CAFÉ DEL MUNDO: GuitaRevolution - SYMPHONIC feat. Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
Two chairs, two guitars, and two microphones - that’s all the two guitarists Jan Pascal and Alexander Kilian need to touch hearts, enchant audiences, pull them from their seats, and unleash a myriad of emotions that transcend all boundaries. Café del Mundo plays a unique sound. Their finely tuned guitars spread that southern zest for life from the very first note, celebrating life while also moving deeply - this is what guitar sounds like today!
As artistic personalities, the two are contrasting: Alexander Kilian is considered a guitar prodigy, highly virtuosic, extroverted, and award-winning, often dancing over the rows of chairs. Jan Pascal is the poet with depth, meaning, and a feeling for the melodies of life. A concert by Café del Mundo is an experience, an encounter, a tribute to the great love of life, to the connection of all and everything, and to pure momentary joy - “guitartainment” - this is how we love it.
Two musicians, for whom there seems to be no place in the conventional system, randomly meet at a workshop given by the twelve years older Kilian. They are very different, yet immediately come together, living their shared dream: to open their instrument, the Andalusian flamenco guitar, to audiences worldwide. A decade of hard work follows, crossing the desert of niche music. The breakthrough comes during the pandemic with their own sensitive yet energetic arrangements of classics from pop and film music. “Viva la Vida” initially receives 1.5 million views, while “Una Mattina” counts over 120 million streams on Instagram. Worldwide concert invitations follow.
The new tour GuitaRevolution Symphonic will not only be in the spirit of their album Symphonic. Together, the duo will present their very own mix of great rock & pop hits, traditional works, and original compositions with the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt - which has previously collaborated with artists like Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, David Garrett, and Robbie Williams.