EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS 2016
Multifaceted Germany
Programme
Date/time
Event
© Jörg Sarbach
© Rex Club
© Kurt Cauchi
© Felix Broede
Musical diversity:
from classical to techno
Location
Mon., 17 Oct. Opening concert
20:00
The hr-Sinfonieorchester plays compositions from the German Classical and Romantic periods.
hr-Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Atos Trio: Annette von Hehn (violin), Stefan Heinemeyer (cello), Thomas Hoppe (piano)
Alte Oper Frankfurt
Großer Saal
Opernplatz 1
Rotor #5
Concert and performance series
Expect an extraordinary listening experience including electronic music and New Music with wellknown artists in surprising places. This is a collaborative project between the International Music
Institute Darmstadt, the Institut für Klangforschung at the University of Art and Design Offenbach
and the Institute of Contemporary Music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
Tickets/prices*
€69/€56/€43/€30/€20/€12
Box office at Alte Oper Frankfurt
as well as all Frankfurt Ticket
RheinMain ticket offices
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 1340 400
www.alteoper.de
Under the baton of this year's Bayreuth Festival conductor, the hr-Sinfonieorchester plays Ludwig
van Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and – together with the renowned ATOS Trio – the Triple Concerto,
which calls for virtuosity and chamber music skills of the highest order. In the second part, Robert
Schumann's Symphony No 3, the "Rhenish", brings the audience into the German Romantic era.
Fri., 28 Oct.
21:00
© Martin U.K. Lengemann
Music
Städel Museum Frankfurt
Schaumainkai 63
€14/€8 (students)
Frankfurter Paulskirche
Paulsplatz 11
Admission free, tickets are
required and available at
Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain
www.frankfurt-ticket.de
Städel Museum Frankfurt
www.staedelmuseum.de
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Kontakte” (Contacts), performed by Benjamin Kobler (piano), Dirk Rothbrust
(percussion) and Florian Zwißler (electronics, sound director)
Wolfgang Voigt (Computer) presents “Rückverzauberung” live (Abstract Ambient)
Ellen Allien (DJ set)
Fri., 18 Nov.
20:00
Charity concert
Excerpts from the sixth community opera (2015) “Sehnsucht nach Isfahan” (Longing for Isfahan)
Musicians of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Pupils from Gesamtschule Bremen-Ost and Project Primacanta pupils from Frankfurt
Musicians of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie
Rabih Lahoud (vocals), Mohammed Reza Mortazavi (tombak and daf)
Ticket hotline:
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plus all Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain box offices
Musicians from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen together with children’s choirs from
Bremen and the Rhine-Main area will present a project by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Bremen’s award-winning “Future Lab”.
In cooperation with the City of Frankfurt am Main
The proceeds will be donated to a financial assistance programme for families, run by the Frankfurter
Kinderbüro.
Sun., 20 Nov. Historical concert
19:00
100 years ago today
Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
Alte Oper Frankfurt
Großer Saal
Opernplatz 1
The Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig is one of the world's most reknown orchestras – its roots go
back to the 15th century. To mark the 100th anniversary of its first foreign tour, the orchestra will
recreate the programme performed exactly 100 years ago, with works by Ludwig van Beethoven,
Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
€85/€69/€49/€29
Box Office at Alte Oper
Frankfurt as well as all Frankfurt
Ticket RheinMain box offices
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 1340 400
and www.alteoper.de
Opera
© Andreas Knapp
© Andreas Knapp
© Andreas Knapp
An ancient theme in a modern context
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
Thurs., 3 Nov.
Idomeneo
Mozart opera with a topical twist, BandArt Orchestra, “Zuflucht“ refugee choir
Philharmonia Chor Stuttgart, Creative concept and production manager: Cornelia Lanz
Production: Verein Zuflucht Kultur e.V., in cooperation with Ludwigsburger
Kurtheater Bad Homburg
Kurhaus
Louisenstrasse 58
Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe
35/€30/€25
What has Mozart got to do with today’s civil war refugees? War and flight shaped Mozart's opera
“Idomeneo” just as they do our modern times. In this extraordinary production by Verein Zuflucht
Kultur, refugees collaborate with a professional orchestra, choir and soloists as equals. BandArt,
with its international line-up of musicians, will play under the baton of Gordan Nikolic, first solo
violinist and concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra. The renowned soloists are tenor
Manolito Mario Franz, mezzo soprano Cornelia Lanz, and sopranos Josefin Feller and Tatjana
Charalgina.
www.kurtheater-bad-homburg.de
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 1340 400
plus all Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain offices
Fri., 4 Nov.
20:00
Kurtheater Bad Homburg &
Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain
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Theatre
© Lukas Gansterer
A musical journey through time
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
Sat., 19 Nov.
19:30
Premiere: Kein schöner Land (No country more beautiful)
A musical portrait of a family
Schauspielhaus Ensemble,
Stage manager: Lydia Steier, Lyrics: Frederik Laubemann,
Director: Bernd Schmitt; stage design: Birgit Angele
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Schauspielhaus
Price information and ticket
sale as of 7 October 2016 at
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Neue Mainzer Strasse 17
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 212 49494
www.schauspielfrankfurt.de/
karten-und-abos/
Lydia Steier, an American opera director working for the first time at Schauspiel Frankfurt, has
developed this musical evening, loosely based on Michel Ghelderode’s “La Balade du Grand Macabre”.
“Kein schöner Land” (No country more beautiful) portrays the ups and downs of an ordinary family
and satirises everyday life in Germany. It mixes popular music from the 1960s and 1970s with old
German folk songs, Bach and Schubert
Exhibitions
Foto: Axel Schneider
© Florian Hecker
© Frauke Dannert
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016
© E.W. Nay, VG Bild-Kunst,
Bonn 2016
Image, tone, sound
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
Thurs.,
6 Oct. to
Wed.,
30 Nov.
From the 1950s to the present – the art collection of the Deutsche Bundesbank
European Central Bank
Main building
Sonnemannstrasse 20
Admission free, but registration
required (www.frankfurterstadtevents.de)
From
Sat., 26 Nov.
Florian Hecker “Formulations”
MMK Museum für Moderne
Kunst Frankfurt am Main /
MMK 3
Domstrasse 3
€6, concessions €3
Vernissage:
Fri., 25 Nov.
19:00
The Deutsche Bundesbank began collecting contemporary art when the institution was established
in 1957. Over six decades, it has assembled an extensive collection of paintings, works on paper,
sculptures and room installations. As part of the European Cultural Days 2016, the Deutsche
Bundesbank will be showing a small part of its collection in the historic Grossmarkthalle area of the
ECB’s main building. In addition to this exhibition, guided art tours will be offered at the Bundesbank
headquarters (www.bundesbank.de/art_collection).
Florian Hecker works with tones and sounds that he generates by processing electro-acoustic signals,
condensing them into complex compositions and room installations.
The exhibition “Formulations” will present an extensive sequence of Florian Hecker’s sound works in
a complex dramatisation of acoustic events and sound objects. The installations are adapted to the
architecture of the MMK 3 exhibition space.
MMK 1|2|3
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 212 30447
www.mmk-frankfurt.de
Children’s programme
© Papageno Theater
© Cornelius Malerczyk
A colourful rendition of a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
From Sat.,
29 Oct
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (The Bremen Town Musicians)
Musical fairy tale inspired by the Brothers Grimm, with texts by Dieter Geske and music by
Karlheinz Beuschel
Directed by: Hans-Dieter Maienschein
Scenery and costumes: Annette Finze
Papageno Musiktheater am
Palmengarten
Palmengartenstraße 11
€20/€18/€16
Premiere:
16:00
An old donkey on the run sets out for Bremen to become a town musician. On his journey he meets
an old hunting dog who has been turned out because he is unfit to work. A cat and a cockerel join
them, and they decide to become musicians together. This musical fairy tale, loosely based on
the story by the Brothers Grimm, offers great entertainment for young and old – and delivers an
important message: a team of very different individuals can achieve a lot if they work in unison.
www.papageno-theater.de
Papageno Musiktheater &
Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain
www.frankfurt-ticket.de
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 1340 400
plus all Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain offices
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Literature
© Gaby Gerster
© Peter-Andreas Hassiepen
Searching for home
All readings are in German.
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
Tue., 8 Nov.
19:30
Am Anfang war Heimat (In the Beginning was Home)
Reading with author Eberhard Rathgeb
Literaturhaus Frankfurt
Schöne Aussicht 2
€9, concessions €6
€10/€7 at the door
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 4076 62580
(AD Ticket) and
www.literaturhaus-frankfurt.de
What is it that makes a person consider Germany his home? What makes a person say: This is where
I belong? In his new book, Eberhard Rathgeb tries to answer this question by looking at his father's
life story. The answer brings to light a tangle of complicated emotions. And it shows what home
means today and how we can remain open to all things foreign.
The reading will be moderated by Luzia Braun.
Wed., 23 Nov. Unsere wunderbaren Jahre (Our Wonderful Years)
19:30
Reading with author Peter Prange
Literaturhaus Frankfurt
Schöne Aussicht 2
€9, concessions €6
€10/€7 at the door
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 4076 62580
(AD Ticket) and
www.literaturhaus-frankfurt.de
The internationally acclaimed best-selling author Peter Prange will read from his new, Germanythemed epic novel. He gives a detailed and authentic portrayal of D-Mark-era Germany over three
generations. What dreams and hopes did people associate with the new currency when it was
introduced on 20 June 1948? Prange's family novel is a true German fairy tale that evokes our own
biographies.
The reading will be moderated by Cécile Schortmann.
Dance
© Dorothea Tuch
© Dorothea Tuch
© Dorothea Tuch
The beauty of experience
Date/time
Event
Location
Tickets/prices*
Wed.,
30 Nov.
19:30
Closing event
DANCE ON
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Schauspielhaus
Neue Mainzer Straße 17
€35/€31/€25/€18/€13
Thurs.,
1 Dec.
19:30
The DANCE ON ENSEMBLE takes a pioneering approach to developing perspectives for the creative
potential of experienced dancers. The ensemble unites dancers whose rich experience and depth of
expression promises a unique dance adventure. The project brings to light a core issue of our times:
the value of elderly people.
Christopher Roman, former associate artistic director of The Forsythe Company, is the artistic director.
The first evening will see choreographies by Matteo Fargion and William Forsythe. The second evening
will see a choreography by Rabih Mroué. All productions are performed in Frankfurt for the first time.
Tickets as of September at
Schauspiel Frankfurt
Ticket hotline:
+49 (0)69 212 49494
www.schauspielfrankfurt.de
* Advance booking fees may apply.
EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS 2016
Multifaceted Germany
Patrons:
Mario Draghi
President of the European Central Bank
Jens Weidmann
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
Media partners
for the EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS of the ECB 2016:
hr2-kultur, Hessischer Rundfunk’s radio station for culture,
and Ströer Deutsche Städte Medien, Frankfurt
In cooperation with
We thank our sponsors and partners
Advance tickets sales
Tickets are on sale at the ticket offices listed
under each event. The programme is subject
to change.
We invite you to experience just how diverse and varied the German
cultural landscape is, and how artists in Germany engage with presentday European challenges. Frankfurt am Main, where people from more
than 180 nations live together, is testimony to the productive co-existence
of many different cultures, making the city a leading example of the
central idea underpinning Europe: united in diversity.
Visitors to this year’s Cultural Days can expect a rich and varied range
of events – from classical orchestral concerts and modern dance theatre
to literature and modern art – and an opportunity to learn about
Germany’s multifaceted culture. We hope the programme is not just
entertaining but thought-provoking, too, with events that address themes
like homeland, flight and growing old. Have we piqued your interest
about the EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS? We look forward to welcoming
you.
Anwaltskanzlei Bögner Hensel & Partner, Frankfurt; Bitburger Braugruppe,
Bitburg; De´Longhi Deutschland, Neu-Isenburg; Deutsches Aktieninstitut,
Frankfurt; dfv Mediengruppe, Frankfurt; forsa, Berlin/Frankfurt; Fraport,
Frankfurt; Frankfurt Main Finance, Frankfurt; Hessen Trade & Invest,
Wiesbaden; International Bankers Forum, Frankfurt; Lotto Hessen,Wiesbaden;
Mattheußer Immobilienvertriebsgesellschaft, Frankfurt; Merck Selbstmedikation,
Darmstadt; RFR Management, Frankfurt; Privatärztliches Gelenk- und
Wirbelsäulenzentrum, Frankfurt; Schenker Deutschland, Frankfurt
Every year the EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS give the public an opportunity
to get to know the rich culture of one European Union country. This
cultural highlight in the Rhine-Main region is hosted by the ECB together
with the national central bank of the featured country. This year, a pairing
never before seen under the EUROPEAN CULTURAL DAYS has lined up an
exciting programme: the Deutsche Bundesbank and the ECB will together
present Germany’s multifaceted culture. Having risen to the challenge
of showcasing Germany in Germany, these two institutions are offering a
surprising and wide-ranging view of German culture.
Further information and contact details
Internet: www.ecb-culturaldays.eu
Email: cultural-days-events@ecb.europa.eu
Facebook: culturaldays
Twitter: @CULTURALDAYS
Information hotline: +49 (0)69 1344 5555
Monday to Friday, from 10:00 to 17:00
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Programme
17 October to 1 December 2016
Frankfurt am Main
© Dieter Roosen
Multifaceted Germany
In cooperation with Deutsche Bundesbank