Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Lenke Rothman: Quality of Life

From the 1950s until her death in 2008, Rothman developed a unique feminist œuvre, where aspects of the everyday are set against a biographical and historic backdrop. Characterised by the radical processing of a lived present after the Shoah, Rothman’s practice negotiates lines of temporality and transience through, amongst other things, the preservation ephemeral and forgotten materials in a body of work that moves from abstract painting in the 1950s into the vocabulary of post-conceptual feminist sculpture in the 1960s and 70s. By recurring gestures – sewing, mending and enveloping, carving texts into fabric or paper, and holding together torn or decaying fragments – Rothman gives form to impermanence and memory alike, emphasising clothing as a membrane between fragile bodies and the world that surrounds them. Here, Rothman’s gestural poetics understand repair as the materialisation of the perpetual guided by the question: ‘How can life be saved and preserved despite constant destruction?’

Lohengrin

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance.

Louisa Sophia Jefferson / Piano Recital

The young German-Peruvian pianist Louisa Sophia Jefferson has already achieved extraordinary things at a very early age. Wherever she performs, she captivates audiences with her virtuoso brilliance, technical mastery, and musical maturity. At the age of eleven, she was accepted as a junior student at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater, and at sixteen she moved to Paris to continue her studies with Rena Shereshevskaya, one of the most renowned piano teachers of our time.


Her program spans a wide arc through music history—from Viennese Classicism to Modernism. She worked on Igor Stravinsky’s Three Movements from »Pétrouchka«, a work of the highest pianistic and rhythmic complexity, in a master class with Lang Lang, who expressly praised her interpretation.

PERFORMERS

Louisa Sophia Jefferson piano

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano in F minor, Op. 57 »Appassionata«

Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Johann Sebastian Bach / Johannes Brahms
Chaconne für die linke Hand

- Interval -

Sergej Prokofjew
Sonate Nr. 4 c-Moll op. 29

Igor Strawinsky
Drei Sätze aus Petruschka (Fassung für Klavier)

Magical Dreams – Musik-Show auf Eis

This impressive show takes the audience into a world of great emotions – full of magic and emotion. Here, talented soloists from the musical scene combine with breathtaking figure skaters and acrobatic performances to offer an unforgettable experience.

The event takes place on a synthetic surface called LIKE-ICE.

PROGRAM

Songs from popular films and musicals such as »Vaiana«, »Wednesday«, »Wicked«, »Mulan« and »The Ice Queen«

The concert takes place with an interval.

Mi Mundo Flamenco

Like no other art form, flamenco stands for passion and emotion, for rhythm and song, for tradition and modernity. Fascinating and sensual at the same time, flamenco is a never-ending dialogue between music and dance, between sounds and bodies. The six artists create an energetic atmosphere full of power and passion. With dance, song, guitar and cajón, they invite the audience to immerse themselves in the wonderful art of flamenco with them.

PERFORMERS

Maria Prenda vocals

Celedonio Garrido vocals

Johannes »Josel« Ratsch guitar

La Mona flamenco

Raphaela Stern flamenco

Migiwa Shimizu flamenco

PROGRAM

Mi Mundo Flamenco

The concert takes place with an interval.

MJ - Das Michael Jackson Musical

MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical provides insights into the background of the "Dangerous" world tour in 1992. Not only are some of the most famous and best-selling songs in music history presented, but also the superstar's unique moves and unmistakable sound. The musical also offers rare insights into the team spirit and creative power that made Michael Jackson a legend.

Since February 2022, Michael Jackson's extraordinary artistic talent and charisma has been celebrated in a musical on Broadway. This outstanding work has won four Tony Awards, received a Grammy Award nomination for its cast album, and has already sold nearly one million tickets. With more than 25 of his biggest hits, including "Beat It", "Billie Jean", "Bad", "Smooth Criminal" and "Thriller", MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical will be shown at Hamburger Stage Theater an der Elbe from December 2024 .