Campus #9 "Biz-Wir-εμείς" Workshopleiter

Sinem Altan
Born in 1985 in Ankara, Sinem Altan studied composition at the University of the Arts and composition at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music. Early on, she won several prizes in Turkey and Germany. Among her larger works is the Concerto for Baglama and Orchestra. Her fairy tale concerto “Keloglan and the Band of Robbers” received the Young Ears Special Prize in 2011. In addition to her city opera “The Good City”, which premiered successfully in June 2015 at the Theater Freiburg, she celebrated the world premiere of her orchestral work commissioned by Young Euro Classic in August at the Konzerthaus Berlin, for which she was awarded the European Composers Prize 2015. In 2016, she became a fellow of the Tarabya Cultural Academy at the German Embassy Residence in Istanbul. Her current performances with her ensemble Olivinn, among others, include Konzerthaus Berlin, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, Piano in the Pool Festival Lucerne, Theater Hagen with the Philharmonic Orchestra, and concert events of the German President in Bellevue Palace. Currently Sinem Altan works as Musical and Artistic Director at Atze Musiktheater and Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin.

Momo Novus und Karim Shalaby

Beat-Production

Nikos Papadopoulos plays the bouzouki and baglamas and sings in the rebetiko band Ta Mourmourakia. The band’s repertoire includes mainly songs from the 1920-50s, from both the so-called Smyrna and Piraeus schools. Some rebetiko songs can also be heard in The Grexits, the band in which N. Papadopoulos plays electric guitar and sings.

Achim Seger, better known by his stage name “Waseem”, is involved in various social projects and skillfully combines hip hop and youth work.

The range of his offers is broad. Whether in workshops and trainings with the focus “active against racism and radicalization”, as a “Respect Coach”, in the Refugio art workshop, with the Muslim artist collective “i,Slam” or at various schools and youth facilities as well as in the Bellevue Di Monaco, he supports young people in their artistic development in “Rap & Poetry” workshops up to public performances.

As project leader at “Turning Tables” he was able to place people with a refugee background in jobs. As a result, he launched the initiative “Work is a human right”, which advocates for unconditional work permits for refugees. But also as an independent artist, rapper, poet, DJ and organizer Waseem has an impact on our society, always with the focus to give people the opportunity to express themselves, to make themselves heard and to demand rights.

Begüm Tüzemen
Born in Istanbul in 1983, she studied musical and opera singing at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. At the same time she completed her studies in Russian philology and literature. She participated in renowned musical and concert projects in Turkey, among others in Antalya- Aspendos. In 2007 she moved to Berlin, where she continued her education in classical singing and acting. In 2008-2010 she participated in the successful productions “Turkish for Lovers” and “Tango Türk” at the Neuköllner Opera. Together with Sinem Altan and Özgür Ersoy she founded the ensemble Olivinn, in which she is still a soloist.

Her virtuoso handling of versatile vocal techniques as well as her limitless repertoire in many languages and different styles ranging from classical, jazz and tango to international folk song arrangements and interpretations of contemporary compositions enable her to create interesting cross-genre and multimedia performance projects that are formative for her musical and music-theatrical understanding. Currently she works as a singing performer at Atze Musiktheater Berlin.