KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen 2023
14th edition of KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
11. – 28.05.2023
The 14th edition of the KunstFestSpiele ended with a record number of visitors: never before in the history of the festival of the state capital Hannover have more tickets been sold. Big names from the international art scene, lots of music and, for the first time, a focus on contemporary circus characterised the programme of the KunstFestSpiele. A total of around 20,000 visitors experienced the productions of the KunstFestSpiele 2023, and for the first time in three years Corona did not play a role in the realisation.
A highlight was the performance of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony ("Symphony of a Thousand") under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher, together with eight Hanoverian choirs, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the orchestra of the HMTM Hanover and renowned international soloists. Around 3,000 spectators in the Kuppelsaal of the HCC showed their enthusiasm with great applause.
Other outstanding international artists made their mark on the programme: the conductor and singer Barbara Hannigan with the JACK Quartet, the visual artist Tino Sehgal, the violinist Leonidas Kavakos, the choreographers Anouk van Dijk and Simon Mayer as well as the vocal ensemble Graindelavoix and the theatre collective Rimini Protokoll came to Hannover-Herrenhausen. In cooperation with the Wiener Festwochen, the Japanese theatre-maker Toshiki Okada and Klangforum Wien presented the German premiere of Metamorphosis of a Living Room. With three productions from the world of contemporary circus theatre for the first time, the KunstFestSpiele 2023 also offered a new programme for young audiences and fans - for which a real circus tent was erected in the Ehrenhof. In the Ihmepark, the perfectly fitting installation Happiness by Dries Verhoeven was thought-provoking.
In the newly designed festival centre, the freitagsküche with Art & Cuisine and Friederike Westerhaus invited visitors to talk to the artists.
The Festivalcampus Niedersachsen took place for the sixth time and offered students the opportunity to experience the festival at close quarters and to gather listening and viewing experiences together outside the seminar rooms.
Trailer
Aftermovie
Venues
Arne Jacobsen Foyer, Galerie, Orangerie, Orangerie Hinterbühne, Zirkuszelt im Ehrenhof, Great Garden (Gartentheater, Rehearsel stage), HCC Kuppelsaal, DHC-Halle, Festival centre
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Events
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Maison Maeterlinck / Theater Immobiel |
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Happiness *except Mon 15.05 and Mon 22.05 |
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O Sentimental Machine Concert / Film / Performance — German premiere |
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A memory of, memory of, memory of *except Mon 15.05, Sat 20.05 and Mon 22.05 |
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YAGODY |
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Supraorganism * except Mon 15.05, Sat 20.05 and Mon 22.05 |
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Barbara Hannigan / JACK Quartet / Stephen Gosling |
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Sons of Sissy |
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Firebird Concert |
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Nadia Tehran |
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This joy |
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| BITBYBIT MOVEDBYMATTER / Collectif Malunés Circus theatre — German premiere Thu 18.05 / 3:00 p.m. Fri 19.05 / 7:30 p.m. Sat 20.05 / 3:00 p.m. Ehrenhof |
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| Rolling Stone Graindelavoix Concert — German premiere Thu 18.05 / 7:30 p.m. Orangerie |
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リビングルームのメタモルフォーシス Music & Theatre — German premiere |
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| Symphony No. 8 E-flat Major Gustav Mahler / Ingo Metzmachern Concert Sun 21.05 / 11:00 a.m. HCC Kuppelsaal |
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KunstFestSpiele Tag Sun 21.05. / 14:00 bis 23:00 |
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Der Lauf Circus theatre |
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Pan~//Catwalk Performance — German premiere |
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Poufs aux sentiments Theatre — German premiere |
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Yousef Kekhia
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Echoes of Mediterranean Concert |
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Common Ground Dance — German premiere |
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Leonidas Kavakos ConCert |
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All right. Good night. |
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Bia Ferreira |
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Nachmittag eines Föhns Version 1 |
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The Goldberg Variations Dance |
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Talks and Specials Friederike Westerhaus in concersation with... Specials
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Art & Cuisine
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Team 2023
Artistic Director
Ingo Metzmacher
Assistant to the Artistic Director
Daphne Jaschniok, Mascha-Davina Schmid (until 12/2022)
Dramaturgy
Rainer Hofmann (Head of Dramaturgy), Beate Schüler
Director of Artistic Administration
Marlies Leibitzki
Production
Lena Breitfuß (Leitung), Thomas Seidel, Clara Stuhlemmer (FSJ Kultur), Laura Becker, Mathias Brühlmann, Maria Luisa Glassl, Sandra Hoffmann, Vivien Hohnholz, Jakob Leba, Sarah Reichert, Víctor Zapata
Artistic Administration
Julia von Knebel, Nadine Bokop (in parental leave)
Technical Engineering
Willi Brune (Leitung), Wiglev von Wedel, Petra Wiedenhöft
Press and Marketing / Online Communications
Hendrik von Boxberg (Head of Press and Marketing), Vera Fleischer, Ina Walter
Sponsoring / Fundraising
Friederike Zschau
Design festival centre
Lucia Vonrhein, Paul Etzel
Concept and realisation Festival Campus Niedersachsen
Antonia Rohwetter, Philipp Schulte
Ticketing
Peter Müller KulturManagement
Design
Aoki & Matsumoto
Editing
Redaktion Vera Fleischer, Rainer Hofmann, Mascha-Davina Schmid, Beate Schüler, Hendrik von Boxberg
Translations
Michael Turnbull
Director Herrenhausen Gardens
Prof. Dr. Anke Seegert
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Anke Seegert, Director Herrenhausen Gardens, and all employees of the Herrenhausen Gardens for their excellent cooperation.
Key visuals
Graphics: Aoki & Matsumoto, photo: Jean-Luc Beaujault
Graphics: Aoki & Matsumoto, photo: Kalimba
Graphics: Aoki & Matsumoto, photo: Merlin Nadj-Torma
