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Doctor Faustus - Editorial office of the modern age

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Artistic-scientific soirée based on the novel by Thomas Mann
Saturday, 05/09/2026 19:30 HfMT, Mendelssohn-Saal

Participants
Students of the HfMT
Piano: Malte Gohr (Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C minor op. 111)
Recitation: N.N.
Lecture and moderation: Dr. habil Wolfram Ette and Dr. Benjamin Sprick


Thomas Mann's novel "Doctor Faustus. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkühn, erzählt von einem Freunden" is a hybrid masterpiece that virtually begs for an artistic-performative actualization. Aspects of an anti-fascist motivated exile literature are combined here with discourses on music theory and music aesthetics, which are interwoven into a complex character development.
The evening attempts to relate the novel to the political present and to make it the starting point for a scientific-performative research. Different media and artistic perspectives intertwine and the audience is given the opportunity to join in the discussion ...

Designed by students of the seminar (always Fridays, 10:00-12:30).

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Registration is required and can be done via eventbrite.