sync? Isn't the pulse of time rather a ventricular fibrillation? And why can't all these misanthropes sing or dance? Whether painful kidney colic, hidden tragedies under your own laminate flooring or the omnipresence of screens in public spaces: he translates social phenomena into music using vocals, piano, synthesizer and various small instruments.

Despite winning numerous cabaret awards, Matthias Ningel unfortunately doesn't know how to put the world to rights. But as a musician and cabaret artist with a doctorate, he tries to sort out the chaos until a coherent whole emerges. He coaxes the musicality out of things, turns words into drum grooves and even manages to turn the screeching asparagus peeling machine into a solo instrument in the
world orchestra. Harmonie is universal musical cabaret for all generations and a declaration of love to music.

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