Introducing Pasha ‘Interpaul’ Linke. The co-founder of the renowned Berlin club Hangar 49 and now leader of MIRMIX Orkeztan as well as him being a radio editor and moderator. Pasha arrived in Germany in 1994 after his parents, who were living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan decided to leave due to tensions after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After having resided in Berlin for three years. Pasha’s father found a job as an engineer in a small town near Karlsruhe and…
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Natasha Padabed was born in Smolensk, Russia although her family moved to Mogilev in Belarus which was where she grew up. It was in Minsk that she started to organize concerts for bands, many…
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Introducing Helena Goldt (or, as she refers to herself, the ‘Kazakh steppe lady with European roots’) a classical singer who was indeed born with a musical gift. Her parents had met and fell in love in…
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This is Elen – Elen, rather than the more typical Elena – a somewhat unusual female name in Russian. “It was actually a mistake on my mother’s behalf that happened while she was young…
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In order to meet the musician and lead singer of Skazka Orchestra I traveled all the way to the outskirts of Berlin by public transportation. „Why don’t you come over to our datcha?” Artur…
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This is Konstantin. Kostja is Russian-German and grew up in Severouralsk, a small town in the Northern Urals, Russia. In 2000, he moved to Germany with his family. He grew up in Hannover and…
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This is Vadim. Vadim came all the way from Kyrgyzstan to Germany when he was only twelve years old. Back than, his Russian-German family followed the path of his grandparents who had already moved…
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This is Jimmy. Jimmy was born and raised in Siberia and moved to San Francisco in his 20s. For the past 17 years he has been living between Switzerland, Austria and San Francisco until…
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Meet Mark. Mark was born in Odessa, Ukraine and moved to Kiev when he was eight years old. This is where he grew up and started his career as a musician. “I’ve been making…
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This is Julia. Julia grew up in a small town in Leningrad Oblast, not far from Saint Petersburg, and moved to Berlin when she was 15 years old. That was in 1996. “Berlin is…