Nina Chuba thrills with a brilliant show at Munich's Olympic Hall

From quiet doubt to loud ecstasy: In Munich's Olympic Hall, Nina Chuba shows a sold-out arena how pop music works between vulnerability and power.

When Nina Chuba began singing the first notes of Whiteberry Lillet in the Olympic Hall on Tuesday evening, the floor was already shaking. Confetti cannons went off right from the start, sending silver shreds flying through the air. The hall erupted – and not for the last time that evening, as would soon become clear.

The audience is a diverse mix – however, a striking number of young people, including children with their parents, have bought tickets. Some of them probably still remember Nina Chuba from her time as a child actress in the series The Peppercorns .

Early in the evening, Austrian singer Esther Graf thrilled the cheerful fans as the opening act. Her performance was an uplifting mix of pop and indie elements.

But when the stage finally darkens and the light flickers under the floating LED ceiling, the cheers really erupt.

Nina Chuba enters the stage in a white lace dress with red accents. She wears knitted socks and bright red sneakers. Her hair is styled in delicate braids, adorned with small pearls and glitter details that shimmer in the stage lights.

Their band, consisting of bass, drums, trombone, keys and saxophone, also gathers under a floating LED wall, which functions sometimes as a light source and sometimes as a virtual mirror during the course of the evening.

After the first few songs, Chuba greets her audience with a broad smile: "I can already tell you're starting to warm up." Numerous familiar hits follow, with the audience, who know all the lyrics, singing along to every line.

Several times that evening, the mood shifts abruptly – from rebellious to contemplative. Then Chuba's drummer puts down his sticks and picks up tone bars. It's a contrasting approach, but it works.

During the song "Mama Shooot," she lets the audience take over the chorus – and draws a comparison to the previous night: "Let's see if this is as intense as it was in Zurich yesterday," she calls out to the crowd. Munich doesn't need to be asked twice: Thousands of voices sing loudly, confidently, in unison. "Wow, that was good – an angelic choir," Chuba raves, visibly impressed.