Divan of Song

Past Events

Alpine Art Songs

September 5th 2026
Brunnen / CH Reformierte Kirche Ingenbohl-Brunnen Othmar Schoeck Festival

Artists

  • Alice Lackner (mezzo soprano)
  • Peter Schöne (baritone)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)
  • Hein Sauer (introduction)

Two Lieder cycles of the early 20th century in correspondence:

  • Ernst Krenek: Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (Krenek) op.62 / 1929
  • Othmar Schoeck: Wanderung im Gebirge (Lenau) op.45 / 1930

Klappholttaler Liederwochen 2026

July 12th 2026
Klappholttal / Sylt Akademie am Meer

Artists

  • Roman Trekel (baritone)
  • Danae Papamattheou-Matschke (violin)
  • Jóhann Kristinsson (baritone)
  • Rita Rolo Moraes (soprano)
  • Mariana Popova (piano)
  • João Sousa (piano)
  • Morgane Solignac (soprano)
  • Laetitia Dodé (piano)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Louis Spohr
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Hugo Wolf
  • Alma Mahler
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Richard Strauss
  • Max Reger
  • Claude Debussy
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Jules Massenet
  • Henri Duparc
  • Fernando Lopes-Graça
  • Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos
  • Xavier Montsalvatge
  • Luciano Berio

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Portugese
  • Italian

Feminale 2026 – Opening Night

April 23rd 2026
Hamburg HfMT Forum Feminale

Artists

  • Alina Wunderlin (soprano)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)
  • Harvestehude Chamber Choir (Edzard Burchards, conductor)
  • HfMT Chamber Choir (Cornelius Trantow, conductor)
  • a.o.

Composers

  • Dora Pejačević
  • Felicitas Kukuck
  • Barbara Strozzi
  • Hanna Havrylets
  • Iryna Aleksichuk
  • Eleanor Daley
  • Amy Beach
  • Maja Einfelde
  • Lili Boulanger
  • Kaija Saariaho
  • a.o.

Poets

  • Anna Ritter
  • Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Wilhelmine Wickenburg - Almásy
  • Paul Wilhelm
  • Karl Henckell
  • a.o.

[Foto: Sylviane Brauer]

Art around 1800 – Age of Revolutions

January 29th 2026
Werner-Otto-Saal Hamburger Kunsthalle

Artists

  • Rita Rolo Morais (soprano)
  • Anna Bottlinger (soprano)
  • Chen-Han Lin (countertenor)
  • Yi-Wen Chen (piano)
  • João Sousa (piano)
  • Prof. Dr. Ivana Rentsch (moderation)
  • Prof. Burkhard Kehring (concept)

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Shui-Long Ma
  • Nan-Chang Chien

Poets

  • Ossian / Macpherson
  • Hunter
  • Müller
  • Rellstab
  • Xun
  • Xi

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Chinese

A program inspired by exposed art works around 1800: European compositions from the 18th and early 19th century in correspondence with contemporary Taiwanese art songs.

AudiMaxVocal – Global Art Song !

November 30th 2025
Hamburg Auditorium Maxium / University Hamburg

Artists

  • Johanna Backhaus (mezzosoprano)
  • Antonia Brinkers (soprano)
  • Amy Elizabeth Buttschardt (soprano)
  • Yi-Wen Chen (piano)
  • Yanyan Cheng (baritone)
  • Laetitia Dodé (piano)
  • Oda Lou Johannsen (soprano)
  • Heejin Kim (piano)
  • Chen-Han Lin (countertenor)
  • Jiaying Lin (soprano)
  • Ioanna Miliou (soprano)
  • Daria Plastinina (soprano)
  • Rita Rolo Morais (soprano)
  • Morgane Solinac (soprano)
  • João Sousa (piano)
  • Maria Tilibtsev (mezzosoprano)
  • Saida Timina (piano)
  • Tamami Tsuruta (piano)
  • Prof. Burkhard Kehring (moderation)

Composers

  • Rita Strohl
  • Cécile Chaminade
  • Lesia Dychko
  • Amy Beach
  • Alma Mahler
  • Jiping Zhao
  • Leopold Yashchenko
  • Françis Poulenc
  • John Woods Duke
  • Claude Debussy
  • Manos Hadjidakis
  • Sergej Rachmaninoff
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Viktor Ullmann
  • Shui-Long Ma
  • Nan-Chang Chien
  • Samuel Barber
  • Xavier Montsalvatge
  • Isang Yun

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Greek
  • Jiddish
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • Korean

THE BOOK OF HANGING GARDENS

September 27th 2025
Shanghai Shanghai Symphony Hall Chamber Hall

Artists

  • ZHU Huiling (mezzo soprano)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)

Composers

  • Arnold Schönberg
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Franz Schubert
  • a.o.

First performance of Schönberg's "Buch der hängenden Gärten" op.15 in China.