Музыка и песни Babylon Orchestra / Babylon Orchestra

The Babylon ORCHESTRA is a young Berlin ensemble for urban oriental music - consisting of about 15 musicians and singers from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Russia, Italy, France, Kurdistan and Germany. The idea for its foundation came to Mischa Tangian and Sofia Surgutschowa in early 2016, when they were searching for a very personal answer and reaction to a changing world in connection with the migration crisis. The aim of the orchestra is to promote musical exchange between Orient and Occident. The ensemble develops a repertoire that combines traditional oriental music and modern contemporary music with urban elements of the Berlin music scene. The focus is on contemporary compositions by composers who write for the Babylon ORCHESTRA or adapt their existing works to the instrumentation. In addition to their own and new compositions, arrangements of already known and traditional pieces are also created for the concert repertoire. The ensemble particularly promotes new creations in which musicians from all cultural backgrounds can participate, since it sees only in contemporary music a chance for honest, personal artistic expression and understands the further development of musical language as a way of connecting tradition with the present and the present. One of the more far-reaching goals is to support the members of the orchestra in gaining a musical foothold in Germany and Europe and thus to contribute actively and creatively to integration. This helps the refugee musicians to build a base in their new home country. The European musicians also gain from the cooperation and can professionally develop their inclination towards oriental music through the orchestra. Apart from the large line-up, the Babylon ORCHESTRA also performs in chamber music formations as Babylon ORCHESTRA soloists (between three and eight musicians).