Our peace concerts
24.09.2024, 19:00, Bamberg Concert Hall (Joseph Keilberth Hall)
25.09.2024, 19:30, Berlin Gethsemane Church
Experience a night full of musical magic!
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The events on September 24 and 25, 2024 will honor significant anniversaries:
75 years of the Basic Law, 35 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 35 years of the democracy movement, 145 years of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and 200 years of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The performance on September 24, 2024 is intended to send a signal against war and further escalation in the Middle East. Markus Blume, the Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts, has taken on the patronage.
The concert on September 25, 2024 will take place in cooperation with the Cultural Foundation of German Expellees and with the support of the Berlin Senate's contact person for Germans from Russia, ethnic German repatriates and expellees.
The Peace Concerts convey timeless values such as peace, freedom, democracy and human rights through the universal language of music.
The events on September 24 and 25, 2024 will honor significant anniversaries:
75 years of the Basic Law, 35 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 35 years of the democracy movement, 145 years of diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and 200 years of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The performance on September 24, 2024 is intended to send a signal against war and further escalation in the Middle East. Markus Blume, the Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts, has taken on the patronage.
The concert on September 25, 2024 will take place in cooperation with the Cultural Foundation of German Expellees and with the support of the Berlin Senate's contact person for Germans from Russia, ethnic German repatriates and expellees.
The Peace Concerts convey timeless values such as peace, freedom, democracy and human rights through the universal language of music.
The Zamirchor
Der Zamirchor
Since it was founded in 2006, the choir has already given major performances at the United Nations in New York and Geneva as well as in Israel, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine. The choir's founder and director, Barbara Baier, was recently awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her commitment to international understanding.
The Zamirchor Bayreuth, a community of singers dedicated to international understanding, particularly between Israel and Germany, invites you to two epic peace concerts with over 200 musicians.
Since it was founded in 2006, the choir has already given major performances at the United Nations in New York and Geneva as well as in Israel, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine. The choir's founder and director, Barbara Baier, was recently awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her commitment to international understanding.
The Zamirchor Bayreuth, a community of singers dedicated to international understanding, particularly between Israel and Germany, invites you to two epic peace concerts with over 200 musicians.
Would you like to read the detailed text? Then click here!Experience a night full of musical magic!
Current concerts at the locations:
Would you like to support us?
We are very grateful for any support!
Das Programm
The program
The musical program itself stands for peace, freedom and democracy.
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony (4th movement) is the anthem of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Since its premiere 200 years ago, it has stood for freedom and fraternity and is today more than ever a symbol of our European community of values, based on democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.
Arnold Schönberg's poignant composition “A Survivor from Warsaw” recalls the inhuman Holocaust and is also a musical reminder that anti-Semitism in any form must no longer have a place in Germany, Europe and the world.
Lukas Geppert, a young composer of film music, wrote the work “Dreamzoned”, which will be performed at the end of the concert. Geppert, who works in Hollywood among other places, interweaves intercultural musical motifs in his composition and thus builds emotional bridges.
Would you like to read the detailed text? Then click here!Das musikalische Programm selbst steht für Frieden, Freiheit und Demokratie.
Ludwig van Beethovens 9. Symphonie (4. Satz) ist die Hymne der Europäischen Union und des Europarates. Sie steht seit ihrer Uraufführung vor 200 Jahren für Freiheit und Brüderlichkeit und ist heute mehr denn je ein Symbol unserer europäischen Wertegemeinschaft, basierend auf Demokratie, Rechtstaatlichkeit und Wahrung der Menschenrechte.
Arnold Schönbergs ergreifende Komposition „Ein Überlebender aus Warschau“ erinnert an den menschenverachtenden Holocaust und ist zugleich musikalische Mahnung, dass Antisemitismus in jeglicher Form keinen Platz mehr in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt haben darf.
Lukas Geppert, ein junger Komponist für Filmmusik, schrieb das Werk „Dreamzoned“, dessen Aufführung den Abschluss des Konzerts bildet. Geppert, der u.a. in Hollywood arbeitet, verwebt in seiner Komposition interkulturelle musikalische Motive und schlägt so emotionale Brücken.
