BZ Berlin from 08.09.2008
"Coexistence of different cultures is the official
definition of multiculturalism. "Monday evening in the bar Saz" the
unofficial.
Dancing in the street at the Adalbert Kottbusser
gate every week different nationalities salsa. "Actually, Monday
was our day off," says Ayhan Pehlivan (33). Together with his
friend Akif Özsoy (30) runs the Turk "Saz Bar in Kreuzberg
Museum.
"Until we met the singer Kel Torres, there was in the bar only
Turkish events. Since July, the salsa night is added. "With
success.
If the 26-year-old Cuban starts to play with his band clock up 22,
now the whole room is dancing. Salsa, Merengue, Bachata - all in
the program. "I try every week to play a new repertoire," says Kel
Torres.
The singer, who came for three year from Havana to Berlin singing
since childhood. "I started as an opera singer and am already
occurred as a 17-year-old in Las Vegas. Now Berlin is my home.
"
Berlin Morningpost 24.07.2008
Foto: promo
Cuban music in a Turkish bar, actually, it can only be in
Berlin. The Cubans Kel Torres and his band inspire every Monday in
the SazBar.
As a natural phenomenon of exceptional singers Kel Torres with his
five-member band sweeps over the audience of SazBar.
Nicht nur seine Stimme, sondern auch die pure Leidenschaft mit der
der 26-Jährige seine Songs interpretiert, reißen mit."
closure_uid_drmc8x="170">> Not only his voice but also the
sheer passion with which the 26-year-old interprets his songs with
a tear. The band plays a mix of Salsa, Son and Cuban folk music,
but the complexity of the song makes it more than the sum of these
styles of music. Torres, who is really so, lives, struggles and
suffers with each of the often self-composed songs. Therefore, he
defines his music only in one category: "Pure Passion". New to the
program his tribute to his new "great" home town in salsa form:
"All love Berlin". He himself has lived for three years on the
Spree. Previously, he performed in Spain, Austria and Las Vegas. At
17 he began his career as an opera singer, now he can his music, if
present well before a smaller audience free. Admission is free.