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February 2024 // Events and ceremony for the Brecht Birthday

February 2024 // Events and ceremony for the Brecht Birthday

© 2024 feel.jazz festival

Dear readers,

In a year that is no longer young but certainly not yet old, we wish you all the best: spirit, strong nerves, and peace of mind.

On Saturday, 3 February, tar master and composer Elshan Ghasimi will present her new program for the first time with jazz trumpeter and electronic musician Philipp Püschel at the feel.jazz festival at the Hafenklang in Hamburg.

Tickets and more about the festival, which starts on 2 February, can be found here.

© 2024 feel.jazz festival

"Don't hammer a nail in the wall" – a ceremony to mark Brecht's birthday.

With Mariam Meetra (Afghanistan), Atefe Asadi (Iran), Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu (Eritrea) and Sveta Ben (Belarus), music by Elshan Ghasimi (Iran/Germany)

On Saturday, 10 February, at 3 pm, a special ceremony will take place in the inner courtyard of the Brecht House in Berlin and the adjacent Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof cemetery. At a festive kick-off of the Brecht Days 2024, we will celebrate Bert Brecht's birthday with the Berlin public with music and readings by exiled poets. Admission is free!

More information.

© Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv 2967

We look forward to welcoming you to our events in the new year, engaging in dialogue on-site, celebrating our cultures, and immersing ourselves more deeply in them.

 

Your Julian Malte Hatem Schindele

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Circular 5 | 23 Premiere in Berlin “Nahfernost“

Circular 5 | 23 Premiere in Berlin “Nahfernost“

Dear reader,

The artistic encounter between the Persian setar master and composer Elshan Ghasimi and the flautist and shakuhachi player from Bremen Dieter Weische gave rise to the wish to deepen the dialogue between these two traditions. The desire became an idea, and they developed a new format: classical Persian and Japanese music merged into “Nahfernost” [Nearfareast].

Elshan Ghasimi has written new compositions for the concert on the 30th of September in the salon of the Schwartzsche Villa. They are based on classical literature-based pieces for the individual instruments. Together, she and Dieter Weische explore the relationship between rhythmic poetry and music and playfully show the similarities and differences between these ancient musical traditions.

 

Concert date
30th of September 2023
8 pm (admission from 7:30 pm, box office from 7 pm)
Tickets 18 € | red. 12 €
Buy tickets: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-dieter-weische-nahfernost-tickets-707449308927

 

Venue
Large Salon Schwartzsche Villa
Grunewaldstrasse 55
12165 Berlin

 

More information
www.elshanghasimi.com | https://www.floete-shakuhachi-bremen.de
© Photo Dieter Weische

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Zirkular-Circular 4 | 23 Concerts & Exhibitions

Zirkular-Circular 4 | 23 Concerts & Exhibitions

Michal Martychowiec Blue #5 (Upper Lusatia)
(January 2016) chromogenic prints, 175x220 cm

Dear friends of summer,

I would like to draw your attention to several program items by the artists of Bublitz Infrastructure.

Firstly, Elshan Ghasimi is performing at the Kampnagel International Summer Festival in Hamburg on the 24th of August. On the 26th and 27th of August, she can be seen and, above all, heard at the Dara String Festival in Berlin at the Theater im Delphi. Further information and tickets can be found on the respective websites (links marked in green, as always).

In the unique atmosphere of the Wehrmuehle Museum at Art Biesenthal, Michal Martychowiec will be showing his, it must be said, heavenly photographs from the Blue series. These are accompanied, framed, and interrogated by a series of his Promethean neon works. The group exhibition with the optimistic as well as correct title Let Life be Beautiful like Summer Flowers was curated by Dan Chen and runs until the 24th of September. An unconditional recommendation to all Berliners for a lovely late summer excursion.

If you happen to be in the south, southeast of the republic, I recommend a visit to the Höpfgut in Breitenberg, Lower Bavaria. This summer, the BAUHAUS BAVARIA artists' summer residence took place here for the first time. As a result, the exhibition Beyond Landscape can be visited until the 3rd of September. The exhibition features works created on-site by Elshan Ghasimi, Rachel Harris, Julius Holtz, Markus Hoffmann, Peter Kees, JMH Schindele and Aline Weyel.

Wishing you the best,
JMH Schindele

Michal Martychowiec Blue #3 (Pomerania)
(November 2013) chromogenic prints, 175x220 cm

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