Germany’s Salut Quartet collaboration with Nairobi’s Ghetto Classics.

Famous German classical quartet, Salut Salon, is set to collaborate with Ghetto Classics in a musical project. Ghetto Classics is a community project based in a Nairobi slum called Korogocho. The all-girl quartet will be visiting Kenya, and are scheduled to perform at the Michael Joseph Centre on Thursday, 22nd Jan, and at the Villa Rosa Kempinski on Friday, 23rd January.

The quartet will share their knowledge with the over 300 children from the slum, who make up part of the programme. Ghetto Classics uses music education to provide the youths with skills that they can use to empower themselves and the community. The programme also provides them with income-generating opportunities.

The Salut Salon quartet was founded in 2002 by violinist Angelika Bachmann and Iris Siegfried. The two met at a schools orchestra in the Eppendorf neighbourhood of Hamburg aged only eleven years, and not only became friends, but discovered they also shared a sense of humour. Shortly after they started playing together, recruiting the rest of the team later.

Their successful career has seen them record six albums so far, and a film titled Salut Salon: Lady power in the quartet.