The 2022 Sound Understanding Concert in Carnegie Hall will feature Czech jazz singer Martina Barta.
The concert will take place on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7 PM at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the DAAD Alumni Association of the US will present some of the most talented and promising new musicians from Germany. They were selected in a nationwide competition among the best graduates of German music colleges. They each received a DAAD award to study for one year in the US or Canada.
More information about the DAAD Alumni Association here.
Program of the concert
Sound Understanding is DAAD and the DAAD Alumni Association’s annual concert showcasing the young, talented DAAD music fellows from Germany who have spent the past year studying at music schools in the US and Canada. The music fellows are selected in a national competition among the best students of Germany’s renowned music colleges.
After the 2020 and 2021 Sound Understanding Concerts were cancelled due to the pandemic, we are pleased to announce the 2022 Sound Understanding Concert will be held in person on April 21.
The concert will showcase the 2021/22 DAAD Music Fellows, alumni, and friends and feature classical and jazz music.
The 2021/2022 DAAD Music Fellows are:
Felicitas Schiffner, violin Martina Barta, voice Sebastian Winter, composer
Invitation and ticket reservation here:
Martina Barta is a young, multitalented Czech singer and musician born in Prague, based in Berlin and performing with diverse music projects at national and international music festivals and music venues worldwide. Martina started her music education at the age of 4 in her hometown Prague, where she took flute, violin and piano lessons during her elementary school years. In 1999 she was accepted to study classical music at the Music College of the City of Prague - Gymnázium Jana Nerudy, where she took French horn classes from prof. Vladimira Klánská. In May 2007 she passed her final exams and graduated with honors. In 2008-2011 she studied at the Prague Conservatory and took vocal lessons from prof. Naďa Wepperová. In 2011 she was accepted into the Jazz Vocal Bachelor Music Program at the Jazz Institute Berlin of the University of Performing Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin), where she took vocal lessons from Prof. Judy Niemack and Prof. David Friedman.
In June 2016 she passed her final exams and gave her final concert, “Martina Barta & Her Jazz Orchestra,” with honors and received a Bachelor of Music degree. In 2017 Martina represented her home country, the Czech Republic, with the song “My Turn” at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. Martina regularly collaborates with Big Band der Deutschen Oper Berlin and Big Band of Felix Slováček in her home country. In 2019 Martina started to perform in a duo with the legendary American jazz vibraphonist David Friedman.
She also regularly performs with her older sister, Kristina Barta, who is a successful Czech jazz pianist and composer. In 2016 the sisters won 1st prize for the best jazz song of the year (“Find peace of mind”) in the Bohemia Jazzfest music festival. In 2020 Martina and Kristina worked together on the album “Love and Passion” (Alessa Records) on which they present their original music.
In September 2021 Martina started as a DAAD / German Academic Exchange Service scholarship recipient at the renowned Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she takes classes in the Jazz Arts Masters Program (Prof. Theo Bleckmann) and expects to complete her degree (Master of Music) in May 2023.
Official Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/martinabarta.official
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Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/user/MrsBartas
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