| Date: | 20.12.2024 |
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| Location: | Kraftverkehr |
| Start: | 20.00 hrs |
| Admission: | 18.30 hrs |
The show
Amy Winehouse is considered one of the greatest artists in the history of soul and jazz. The show ‘BACK TO AMY introduced by Lisa Hulinsky’ embarks on a musical but also very personal journey to this icon. In her musical programme, the young singer Lisa Hulinsky recounts the life story of Amy, but also her own. In doing so, she discovers mutual points of contact on many levels: Highs and lows, euphoria and melancholy, strokes of fate and electrifying experiences, moments of happiness and moments of doubt. Lisa Hulinsky finds herself in the songs of Amy Winehouse. They give her strength and comfort, but also shake her up and cause introspection.
Lisa Hulinsky's voice has the same dark-coloured soul and jazz character that Amy Winehouse still enchants the world with today. This intense connection leads to a musical and emotional identification that goes far beyond a mere role model.
The programme ‘BACK TO AMY introduced by Lisa Hulinsky’ is the logical consequence of the inner connection between these two artists. Lisa Hulinsky takes us back to Amy Winehouse and speaks to the audience in an intimate club atmosphere. Between the individual songs about emotional moments from Amy's life, Lisa also reveals parts of herself. By the end of the show, Lisa Hulinsky has brought the audience a little closer to the artist Amy Winehouse - far removed from the usual portrayal of a fragile female idol.
The interpreter
Lisa Hulinsky says about music: ‘It's my passion, my hobby - and my life.’ Music is a matter close to Lisa Hulinsky's heart. A family affair. Her grandfather, who travelled as a soloist with musicians from the Prague big band Felix Slováček, awakened her passion for music. She has been performing on stage since the age of five. Sometimes, she also performed with her grandfather. She has also been taking singing and piano lessons in jazz and pop since her earliest childhood days. To this day, she is particularly fascinated by jazz and the blues.
Amy Winehouse - a unique icon of music history. Her style, her personality and her vulnerability electrify Lisa Hulinsky. Two women come together in love and longing, helplessness and loss, but also in strength and vocal power. Lisa Hulinsky does not imitate. She does not copy. She gives each song a soul, creates her own interpretations, touches with emotion, power and closeness.
Lisa Hulinsky is multi-faceted. She has been performing in various formations for many years - as a duo, in a trio, in the swing of the big band. In addition to Amy Winehouse, she has lent her voice to interpretations of many other female personalities in music history, including Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Billie Holiday.
Lisa Hulinsky feels a closeness to Amy Winehouse. It is a closeness with respect. She explains: ‘BACK TO AMY’ - this title also expresses the path to myself, to believing in myself, to my musical roots. Amy's music gives me the drive. It gets under my skin.’
For bookers
‘BACK TO AMY introduced by Lisa Hulinsky’ is a music programme with an authentic set design based on the style of the 1960s and 1970s, but packed with the latest technical gimmicks such as LED fronts and spotlight choreography. Alongside frontwoman Lisa Hulinsky, nine musicians take to the stage on drums, bass, keyboards, guitar and three horn brass section. Two backing vocalists also support Lisa.
The cast is international, with performers from countries such as Germany, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and Ukraine. In order to present the show, a stage size of around eight by six metres is required. The concept of ‘BACK TO AMY’ is designed for indoor stages in theatres, festival halls, clubs, event halls or other permanent event locations. The set design can of course be booked in full.
The makers in the background
‘BACK TO AMY introduced by Lisa Hulinsky’ is a programme created by recognised experts from the music and show industry.
The musical director
Ashley Slater, Canadian jazz musician who is adept on trombone, trumpet and tuba, is both a singer and voice artist. His song ‘Turn on, Tune in, Cop Out’ topped the European charts in the mid-1990s with the band Freak Power, which he formed with Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim.
Ashley has created new, bespoke arrangements of several Amy classics especially for this project.
Members of his bands played tours and concerts with Amy Winehouse when Amy toured. Ashley Slater met the soul icon Amy Winehouse in person on several occasions and tells of a close-knit family of artists who accompanied the jazz singer's musical career over the years.
The director
Joachim Jäckel has earned an excellent reputation and is known for his versatile productions in the areas of television shows, classical music, ballet performances as well as tours and DVDs.
The set designer
Matthias Läßig, theatre artist and graduate of the Dresden University of Fine Arts, has been developing fantastic and illusionistic images and sets for major live and stage productions for more than 30 years. He is also a particularly experienced set designer for television recordings.
He is responsible for productions such as the primetime shows ‘Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel’, ‘Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert’, the ‘Sternstunden-Gala’ and more than 120 other nationwide event, show and TV productions. His multifaceted productions also include ice revues for children, puppet theatre for adults, plays, musicals and corporate events, including ‘Der Traumzauberbaum’, ‘Warten auf Godot’ at the Halle Theatre, ‘Apassionata - Die Galanacht der Pferde’, the Saxony State Press Ball and the Michael Jackson musical ‘Beat it’.