Arctic Voices

In the page's words:

The centuries-old musical traditions of the northernmost regions of the world were long suppressed by colonial powers. The "Arctic Voices" festival shows that they are more alive today than ever before - such as "Joiken". This traditional song of the Sami is one of the most primal things you can still hear in Europe today. Other indigenous peoples - from the Inuit in Canada to the Mongols in Asia - also practise closely related forms of this overtone and throat singing, in which one voice sings two tones simultaneously: a very low one and a high, spherical one above it. These communities have not only lived from and with nature for thousands of years, their singing practice is also deeply rooted in it: the human voice imitates birds, bears or dogs, the melodies trace the outlines of mountains or the shadows of the setting sun.

The greatest artists from different regions can be experienced in the Elbphilharmonie. The Sami singer Marja Mortensson, for example, whose new project "Entwined" deals with such elementary things as human breath and combines joiking with deep tuba sounds. Mari Boine - a figurehead of Scandinavian music for 30 years and an ambassador for indigenous rights - looks back on her childhood in Arctic Norway in "Alva". Tanya Tagaq also sees her music as a political statement, having taught herself the Inuit throat singing and transformed it time and again through modern genres.

The Inuit song "Katajjaq" is traditionally performed by two women who face each other, face to face, and alternately interlock their breathing to form complex rhythms. The sister duo Piqsiq spin it on endlessly through loops. The hypnotic voices of the Marewrew singers unfold like echoes in "Ukouk", the traditional canon singing of the Ainu from the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. An all-female vocal ensemble can also be experienced in the last concert with epic songs that form a counterpoint to the Mongolian overtone singing "Khöömii" by the Tengerton Ensemble.

Plaza: täglich 10–24 Uhr (letzter Einlass 23:30 Uhr)
Elbphilharmonie Shop auf der Plaza: täglich 10–22 Uhr
Ticketpavillon auf dem Vorplatz: täglich 10–23:30 Uhr
Besucherzentrum, Am Kaiserkai 62: täglich 10–20 Uhr
Die Öffnungszeiten der Konzertsäle variieren je nach Veranstaltung.