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Poetry Slam

Word art on Hamburg's stages.

Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Hamburg stands for art and culture through and through. And over the years, poetry slams have gained a firm place in Hamburg's cultural programme. Those who want to see young lyrical talents have the opportunity to do so in Hamburg almost every week. The young poet scene meets here regularly on stage to compete and inspire the audience. And with the "artistic duels", the city even has its own unofficial championship. Here, you'll find an overview of current events and the most frequent venues.

    The home of the Poetry Slam in Hamburg.

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    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?’

    Lenke Rothman: Quality of Life
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    © Helene Toresdotter/Malmö Konsthall

    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?’

    Lenke Rothman: Quality of Life
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    © Helene Toresdotter/Malmö Konsthall

    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?’

    Lenke Rothman: Quality of Life
    Lohengrin
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    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.

    Lohengrin
    Louisa Sophia Jefferson
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    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)

    Louisa Sophia Jefferson / Piano Recital
    Magical Dreams – Musik-Show auf Eis
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    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.

     

    Magical Dreams – Musik-Show auf Eis

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