Gastspiel | Takayo - Teufelsgeiger & Band

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Special - Guest: Andy & Anika

Takayo, founded in 1988, is a Leipzig band whose virtues of craftsmanship and brilliance are more captivating today than ever before.

Their music penetrates the hearts of connoisseurs with natural force and without ostentatious commercial posturing: devil violinist Ulrich Herrmann-Schroedter, who elicits unexpected sounds from his instrument and is at home in almost all musical genres, guitar wizard Kayode Eschrich and Jan Kirsten - also known from Karussell - whose "Donnerfinger" sets subtle bass lines. For two hours, the magical trio plays a furioso that is pleasantly anti-aggressive, caresses the imagination and at the same time is accompanied by video montages by Bernd E. Gengelbach and Swen Pape: to the fjords of Norway, the Caribbean and even to outer space.

Takayo plows his way through the musical culture of jazz, pop, world music and folk, occasionally flirting with easy listening and breaking out of conventional listening habits. Bengal fires" are lit, Mike Oldfield is invoked ("Blue Peter") and tribute is even paid to the deceased King Of Pop: violinist Uli Herrmann-Schroedter even surpasses that of soft violinist David Garrett with his ecstatic version of "Smooth Criminal".

Indispensable: "Am Fenster" by City, with Schroedter's great solo, and yes, the instrumental combo proves impressively: they can sing too! And maybe even acapella at the very end of the show!

Takayo is a band that constantly reinvents itself during its stage show, because it amazes with its stylistic diversity and leaves an impression in the mind of the concertgoer after each of its pieces: "So they can do that too!".