6 PM DOORS | 7:15 PM SHOW
About Kraftwerk:
Bringing together music and performance art, Kraftwerk concerts are a true "Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art.”
The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums.
By the mid 1970’s Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic ‚sound scapes’ and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.
Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to SynthPop.
In their live performances, Kraftwerk – Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, Falk Grieffenhagen – illustrate their belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.
Starting with the retrospective of their Catalogue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2012, in recent years Kraftwerk have returned full circle back to their origins within the Düsseldorf art scene of the late Sixties.
The concert series at MoMA was followed by further presentations at Tate Modern Turbine Hall (London), Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) Opera House (Sydney), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), Neue National Galerie (Berlin), Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao) and they most recently played 9 nights at LA’s famed Walt Disney Hall.
In 2014 Ralf Hütter and his former partner were honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Know Before You Go - Shell Yeah! Benefit Series:
This concert is part of our Shell Yeah! Benefit Series. No outside food, drinks, coolers or pets are allowed at ticketed events. Reusable water bottles may be brought in to fill up at our water fountains.
All seating is GA outdoor lawn seating. Lawn chairs and blankets are strongly encouraged. No tents or umbrellas.
Gates open at 6 pm and the show begins at 7:15 pm. The two box office entrances are located on Veterans Plaza, on the left side of the Shell near the Zoo entrance, and on Museum Drive between the Brooks Museum and the Overton Park Shell.
Please have your ticket ready and pulled up on your phone before you arrive at the box office to ensure a speedy entry-- your cell service connection may be impacted by large events. Tickets should be loaded into your Google/Apple Wallet or the Ticketmaster app. Children 5 and under do not require a ticket.
The Overton Park Shell is wheelchair accessible
No professional photography, video, or audio recording equipment
Because this is a fundraiser, no refunds are available. Thank you for helping to power our FREE concert series
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