Heiner Goebbels, The Composer

Heiner Goebbels, The Composer

(Heiner Goebbels, Komponist), Dagmar Birke / NĚM, 2003
German / English subtitles, 60 min

An evening dedicated to the life and works of Heiner Goebbels (*1952). This revolutionary German composer, theatre-director and musician is ranked amongst the world’s most prominent authors of contemporary music and musical theatre; he’s has been nominated for the Grammy Awards and his works feature on important world festivals.

The screening of this documentary is a part of the supporting program of the festival Struny podzimu (The Strings of Autumn). Next evening, as part of the festival, Orchestr BERG and director duo SKUTR will introduce together a new original version of his unique work Schwarz auf Weiss, which moves between music and theatre.

The screening with the personel presence of Heiner Goebbels! The discussion will follow the screening. The partner of the screening is Goethe-Institut Prague.