The new project “Lied Me!” invests in the future and tests new ways of storytelling in the digital space.

When a crisis takes us by surprise, we are forced to rethink. Questions have to be asked differently, problems solved differently, needs satisfied differently. It is precisely then that we all long for people who provide answers, who know the way out, who shape our future for us: Decision-makers, experts, leaders. But how much of what we are looking for is actually within ourselves? “Lied Me!” is looking for new ways to rethink art – or more precisely, the aesthetic experience of song – in the digital space. And it does so out of our own artistic potential, which needs to be set free. Eleven young scholarship holders and alumni of the Lied Academy, i.e. singers and pianists, accompanied by three renowned curators over several months so that the art genre of song can unfold in nine short films. The question on everyone’s mind in this project: How do we get people addicted to song? And how can the digital space help us do that?

So that the genre of song, for which the young song interpreters are so passionate, can ignite even more people? No one knows what will be at the end of this creative journey. Nine moving image productions, yes. But what they will look like, what story they will tell, remains to be seen. www.lied-me.art

 

It is with great regret that we have to cancel the International Song Competition “Das Lied” under the chairmanship of Thomas Quasthoff, which would have been organized by the Liedzentrum Heidelberg from May 25th to 29th. We had postponed the competition from February to May and hoped that a positive development of the infection rate would make it possible to hold the competition at a later date. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing the opposite. On this basis, we cannot guarantee or take responsibility for fair and safe conditions for the participants who come from all over the world.

Despite the pandemic, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin will once again focus on Schubert and his Lied oeuvre from 18 to 24 January – all events will be livestreamed. As in previous years, a two-day public workshop with scholarship holders from our Lied Academy under the direction of Thomas Hampson will take place in this context and in cooperation with the International Song Centre Heidelberg: On Friday, 22 January and on Saturday, 23 January, both at 3 pm. The young artists will present the results of their joint work in a final concert on Sunday, 24 January at 3 pm. Young Singers concerts during the week will also feature Fellows of the Lied Academy.