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Messiaen Masterclass
Masterclass – Lectures – Concert
as part of the Berlin Philharmonic’s 2027 Biennale ‘Signs & Wonders’
18 to 20 January 2027
Curt Sachs Hall, Museum of Musical Instruments, State Institute for Music Research, Berlin
Monday 18 January and Tuesday 19 January 2027
from 10 am and from 3 pm
Chants de Terre et de Ciel
Messiaen Vocal Masterclass Anne Le Bozec (Paris Conservatoire) and students from Berlin’s music academies
Programme
: Spiritual songs by Olivier Messiaen and his French female contemporaries
Students from Berlin’s music academies will work on spiritual songs by Olivier Messiaen and his female contemporaries with the renowned Messiaen specialist Anne Le Bozec, Professor of Art Song and Vocal Accompaniment at the Paris Conservatoire.
Audiences are warmly welcome.
Exact times, the specific repertoire and the names of the students will be announced shortly.
Free admission
Wednesday, 20 January 2027
3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
‘Heaven in Your Ears – Music and Religion’
Lectures
Friederike Wißmann
“Children! Create something new! Something new! And yet more new things!” – Wagner’s artistic religion as a creation myth
Wolfgang Rathert
“Now it is time for you to appear” – Paul Hindemith’s sacred music between mysticism and apocalypse
Dorothee Bauer: Birdsong, Hindu rhythms, Gregorian melodies. The timbres of eternity in the music of Olivier Messiaen. Free admission
Wednesday, 20 January 2027
6 pm
Closing concert of the masterclass
Chants de Terre et de Ciel
Messiaen Vocal Masterclass Anne Le Bozec (Paris Conservatoire) and students from Berlin’s music academies
Programme
: Spiritual songs by Olivier Messiaen and French female contemporaries
The participants in the masterclass will present works they have prepared with Anne Le Bozec. The programme will be announced shortly.
Free admission
