![]() Diving into Claude Vivier's mysterious "Kopernikus" with Peter Sellars at last year's KunstFestSpiele. |
- the VR wizard Michel van der Aa, who will be presenting his astonishing Eigh
- Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, winner of the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Biennale formarathon performance piece Sun & Sea (Marina)
- he pianists Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Jean-François Heisser, on hand to play Karlheinz Stockhausen's trippy Mantra
- the percussionist without boundaries Johannes Fischer, who can coax music from just about anything
- and, of course, the festival's mastermind himself, Ingo Metzmacher, who takes to the podium this year for Mahler's cosmic Symphony No. 8, the Symphony of a Thousand
My Herrenhausen calendar appears below. The series also has its own page on Facebook, a first for me. (What have I been waiting for?) To browse the complete Herrenhausen brochure or order it in hard copy, click here.
Herrenhausen was a fantastic discovery for me last year. This year's lineup is just as rich and full of surprises. Here's hoping our paths will cross there! Robert Henke's Fountain Scan alone--a new laser installation around the breath-taking 80-meter jet d'eau, promises to justify the trip!
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My talks:
Saturday, May 16, at 6:00 pm - with Michel van der Aa (in English)
Sunday, May 17, at 4:30 pm - Q&A--an open discussion
Thursday, May 21, at 6:00 pm - with Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Jean-François Heisser (in English)
Wednesday, May 27, 6:00 pm - with Johannes Fischer (in German)
Friday, May 29, at 10:15 pm - with Ingo Metzmacher (in German)
Monday, June 1, at 3:00 pm - with Rugilė Barzdžiukaite at the Lutherkirche (in English)