Gustav Mahler's piano version of "Das Lied von der Erde", based on free translations and re-compositions of ancient Chinese Poems by Hans Bethge, forms the starting point of a new long term project that explores Mahler's relationship with Far-Eastern poetry - and it's possible consequences and perspectives for global art song composition.
The first exploration includes a video-audio-production of the Mahler song originally titeled "Der Pavillon aus Porzellan", that was transformed into the third movement "Von der Jugend" of Mahler's orchestral work later.
