NichtSeattle / Dino Brandão

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Sophie Hunger, Swiss singer-songwriter icon, curates a whole series of concerts with musical friends for a long weekend at the Elbphilharmonie. On the opening evening of the »Reflektor« festival, two singers with great storytelling talent perform one after the other: the Swiss Dino Brandão, who has already shared the Elbphilharmonie stage with Sophie Hunger and Faber, and the Berlin-based Nichtseattle, whose artist name is inspired by the German band Tocotronic.
Katharina Kollmann, alias Nichtseattle, got her name from the Tocotronic song »Wir sind hier nicht in Seattle, Dirk«. In 2022, she toured with the same legendary band from the »Hamburger Schule«. Her own songs are no less impressive: on her third album »Haus«, released in 2024, she sings laconically and poetically, but also seriously and full of irony about the big and small stories of life as an East Berlin resident. »A lyrical epic of voices, guitars and a little percussion,« says Rolling Stone magazine – she can be experienced at the Elbphilharmonie with a solo programme that condenses this epic.

Dino Brandão dreamed of a career as a skateboarder, but was thwarted by several injuries. He then began his musical career as a street musician, celebrated success with the band Frank Power and released his first solo album »Self-Inclusion« in spring 2024. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung is enthusiastic: »His songs are bittersweet, the lyrics lyrically profound, the music pulsating, danceable, hopeful. A symbiosis of opposites.«

PERFORMERS

Nichtseattle vocals, guitar

Dino Brandão vocals, guitar

Domi Chansorn drums, backing vocals

PROGRAM

Set 1: Nichtseattle (solo)

Set 2: Dino Brandão: »Self-Inclusion«