Singer Slam

On the first Friday of the month, delicate sounds and hard guitar solos waft through the streets of Altona. With luck, they come from the Zeise cinemas in Ottensen, where the singer-songwriter elite meet to outdo each other. Seasoned singer-songwriters compete in the Battle of the Arts Singer Slam to prove how one voice and one instrument can make an entire auditorium and a five-person (randomly selected) jury cry, scream, shake or laugh. And sometimes to everything at the same time. Everything is allowed - as long as the musicians are convincing with themselves and their instrument. Whoever manages to do that gets to give it their all in the finale, and so at the end of the evening there is not only a monthly winner, but also a chance to take part in the Kampf der Künste Singer Slam finale at the Ernst Deutsch Theater.

Conclusion: at this slam, top-class singer-songwriters show their most beautiful strings, prove their keyboard sense and leave behind the feeling that a sophisticated music event finally grows out of a juxtaposition, a medley of ideas and music that may soon be heard on channels across the republic: This is where Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Antje Schomaker, Marc-Uwe Kling or the members of the Mighty Oaks once played before they aspired to bigger halls. You can see the stars of tomorrow today at zeise!