Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday – great jazz singers who combined outstanding vocal art with resistance. Stories from their lives and reinterpretations of their most famous songs.

***

For over ten years, the Deutsche Oper Berlin BigBand’s jazz series at the Tischlerei has provided special musical encounters in an intimate setting. Each concert combines jazz with lyrics, poetry or insight into the lives of important composers and jazz legends. Curated and presented by BigBand members Rüdiger Ruppert, Sebastian Krol and Guntram Halder.