About the production
Start
7:30 p.m.
End
9 p.m.
The evening revolves around Gustav Mahler's »Das Lied von der Erde«, whose poetic sources lie in ancient China. Zhang Jun, master of Chinese Kunqu, and the cosmopolitan jazz musician Haggai Cohen-Milo reinterpret Mahler's music and poems from centuries past with their ensembles for the Lausitz Festival. Mahler's famous work forms the gravitational field to which the artists approach and from which they also distance themselves again.
Mahler's music is represented by the flute and harp, but not played. Zhang Jun interprets the poems from ancient China in the style of Kunqu – the oldest surviving Asian school of opera. Both meet jazz and rap – art forms with African-American roots. By revolving around, referring to and complementing each other, the artists create a new cosmos in which sources, forms and styles interact with each other. Their artistic means are global and universal. They create a song of people in which history, societies and times are cancelled out.
Artists
Kunqu Zhang Jun
Spoken Word Stimulus
Spoken Word Ameue
Chinese Flutes Mao Yulong
Flute Susanne Barner
Saxophone Emma Rawicz
Trumpet Philip Dizack
Harp N.N.
Vibraphone/Keyboard James Shipp
Guitar Tamuz Dekel
Bass Haggai Cohen-Milo
Drums Ziv Ravitz
Location
Location Dorfkirche Cunewalde
Address Kirchweg 1, 02733 Cunewalde
