Past Events

GLOBAL FOLK SONG COMPOSITIONS

July 21st 2019
Sylt/Germany Akademie am Meer

Artists

Composers

  • Johannes Brahms
  • Antonin Dvorak
  • Benjamin Britten
  • GAO Weijie
  • ZHOU Yi
  • Franz Salmhofer
  • Ernst Krenek
  • Maurice Ravel

Languages

  • Chinese
  • Cech
  • Sorbian
  • Austrian
  • German
  • French
  • English

Goethe and Hafez: Celebrating 200 Years of West-Eastern Divan!

May 8th 2019
Stuttgart / Germany Paul-Lechler-Saal, Hospitalhof Stuttgart / 19:30 h Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie

Artists

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Robert Schumann
  • Hugo Wolf
  • Daniel Behle
  • Boris Blacher
  • Mahdis Golzar Kashani
  • a.o.

Poets

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Shams ad-Din Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
  • a.o.

Languages

  • German
  • Farsi

In 1819, Goethes 'West-Eastern Divan' appeared in its first edition at Cotta in Stuttgart.

Lied & Objekt (III): Buddha Shakyamuni

March 27th 2018
Hamburg | Germany, Spiegelsaal 20 h Introduction (in German) 18:30 h Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Artists

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Alexander Zemlinsky
  • Karol Szymanowski
  • Param Vir

Poets

  • Amaru
  • Kalidasa
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • a.o.

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Bengali (in translation)
  • Sanskrit (in translation)

Supported by:
Hans Brökel Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur
(Photo credit: Luther & Fellenberg)

Lied & Objekt (II): Sultan Süleyman’s Divan

March 2nd 2018
Hamburg | Germany, Spiegelsaal 20 h Introduction (in German) 18:30 h Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Artists

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Robert Schumann
  • Ahmed Adnan Saygun

Poets

  • Justinus Kerner
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Ahmed Adnan Saygun

Languages

  • German
  • Turkish

supported by:
Hans Brökel Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur
(Photo credit: Luther & Fellenberg)

Lied & Objekt (I): Sassanid Wine Caraffe

January 26th 2018
Hamburg | Germany, Spiegelsaal 20 h Introduction (in German) 18:30 h Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Artists

Composers

  • Louis Spohr
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Othmar Schoeck
  • Hugo Wolf
  • Johanna Doderer
  • Boris Blacher
  • Ernst Krenek

Poets

  • Mirza Shaffi Vazeh
  • Omar Khayyam
  • Hafez
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Ernst Krenek

Languages

  • German
  • Farsi (in translation)
  • Armenian (in translation)

Supported by:
Hans Brökel Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kultur

Altes Herz | 오래된 마음

November 30th 2017
Hannover | Germany Richard Jakoby Saal, Emmichplatz 1 HMTM

Artists

  • Narea Son (soprano)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)

Composers

  • Johannes Brahms
  • Isang Yun
  • Kyuyung Chin

Languages

  • Korean
  • German

A bilingual 'songscape' of melancholy, combining works of Johannes Brahms and Korean composers, this performance is part of the 'Brahms Songfest' in Hannover.