Political Song Festival
Concert by the Danish group Faelles Akkorden in the foyer of the Palace of the Republic , 1978
The festival of the political song was one of the largest music events in the GDR . It was founded by the October Club and took place every February between 1970 and 1990 as an official FDJ event in East Berlin . The main organizer was initially the FDJ district leadership in Berlin, from 1975 the FDJ central council. In 1980 a compilation of the first 10 years of the festival was published under the title Decathlon - Festival Des Politischen Liedes 1970–1980 . In the same year a full-time office “Festival of Political Song” was founded. The festival was largely organized on a voluntary basis. Artists from 60 countries performed, including celebrities such as Mikis Theodorakis , Miriam Makeba , Quilapayún , Inti-Illimani , Silvio Rodríguez , Mercedes Sosa , Canzoniere delle Lame and Pete Seeger . The first festival took place from February 15-21, 1970.
After the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR , the festival lost its function and the cultural infrastructure on which it was based. In order to continue the festival, a sponsoring association was founded, which from 1991 to 1994 carried out the ZwischenWelt Festival as the “new festival of political song”. The club disbanded in 1995 due to financial problems.
In 2000 a new start took place with a small festival under different circumstances. Today's content orientation has been manifested in the new name Festival Music and Politics since 2001 .
The festival's mascot was a red sparrow named Oki. The name Oki is derived from October Club .
Appearances (selection)
- 1st Festival of Political Song (February 15-21 , 1970): Il Contemporaneo (Italy), Judith Csaba (Hungary), Gerilla Group (Hungary), Iskateli (Soviet Union), Joan & José (Spain), Cynthia Nokwe ( South Africa), Reinhold Andert , Kurt Demmler , Singing Club of Lessing Oberschule Hoyerswerda , Hartmut König , Gisela May , October Club , group pasaremos (GDR), The Conrads (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 2nd Festival of Political Song (February 7-13 , 1971): Agit Prop (Finland), Luís Cília (Portugal), Perry Friedman (Canada), Lutschina Group (Soviet Union), Laura Panti and Sergio Liberovici (Italy), Quilapayún (Chile), Maryla Rodowicz with her group (Poland), Francesca Solleville (France), Vietnamese Singegruppe (Vietnam), Lyrik-Song-Klub , Singeklub Traktorwerk Schönebeck , Renate Richter and Hilmar Thate , Jürgen Walter + Günther-Fischer-Gruppe (GDR), Munich song group (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 3rd Festival of Political Song (February 13-19, 1972): Canzoniere delle Lame (Italy), Barbara Dane (USA), Fria Proteatern (Sweden), Bhupen Hazarika (India), Kaláka (Hungary), KOM teatteri (Finland ), Aleksander Kulisiewicz (Poland), Sergei Nikitin (Soviet Union), Isabel Parra (Chile), Silvio Rodríguez (Cuba), Hartmut König, Singeklub Potjomkin , Helga de Wroblewsky and Thomas Natschinski and his group (GDR), Dieter Süverkrüp (Federal Republic of Germany )
- Political songs for the 10th World Festival (July 29 - August 5, 1973): Agit Prop (Finland), Klara Amandova (Bulgaria), Canzoniere Internazionale (Italy), Inti-Illimani (Chile), Lamari (Algeria), Pesnjari ( Soviet Union), Max Rongier (France), National Service Jazz-Band (Tanzania), The Singing Voices (Japan), La Columna de Fuego (Colombia), Cuatro Tiempo (Argentina), Vízöntő (Hungary), Reinhold Andert, Klaus Renft Combo , Spartakus (GDR), Franz Josef Degenhardt , Floh de Cologne (Federal Republic of Germany), Locomotive Kreuzberg (West Berlin)
- 4th Festival of Political Song (February 10-16 , 1974): Klara Amandova (Bulgaria), Guy Carawan (USA), Inti-Illimani (Chile), The Laggan (Great Britain), Miriam Makeba (South Africa), Muszti & Dobay (Hungary), Quilapayún (Chile), Claude Réva (France), The Sands Family (Ireland), Daniel Viglietti (Uruguay), song group TU Dresden , year 49 (GDR), Floh de Cologne (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 5th Festival of Political Song (February 9-15 , 1975): José Afonso (Portugal), Perth County Conspiracy (Canada), Los Folkloristas (Mexico), Kalambur (Poland), Elvina Makarjan (Soviet Union), Pablo Milanés (Cuba ), Sören Sidevinds Spillemänd (Denmark), Tiempo Nuevo (Chile), Kumiko Yokoi (Japan), Jack & Genossen (GDR), Franz Josef Degenhardt (Federal Republic of Germany), Lokomotive Kreuzberg (West Berlin)
- 6th Festival of Political Song (February 7-14 , 1976): Quinteto Clave (Argentina), Pia Colombo (France), Mircea Florian (Romania), GEM with Krystyna Giżowska (Poland), group from Iraq (Iraq), Moncada (Cuba), Deepa Mukhopadhyay (India), Isabel Parra + Arturo Cipriano (Chile), Santocas (Angola), Marcos Velásquez (Uruguay), The Whistlebinkies (Great Britain), bots (Netherlands) , schicht , Helga and Clement de Wroblewsky ( GDR), Ekkes Frank , Peter, Paul & Barmbek (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 7th Festival of Political Song (February 12-19 , 1977): Aliança Operario-Camponesa (Mozambique), Aparcoa (Chile), bots (Netherlands), 25th Theater Budapest (Hungary), Canzoniere del Lazio (Italy), Pedro Luis Ferrer (Cuba), Mike Glick & Suni Paz (USA), Inti-Illimani (Chile), Jatarí (Ecuador), Mustafa El-Kurd (Palestine), Víctor Manuel (Spain), Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (Nicaragua), Carlos Paredes (Portugal), Cuatro Tablas (Peru), Reinhold Andert, Singeklub Hoyerswerda , Bernd Rump (GDR), Floh de Cologne, Fasia Jansen (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 8th Festival of Political Song (February 13-20 , 1978): Tamás Berki (Hungary), Ernst Born (Switzerland), Mari Dimitriadi (Greece), Grenada (Soviet Union), Yaki Kandru (Colombia), Rosa León (Spain) , Al Mayadine (Lebanon), Moncada (Cuba), Quilapayún (Chile), Frederic Rzewski (USA), Timur Selçuk (Turkey), Trovante (Portugal), singing group of the revolutionary youth (Laos), Mike Westbrook's Brass Band (Great Britain), Wilhelm Zobl (Austria), Shift, Barbara Thalheim (GDR), Dieter Süverkrüp, Hannes Wader (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 9th Festival of Political Song (February 10-18 , 1979): ASHEED (Yemen), group from Ethiopia (Ethiopia), Maria Farandouri (Greece), spring group (Vietnam), Stormy Six / Macchina Maccheronica (Italy), Carlos Mejía Godoy (Nicaragua), singing group of the MVR (Mongolia), Taller Luis Emilio Recabarren (Chile), Claude Réva (France), Brigade Feuerstein , Folklander , born 49 , Karl's grandson (GDR), Uschi Flacke (Federal Republic of Germany), Hanns- Eisler Choir (West Berlin)
- 10th Festival of Political Song (February 9-17, 1980): Agit Prop (Finland), Ballada (Soviet Union), Tamás Berki (Hungary), group from Kampuchea (Kampuchea), Stormy Six / Macchina Maccheronica (Italy), Los Parra de Chile (Chile), The Sands Family (Ireland), Daniel and Cédar Viglietti (Uruguay), Reinhold Andert, New Music Group , Brigade Feuerstein, born 49, Liedehrlich (GDR), Franz Josef Degenhardt (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 11th Festival of Political Song (February 7-15 , 1981): José W. Armijo (El Salvador), Battlefield Band (Great Britain), Lajos Boros (Hungary), Maria Dimitriadi (Greece), Dosti (Afghanistan), Bjarne Jes Hansen (Denmark), Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa), Los Javias (Chile), Bongi Makeba (South Africa), Dean Reed (USA), Butterflies (Austria), Francesca Solleville (France), choir of Berlin party veterans "Ernst Busch" , choir of EOS Kreuzschule , Gerhard Schöne , Wacholder (GDR), Floh de Cologne (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 12th Festival of Political Song (February 13-21 , 1982): Ad Hoc Singers (USA), bots (Netherlands), Chris Cutler (Great Britain), Canzoniere delle Lame (Italy), Illapu (Chile), Sigi Maron (Austria ), Quinteto Tiempo (Argentina), Orkest De Volharding (Netherlands), Duo Voga / Turnowski (Hungary), Arbeiterfolk , Kurt Demmler, Gerhard Gundermann , Pietsch / Körbel , Hannes-Zerbe-Blechband (GDR), Liederjan , Hannes Wader (Federal Republic Germany), Hanns Eisler Choir (West Berlin).
- 13th Festival of Political Song (February 13-20 , 1983): Willem Breuker Quartet (Netherlands), New York Street Theater Caravan (USA), Cassiber (Great Britain / Federal Republic of Germany), Patricio Manns (Chile), Letta Mbulu (South Africa ), Noel Nicola (Cuba), Oskorri (Spain), Mikis Theodorakis (Greece), Orchestra of the Dresden University of Music , Jürgen Eger , Lin Jaldati , Silly , Jürgen Walter (GDR), Ina Deter , Heiner Goebbels / Alfred Harth (Federal Republic of Germany) .
- 14th Festival of Political Song (February 12-19 , 1984): Shanna Bitschewskaja (Soviet Union), Duck and Cover (Great Britain / Federal Republic of Germany / USA), Khaled el Habr (Lebanon), Los Jaivas (Chile), Jackson Kaujeua ( Namibia), Czesław Niemen (Poland), Angel Parra (Chile), Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), Utamaduni (Tanzania), Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (Austria), Piatkowski & Rieck , Shift, Wenzel & Mensching (GDR), Hannes Wader, Zupfgeigenhansel (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 15th Festival of Political Song (February 9-17 , 1985): René Bardet (Switzerland), Eric Bogle (Australia), Budka Suflera (Poland), Bruce Cockburn (Canada), Miriam Makeba (South Africa), San Francisco Mime Troupe (USA), Quilapayún (Chile), Silvio Rodríguez and Afro-Cuba (Cuba), Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentina), Karl's grandson, Gina Pietsch , Rotdorn (GDR), Dieter Süverkrüp, Zupfgeigenhansel (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 16th Festival of Political Song (February 16-23 , 1986): Aroona (Australia), Amandla (South Africa), Francis Bebey (Cameroon), Billy Bragg (Great Britain), Cuarteto Cedrón (Argentina), Leon Rosselson (Great Britain), Pete Seeger (USA), Pi de la Serra (Spain), Herman van Veen (Netherlands), Norbert Bischoff , Kerschowski , Pension Volkmann (GDR), Franz Josef Degenhardt (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 17th Festival of Political Song (February 15-22 , 1987): Attila the Stockbroker and The Neurotics (Great Britain), Heber Bartolome (Philippines), Maria Dimitriadi (Greece), León Gieco (Argentina), Kalahari Surfers , Abdullah Ibrahim ( South Africa), Maria del Mar Bonet (Spain), Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (Nicaragua), Luci Murphy (USA), Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), Elżbieta Wojnowska (Poland), Gerhard Gundermann, Maike Nowak , Wenzel & Mensching (GDR), Dietrich Kittner (Federal Republic of Germany).
- 18th Festival of Political Song (February 14-21, 1988): No Fixed Adress (Australia), ANC-Ensemble (South Africa), Cassiber (Great Britain / Federal Republic of Germany), Ewan MacColl / Peggy Seeger (Great Britain), Norma Gadea ( Nicaragua), Sweet Honey in the Rock (USA), Tania Libertad (Peru), Carlos Mejía Godoy (Nicaragua), Moncada (Cuba), Amparo Ochoa (Mexico), Maria da Paz (Brazil), Erika Pluhar (Austria), Camorra (Austria), Stella Chiweshe (Zimbabwe), Yarınistan (Turkey / Federal Republic of Germany), Aufwind , Arno Schmidt , Gerhard Schöne, Duo Parasol , Petrels (GDR), Wolf Brannasky (Federal Republic of Germany), Johannes Hodek (West Berlin).
- 19th Festival of Political Song (February 12-19 , 1989): Billy Bragg (Great Britain), Angelo Branduardi (Italy), Santiago Felíu (Cuba), Youth Ensemble KDVR (Korea), Oyster Band (Great Britain), Michelle Shocked (USA) ), Sol y Lluvia (Chile), SWAPO Children's Choir (Namibia), Daniel Viglietti (Uruguay), Gerhard Gundermann, Jams , Jalda Rebling , Arno Schmidt, Die Zöllner (GDR), Heinz Rudolf Kunze , Rocktheater N8schicht (Federal Republic of Germany), Two thirds (West Berlin).
- 20th Festival of Political Song (February 11-18 , 1990): Fanfare van de Eerste Liefdesnacht (Netherlands), Inti-Illimani (Chile), The Klezmatics (USA), Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), Reinhold Andert, Norbert Bischoff & Society, Gerhard Gundermann, Bolshevik Kurkapelle , October Club (GDR), Duo Parasol (GDR) & Terem (Soviet Union), Ute Lemper , Konstantin Wecker (Federal Republic of Germany), IG Blech (West Berlin).
Others
The festival of political songs in Weißenbach am Attersee (Austria), which has been held since 1997, has no relation to the FDJ festival of political songs.
Web links
Commons : Festival of the political song - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- List of all festival participants 1970–1990
- Successor: Festival Music and Politics in Berlin (since 2000)