“African Song Cycle” is somewhat cryptic for Sunday, January 22nd in the schedule of the Theater at the Fraunhofer. Behind it is a solo performance by the South African cellist and singer Thokozani Mhlambi at the Folk Music Days. The 38-year-old, who studied in Stockholm and Cape Town (and has a master’s degree in “public culture” and a doctorate in musicology), is actually at home with cross-genre performance and has performed around the world primarily at interdisciplinary festivals and universities and relevant institutions. It should be interesting to see how this fits into the ambience of the Fraunhofer Theater and the framework of the Folk Music Days. Mhlambi will play from his debut album “Zulu Song Cycle”: poignant singing of African hymns over very repetitive cello motifs.
Thokozani Mhambli, Sun., Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Theater im Fraunhofer, Fraunhoferstr. 9, phone 26 78 50