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„Schlager unserer verrückten Zeiten“ - Meiri, Fassbinder, DeKos
“Hit songs of our crazy times” - Meiri, Fassbinder, DeKos
Event by: MERTEL Events GmbH
Location: Albert Hall, Albertgasse 35, Wien - Josefstadt
Tickets: 15–20 EUR · Get tickets
About event
Hofmannsthal & Karl Borromäus Saal with Naama Isabelle Fassbinder, Marc DeKos and star guest and jazz pianist Elias Meiri.
We look at the development of the cultural industry after Corona - told and discussed as examples using Brecht's songs and the adapted Singspiel by Markos Mühlschlegel-Triantafyllou, which was created during lockdown. Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler became one evening-length stage program, excerpts of which are being screened today and serve as a basis for discussion for a panel of the three artists.
A director and interview evening between discussion, film insights and musical performance - Brecht's message remains relevant: “Listen and open your mouth!” (“If sharks were people, then…”)
Join us for an evening that combines culture, criticism and music.
In the area of tension between economic upheaval and artistic renewal, the project “Schlager in our crazy times” brings together three artists who represent different approaches to Brecht and his environment.
Naama Isabelle Fassbinder (actor/chanson), Elias Meiri (pianist/improviser) and Markos Mühlschlegel-Triantafyllou (baritone/director) present music, reading and film excerpts from the Haus-Hofmannsthal-Borromäus Saal - production 2023 and discuss the role of culture in times of upheaval.
An evening about lines of flight in culture: from Berlin to the world - and back to our present. Naama Isabelle Fassbinder, Elias Meiri and Markos Mühlschlegel-Triantafyllou explore, musically and in conversation, how Brecht's songs, Weill's sound language and Eisler's political music-making practice remain effective today.
With live music, jazz improvisation, classical voice, reading and selected screening excerpts from the Lock Down performances in Haus Hofmannsthal 2024 and Borromäus In Hall 2023, an evening full of many voices will be created - personal, critical and musically rich.
Program highlights:
- Live music: Excerpts from the Weill/Brecht/Eisler repertoire
- Jazz improvisation: 'Mackie Messer' in a new suite by Elias Meiri - Reading: Brecht's 'To the Later Born' (Naama Fassbinder)
- Film Screening: Behind-the-Scenes Hofmannsthal 2023
- Panels: Art in Exile & Politics of Remembrance
Artists (Kurz)
Naama Isabelle Fassbinder – actress & chanson interpreter; combines theatrical intimacy with political expressiveness.
Elias Meiri – Israeli pianist & composer; known for genre-crossing
jazz projects.
Markos Mühlschlegel-Triantafyllou (Marc DeKos) – baritone, director and producer; works at the interfaces of theater, film and music.
Quote suggestions:
'Exile culture is not the past - it is the present.' — Markos Mühlschlegel-Triantafyllou 'Brecht asks us to remain vigilant. Music makes these questions audible.' — Naama Isabelle Fassbinder
Date / Location: December 1st, 2025| Albert Hall, Vienna - 7 p.m.
Advance sale/Early Bird 15 euros - Box office: 20 euros: donations welcome.
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