I guess no one not to Romayne Wheeler searched and landed here will know him. However, he has given on Thursday evening at the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium a concert.

It was a benefit concert for the Tarahumara Indians in the community since 1992, he called in his eagle's nest is now living.

The next place is beaten 5-7 hours drive away and is accordingly isolated at home.

Romayne occurred in the clothing of the male Rarámuri. This consists of a colorful top and a short skirt type. Then he played in the first half of the concert pieces by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schubert, and then in the second half of his own compositions.

During the concert was recorded in the background on a screen a film that a French television team as it visited it in 2004 at his home.

All the promised spectacular images from a still largely unspoiled landscape, glimpses into the lives of the people of Rarámuri (her name for their own people) and to let music from a man of the modern world behind it into a different world . live It promised to be a great concert.

This was it! As a graduate pianist with decades of experience, of course, the talk of the "known" pieces was a pleasure. That Romayne but also understands his craft as a composer he was impressively in the second half of Evidence. Between each piece, he then told again and again about his life with the Rarámuri and always had stories to the following items at hand, which he did with all sorts of jokes and anecdotes.

As the concert was a benefit event was, of course, asked for donations and the city of Karlsruhe on behalf of Mayor Harald promised Denecken, to double the money raised by the visitors.

At the end of the concert played Romayne his most famous piece "Memories of the Alhambra", brought a great concert for his degree and subsequently received long applause.

Who has the opportunity should visit one of his next gigs are not to be missed. But you have to to wait for the next tour, since the current only in Munich, Oxford, Vienna, Bangkok and Tokyo halts. The last concert in Karlsruhe is now already 4 years ago. It could take so