A night of classic cabaret centred around the songs of Edith Piaf performed in the spirit of French chanson and the grand Weimar-Berlin expressionist era by French singer Hersh Dagmarr and New York pianist Darren Denman.
Expect some drama, thrill, glamour and timeless romance with tunes by “la Môme Piaf” but also Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, the Pet Shop boys and many others…
‘’Dagmarr evokes an unfettered and elegant decadence unfelt since Moulin Rouge” - Matt Katz-Bohen, Blondie, Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum.
“The stellar Dagmarr’s Kabarett; A French singer and a British classic pianist giving us pure cabaret to sing us into the night” - Patrick Cash, QX Magazine.
“Hersh Dagmarr is a fabulous artist and an a great singer! Check him out!” - Mark Moore, S’Express
"So much drama you won’t believe it’s not a drag queen show!" - Ethan Mechare, “Where Are You Now?”
Hersh Dagmarr is a London-based singer/songwriter and a cabaret artist. His visceral inspiration from the grand german kabarett era mixed with his own background as a jazz singer and experience as a French club kid from the noughties evolved into a unique blend of expressionist and theatrical avant-pop.
“My interest in music is quite polar. It’s equally coming from a faraway past and a rather distant future. Like some kind of haunting past life.”
Besides his own music production, Dagmarr regularly hosts a cabaret show called “Dagmarr’s Kabarett” in which, accompanied by a pianist, he performs classic tunes from the global cabaret songbook with an emphasis on Kurt Weill’s repertoire.
Darren Denman is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist, synthesist, composer, arranger, conductor, and educator currently based in New York City.
Being able to float effortlessly between genres, Darren currently serves as the music director and organist for the soul/funk band “John the Martyr”, synthesist and keyboardist for the video game tribute band “Bonus Level”, the keyboardist for soul/R&B band “Hegazy”, and the pianist and organist for the outlaw country band “Tim Barnicle and the Brooklyn Flyers”. In the past Darren has worked with countless bands including “Rvby My Dear”, “Peter More”, “Dog Adrift”, “Eyes On The Elbows” and many others.
His own projects include composing music for and leading the acoustic jazz piano trio “The Darren Denman Trio”, co-leading and cowriting for the funk based organ trio “Thank You, Mother”, as well as playing synths on the electronic improvisational collaboration “Divorced With 3 Kids (DW3K)” with Caleb McMahon and Pat Agresta.