Aquabella

Dreams of happiness, dreams that get lost, dreams that come true with hypnotizing fervour, AQUABELLA take you to a world where everything seems possible.
Melodies of nearly every continent, always sung in their original languages, are embedded in the unparalleled AQUABELLA sound.
The virtuoso vocalists bring a Bulgarian women's choir powerfully to life, chant a meditative Lord's Prayer in Kiswahili and expand their repertoire with catchy World Music tunes like "Aisha" and "Chan Chan".

In the process, they draw from the enormous range of pitch, mutability and wealth of tonal colour each of their voices has to offer. But not only that: In their stage programme they also surprise their listeners with something to look at by employing the arts of dance and acting; they're funny, their choreographies breathtakingly precise.

The use of percussion instruments such as the udu and cajon transports the audience into the respective cultures, whose rhythms seep into the very depths of the soul.
They recount, call out, whisper and sing the great dreams of mankind, thus fulfilling their own very personal dream of an intercultural journey, borne solely on the wings of their unique vocal cords.

In overflowing concert halls, the women of AQUABELLA captivate their audiences with accomplished mastery and sweeping passion. They are stylistically confident, refreshingly natural and elegant. AQUABELLA conjure up dream worlds and spellbind the public, which "wants to run home, pack its suitcases and set off in search of this music's origins".


The recipients of the 1999 Folkfoerderpreis (annual German folk music award), AQUABELLA tour Germany, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland with two concert programmes ("Sonho meu" and the winter programme "Kykellia"), performing about fifty times a year.
Their concerts are moderated in German, French or English as requested.

Press quotes:

"They are so perfect, you can hardly believe that it's all really live. No wonder the public got one attack of goose bumps after another." (Suhler Zeitung)

"With temperament, great radiant power, wit and apparently inexhaustible inventiveness"(Saechsische Zeitung)

"... if there was a prize for the most variegated World Music, Aquabella would win it ... choice percussion instruments ... beautifully narrative elements..."(Koblenz)

Booking:

Bettina Staebert
Wilhelmstrasse 12
10963 Berlin, Germany
tel +49 30 25 940 930
info@aquabella.net