Schubert's American Dream: Collective Concert
Prégardien. Benner. Rollinson. Gerzenberg. Alumni of the Liedakademie
Our Dream(s)

14 Jun 2026
16:30
Konzerthaus Stadthalle
Wolfgang-Marguerre-Saal
Liedfestival
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What began as a mind game in the morning is audibly dreamt to its conclusion here - in the collaboration between Julian Prégardien, Bryan Benner, Gabriel Rollinson, Liedakademie alumni and the audience. The voices and ideas of the day interweave to create a concert that is less a performance than a creation: The hands-on workshops are reflected in newly created songs, familiar songs emerge in a new light, and the hall itself becomes a resonating space. Perhaps it is possible here to imagine how songs create affiliations beyond origin - and how Schubert's world of sound could have found its own way to America.

The collective concert is part of the "Schubert's American Dream" theme day, which opens an imaginary window into the composer's world of thought on the first Sunday of the festival. On his deathbed, Franz Schubert dreams himself away to America with the Lederstrumpf novels by James Fenimore Cooper - in search of freedom, individual self-determination and that better world that he repeatedly sketches musically in his songs.

To the interactive workshop 1 with Bryan Benner

To the interactive workshop 2 with Julian Prégardien, Gabriel Rollinson and Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg

Julian Prégardien

Tenor

Bryan Benner

Baritone and Guitar

Gabriel Rollinson

Baritone

Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg

Piano

Alumni of the Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie

Konzerthaus Stadthalle
Wolfgang-Marguerre-Saal
Neckarstaden 24
69117 Heidelberg
Directions by Public Transport

Bus lines 29, 33, 35 (bus stop: Stadthalle)

Parking facilities for bicycles available Directions by Car

P6 Henschel, P8 Stadthalle

The Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg is barrier-free accessible.

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Bryan Benner
Julian Prégardien
Elitsa Desseva
Gabriel Rollinson
Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg
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All events of the theme day "Schubert's American Dream"