Swing – Tango – Klezmer – Bossa Nova

“SCHO” (Ukrainian: “schjo”) is a slang word meaning something like “What’s the big deal?!” – and for Trio SCHO, it means “We make music – our music!”

Formed in 1991 in the Ukrainian city of Poltava. Based in Berlin since 1994.

The trio performed at Christoph Schlingensief’s legendary ‘Talk 2000’ (VOX).
They have been collaborating with Karsten Troyke since 1999. They have performed Yiddish song programmes at venues including the Klezmer Festival in Ancona, Brussels, Vienna, Paris and Warsaw. They featured in the documentary and concert film “Yiddish Soul” (ARTE).
Performances in the programme: ‘Schlaf schneller, Genosse…’ from the ‘Jazz-Lyrik-Prosa’ series with Ursula Karusseit and Günter Junghans. In 2007 and 2008, performances at the ‘Fête de L’Humanité’ in Paris.
Collaborated with singer Sandra Kreisler, chansonnier Christophe Bourdoiseau, Chanson-Nette and Cécile Rose.
As a film band, Trio SCHO features in Dominik Graf’s 10-part series ‘Im Angesicht des Verbrechens’ (In the Face of Crime). They also appear in Theo Angelopoulos’s ‘The Dust of Time’ and in Dror Zahavi’s film ‘Der Uranberg’ (The Uranium Mountain).
Trio SCHO’s repertoire includes Russian songs and instrumental pieces ranging from the ‘Golden Twenties’ to the present day, as well as their own compositions, Russian swing and bossa nova. Their appearances on radio and television, as well as at the Carnival of Cultures, demonstrate just how versatile these three musicians are. In 2000 and 2011, the trio won the Berlin Senate’s music competition.

Gennadij Desatnik: vocals, violin and guitar

Valeriy Khoryshman: accordion, vocals

Alexander Franz: double bass, vocals

DATES

5 October | 8.00 pm | David Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra | Ballhaus | Berlin

8 October | 7.30 pm | Chanson-Nette and the Trio SCHO | Ballhaus Wedding | Berlin

9 October | 4.00 pm | Trio SCHO – Transit | Klangstraße | Berlin – Reinickendorf

19 October | 8.00 pm | David Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra | Ballhaus | Berlin

30 October | 8.00 pm | David Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra | Philharmonie | Berlin

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