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eastPLUGGED® concerts are always selected with the aim of presenting new acoustic accents within a musical framework. With SHALOSH in November, we have invited a band whose musical profile spans many genres, so that you can expect a concert night full of variety. Gadi Stern [p, key], David Michaeli [b] and drummer Matan Assayag are merging rock, classical music, jazz, folk, electronic and music from the Middle East, all wrapped in a typical SHALOSH “harmonious musical gown”. Their current program “Tales of Utopia” documents a search for attitude and peacefulness, in which all of us can participate.

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Changes in line-up possible. Exchange and return of reserved seats excluded.

To avoid rubbish, we do not use paper tickets. Access just by name as booked. Free choice of seats.

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On the first Sunday of Advent and 55 eastPLUGGED® concerts after his first gig in Ratingen, JACOB KARLZON will return to the Friedenskirche, this time just by himself at the grand piano and featuring his  new Christmas programme ‘Winter Stories’. Anyone who has joined any of Jacob´s concerts before knows already that this evening will lead to another highlight of our eastPLUGGED® concerts in the Friedenskirche.

As we look forward to this Advent concert, we must not forget the plight of the people in Ukraine. We have therefore decided to present this concert as a charity concert for Ukrainian children. Instead of an admission fee, we are asking for your donation. The USB Foundation will double the donation amount up to €50,000 and use the total amount to purchase medical equipment for children's hospitals destroyed by Russia. Corresponding deliveries into Ukraine will be handled by the Cologne-based organization Gelb-Blaues Kreuz.

JÜRGEN BECKER (‘Mitternachtsspitzen’), who has already been actively involved in similar projects, will talk about his experiences in Ukraine ahead of the concert.

After online-registration hereinafter, you will receive more detailed information on how to transfer your donation and the schedule for the concert evening.

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To avoid rubbish, we do not use paper tickets. Access just by name as booked. Free choice of seats.

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The eastPLUGGED® concert year 2026 gets off to a brilliant start with a double concert:

Concert No.1: Percussionist Robert Ikiz is active in at least two musical worlds: his two previous eastPLUGGED® gigs focussed on Scandinavian music, while his LAHZA project, which he will now present together with Turkish guitarist Cenk Erdoğan in the Friedenskirche, is based on southeast-european musical traditions. This programme immediately convinced us, something completely different and yet something very familiar, wonderful harmonious pieces of high recognition characterize this programme, which at the same time provides space for improvisation.

Concert No.2: Spanish pianist Daniel Garcia meets Swiss vocal acrobat Andreas Schaerer (who was last at eastPLUGGED® in 2018 with the acclaimed programme ‘A Novel Of Anomaly’). How does this new duo work together? We were lucky to hear some of their pieces in advance, and the answer is: simply brilliant! Let them surprise you.

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Changes in line-up possible. Exchange and return of reserved seats excluded.

To avoid rubbish, we do not use paper tickets. Access just by name as booked. Free choice of seats.

NO BOX OFFICE

Reservations at 40€/p (incl. drink) only online via the following order form:

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Apart from spontaneous JAM sessions, Vincent Peirani's quintet “Living Being” was the largest eastPLUGGED® band to date.

This pole position is now taken by Norwegian pianist Kjetil Mulelid, who expanded his already excellent quintet with two great musicians to a septet: Trygve Seim will play the second saxophone alongside Sissel Vera Pettersen and trumpeter Mathias Eick will complete the wind trio. Together with percussion [Lars Horntveth], bass [Bardur Reinert Poulsen] and drums [Andreas Winther], all this results in a maximum Norwegian sound for the septet's German premiere. The AGOJA project comprises both melodic and rhythmic compositions by Kejtil, in which the Norwegian roots can be identified at their best, and perhaps you will become inspired by this music to plan your next trip to this wonderful country with its more than 30,000 kilometres of coastline.

REGULAR GUESTS CAN MAKE BOOKINGS DURING EASTPLUGGED CONCERTS 58 and 59 ON 29/30 NOVEMBER 2025, GENERAL BOOKING WILL OPEN ON 1 DECEMBER 2025 VIA THIS WEBSITE ONLY.