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BEIT Album-Release-Tour!

We thank all listeners, all radio stations, TV stations and blogs for the great reports and reviews on your our new album BEIT!
 
Die Releasekonzerte in der Kölner Philharmonie und dem Hamburger Rolf-Liebermann-Studio des NDR waren für uns eine ganz besondere Erfahrung! Photographien und bewegte Bilder hiervon findet ihr auf unseren Instagram– und Facebook-Kanälen.
 
Venues and ticket links for the current concert dates can be found here in the LIVE section.
 
Also have a look at our orchestra section. The East-West Symphony was created with Bernd Ruf and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra. If you would like to listen to this music in advance, we recommend the recording, which can be ordered in the shop. See you soon in concert, we look forward to it!
 
See you soon in concert, we look forward to it!

About

Jazzthetik (04/2020)

masaa prägen eine hochspezifische Synthese, die eine sensible, lebendige Vielfalt hervorbringt – eine organische Verschränkung von Orient und Okzident.

Jazzthetik / Harry Schmidt

april 2020

Süddeutsche Zeitung (09/2018)

But above all, the musicians have one thing in common: the madness for the perfect musical combination, the weird harmony that moves people.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

september 2018

Folkworld (03/2018)

It sounds like musical freedom, stylistic diversity and cultural boundlessness and thus has a rarity value that can hardly be estimated.

Folkworld

march 2018

Jazzthing (04/2014)

It is poetry that breathes, music that pulsates with a special rhythm.

Jazzthing / Ralf Dombrowski

april 2014

Live

20.4.2024

19:30 Uhr

Bayreuth

7.6.2024

21:00 Uhr

Hamburg

5.7.2024

22:00 Uhr

Nürnberg

6.7.2024

22:00 Uhr

Nürnberg

Band

masaa

Masaa - Berlin

Seit zehn Jahren sind wir als masaa auf Tour und erspielten uns unser Publikum in Ost (Aserbaidschan, Jordanien, Libanon, Tunesien, Türkei) wie West (England, Griechenland, Österreich, Schweiz, Spanien). Kennengelernt haben wir uns während unseres Musikstudiums in Dresden und Rostock.

With our current album Irade we celebrated the debut of our guitarist Reentko Dirks as our friend and pianist Clemens Poetzsch wants to dedicate himself to his solo project and his tasks as a composer from now on. 2021 was awarded the German Jazz Prize in the category Vocal Album of the Year and nominated four times for the Opus Klassik. Rabih Lahoud also received the WDR Jazz Prize.

Unser aktuelles Album Beit haben wir im Waldhausstudio bei Mohi Buschendorf aufgenommen. Es erschien im April 2023 bei unserem Label Traumton.

Rabih Lahoud

Masaa - Rabih Lahoud (Gesang)

Rabih Lahoud studied composition, classical piano, classical singing and jazz singing. As familiar with Western musical tradition as he is with the musical culture of his Arab homeland, he is interested in the ambivalence between Orient and Occident. With Markus Stockhausen he founded the band "Eternal Voyage", with which he released a CD in 2009. He has a teaching assignment for jazz and pop singing at the universities in Dresden and Hamburg.

Reentko Dirks

Masaa - Reentko Dirks (Gitarre)

Reentko Dirks is a guitarist and composer. He has written and produced music for artists of Cirque du Soleils and the Semperoper Dresden and is a member of the EUROPEAN GUITAR QUARTET. Reentko is known to a wide audience as the guitarist of Giora Feidmann and the European Guitar Quartet. He has performed in concert halls such as Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Marcus Rust

Masaa - Marcus Rust (Trompete)

Marcus Rust grew up in Schwerin as the son of classical musicians. During his civilian service in India, he discovered his passion for the music of foreign cultures. Back home, he studied trumpet (jazz-rock-pop) in Dresden from 2005-2011. He also received a very formative musical influence from the trumpeter Markus Stockhausen. From now on, the combination of ethnic music with jazz and improvisation determines his musical life. He also devotes himself to this together with the organist Christian Grosch in the duo ZIA.

Demian Kappenstein

Masaa - Demian Kappenstein (Drums)

Demian Kappenstein released a CD with the "Ring Ensemble", in which the musicians of his jazz trio "Ring" worked together with an ensemble of historical string instruments. With his solo programme "Travel Suite", he processes experiences from his travels through countries such as Kosovo, Taiwan, Turkey or Israel. Kappenstein has worked with musicians such as Giora Feidman, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Miss Platnum.

Music & Lyrics

Gedacht, gesprochen und gesungen: Worte spielen in der Musik von masaa eine zentrale Rolle. Auch wenn nur wenige Menschen aller Sprachen mächtig sind, die in den Konzerten und Alben erklingen, so sind die Inhalte doch im Hören erspürbar und im Detail und Übersetzung hier nachzulesen.

Fadai

فضايئ حيىي فيه مسيع يف سكون العامل أمسع صدى أفاكري

I listen to my universe.
In the stillness of the world, I hear the echo of my thoughts.

Ich lausche meinem Universum.
In der Stille der Welt höre ich das Echo meiner Gedanken.

Je reçois les sons de mon univers.
Dans le silence du monde j’entends l’écho de mes pensées.

Herzlicht

لما قلبي ينور، بيوعى وجي وبعيوني بتشوف روحي مضوايي

When my heart is full of light, my face awakens and in my eyes you see the bright landscape of my soul.

Wenn mein Herz leuchtet, wacht mein Gesicht auf und in meinen Augen siehst du die hell erleuchtete Landschaft meiner Seele.

Quand mon coeur s’illumine, mon visage s’éveille et dans mes yeux tu vois les paysages éclairés de mon esprit.

Dafa

وين الدفا يلي بحول البيضة لعصفور؟
عصفور طاير وحر

Where is the warmth that turns an egg into a bird?
A free bird flying.

Wo ist die Wärme, die ein Ei in einen Vogel verwandelt?
Ein freier Vogel, der fliegen kann.