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Ten thousand concert visitors annually, standing ovations wherever they perform, millions of views on Instagram & YouTube, a fan culture like that of rock stars - welcome to Café del Mundo, the hottest guitar crossover act at the moment.
It is their unmistakable tone, their love for the authenticity of a Paco de Lucía, combined with the joy of modern pop music like Coldplay or U2, that makes these two concert artists unique. In dealing with the grand music tradition from Bach to DeFalla, Café del Mundo shows both the highest sensitivity and powerful sovereignty. Consequently, the two guitarists collaborate with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, produce in Abbey Road Studios, London, and steadily build a growing fanbase worldwide. Café del Mundo brings the primal essence of the guitar back to our time, making it newly accessible to a broad audience, far from any genre boundaries.
“GREAT CINEMA”
(Oliver Hochkeppel, Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Jan Pascal and Alexander Kilian come from the Franconian-Badisch-Hessian tri-border region, which they affectionately call “Alemándalucía.” They are fundamentally opposite like fire and water - and it is precisely this that complements them into a music act at world level. Their joint live performance is a captivating dialogue between two gifted virtuosos, who sometimes embrace each other, sometimes challenge each other, drawing the best out of one another - an intense and explosive magical aura is created that no one can escape. However, the two instrumental artists are much more than mere entertainers: in their art, they take a stand, affirming pure, original music, making a statement in a fluidly fluctuating world. Be surprised by the incredible musical variety of two flamenco guitars with a repertoire that weaves a fine thread between classical and jazz, techno and world music.
Jan and Alex meet in 2007 at a flamenco guitar workshop. The spark jumps immediately. Since then, they have composed ten joint albums and a live recording “In Passion” (2015). Initially, they played 40 concerts; now it’s around 120 concerts per year, including in England, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Invitations to renowned music festivals such as the Rheingau Music Festival, the Slask days (Poland), or the JazzOpen Stuttgart shape their concert career. Milestones: a concert at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club London, invitations to Paris, recordings in Abbey Road Studios London. The album “Famous Tracks” (2019) is nominated for the Opus Klassik in the category Classical without Borders. The duo meets the challenges of the global pandemic creatively. Café del Mundo produces twelve podcast episodes "Talking Guitars", with detailed information about the guitar, as well as the album "Winterhauch" (Nov. 2020), dedicated to the hometown of the same name in the Odenwald. Alex and Jan enjoy creating. They bring their homeland to life at the “Heimatsound” festival in 2020 and 2021. The current, tenth album “Symphonic” is recorded together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Abbey Road Studios in London and will be released in May 2023 and as vinyl on October 15, 2023, exclusively on the band's own label “vision-in-music.” Café del Mundo takes a stand. The band bids farewell to Spotify and programs its own streaming app, the "mundo-App," thus innovatively entering new territory. Meanwhile, there is a second version of the app. The “mundo-App Vol.2,” which can also be integrated into live concerts. Another statement. "Another world is possible. We just have to want to do it."
The band name is derived from a concert review in which a critic writes that he feels transported to the legendary “Café Cantante,” from which the band name “Café del Mundo” emerges.
Jan Pascal, born in 1975, comes from a musical family. He receives his first guitar from his grandfather in Spain and his first lessons from an uncle. He grows up with his Silesian grandmother Edeltraud Bonk (soprano and church musician). Later, he attends the music boarding school Münsterschwarzach, where he takes piano lessons with Father Domenikus Trautner. After lessons in singing with John Porter and classical guitar with Bernhard Weber in Heidelberg, he founds his own recording studio in 1996. He acquires his flamenco guitar skills from Rafael Cortes and Mariano Martín.
Alexander Kilian, born in 1987, is considered a guitar prodigy. He receives his multicultural musical education from Zaza Miminoshvili. At the age of 15, he wins his first international competition with the piece “Guajiras de Lucia” by Paco de Lucia. Numerous masterclasses and concert invitations follow to Israel, Russia, Georgia, Spain, and Italy. In 2011, he receives the artistic diploma in Jazz Guitar.
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