KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen 2022
13th edition of KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
12.05. – 29.05.2022
The 13th edition of the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen combined music from baroque to electronic music with dance, film, theatre and installations. The highlight
of the programme on the first weekend was the world premiere of rwḥ 1-4 in the Kuppelsaal of the HCC, a composition commissioned by the KunstFestSpiele from the French composer Mark Andre at the suggestion of six Hanoverian choirs. The work was presented once again to a sold-out audience at a guest performance in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
Other festival highlights of the KunstFestSpiele 2022 - the first edition with the new head dramaturge Rainer Hofmann - also included two productions with the singer Sofia Jernberg (a.o. in Pierrot lunaire by Arnold Schönberg together with Klangforum Wien), the music theatre and dance production Bilderschlachten by choreographer Stephanie Thiersch and composer Brigitta Muntendorf, and the performance Ensaio para uma cartografia by Portuguese theatre-maker Mónica Calle. On KunstFestSpiele Day, families and the curious from the age of 4 were invited to experience a compact one-day version of the festival as well as the baroque splendour of the Herrenhausen Gardens at low admission.
In the talk series Friederike Westerhaus in conversation with... in the open festival tent, artists from the festival talked about their work with NDR presenter Friederike Westerhaus. During the audience talks, the audience was invited to ask questions about the works.
At the talks, the audience was invited to discuss with each other after the performances in small rounds over wine and a snack. For Art & Cuisine, the freitagsküche invited to two unusual culinary evenings inspired by performances at the KunstFestSpiele.
The Festivalcampus Niedersachsen, carried out with the support of the Lower Saxony Foundation, continued. Students of music, theatre and art were given the opportunity to exchange ideas with artists in workshops and to discuss the performances among themselves.
Key visual
Graphics: Aoki & Matsumoto, Cover image: Jan Erik Waider
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Aftermovie
Venues
Arne Jacobsen Foyer, Galerie, Orangerie, Orangerie Hinterbühne, Great Garden (Gartentheater, Orangenparterre, Rehearsal stage), HCC Kuppelsaal, DHC-Halle, Festival centre, Städtische Galerie KUBUS
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Events
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The Lingering Now, Our Odyssey II |
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The Cube |
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Looking-Glass House Audio-visual installation — German premiere |
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ANΩNYMO |
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The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer Concert |
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rwḥ 1–4 |
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Marie Spaemann Sun 15.05. — 8:00 p.m. |
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vision string quartet Concert |
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Raue Einstellungsbilder |
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| I Don't Want To Be An Individual All On My Own Genevieve Murphy Music / Performance — German premiere Thu 19.05. — 7:30 p.m. Orangerie Hinterbühne |
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| Pierrot lunaire Arnold Schönberg / Marlene Monteiro Freitas / Ingo Metzmacher Concert / Performance — German premiere Fri 20.05. and Sat 21.05. — 7:30 p.m. DHC-Halle |
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Olicía |
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KunstFestSpiele Tag Sun 22.05. — 2:00 to 11:00 p.m. |
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Löffelchen Löffelchen Family dance concert for age 4 and older |
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Relay Performance |
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Tanzanweisungen (It won't be like this forever) Dance |
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No Tomorrow
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Sinfonia de Carnaval Sun 22.05. — 5:00 und 7:15 p.m. |
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Sofia Jernberg Concert |
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Fugenpark Concert — German premiere |
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Bilderschlachten Music theatre / Dance |
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The Dancing Public Dance / Performance |
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Symphonia Harmoniæ Cælestium Revelationum Concert / Performance |
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Maija Kauhanen |
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Ensaio para uma cartografia Performance |
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The History of Korean Western Theatre Theatre |
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Talks and Specials Friederike Westerhaus in conversation with ... Audience discussions Art & Cuisine with freitagsküche and much more. |
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Team 2022
Artistic Director
Ingo Metzmacher
Assistant to the Artistic Director
Mascha-Davina Schmid
Dramaturgy
Rainer Hofmann (Head of Dramaturgy), Beate Schüler
Director of Artistic Administration
Marlies Leibitzki
Production
Lena Breitfuß (Head of Production), Mathias Brühlmann, Miriam Fleischmann, Maria Luisa Glassl, Sandra Hoffmann, Vivien Hohnholz, Lukas Kurz, Antonia Maria Spangenberger, Victor Zapata, Josef Zschornack, Ben Ziegan (FSJ Kultur)
Artistic Administration
Nadine Bokop, Peer Stark
Technical Engineering
Willi Brune (Technical Director), Wiglev von Wedel, Claudia Li Fong Schöffel
Press and Marketing / Online Communications
Hendrik von Boxberg (Head of Press and Marketing), Vera Fleischer, Ina Walter
Sponsoring / Fundraising
Simone Anna Blumenthal
Concept and realisation Festival Campus Niedersachsen
Antonia Rohwetter, Philipp Schulte, Ekaterina Trachsel
Ticketing
Peter Müller KulturManagement
Design
Aoki & Matsumoto
Editing
Rainer Hofmann, Beate Schüler, Mascha-Davina Schmid, Hendrik von Boxberg, Vera Fleischer, Ina Walter, Miriam Fleischmann
Translations
Michael Turnbull
Director Herrenhausen Gardens
Prof. Dr. Anke Seegert
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Anke Seegert and all employees of the Herrenhausen Gardens for their excellent cooperation.
