CTM

A multi-talented poet and performer, Abdullah Miniawy’s performances are haunting and cathartic, mixing sediments of Egyptian heritage with ideas of artistic freedom and civil diversity of the modern individual. Since 2015, Munich’s Carl Gari and Miniawy have been inextricably linked, with collaborations yielding deeply resonating works that blend dark sonic palettes with evocative singing.

We’re sorry to announce that due to health reasons, Emma Ruth Rundle has had to postpone her CTM appearance until a later edition. Anyone who’s purchased a ticket already will be contacted by Volksbühne to decide if you’d like a return. However, we’ve brought in a heavy-hitter to replace her that we know you’re gonna love. Zola Jesus will bring this year’s CTM Festival to a fitting close with a solo performance on the concert grand piano.

Zola Jesus unspools operatic rigor and avant-garde ferocity from her core, balanced on a blade. The alias of Nika Roza Danilova emerged from guttural industrial, the gnawed noise and flickering synths of her early works counterpuncturing soaring voidic vox, but has long since burst from this chrysalis of sewer-sounds to turn into a gravitational force, pulling listeners into the roiling event horizon of her universe. Her music has always stalked the edges of mortality and chaos, her voice a fierce summons to the depths, tearing at its own seams—not just facing the abyss, but climbing in gnashing for a swim.

Abdullah Miniawy is supported by SHAPE+, which is co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.