The Palestinian-Israeli composer Samir Odeh-Tamimi asks with his work about the Bukovinian Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger who was murdered in Auschwitz. In 2008, this work premiered at the Forum Neue Musik in Cologne. Now it will take place together with Iris Berben in a combination of reading and concert in the crypt of St. Michaelis in Hamburg.

with: Iris Berben (reading), Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson (voice), Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Matthias Jann (trombone), Roland Neffe (percussion), Olena Kushpler (piano)

As part of the newly launched festival Kontraste, further concerts will take place in the crypt from 24 to 26 February 2012.

24.02.2012, 8 p.m. St. Michael’s Church, English Planke 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany

Credits

PREPARATION:

Date: 05. April 2008
Composition: Samir Odeh-Tamimi
Production/Festival: Forum New Music 2008
Location: Cologne

The FORUM NEUER MUSIK 2008 has awarded six composition commissions, which the Deutschlandfunk has realised in cooperation with the Hochschule für Musik Basel, the ‚Klangspuren‘ Schwaz, the Hessischer Rundfunk and Canadian partners.

SAMIR ODEH-TAMIMI, Challomót (UA)
Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson (voice), Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Matthias Jann (trombone), Roland Neffe (percussion), Johan Bossers (piano)

Sa 5. April 2008 – 21:00 > Deutschlandfunk Chamber Music Hall

14 September 2008 – 20:00 > ORF Innsbruck, Rennweg 14, Innsbruck

Traces of sound
Forum New Music Frank Kämpfer
Samir Odeh-Tamimi

Date: February 24, 2012
Composition: Samir Odeh-Tamimi
Production/Festival: Forum New Music, Frank Kämpfer
Location: DLF Cologne / Festival Contrasts Hamburg