The Iranian Artists Forum and Germany’s Peace Theater Group are organizing the program, which will feature performances of works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, and Richard Wagner.
Iranian musicians and artistic figures will be delivering lectures on the composers and their works at the event.
A night showcasing the works of Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert, who is known as the father of German lieder (“art songs”), is also part of the program, during which Iranian musician Shahin Farhat will give a lecture on the great composer.
The program has been booked with several theatrical performances, too. Iranian director Kambiz Asadi is slated to stage Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s poetic drama “Faust” (1832) at the cultural event.
A performance of “Woyzeck”, a play written by German dramatist Karl Georg Büchner in 1836, is also on the schedule. Iranian director Hossein Zoqi is to stage the play.
In addition, director Mohammad Mir-Ali Akbari will be staging “Hamletmachine” (1977) by German dramatist Heiner Muller.
A German book fair, a photo exhibition depicting Berlin in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as discussion sessions on German literature will also be held on the sidelines of the program.
The Iranian Artists Forum is located on Musavi St. above Taleqani Ave.
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