Die Gottesanbeterin

In the organizer's words:

Reading concert

Performers
Emir Imerov (violin), Minako Satake (piano), Markus Heinrich (reading)

After the major earthquake in Japan in 2011, many writers wondered whether and how they could and should deal with the subject of earthquakes and nuclear power plant accidents. However, Sôkyû Gen'yû, a Zen priest living in Fukushima and winner of the Akutagawa Prize, courageously outlines the reality of life for the people of Fukushima in a sensitive way in his book "The Radiant Mountain - Stories from Fukushima".

The reading concert "Die Gottesanbeterin" is a literary-musical project. In the concert, excerpts from "Die Gottesanbeterin", a short story from the aforementioned book, will be read by Markus Heinrich and accompanied by suitable music, e.g. works by Brahms and the Japanese composer Kuniko Sôma, played by Emir Imerov (violin) and Minako Satake (piano).

The book describes in detail, realistically and comprehensibly how the people in Fukushima experienced the disaster and came to terms with it. However, many had to leave the contaminated areas or voluntarily decided to relocate to safer regions. Thus, Fukushima has shaped these people's life journeys forever. However, the author doesn't just assign a passive role to the characters in his stories, but through them he repeatedly flashes confidence and humor. Other special features are that the Buddhist view of life and death runs like a common thread through all his works and that the typical Japanese attitude towards nature is visible in the stories and their protagonists.

Price information:

Admission free