Programme & Tickets

For centuries, raw materials, products, and ideas have flowed back and forth between China and Europe. As fundamentally as the nature of this exchange may have changed, fascination and mutual distrust continue to balance each other out. The conceptual backdrop for Toni Ming Geiger’s Lied.LAB is the museum’s exhibition “Dust & Silk,” in which historical objects, works of art, and photographs are juxtaposed with contemporary perspectives on the Silk Road. Exploring questions of identity and fostering dialogue between cultures are the central concerns of his work, says pianist and lieder artist Toni Ming Geiger. Born in Munich in 1990 to a Chinese mother and a German sinologist, he particularly enjoys working in the intersections of cultures and artistic disciplines. From 2018 to 2021, he was a fellow at the Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie; at the same time, he participated in renowned fellowship programs such as the Carnegie Hall SongStudio. Today, he teaches art song and concert performance at the Cologne University of the Arts. For his Heidelberger Lied.LAB, Geiger has teamed up with the Latvian soprano Katrīna Paula Felsberga, an alumna of the Liedakademie’s most recent class, joined by other outstanding musicians whose instruments bring together Eastern and Western soundscapes.

Running time: approx. 60 min, no intermission

The concert ticket includes the museum entrance fee.

Lied.LAB will take place daily at the Museum of Ethnology from June 15 through 18. See the other event dates.