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i'm growing fur – reading series for poetry & translation

i'm growing fur – Reading Series for Poetry & Translation

Thursday, April 16, 2026: With Hasune El-Choly (Hamburg), Lisa Jay Jeschke (Munich), Odile Kennel (Berlin)

i'm growing fur is a reading series for poetry, translation, and multilingualism in Hamburg. It offers a space for texts, for exchange and encounters, and aims to help poets and translators gain greater visibility in Hamburg's cultural landscape. i'm growing fur focuses on translation and mediation, on listening to poetry together for all who want to engage in an inspiring reciprocal experience. We come together, we grow together – we surround ourselves and keep each other warm.

Before and after the readings, we invite you to stay with us. Doors open one hour before the start. There will be a small book table, bread, and a bar for drinks.

Curated and moderated by Jonis Hartmann & Ayna Steigerwald

i’m growing fur is supported by Hamburgische Kulturstiftung and Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behörde für Kultur und Medien.

F-Pavilion, Rentzelstraße 36-40 (entrance, room + restroom on the ground floor), 20146 Hamburg

U2/U3 Schlump / S+U3 Sternschanze

c/o Fringify Independent Arts Festival // https://fringify.hamburg

Doors open at 7:00 pm, event starts at 8:00 pm, suggested donation €8-12 (please note: cash only on site!)

https://wonderl.ink/@imgrowingfur / Contact: imgrowingfur@gmail.com

Dates: April 16, June 18, September 17, 2026

Ildiko von Kürthy/ Daniel Schreiber

One of Germany’s most widely read authors meets a bestselling author and essayist who explores the personal as a literary and social issue: Ildikó von Kürthy and Daniel Schreiber will present a joint evening at the Harbour Front Literature Festival – in the form of a conversation developed specifically for Hamburg.

Please note: The event will be held in German

PERFORMERS

Ildikó von Kürthy talk

Daniel Schreiber talk

Inside Out

Inside Out

Inspiring China

Selected highlights from the extensive collection of Chinese objects at MK&G, totaling over 3,000 items mediate principles of Chinese art such as modular design and the unity of script and image. The display includes ritual bronzes, imperial porcelain, carved lacquer, painting, calligraphy and woodblock prints.

Inspiring Japan

With its new presentation of the East Asia Collection, the MK&G is celebrating the unbroken inspirational power of Japanese design. Now on display for the first time are paintings from the Edo period (1615–1868), Buddhist calligraphy and colour woodblock prints from the private collection of Walter Gebhard, acquired by the museum in 2021. The exhibition unfolds over two storeys: In the first part, the pictures enter into a dialogue with ceramics, lacquerware, bamboo baskets, metalwork and sword ornaments from the existing collection.

International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg 2026

»In the Rausch der Farben« conceives of sound as color, as light, as shifting perception. Johann Sebastian Bach’s First Cello Suite serves as a prism at the beginning, from which a multitude of shades unfold. Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy translate this idea into a musical language that focuses on atmosphere and fleeting impressions. After the intermission, the »reimagined« Ciaconna offers a fresh perspective on the Baroque legacy, before Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s String Quintet, Op. 87, weaves together the dimensions of clarity, color, and movement into a multi-layered soundscape.

PERFORMERS

Talich Quartet string quartet

Jan Talich violin

Roman Patočka violin

Radim Sedmidubský viola

Michal Kaňka violoncello

Jiyoon Lee violin

Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic viola

Hartmut Rohde viola

Niklas Schmidt violoncello

Jens Bomhardt double bass

Patrick Gallois flute

Michel Lethiec clarinet

Asya Fateyeva saxophone

Álmos László Tallós harp

Martín Zamorano piano

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 for Solo Violoncello

Maurice Ravel
Introduction et Allegro für Flöte, Klarinette, Harfe und Streichquartett

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

- Interval -

Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne »

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Streichquintett B-Dur op. 87