In the third episode of the podcast series «You Are Here!» trumpeter Paul Hübner invites Oud-playing singer Kamilya Jubran and the composer Oxana Omelchuk, who rocks one of the first portable analog synthesizers.

«We still have so many issues to resolve in this world in order to live better. We are not able to failure. Now, we feel this failure and actually we are late in resolving big issues.»
Kamilya Jubran

To make one thing clear: We need art. But can artists change the world? And does the current state of society resonate in sound? This third episode tackles the big issues with a sugary flavor.

The podcast series «You Are Here!» is a musical position statement. Where are we right now? An intentionally ambiguous question. Where are we socially? Artistically? With our minds? How do we (re)connect musically?

With Kamilya Jubran, Oxana Omelchuk (sound/voice), and Paul Hübner (sound)
Produced and arranged by Hannes Seidl
Editor and interviews: Theresa Beyer
Language: German and English

A production by Norient.

Paul Hübner has studied trumpet with Malte Burba and Mike Svoboda in Mainz and Basel. As an interpreter, performer, composer, and improvisor he is notably devoted to new and experimental music. Paul gives concerts in Germany and abroad, as a soloist and in different ensemble formations, amongst them the Ensemble Modern, BR Symphony Orchestra, ensemble phoenix as well as his own formations 3® and mam.manufaktur für aktuelle musik. Visit his website.

Kamilya Jubran grew up in Al Rameh – a palestinian village situated in Galilée, in the North of Israel. Raised by her music loving parents, she was introduced to and initiated into classical Arab music. At the age of 18, Kamilya made her move to Jerusalem, where she explored her new musical pathway by joining Sabreen group, based in East Jerusalem. Since 2003 Kamilya lives in Paris. In 2014 she founded Zamkana association, a non-profit organization that supports and accompanies original innovative artistic projects, respecting the values of freedom of expression and secularism. Visit her website.

Oxana Omelchuk was born in Belarus in 1975 and studied with Johannes Fritsch and Michael Beil at Cologne University of Music and Dance. Besides her work as a composer, she also appears in various ensembles as a performing musician (analogue synthesizer), including a duo with Constantin Herzog or Florian Zwißler, the quartet MONOPASS with Florian Zwißler, Luìs Antunes Pena and Mark Polscher, and the Simon Rummel Ensemble. Visit her website.

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