Fanny Hensel - a femmage

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On the occasion of the commemoration day of the November pogroms, the Feminale dedicates its first fall edition to female composers who were persecuted by the Nazi regime and to Hamburg-born Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn.

15:00 Arrival with coffee and cookies

15:30 Music that lasts
Concert in the Mendelssohn Hall
Insight into the life and work of Henriëtte Bosmans, Fanny Hensel, Hilde Loewe-Flatter, Ruth Schonthal, Rosy Wertheim, Felicitas Kukuck and Ilse Fromm-Michaels

Participants
Students of the HfMT
Musicologist Dr. Sophie Fetthauer
Moderation
Feminale-Team

Duration: approx. 70 min.

Afterwards we invite you to join us in the foyer.

18:00 Fanny Hensel - a Femmage
Concert in the Mendelssohn Hall
Concert portrait of the Jewish composer, conductor, pianist and salonnière Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn with excerpts from letters, her biography and her music.

Participants
Students of the HfMT
Moderation Feminale-Team

Duration: approx. 70min

About us
The Feminale is a student festival that promotes the visibility of female composers and has already taken place successfully three times at the HfMT. We - the Feminale team - want everyone to get to know female composers, hear, play and sing their works and be inspired by them!
The fourth edition of the Feminale Music Festival will take place at the HfMT from 23 - 25.04.2026.

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Registration is necessary and can be done via eventbrite.
Registration for the concert at 3.30 pm here
Registration for the concert at 18.00 here.