Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

RIX Piano Quartet

Faith - hope - love, these three famous terms from the Bible, they characterise Pēteris Vasks, the globally acclaimed composer from Latvia. Faith: clearly very important to him. Hope: never give up! But the most important thing for him: love! And so he writes modern classical music that goes straight to the heart. And yet his artistic credo is: music must never be »sweet«!



Vasks, who will be 80 years old next year, loves silence: »Because everything comes from it and ends in it«. And so the silence after the last note is endless: the RIX Piano Quartet, a world-renowned ensemble whose string players are already familiar from Gidon Kremer’s famous Kremerata, is coming to Hamburg. In their luggage: the third piano quartet by Johannes Brahms – a reference to Hamburg and its audience. And Pēteris Vasks, the master himself, will be joining them for a preliminary artistic discussion. A very special evening with a very special composer!

PERFORMERS

RIX Piano Quartet piano quartet

Sandis Šteinbergs violin

Ilze Kļava viola

Reinis Birznieks violoncello

Jānis Maļeckis piano

PROGRAM

Artist talk with Pēteris Vasks and Ludwig Hartmann

Pēteris Vasks
Klavierquartett

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

Film screening »Der Komponist und sein Himmel – Pēteris Vasks«

ROMANTIC EVOLUTION/S

La Sylphide is considered the epitome of romantic ballet, with its premiere in 1832 marking the birth of the art form. Since then, ballet has continued to evolve: for almost 200 years, world premieres by enterprising choreographers have served to renew and expand a universal language that requires no words but is nonetheless highly eloquent. The double bill ROMANTIC EVOLUTION/S combines La Sylphide with a world premiere called Äther (engl. Ether) by principal and choreographer Aleix Martínez. Commissioned by Interim Artistic Director of the Hamburg Ballet Lloyd Riggins, Martínez will draw inspiration from this romantic classic for his new piece.

RUDOLPH - Exhibition@Nikolaus

Dear friends of art, media and design,

The Pure Photography and popstreet.shop galleries cordially invite you to the opening of their joint exhibition RUDOLPH on 6 December from 5 p.m. at Marktstraße 133 in Hamburg's Karoviertel district.

The Pure Photography gallery is showing the fascinating series by Hamburg photographer Marco Voß: H0 figures artfully arranged in everyday scenes — sometimes humorous, sometimes poetic, often astonishingly realistic.

Photographer and media artist Heike Baltruweit presents and reflects on painterly and graphic aspects and excerpts from architecture and urban environments in her consistently unedited photographs.

The popstreet.shop gallery presents a diverse programme of works and different approaches by various artists from pop art, street art, printing and antiquarianism.

What can you expect? Great art, stimulating conversations, mulled wine, a raffle and homemade biscuits.

Come along — with or without a red nose. We look forward to seeing you!

Opening: Saturday, 6 December '25, 5 to 9 p.m.

Exhibition: until 31 January 2026,

open: Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12 noon to 6 p.m. (except public holidays)

Free admission

WHERE?

Galerie Pure Photography & Galerie popstreet.shop

Marktstraße 133

20357 Hamburg (Karoviertel)

U2 Messehallen / U3 Feldstraße / S-Sternschanze

RUDOLPH - Exhibition@Nikolaus

Dear friends of art, media and design,

The Pure Photography and popstreet.shop galleries cordially invite you to the opening of their joint exhibition RUDOLPH from 6 December 2025 to 31 January 2026 at Marktstraße 133 in Hamburg's Karoviertel district.

The Pure Photography gallery is showing the fascinating series by Hamburg photographer Marco Voß: H0 figures artfully arranged in everyday scenes — sometimes humorous, sometimes poetic, often astonishingly realistic.

Photographer and media artist Heike Baltruweit presents and reflects on painterly and graphic aspects and excerpts from architecture and urban environments in her consistently unedited photographs.

The popstreet.shop gallery presents a diverse programme of works and different approaches by various artists from pop art, street art, printing and antiquarianism.

What can you expect? Great art, stimulating conversations, mulled wine, a raffle and homemade biscuits.

Come along — with or without a red nose. We look forward to seeing you!

Opening: Saturday, 6 December '25, 5 to 9 p.m.

Exhibition: until 31 January 2026,

open: Wednesdays to Saturdays, 12 noon to 6 p.m. (except public holidays)

Free admission

WHERE?

Galerie Pure Photography & Galerie popstreet.shop

Marktstraße 133

20357 Hamburg (Karoviertel)

U2 Messehallen / U3 Feldstraße / S-Sternschanze

Rudolph - the exhibition

Yes! Another major exhibition is a must this year, and in keeping with tradition, it will take place on St. Nicholas Day. Welcome to Rudolph, with or without polished boots, appropriate songs or poems. The anniversary exhibitions of the pure photography and popstreet.shop galleries will of course feature wonderful works in addition to a raffle and mulled wine. On the one hand, there are fascinating series by Hamburg photographer Marco Voß: H0 figures, artfully arranged in everyday scenes, and consistently unedited photographs by photographer and media artist Heike Baltruweit. On the other hand, there are expressive images by Simone Albert, Kirstin Dabelstein, liz_art_berlin & Esther Engelin and Marilyn Fackler, among others. And if you're looking for not only large pictures but also artistic little gifts for the Christmas table, you're sure to find something.

Vernissage: St. Nicholas Day, Saturday, 6 December, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Exhibition until 31 January

Gallery popstreet.shop & pure photography, Marktstraße 133, 20357 Hamburg

Wed-Sat 12 noon-6 p.m.

Nearby: Feldstraße, Sternschanze and Messehallen underground and S-Bahn stations.

Parking on Heiligengeistfeld, € 6/day, entrance via Glacischaussee or, when the funfair is open, via Feldstraße

Ruslan and Lyudmila

Ruslan and Lyudmila