PROGRAM
Opening Concert • Friday, 09.25.2015
5 pm - 6 pm • Villa Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
with Amsterdams Gitaar en Mandoline Duo (Netherlands):
Marijke & Michiel Wiesenekker
(Music of Wiesenekker, Lennon & McCartney a.o.)
and Bağlama & Gitar - Duo (Istanbul): Ali Kazim Akdag & Efgan Rende
Greetings: Ulrike Morgenroth (Vorsitzende des Verein zur Förderung der Zupfmusik)
Nevzat Çiftçi (Vorsitzender der Bağlama-Plattform)
Prof. Christian Höppner (Ehrenpräsident des Landesmusikrates Berlin, Generalsekretär des Deutschen Musikrates)
Festival Concert • Friday, 09.25.2015
7:30 pm • Villa Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
with Brian Oberlin (mandolin, USA), Haydar Kutluer (bağlama, BTMK Berlin), Carlo Aonzo (mandolin, Italy),
Duo Trekel‑Tröster: Steffen Trekel (mandolin), Michael Tröster (guitar)
Greetings: Dr. Christian Hanke - District Mayor of Berlin-Mitte
Junior Concert • Saturday, 09.26.2015
Noon - 1:30 pm • Church St. Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
four bağlama-ensembles will present their music - free entry (a donation is requested)
Noon Concert • Saturday, 09.26.2015
2 pm - 3 pm • Villa Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
with Brian Oberlin (mandolin, USA), Carlo Aonzo (mandolin, Italy) and Dr. Tolgahan Çoğulu & Sinan Cem Eroğlu (microtonal and fretless guitar)
Crossover-Concert • Saturday, 09.26.2015
6:30 pm • Church St. Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
with HeavyClassic Ensemble: Jochen Roß, Malte Vief & Matthias Hübner
and Bağlama & Gitar - Duo (Istanbul): Ali Kazim Akdag & Efgan Rende
Final Concert • Saturday, 09.26.2015
8 pm • Villa Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3
with Between Worlds: Avi Avital, mandolin (Israel/Berlin), Ksenija Sidorova, accordion (Latvia), Itamar Doari, percussion (Israel)
and Sinan Ayyildiz, bağlama (Istanbul)
Entry: 7:45 pm
Nearly all workshops take place at Villa Elisabeth, 10115 Berlin, Invalidenstr. 3 .
ALL WORKSHOPS
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 10 am - 11 am
• MANDOLIN TRAINING TIPS AND TRICKS
Instructor: Steffen Trekel
A good and clear sound, skills and a good style of playing are no witchcraft!
Mandolin- and mandole-players of different skill levels are invited to ask any questions they may have on mandolin techniques.
All elementary levels will be shown and reviewed; and suggestions will be made how to improve your play.
Please bring along your instrument(s)
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 10 am - 11 am
• GUITAR TRAINING - TIPS AND TRICKS
Instructor: Michael Tröster
Basics in sound production and the technical sequence of movements will be taught and tried. Ideas will be developed how to significantly
improve playing by working steadily.
Please bring along your instrument.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 10 am - 11 am
• BAĞLAMA AND FINGER PLAYING TECHNIQUE
Instructor: Sinan Ayyildiz
Church St. Elisabeth
In this workshop, we will show how we can create a clear sound by playing the Bağlama with fingers. We will try all possibilities.
In addition, we will play some example songs in temperament system with different rhythmic patterns with the finger playing technique.
Mandolin players are also welcome.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 11 am - 12:30 pm
• WORKSHOP ON MICROTONAL AND FRETLESS GUITAR
Instructors: Dr. Tolgahan Çoğulu and Sinan Cem Eroğlu
Church St. Elisabeth
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 11 am - 1 pm
• ORCHESTRA WORKSHOP – ITALIAN COMPOSERS
Instructor: Carlo Aonzo (Italy)
You can participate with mandolin, mandole and guitar; also one or two double basses would add to the experience. A rehearsal with a plucked strings
orchestra would show how enjoyable such a collaboration would be. The interpretation would be exquisite and genuine because an Italian conductor
is rehearsing work by Italian composers.
Also Bağlama players are welcome.
Prerequisites: Sight reading or some experience in playing with others, being on top of the world that day, average skills.
You can obtain the sheet music a few weeks beforehand in order to prepare yourself (pdf via email). Please, mark the instrument you are playing,
and give us an idea whether you will play the first or the second mandolin part. The first part needs some shifting along the fingerboard.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 1 pm - 2 pm
• THE POWER OF METER AND RHYTHM - HELP IN ALL THINGS MUSICAL
Instructor: Steffen Trekel
Meter and rhythm belong to the most important musical parameters. They help to understand and to interpret music.
They are extremely important for a rhythmic performance and coherent playing in ensembles and orchestras - equally
for clean entries and a lively shaping of music.
Please, bring along your instrument(s).
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 1 pm - 2 pm
• TIPS & TRICKS FOR E-GUITAR/E-MANDOLIN FOR BEGINNERS
Instructors: Marijke & Michiel Wiesenekker (Netherlands)
An introduction to playing E-Guitar or E-Mandolin, so-called Basics, with the help of sheet music and audio exposure. Questions such as
Which groove fits a particular song? and Improvisation is good, but how to manage it? will be answered at this workshop by the Amsterdams musicians
Marijke und Michiel Wiesenekker. You are also a welcome guest at the workshop MG4 Baobab - the Pop & Rock Workshop, in order to enjoy a more detailed exposure.
Please, bring along your instrument and music stand - and your own amplifier, if possible.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 2 pm - 3 pm
• AROUND E-GUITAR/E-MANDOLIN, ADVANCED COURSE
Instructors: Marijke & Michiel Wiesenekker (Netherlands)
It's about questions which arise later when learning E-Guitar or E-Mandolin. Some sort of delving deeper into electrical details.
The instructors who have been tried and tested on many stages, will help as much as possible.
Please, bring along your instrument and music stand - and your own amplifier, if possible.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 3 - 4 pm
• SNOOPY (TRIAL) MANDOLIN COURSE FOR KIDS
Instructor: n.n.
Children aged 7 and older, who are interested in the mandolin, can have their first exposure to this instrument.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 3 pm - 4:30 pm
• AMERICAN SWING MANDOLIN WORKSHOP, ALL LEVELS
Instructor: Brian Oberlin (USA)
Brian Oberlin has a rousing method to teach this cheerful music. Students will learn many new memorable and easy chord shapes that accompany
swing music and their corresponding rhythms. The class will learn several songs, some arranged for one mandolin, and others arranged for two or three mandolins.
Please, bring along your instrument and music stand.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 3 pm - 4 pm
• GROOVE TECHNIQUES FOR THE RIGHT HAND
Instructor: Malte Vief
We will explore together the Beatles' Norwegian Wood. We will use a short solo version (also with the possibility to sing),
in which peculiar sonorous patterns for the right hand will be tested. Advanced beginners may participate in this workshop without any difficulties.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 4 pm - 5 pm
• POWER - STRENGTH - ENERGY: HOW TO HOLD THE GUITAR. WHAT CAN THE OLD TAI-CHI MASTERS CONTRIBUTE?
Instructor: Michael Tröster
You will be exposed to universal principles of movement so that the player may achieve a free and joyful playing of the guitar.
Having studied Chinese teachings of movement for years - and having become a recognized teacher of Tai-Chi himself -
Michael Tröster learned to understand in-depth the important principles of guitar playing. The aim is to use one's flowing energy
for a relaxed play without any hindrance. These principles can be equally applied to the mandolin.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 4:30 pm - 6 pm
• "BAOBAB" - THE POP AND ROCK WORKSHOP FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED LEARNERS
Instructors: Marijke & Michiel Wiesenekker (Netherlands)
Both mandolin and guitar players are invited to share in this workshop. Two or three songs from Pop and Rock will be taught (based on sheet music).
Chords, rhythm, melodies and improvisation are essential ingredients in this workshop. The well-versed musicians of Amsterdams Gitaar en Mandoline Duo
will present ways how to liven up programmes with music that is easily understood and is appreciated by the audience. This lecture is based on the Wiesenekkers'
textbook Baobab - the Pop and Rock Workshop.
Participants can also bring e-guitars, e-mandolins or e-basses.
Please, bring along your instrument and music stand.
Saturday, 09.26.2015 • 5 pm - 5:45 pm
• POWER – STRENGTH – ENERGY - HOW TO HOLD THE MANDOLIN
Instructor: Steffen Trekel
You will be exposed to universal principles of movement so that the player may achieve a free and joyful playing of the mandolin.
Michael Trösters studies in Chinese teachings of movement for years have taken influence on Steffen Trekel's art of playing the mandolin.
The aim is to use one’s flowing energy for a relaxed play without any hindrance. These principles can be equally applied to the mandolin.
