Upcoming lecture recitals
(172, re-scheduled) Friday, 12. June 2026, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub, 20 hConductor, composer, renovator. A Jewish musician's life between glory and exitus
Gustav Brecher, born 1879 in Northern Bohemia, was promoted early on by Richard Strauss. After a 20-year career as First Opera Kapellmeister in Hamburg, Cologne, and Frankfurt, Brecher was appointed General Music Director of the Leipzig Opera in the autumn of 1923 - his most important decade, with groundbreaking premieres. In March 1933, the Nazis expelled him, being Jewish, from his position. Years of isolation followed. Finally, he escaped to Belgium, but there he committed suicide in May 1940.
Jürgen Schebera talks with Albrecht Dümling. Pia Davila (soprano) and Linda Leine (piano) perform songs which Brecher had composed early in his life, and Rosario Bona reads excerpts from Brecher's and Strauss' letters.
Concert supported by Bareva Foundation
Following lecture recitals
(176) Thursday, 15. October 2026: Expelled from Germany, a continued career in Japan and the USA. The composer and conductor Joseph Rosenstock (1895-1985)
(177) Thursday, 17. December 2026: Persecution in West and East: Gustav Lewin and Lev Abeliovich
Entrance fee: 8 Euros
Reservations: Konzerthaus Berlin [www.konzerthaus.de]
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