Antonio Villeroy

Pamela

Luísa Villeroy

Luísa

Antonella

Antonio Villeroy, renowned Brazilian singer-songwriter, brings his 11-year-old daughter Luísa, who already sings and composes, for a warm ‘family’ show.

Pamela, the matriarch of the clan, and Antonella, the youngest, aged 7, are the special guests.

The show will mix authorial songs with songs from Brazilian folklore.

Claudia Maoli and Carlos Lagoeiro, the hosts, will join the troupe to make the show even more fun.

Teatro Munganga

In Family, concert by Antonio & Luisa

Henrique Gomide

Joao Luis Nogueira

Come and join us in the colorful musical world of Brazil's backlands!
The opera ‘the guitars of death’ was written by composer Elomar Figueira Mello in the tradition of early baroque Italian opera, but is also full of elements from the culture of the Sertão of Bahia: melodic and rhythmic lines, recitatives referring to ancient troubadour art and Iberian Romanticism.  Henrique Gomide (workshop and piano), Joao Luis Nogueira (guitar) and the Apollo Ensemble will introduce the colorful musical world of the interior of Brazil with a lecture, workshop and music.

TUESDAY 29 APRIL
10:30 - 13:30 Lecture : Together with Brazilian Jazz pianist and arranger of the opera, Henrique Gomide, we dive deeper into the world of Elomar. What did the original sound like? How was the opera created? After this lecture, you will know all about the opera ‘the guitars of death’ and much more!

14:30 - 17:30 Workshop : Led by by Henrique Gomide, together with the members of the Apollo Ensemble, you will be immersed in the Brazilian rhythms used in Elomar's opera. The rhythms will be clapped, spoken and sung, so that by the end of the workshop you will have a whole pallet of Brazilian rhythms in your repertoire!

THURSDAY 1 MAY
19:30-20:30 Brazilian evening ‘A taste of the opera’ performed by the Apollo Ensemble combined with original Brazilian music, played by Henrique Gomide (piano) and João Noguiera (guitar). This will of course be concluded with drinks and Brazilian snacks!

COST
Tuesday 29 April (incl. Brazilian pastries)
Morning Lecture: €15 | Youths 13-18 years €5 | children up to 12 years FREE
Afternoon Workshop: €15 | Youths 13-18 years €5 | children up to 12 years FREE
Brazilian evening 1 May (incl. snacks and drink) €20 | Friends Apollo €15 |
Youths 13-18 years €10,- |children up to 12 years FREE

COMBITICKET ALL WORKSHOPS + BRAZILIAN EVENING €45,- | Friends of Apollo €40,- | Youths 13-18 years €17,50 |children up to 12 years FREE

SIGN UP:
Via the website: www.apollo-ensemble@planet.nl

By e-mail: apolloensemble@planet.nl

Shane Koppers

Lecture & workshop about De gitaren des doods, Elomar’s Opera by Henrique Gomide

💰 Donation: €12 per session (reductions/exceptions available—please reach out)
🗣 Languages: Brazilian Portuguese & English (chanting in Brazilian popular language)
✅ Attendance: No fixed commitment—join as many sessions as you like.

🔸 This space centers non-European immigrant women and non-binary people. However, everyone is welcome to attend and support the community.
🔹 Men are welcome as observers but may not chant or play the drums.

If you're unsure whether this space is for you or how to participate, feel free to contact us!


Description

We will practice Caixa do Divino*—Brazil's only drumming tradition exclusively led by women. Rooted in Candomblé Houses and Maroon Communities, this tradition is part of the Orixá Oxalá celebrations, an ancient force of nature. The Caixeiras (priestesses) sing and praise the prophecy:

✨ The Earth will know one hundred years of peace, under the rule of children. ✨

Caixa do Divino chantings are slow, steady litanies accompanied by drumming. You will be encouraged to learn both playing and singing simultaneously. The chanting is in Brazilian Portuguese, incorporating words and concepts from Brazilian Creole dialects influenced by Yorubá, Kimbundu, and native languages spoken in Candomblé houses and native communities.

Workshop Facilitator - The workshop will be led by Mameto Kaloyá, a non-binary, queer Roma diasporic descendant born into the Candomblé tradition (Maroon communities and houses). Kaloyá holds the title of Egbomi (poorly translated as 'young priestess') in the Candomblé House of Redandá (Cipó-Guaçu, Brazil). From an early age, they inherited multiple drumming and chanting practices from elders and learned the Caixa do Divino from the Caixeiras of the Fanti Ashanti House. Kaloyá is also a long-time participant in the Festa do Divino - Associação Cachuera! and an apprentice of Master Daniel Reverendo, Mother Gunzolande, and other traditional masters.

Círculo Workshop - Decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting and women’s drumming 2025

Guitar & Composer: Peter Kalb
Tabla & Cajon: Nausad Kiamoedin

Thank you for joining me on a journey back in time. Each piece on Back in Time tells a part of my story, woven together in melodies and words that are close to my heart.  
Through these tracks, I hope you’ll find reflections of your own experiences or perhaps discover something entirely new.

Let the music guide you—whether you’re on the road, relaxing at home, or dreaming of faraway places. Four of the ten tracks are inspired by the medicine wheel, a powerful symbol of the life cycle and a connection to universal energy and wisdom.

El Periquín is celebrating a joyous milestone this year: 40 years of sharing his love of flamenco on stage. With his intense playing, he has touched many hearts in many countries over the years.

“Virtuoso, on the edge, yet emotional guitar playing” ~ de Volkskrant

As a teenager, Peter fell for the sound of the acoustic guitar. For the timing, swing and rhythm. For decades he deepened his knowledge and skill. The journey took him past packed halls and small studios.

El País – Spain’s largest daily newspaper – wrote of Peter’s music, “Intense, deep, without glitz and glamour.” Peter lets his hands speak. The music and the person are fused into one.

This is reflected more than ever on his first album without accompanying instruments homecoming. From the various traditional flamenco styles Peter has composed beautiful personal stories.

An album with variation from subdued and sensitive styles like soleá, farruca and balada to the cheerful tangos and exuberant bulerias. And don’t forget the traditional zambra with Arabic influence in the song naciemento. Subdued guitar playing with an intimate mysterious hypnotic atmosphere.

“Pleasantly get sucked into a deep world of experience” ~ Maarten Oversier

Welcome to the world of Peter Kalb!

Back in Time, by Peter Kalb, El Periquín

Daniel Louis

Julian Bazzanella

ELSA is a four-piece band led by vocalist Elsa Steixner, driven by an insatiable curiosity.
Courage, fear, longing, and chaos- their music flows from raw wildness to boundless
tenderness. It’s music you want to immerse yourself in, feeling held, comforted, and
embraced—as if underwater, for just a few breaths.

After their mostly acoustic debut album A Day on Solid Ground, known for its clarity and
calmness, the band presents a new, versatile sound on their second album JUMP!.

With freer song structures, a wider dynamic range, and a stronger focus on rhythm and groove, they create an album full of unique yet always inviting compositions Influenced by the urgency of artists like Nina Simone and Abdullah Ibrahim and the compositional range and sophistication of songwriters like Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, ELSA’s sound is built on a foundation of jazz, folk, and RnB. With this embrace of tradition combined with a curious and attentive perspective on the present, the band is creating a sense of timelessness while remaining deeply current.

"ELSA easily takes you by the hand through a multitude of emotions, from sorrow to
exuberant joy, spanning a spectrum from introspection to wandering curiosity.”
– Michiel Braam (Pianist & Composer, Head of ArtEZ Conservatory Arnhem)

GRANTS // AWARDS
2024 // Performance grant from the Werner Richard – Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation (DE)
2024 // Winner of the Sparda Jazz Award (DE)
2024 // Winner of the Summerjazz Pinneberg Award (DE)
2024 // Start Grant for Music and Performing Arts by the BMKOES (AT)
2023 // Nomination for the Dutch Newcomer Heij Konijn Award (NL)
2023 // Popronde 2023 (NL)
2022 // Winner at the Viersen Jazzband Challenge (DE)

Line up:
Elsa Steixner – vocals
Julian Bazzanella – piano
Jakob Lang – double bass
Daniel Louis – drums

"Listening to ELSA's music, you get the feeling as if you're taken by the hand by a long-lost friend,
bringing you back to yourself.
Her songs interweave personal stories, feelings and reflections in a way that resemble the work of Joni Mitchell in lyricism and in the spirited performance of Nina Simone.
Take a good look around in the audience during an ELSA performance. It's not surprising to catch most people with closed eyes, smiling. It can be regarded as an achievement how Elsa and her tightknit ensemble of musicians are able to transfer their soulful and authentic performance unto a wide audience, from one to a hundred years old."
- Jetse de Jong (Pianist & Composer)

"The combination of refined and elegant songwriting, a great band and a mesmerizing and
accomplished singer who means every word she sings, touches my heart deeply every time. And
looking around me.....I’m not the only one!"
- Izaline Calister (Singer-Songwriter, Edison winner)

JUMP! by Elsa

Sjahin During

Prachtige en poëtische voorstelling die je in het hart raakt. Een vluchtverhaal door de ogen van een kind, vermengd met de volksverhalen die zijn vader aan hem vertelde.

“Ik werd zachtjes door mijn moeder wakker geschud. Ik hoefde mijn pyjama niet uit te doen, wel kreeg ik een warme jas er overheen. We reden de stad uit en stapten uit bij een donker weggetje. Daar tilde mijn moeder mij op een paard. Ik zat achterop bij een man die ik niet kende. Hij had een grote snor en stonk een beetje.”

Nachtreis is het eigen vluchtverhaal van Sahand. Hij was nog maar vijf* jaar oud toen hij, tijdens de Iran-Irak oorlog, door de bergen moest vluchten.

Een persoonlijke voorstelling die vertelt hoe het is om op vijfjarige leeftijd te vertrekken uit het land waar je geboren bent. Het laat zien wat het met je herinneringen doet als je alles en iedereen hebt moeten achterlaten. In dit verhaal vertelt Sahand niet alleen over zijn vluchtverhaal maar ook over de volksverhalen die zijn vader aan hem vertelde. Deze verhalen zijn het enige wat Sahand uit Iran mee heeft kunnen nemen. Voor het eerst heeft hij deze avonturen bewerkt voor een jonger publiek.  
Sahand heeft ook een versie voor Voortgezet Onderwijs en voor Volwassenen.

* In werkelijkheid was Sahand drie toen hij is gevlucht, in de voorstelling heeft hij er 5 van gemaakt, omdat anders het verhaal niet helemaal overkomt (een kind van drie maakt dingen anders mee dan een kind van 5)

Thema: Vluchtelingen/ vluchteling kinderen /andere Cultuur/ verhalen zijn grenzeloos/ oorlog

Verteller: Sahand Sahebdivani  
Muziek: William Barrott (Contrabas)

andere muzikanten:  
Sjahin During (Nederland/Turkije)  
of Ali Çağlar Erdoğan (Turkije)

Nachtreis creëert veel waarde voor leerlingen met een vluchtachtergrond.  
Na een voorstelling van Nachtreis steekt een meisje haar vinger op: ‘Dit is mijn verhaal’ vertelt ze. Zij voelt zich gezien en de hele klas begrijpt nu haar verhaal en achtergrond.

Nachtreis is mooi en ontroerend voor leerlingen en docenten.  
Op een school in Montfoort was een klas met allemaal Syrische leerlingen, die aan Sahands lippen hingen. Na afloop vertelden veel leerlingen over hoe hun oma’s leefden in Syrie, bijvoorbeeld in Aleppo, en welke vruchtenbomen hun oma in de tuin had, en dat ze oma erg missen.

De Krakeling & Munganga presenteren: Nachtreis 6+

Daniel van Huffelen

Franz von Chossy

Mehmet Polat

Martin Hafizi

Virtuoos ud-speler en componist Mehmet Polat brengt uitmuntende jazzmusici samen in dit kwartet en smeedt een vernieuwend geluid met instrumenten uit verschillende tradities. Eigen composities worden gekleurd door gedurfde improvisaties en grooves.  Mehmet vindt een zekere vrijheid in het afwijken van eenvoudige maatsoorten naar complexe oneven maatsoorten. Dit levert verfrissende nieuwe muziek op die gelijkenissen vertoont met volksmuziek van over de hele wereld, maar dan met de vrijheid van eigentijdse jazz. Mehmet Polat, geboren in Turkije en wonend in Amsterdam, wordt internationaal gezien als dé vernieuwer van de ud, de Arabische luit. Zo vergrootde hij het bereik van het instrument door er twee bassnaren aan toe te voegen en ontwikkelde hij een speciale techniek voor de linkerhand. Met zijn wortels stevig in de Anatolische volksmuziek en de Ottomaans klassieke muziek, verkent Polat in zijn composities stijlen en tradities van over de hele wereld.

Het debuutalbum van het Mehmet Polat Quartet, Embodied Poetry, werd in juni 2023 uitgebracht met een releaseconcert in het Bimhuis, Amsterdam. Luister en koop het hier: https://orcd.co/embodiedpoetry

Mehmet Polat Quartet

Son Huasteco's warm music for the whole family. Come dance and meet this great rhythmic trio.

Zorzal is a son huasteco trio (mexican folklore music from the northeast region of Mexico called Huasteca) leaded by César Puente.  
The so called Son Huasteco or Huapango, is warm and joyful music, played and sang by the three huapangueros: César Puente on jarana (5 strings guitar), Fátima Hernández on the Violin and Pablo Suaste on Guitarra Huapanguera (8 strings guitar).

The trio combines poetry, improvisation and dance into colorful songs.

Son Huasteco, Mexican songs by Zorzal for children & family

€ 12,00 (Reduction is possible, contact us)
More Info & Contact:  
🔗 Info  
https://circulo-amsterdam.tumblr.com/

🎟️ Tickets  
https://munganga.nl/

📧 Contact: dimarco.thais@gmail.com | joana.faggin@gmail.com

🗣 Languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Dutch  
🔸 This space centers non-European immigrant women and non-binary people. However, everyone is welcome to attend and support the community.  
🔹 Men are welcome as observers but may not chant or play the drums.



Workshop Details

💰 Donation: €12 per session (reductions/exceptions available—please reach out)  
🗣 Languages: Brazilian Portuguese & English (chanting in Brazilian popular language)  
✅ Attendance: No fixed commitment—join as many sessions as you like.  
If you're unsure whether this space is for you or how to participate, feel free to contact us!

Description  
We will practice Caixa do Divino*—Brazil's only drumming tradition exclusively led by women.  
Rooted in Candomblé Houses and Maroon Communities, this tradition is part of the Orixá Oxalá celebrations, an ancient force of nature.  
The Caixeiras (priestesses) sing and praise the prophecy:✨ The Earth will know one hundred years of peace, under the rule of children.

✨Caixa do Divino chantings are slow, steady litanies accompanied by drumming. You will be encouraged to learn both playing and singing simultaneously. The chanting is in Brazilian Portuguese, incorporating words and concepts from Brazilian Creole dialects influenced by Yorubá, Kimbundu, and native languages spoken in Candomblé houses and native communities.

Workshop Facilitator - The workshop will be led by Mameto Kaloyá, a non-binary, queer Roma diasporic descendant born into the Candomblé tradition (Maroon communities and houses). Kaloyá holds the title of Egbomi (poorly translated as 'young priestess') in the Candomblé House of Redandá (Cipó-Guaçu, Brazil).  
From an early age, they inherited multiple drumming and chanting practices from elders and learned the Caixa do Divino from the Caixeiras of the Fanti Ashanti House.  
Kaloyá is also a long-time participant in the Festa do Divino - Associação Cachuera! and an apprentice of Master Daniel Reverendo, Mother Gunzolande, and other traditional masters.

About the Event: https://circulo-amsterdam.tumblr.com/

Círculo Workshop - Decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting and women’s drumming

Carel Kraayenhof

Orlando Miño

Juan Pablo Dobal

Santiago Arias

On April 20, the renowned Argentine bandoneonist Santiago Arias will perform a unique concert at Theater Munganga in Amsterdam. The performance will take the audience on a musical journey through the diverse rhythms of northern Argentina, weaving the rich sounds of the Andes with the depth and melancholy of tango, the iconic genre of the Río de la Plata.

With an innovative and contemporary approach, Santiago Arias explores these musical traditions, accompanied by guest artists. He offers an intimate and captivating experience that connects the roots of Argentine folklore with new musical horizons.

Santiago Arias is a multi-instrumentalist, although the bandoneon is his instrument of choice.  
He was born and grew up in Jujuy (in the very North of Argentina), where he absorbed the music of the Andes, his inspiration; now he takes it up again with his own expressiveness and with the opening of the traditional forms that improvisation offers.

He released 2 of his own albums: "Fuellisto" (2014) and "Evocación de Carnaval" (2021), playing bandoneon solo in both of them.

His latest record "Evocación de Carnaval" was created and recorded in the COVID 19’s quarantine and shows a Santiago Arias only with the bandoneon, and in some cases the voice, intimate and with room for free improvisation on anonymous folkloric melodies, with the noticeable influence of his trajectory through various musical genres.

Currently performs a bandoneon and voice concert, with a folkloric repertoire (approached from a renewed and not so traditional aesthetic) from the northwest of Argentina and the Andean part of Bolivia, where he plays songs from his two solo albums, and music from other genres such as Tango and Jazz. He integrates the set with an effects pedal that gives a new perspective to folk music, taking it out of the traditional sound, and giving it a dreamlike aesthetic at times but without losing the root and weight that characterizes Andean music.

He also has four more albums from other projects of his own, and participated in the recording of the album "Absinthe" (2019), by the English guitarist and composer Dominic Miller for the german label ECM, wich took him on tour for two years through Asia and Europe.

Santiago Arias will play with:  
Juan Pablo Dobal  
Alvaro Pinto Lyon  
Danierl Pascal  
Orlando Miño  
Carel Kraayenhof

🎨 Cultural

Sounds from the North of Argentina – Santiago Arias & Friends in Concert

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

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Teatro Munganga is the theater hall of Munganga: a multidisciplinary forum for artists and art lovers. This monumental building – the former horse tram depot on the Schinkelhavenstraat – is located a few meters from the entrance to the Vondelpark, on the Amstelveenseweg.

With a capacity for 60 people it’s a cozy space for all sorts of activities: concerts, theatre performances, parties, lectures and much more. Do you want to know more?

Teatro Munganga

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In Family, concert by Antonio & Luisa

Lecture & workshop about De gitaren des doods, Elomar’s Opera by Henrique Gomide

Círculo Workshop - Decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting and women’s drumming 2025

Back in Time, by Peter Kalb, El Periquín

JUMP! by Elsa

De Krakeling & Munganga presenteren: Nachtreis 6+

Mehmet Polat Quartet

Son Huasteco, Mexican songs by Zorzal for children & family

Mehmet Polat Quartet

Círculo Workshop - Decolonial resistance, priestessing, chanting and women’s drumming

April