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Group photo of the ensemble
© Ewa Milun Walczak

Henriques - Hinrichsen: A Jewish family history in songs

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Wednesday, 06/03/2026 19:30 HfMT, Fanny Hensel-Saal

This moderated concert program tells the extraordinary journey of the Henriques family, later Hinrichsen, and their expulsion from Spain via Portugal, Denmark and Hamburg to Leipzig. Their story comes to life through music from the 13th to the 20th century. The stages reflect the family's transformation from Sephardic to Ashkenazi and finally assimilated Judaism.

Yiddish songs stand alongside German folk songs and show the cultural integration process. Hinrichsen, who published the "Folk Song Book for Male Choir" initiated by the Kaiser, was later awarded the Order of the Crown for this - a highly symbolic act of German-Jewish cultural history, which, however, could not protect the Hinrichsen family from the developments to come.

The ensemble SOSPIRATEM from Leipzig performs with the following line-up:
Clarissa Renner - vocals
Uwe Ulbrich - rebec, violin, viola
Martin Steuber - lute, guitar
Hannes Malkowski - percussion
The host is Barbara Guggenheim.

Eintritt: 12,00 EUR
Ermäßigt: 5,00 EUR

Tickets können auf der Website des Jüdischen Salons am Grindel e.V., telefonisch unter 0176 21998272 oder per Mail an info@salonamgrindel.de erworben werden.


Eine Veranstaltung mit dem Jüdischen Salon am Grindel e.V.
Eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Musik & Theater und mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Hapag-Lloyd Stiftung