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To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and 80 years of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Austrian Cultural Forum London is delighted to present a special concert by the renowned international singer Timna Brauer. She will be accompanied on guitar and bouzouki by the virtuoso musician Jannis Raptis.

Join us for "Flowers from the Orient", a mesmerizing programme celebrating the rich traditions of Jewish folk music and its extraordinary journeys around the world.

Many centuries ago, Jews populated the countries of the southern Mediterranean and lived in an area extending from North Africa to as far as India. Their traditions and music, partly Arabic in character, are little known in Europe.

Timna’s own mother was an Israeli with Yemenite roots. She passed this heritage on to her through stories, songs and dances.

Come by and experience this unique programme, featuring songs from the treasure chest of Jewish music from ancient Spain and the Middle East.

Timna Brauer
Born in Vienna as the daughter of Naomi Dahabani, a Yemenite Israeli singer, and the Austrian painter Arik Brauer, Timna spends her youth in Paris, Vienna and Israel.
She graduates from the French Lyceum in Vienna, takes guitar and piano lessons and studies singing at the Vienna Conservatory. She then studies musicology at the Sorbonne in Paris and attends masterclasses in classical music, jazz and Indian singing. After representing Austria as a soloist at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986, she embarks on an international career, accompanied by musicians from all corners of the globe. In 1986, she represented Austria as a soloist in the Eurovision Song Contest, launching an international career alongside musicians from around the world. Her work spans a diverse range of genres, including crossover, chansons, children's programmes, and Jewish music in all its forms.
Timna won the Concours national de jazz Paris - La Défense in 1989 and has since released around 20 albums. In the mid-1990s, she became head of the jazz singing department at the Vienna University of Music.

Her stage career is equally impressive. In 1999, she performed with the Ensemble Modern Frankfurt as Jenny in Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera. The following year, she played Evita in the musical of the same name at the Sommer Seebühne Klagenfurt.
For years, she leads and tours with the peace project VOICES FOR PEACE with Palestinians and Israelis. In CHANT FOR PEACE, she musically encounters the monks of Heiligenkreuz and produces a CD for Deutsche Grammophon, winning the Golden Record. Her roles include Golde in the musical Anatevka at Kittsee Castle in 2008 and at the Bolzano Municipal Theatre in 2015. In 2022, she makes her debut with Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire at the Haus der Musik in Innsbruck with Oswald Sallaberger's chamber orchestra. Since 2023 she has collaborated with the Morphing Chamber Orchestra, among others.

In recent years, she has been in charge of her father's art collection at the VILLA BRAUER in Vienna and has also turned to painting and sculpture herself.

Jannis Raptis
Born in Heidelberg in 1991 to Greek parents, Jannis Raptis spent his youth in Germany and Belgium before completing his degree in jazz guitar in Vienna.

After years of working as a freelance guitarist and guitar teacher, Jannis Raptis has specialized in reviving the music of medieval troubadours. His work is characterized by narrative ballads with a medieval character, enhanced with modern arrangements that reflect his extensive knowledge of Greek music, jazz, Latin, and flamenco.

In recent years, Jannis Raptis has collaborated intensively with many artists from the Austrian music scene, resulting in numerous concerts and CD recordings.

Currently, he is focused solely on his solo career. His debut album, "Ansichten eines Troubadours", was released in 2019.