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Our artists are from Germany, Austria, India, Israel\u00a0 and the United States, with a wide range of influences, from chant and mantra singing to jazz and folk. To find out more about individual artists, click on their names on the tabs below:<\/p>\n
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Alisha Diamond<\/strong> was a theater director and is currently a painter. She lived in Berlin and Bali. She returned home to connect to the roots of her Hebrew ancestors. Her mission has been to understand and introduce new thought patterns for a unity-based world. Sharon Wolfe<\/strong>, a member of the Hebrew Institute\/Bayit of Riverdale and a retired social work administrator, will join Alisha in reciting the kaddish memorial prayer. <\/p>\n Alisha Diamond<\/strong> war Theaterregisseurin und arbeitet derzeit als Malerin. Sie lebte in Berlin und auf Bali. Sie kehrte nach Hause zur\u00fcck, um sich mit den Wurzeln ihrer hebr\u00e4ischen Vorfahren zu verbinden. Ihre Mission ist es, neue Denkmuster f\u00fcr eine auf Einheit basierende Welt zu verstehen und einzuf\u00fchren. Sharon Wolfe<\/strong>, Mitglied des Hebr\u00e4ischen Instituts\/Bayit von Riverdale und Sozialarbeiterin im Ruhestand, wird gemeinsam mit Alisha das Kaddish-Gedenkgebet sprechen. [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Annie Rettic” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ tab_font=”Aboreto|700|||||||” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Annie Rettic<\/strong> is a storytelling musician.Her concerts open hearts to gratitude and forgiveness, empowering listeners to connect to themselves and others with loving kindness. In November, Annie’s book “Gratitude: A Path To Grace” was published on Amazon. You can find out more and purchase it here: https:\/\/amzn.to\/418kKtr<\/a><\/p>\n Annie Rettic<\/strong> ist eine Musikerin, die Geschichten erz\u00e4hlt und mit ihren Konzerten die Herzen f\u00fcr Dankbarkeit und Vergebung \u00f6ffnet und die Zuh\u00f6rer bef\u00e4higt, mit sich selbst und anderen liebevoll umzugehen. Im November wurde Annies Buch “Gratitude: A Path To Grace” auf Amazon ver\u00f6ffentlicht. Sie k\u00f6nnen mehr dar\u00fcber erfahren und es hier kaufen: https:\/\/amzn.to\/418kKtr<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Song Lyrics<\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/span> Change The World<\/b><\/p>\n Writers: Farrell Droke, Joyce Martin and Bill Valenti<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When dust bowl clouds were blowing, and the soup lines stretched for miles<\/span><\/p>\n Woody Guthrie sang the anthems that gave us back our smiles.<\/span><\/p>\n He told us that this land was ours from sea to shining sea.<\/span><\/p>\n From California to the New York Isles, it\u2019s made for you and me.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When McCarthy launched his witch hunt, and the nation lived in fear<\/span><\/p>\n Pete Seeger brought his hammer down and led us to the clear.<\/span><\/p>\n Then Justice spanned all over the land, the banner of Peace unfurled.<\/span><\/p>\n We raised our voices high and sang, <\/span>change the world!<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When the war in \u201cNam dragged on and on for years and years and years.<\/span><\/p>\n John Lennon imagined a peaceful world,\u00a0 a world without futile tears.<\/span><\/p>\n He begged us to give peace a chance, and proved his point in bed.<\/span><\/p>\n We sang hid songs with voices true, and this is what we said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Change the world, change the world. Sing the songs that change the world.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Carl Big Heart” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ tab_font=”Aboreto|700|||||||” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Carl Big Heart<\/strong> focuses on building bridges between the world\u2019s wisdom traditions and on healing the relationship between humankind and all living beings. Through healing ceremony with the Sacred Pipe, the sweat lodge and children\u2019s blessings, as well as giving in-depth talks, he seeks to connect us with our own living Earth roots. While he lives in the United States, his work regularly takes him to Holland and Ireland. Carl Big Heart<\/strong> konzentriert sich auf den Br\u00fcckenschlag zwischen den Weisheitstraditionen der Welt und auf die Heilung der Beziehung zwischen der Menschheit und allen Lebewesen. Durch Heilungszeremonien mit der Heiligen Pfeife, der Schwitzh\u00fctte und Kindersegnungen sowie durch ausf\u00fchrliche Vortr\u00e4ge versucht er, uns mit unseren eigenen lebendigen Erdwurzeln zu verbinden. Er lebt zwar in den Vereinigten Staaten, doch seine Arbeit f\u00fchrt ihn regelm\u00e4\u00dfig nach Holland und Irland. [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Christina Guertler” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ tab_font=”Aboreto|700|||||||” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Singen zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch mein Leben, es gibt mir Kraft und ich erlebe dabei gro\u00dfe Freude – und so war es nur logisch, dies auch zu meinem Beruf zu machen…. seit 20 Jahren gebe ich Gesangsunterricht und trete als S\u00e4ngerin auf, seit \u00fcber 10 Jahren leite ich offene Singgruppen, z.b. die \u201eSeelenlieder\u201c. Die A-Cappella-Improvisation hat mich stark beeinflusst und meinen eigenen Ausdruck viel authentischer werden lassen, egal ob ich klassische Lieder, Pop oder Weltmusik singe. Mit meiner Arbeit m\u00f6chte ich Menschen st\u00e4rken, auch indem ich sie ermutige, das zu singen, was sie ausmacht und ausdr\u00fcckt. Und ich habe erlebt, wie gl\u00fccklich es Menschen machen kann, durch Singen \u2013 vor allem auch in Gemeinschaft – mit dem \u201eGr\u00f6\u00dferen\u201c verbunden zu sein und ihre Sehnsucht und ihre Bereitschaft zu Liebe, Frieden und Heilung in die Welt zu tragen. Mehr \u00fcber mich: www.stimme-singen-selbst.de<\/p>\n Singing runs like a common thread through my life, it gives me strength and I experience great joy – and so it was only logical to make it my profession…. I have been teaching singing and performing as a singer for 20 years and have been leading open singing groups, e.g. “Seelenlieder”, for over 10 years. A cappella improvisation has had a strong influence on me and has made my own expression much more authentic, whether I’m singing classical songs, pop or world music. With my work, I want to empower people, also by encouraging them to sing what defines and expresses them. And I have experienced how happy it can make people to be connected to the “greater” through singing – especially in community – and to bring their longing and their willingness for love, peace and healing into the world. More about me: www.stimme-singen-selbst.de<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Song Lyrics<\/p>\n Another World (Lyrics by Arundhati Roy, music by Diane Kaplan)<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another World is not only possible,<\/span><\/p>\n She is on her way.<\/span><\/p>\n On a quiet day,<\/span><\/p>\n on a quiet day<\/span><\/p>\n I can hear her breathing.<\/span><\/p>\n Hear her breathing <\/span>or<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hi noschemet (hebr. \u201eshe is breathing\u201c) <\/span>or<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Asma\u2018ha, asma\u2018ha tetenaffas (arab. \u201elisten to her, she is breathing)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peace be to you (Lyrics and music by Michael Stillwater)<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Light of Heaven shine through me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n lighting up the world I see\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n and shine throughout the universe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Peace be to you,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Peace be to me,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Peace be to all \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n and the world be free.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Bielefeld Voices for Peace” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ tab_font=”Aboreto|700|||||||” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Der Bielefelder Chor Voices for Peace besteht aus (in alphabetischer Reihenfolge der Vornamen): * Zeigt an, dass dieser K\u00fcnstler an anderer Stelle des Konzerts auftritt und eine eigene Biografie hat.<\/p>\n The Bielefeld Voices for Peace Choir is comprised of (in alphabetical order by first name): *\u00a0 Indicates that this Artist appears elsewhere in the Concert, and they have their own bio.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Christine Neidhardt” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ tab_font=”Aboreto|700|||||||” tab_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Music and dancing is in Christine\u2019s understanding like food – an essential part of human life. That\u2019s why she founded 1988 a music association, to support students in playing and singing music while studying at the Technical University of Munich. \u201c6appeal\u201d- a vocal acapella choir became since 1998 her home for 25 years, leaving people joyful and motivated starting music for their own. Since 2022 she met Michael Stillwater and became inspired to start a new musical project in 2024.<\/p>\n Musik und Tanz geh\u00f6ren in Christines Verst\u00e4ndnis zum menschlichen Leben wie Essen. Das ist auch der Grund warum sie 1988 einen Musikverein gr\u00fcndete, der Studenten unterst\u00fctzt, ihre Musik parallel zum technischen Studium an der Universit\u00e4t weiterzuverfolgen. \u201e6appeal\u201c \u2013 eine Vokalgruppe & acapella Chor wurde ihr musikalisches Zuhause von 1998-2023, Quelle von Freude und Begeisterung f\u00fcr Musik. Die Begegnung mit Michael Stillwater in 2022 inspiriert sie jetzt ein neues musikalisches Projekt in 2024 zu starten.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Song Lyrics<\/p>\n Caravan song \u2013 Karawanen Song<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Komm, komm, wer immer Du bist<\/span><\/p>\n die Karawane schlie\u00dft niemanden aus<\/span><\/p>\n Auch wenn du deine Schw\u00fcre brachst<\/span><\/p>\n vielleicht zehntausend mal<\/span><\/p>\n komm, komm nochmal<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Come, come, whoever you are<\/span><\/p>\n the caravan ex-cludes no one<\/span><\/p>\n Even if you broken your vows<\/span><\/p>\n perhaps ten thousand times<\/span><\/p>\n come, come again<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source<\/b>: Universal Dances of peace<\/span><\/p>\n Text:<\/b> based on the poem of Rumi:\u00a0 Come, come again..<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”DIANE KAPLAN” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Diane Kaplan is a singer\/songwriter and guitarist who uses her music to create healing spaces that connect people. For the last 10 years, she has been performing in Israel and in Germany with her Palestinian music partner, weaving the Hebrew, Arabic and English languages in harmonies that convey deep messages of peace and shared humanity.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voicesforpeaceconcert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AlishaDiamond-SharonWolfe.jpg?resize=300%2C135&ssl=1\")
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We dedicate this prayer in memory of Betty Saltzman, z\u2019l (Alisha\u2019s mother) and in memory of the starseeds lovers and musicians who were killed in the Nova music festival in Southern Israel on October 7, 2023. We also dedicate this prayer in memory of the 1200 victims of terror along with all of those who were taken hostage on that tragic day. We close this prayer with a fervent wish for peace for all the inhabitants of this, our world.<\/p>\n
Wir widmen dieses Gebet im Gedenken an Betty Saltzman, z’l (Alishas Mutter) und im Gedenken an die Starseeds-Liebhaber und -Musiker, die am 7. Oktober 2023 beim Nova-Musikfestival in S\u00fcdisrael get\u00f6tet wurden. Wir widmen dieses Gebet auch dem Gedenken an die 1200 Terroropfer und all jene, die an jenem tragischen Tag als Geiseln genommen wurden. Wir schlie\u00dfen dieses Gebet mit dem sehnlichen Wunsch nach Frieden f\u00fcr alle Bewohner dieser, unserer Welt.<\/p>\n\n
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\u201cTo bring true, effective and lasting healing to the Sacred Hoop of Life, we must join together in one prayer of the heart and flow into unified Spirit. Laying aside our attachment to beliefs, we move beyond form into universal synthesis. We are Spirit in the flesh. God is the life living Itself within each of us.\u201d (Carl Big Heart)<\/p>\n
“Um dem Heiligen Reifen des Lebens wahre, wirksame und dauerhafte Heilung zu bringen, m\u00fcssen wir uns in einem Gebet des Herzens vereinen und in den vereinten Geist einflie\u00dfen. Indem wir unsere Anhaftung an \u00dcberzeugungen ablegen, bewegen wir uns \u00fcber die Form hinaus in die universelle Synthese. Wir sind Geist im Fleisch. Gott ist das Leben, das in jedem von uns lebt.” (Carl Big Heart)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voicesforpeaceconcert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ChristinaG.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1\")
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Alke Bauer, Almut Deitelhoff, Anja Debrow, Christine Rausch, Hartmut
Nocke*, Marianne Kastrup, Ortrud Nielinger, Rose Rambatz* (Gitarre),
Sebastian G\u00fcrtler (Gitarre), Silke-Maria Kunzmann*, Ulrich Wittrahm,
Ulrike D\u00fcrrbeck*. und Christina G\u00fcrtler*.<\/p>\n
Alke Bauer, Almut Deitelhoff, Anja Debrow, Christine Rausch, Hartmut
Nocke*, Marianne Kastrup, Ortrud Nielinger, Rose Rambatz* (guitar),
Sebastian G\u00fcrtler (guitar), Silke-Maria Kunzmann*, Ulrich Wittrahm,
Ulrike D\u00fcrrbeck*. and Christina G\u00fcrtler*.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/voicesforpeaceconcert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ChristineNphoto.jpg?resize=233%2C300&ssl=1\")
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<\/span>She is a peace-maker, working with different peace organizations in Israel and abroad. Diane is originally from the USA, a child of two Holocaust survivors.
<\/span>https:\/\/www.dianesong.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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