Divan of Song

Past Events

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.

Sehnsucht @ Mojo Club

May 28th 2017
Hamburg Hamburg State Opera | Mojo Club Global Song Education Project

Artists

  • Pia Davila (soprano)
  • Christian Lange (baritone)
  • Burkhard Kehring (piano)
  • Kiyumarz Nawab (tabla)
  • Taban Farhang (violoncello)
  • Yahya Issa (oud)
  • Michael Zlanabitnig & Band
  • Voice4Soul
  • Christoph Böhmke (concept)

Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Pjotr Ilitsch Tschaikowsky
  • Robert Schumann
  • John Lennon
  • Reinhard Mey
  • Söhne Mannheims
  • a.o.

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Farsi
Mojo Club - backstage with Christian Lange (baritone) and Pia Salomé Bohnert (soprano)

Divan of Song : Stationen / Stages

April 8th 2017
Heidelberg Alte Aula - Old University Heidelberger Frühling | Neuland.Lied

Artists

Composers

Poets

  • Hans Bethge
  • Kitazono Katsue
  • Basho
  • Berthold Brecht
  • Li Pai
  • Xuan Xue Fei
  • Juhun Joo
  • Friedrich Rückert
  • Marianne von Willemer
  • Tristan Klingsor
  • Klabund
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Sungbok Lee
  • Sangbyeong Cheon
  • Avram Shlonsky
  • Kamel Ayoub
  • Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz
  • Dschalal ad-Din ar-Rumi
  • Heinrich Heine
  • Hafez (Muhammad Sams ad-Din)
  • Leconte de Lisle
  • Tomas Tranströmer
  • Dao Bei
  • Friedrich von Schiller
  • Ernst Schulze
  • Omar Khayyam
  • Roodabeh Shamloo
  • Yaakov Barzilai
  • Charles Leconte de Lisle
  • Kalidasa
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • William Radice
  • Heinrich Heine

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Korean
  • Farsi
  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • Ladino
  • Sanskrit (in translation)
  • Pali

DIVAN OF SONG COMPOSITIONS:

Ye Shen:
果戈理 / Gogol (Tranströmer / Dao Bei)
for soprano and piano (2017), in Chinese

Roodabe Shamloo:
قربانگاه / Farkhunda / Altar (Shamloo) for soprano and piano (2017), in Farsi

Nizar Elkhater:
حالِه من حالي / Hale min Hali (Assadi) for mezzo-soprano and piano (2017), in Arabic

Samuel Milea:
A State of Auspicious Bliss (from the Therigatha) for soprano and piano (2017), in Pali

ZHOUZOU:  Lini Gong (soprano)

TONGYEONG: Narea Son (soprano)
SHIRAZ: Sheida Damghani (soprano) and Roodabeh Shamloo (composer)
TEL AVIV - YAFO: Hagar Sharvit (mezzo-soprano)
MOSSUL: Pia Salomé Bohnert (soprano)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE: Katharina Konradi (soprano) and Samuel Milea (composer)

Goethe, Hafez and Persian Poetry

November 20th 2016
Weimar Konzerthall Belvedere Castle Festival MelosLogos

Artists

Composers

Poets

  • Rumi
  • Mirza Shaffy Vazeh
  • Hafez
  • Omar Khayyam
  • Hans Bethge
  • Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Languages

  • Farsi
  • German
  • Armenian (in translation)

DIVAN OF SONG COMPOSITIONS:

Mahdis Golzar Kashani: دزد دل / Heart Snatcher (Rumi)
for soprano and piano (2016), in Farsi

Daniel Behle: Three Hafez Songs / Drei Hafis-Lieder
for tenor and piano (2016), in German

  • Sieh, ich sterbe vor Verlangen (Hafez / Rosenzweig-Schwannau)
  • Am Anfang in Treuen (Hafez / Bürgel)
  • Flügelschläge (Hafez / Rosenzweig-Schwannau)
(Live Recording: Deutschlandfunk Kultur | Photos: Candy Welz)