An evening where the silence surrounding the abuse of power and sexual violence in music is broken with words and sound.
Sat. 13.9.2025
16:00, Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Music and Abuse
- Discourse, Vocal
- Past Event
- € 28
Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg © Andrej Grilc 
Sophia Burgos © Ruben Burgos 
Kerstin Claus © Barbara Dietl 
Jörg Fegert © private
Contributors
- Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg piano & poetry
- Sophia Burgos soprano & live electronics
- Kerstin Claus Independent Federal Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues and journalist
- Prof. Lydia Grün President of the University of Music and Theatre Munich
- Prof. Dr. Jörg Fegert University of Ulm, Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychotherapy
- Moderation: Barbara Stach Beethovenfest Bonn
Programme
Franz Schubert
»Heidenröslein« D 257, »Lied der Mignon: Nur der wer die Sehnsucht kennt« D 877 & »Erlkönig« D 328
Hugo Wolf
»Ganymed« & »Lied der Mignon: So lasst mich scheinen«
Hector Docx
»sometimes« (premiere)
Sophia Burgos
»Humming«
Alternating with readings from Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg: »wiedergutmachungsjude« with improvisations by Sophia Burgos
Followed by a panel discussion
The event at a glance
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Description
Abuse of power, sexual violence and lack of awareness can be found in the music business, but also in the repertoire itself: In some of the best-known art songs, these issues are more or less clearly addressed. This is the focus of this evening of songs and discussion presented by pianist and poet Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg together with soprano Sophia Burgos and a prominent discussion panel.
The concert was organised as a thematic follow-up to the »Inside Artists« project, which was funded last year by the Liz Mohn Foundation and »tuned – Netzwerk für zeitgenössische Klassik« of the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
