Reading for the 55th anniversary of the death of Hermann Hesse
With Rudolf Cornelius (german) and Antonio Ballerio (italian).
Giulia Genini (flutes).
In Italian and German; free admission.
Sponsored by Fondazione Araldi Guinetti
Writing course
Meeting place: Museum Hermann Hesse, Montagnola,
Friday 4 August, 10.00
With Karin Scwhind (www.schreibimpuls.de).
Inspired by travel journals by famous writers, the participants will write simple short poems and short prose pieces.
The course is suitable for both beginners and advanced students.
Foto Martin Hesse ©all rights reserved
Reading and Music
Within the frame of the town twinning with Collina d’Oro, the city of Calw presents itself on the occasion of the International Museum Day and the 140th birth anniversary of Hermann Hesse, with a reading on the author’s childhood.
Readers: Antonio Ballerio (Italian) and Annette Franziska Kühn (German). Musical accompaniment: guitar duo Birgit Zacharias and Helmut Rauscher.
Concept: Herbert Schmierle-Lutz.
In Italian and German; admission free.
On the occasion of the International Museum Day the admission to the Museum is free.
Concert
Martinskirche, Klösterle 7, Calw-Altburg, 11.30 am
As part of the twinning, the municipality of Collina d'Oro presents itself to the hometown of Hermann Hesse. The Trio Torello will perform some Lieder on texts by Hesse composed by musicians friends of the writer such as Volkmar Andreae and Othmar Schoeck. The program will include pieces by J. S. Bach and W. A. Mozart, favorite composers by Hesse, as well as by M. Ravel, G. Donizetti and others.
With Valentina Londino (mezzo-soprano), Tommaso Maria Maggiolini (flute) and Nicolas Mottini (piano).
Free admission.
Panel discussion
Silver Hesse and Marc Andreae remember their grandfathers and lead a lively discussion with their audience about the friendship and the passion for music the two men shared.
In German.
Easter reading with music
The Reading is about texts and poems testifying Hesse’s passion for classical music, which he defined as the soul of all arts.
With Antonio Ballerio (Italian) and Graziella Rossi (German). Musical accompaniment: Nina Ulli (violin).
With the support of:
Repubblica e Cantone Ticino–Fondo Swisslos; Comune di Collina d’Oro; Hermann Hesse-Stiftung Bern; Fondazione Ing. Pasquale Lucchini.
Reading
In this popular literary event, Anna Ruchat entertains her guest, the writer Bianca Tarozzi, with a lively conversation presenting her works.In Italian; free entrance.
In this popular literary event, Anna Ruchat entertains her guest, the writer Giulia Niccolai, with a lively conversation presenting her works.
In Italian; free entrance.
Exhibition
Hermann Hesse lived in Montagnola for over 43 years, at first in the Casa Camuzzi and then in the Casa Rossa, situated in the outskirt of the village. He expressed his love for the Ticinese landscape in thousands of watercolours, reflections, and poems. In the last part of his life, working in the garden and in his vineyard represented for Hesse a source of constant inspiration. On the basis of the exhibition held at Fattoria Moncucchetto in 2015, the relationship between Hermann Hesse and the landscape, garden and the wine will be illustrated. In collaboration with Fattoria Moncucchetto.
Opening: Friday, 16 September, 18.30
Photo Martin Hesse © all rights reserved
From the end of the 1950s to the middle of the 1970s, million of books by Hesse were sold in the United States. Young people, in particular, who felt the loss of religious and family values, searched and found in Hesse’s work advice and help. The beat generation, the hippies, the psychedelic movement and the anti-Vietnam protest, produced a rethinking and a value change, which were also influenced by Hesse’s books. His works also had an impact on rock music, films, and visual arts.
Opening: 26 March, 18.30Before the opening, at 16.30, Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier (Wuppertal University) will hold a lecture.
Reading on the anniversary of Hermann Hesse’s death
In several short stories, essays, and letters Hesse described the stages of life, from the early years of life to death. These stages, for Hesse, are characterized by a willingness to change that eventually brings new perspectives, confidence, and serenity into old age.
With Antonio Ballerio (Ita.) and Rudolf Cornelius (Ger.) In Italian and German, free admission.
Watercolour course
Meeting place: Hermann Hesse Museum, Friday 5 August, 10.00
With Lisa Kölbl-Thiele (www.lisa-koelbl-thiele.de). This varied course is suitable for both beginners and advanced learners; it offers a theoretical as well as a practical introduction to watercolour technique, with plein air painting excursions.
7–12 participants; in Italian and German.
Enrolment by 20 July; course fee Fr. 300.–
Information and enrolment: PDF (German), PDF (Italian).
Concert and Video-Art
S. Abbondio Church, Gentilino, 20.30 “Galileo” is a project by the Accademia d’Arcadia. It performs Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) through the music of his time and video-art. Galileo, the father of European modern thought, was also a passionate musician. He believed that science and music were the same voice of the “Great Book of Nature”, and of the Universe. With Accademia d’Arcadia and Alena Dantcheva (sopran).
In collaboration with Ceresio Estate; free admission
Bruno Hesse (1905–1999), the eldest son of Hermann Hesse and Maria Bernoulli, lived since 1920 with the painter Cuno Amiet (1868–1961) and his family at Oschwand, near Bern; later Bruno became Amiet’s student. Bruno Hesse travelled a lot during his whole life, often to Ticino, where he would paint together with his father Hermann Hesse. In this period Bruno Hesse produced several delicate and evocative watercolours and drawings, which reflect his deep love for the Southern landscape. The exhibition, which displays for the first time to the public many of his Ticinesi pictures, is made possible thanks to the loan of Bruno’s children, Christina and Simon.
Opening: Saturday 4 April, 18.30
A reading of the correspondence between Hermann and Bruno Hesse will be held before the opening (16.30).
Conference
Friday 9 – Saturday 10 October
This renowned conference will take place for the first time in Ticino. The Municipality of Collina d’Oro will organize on behalf of the International Hermann Hesse- Society an interesting programme which will investigate the meaning of Hermann Hesse’s thought for the young generations and will invite young people to partecipate and express their opinion on this topic.
Guests: German-and Italian-speaking lecturers, teachers and students from Liceo 1 Lugano and Hermann Hesse Gymnasium Calw, as well as a group of young actors from Lugano.
In German and Italian.
Conference admission: Fr.40.– (Students Fr.20.–);
admission for single events Fr.10.– (Students Fr.5.–)
Program (Italian and German)
Subscription form: German, Italian
The adventures of Knulp the vagabond are among the most fascinating early works by Hermann Hesse. He depicts the portrait of an amiable outsider who refuses the bourgeois social order and accepts an uncertain and lonesome life in exchange for his freedom.
Reading: Max Zampetti (Italian) and Rudolf Cornelius (German).
In Italian and German; admission Fr.12.–
In case of bad weather the reading will take place
in the Sala Gioia.
Friday 14 — Sunday 16 August
Meeting place: Hermann Hesse Museum Montagnola,
Friday 14 August, 10.00
With Karin Schwind (www.schreibimpuls.de).
Learn how to take simple notes, to compose a poem, to keep a journal or write a short story. This course is suitable for beginners and advanced learners who would like to develop their joy of writing in places significant for the history of literature.
Enrollment and information: PDF (German)
7–12 participants; in German.
Enrollment by 25 July.
Course fee Fr.300.–
Throughout the stages of his life and work, Hermann Hesse often described clouds and their changing, effimeral, fleecy forms as well as their symbolic meaning.
With Antonio Ballerio (Italian) and Rudolf Cornelius (German). Musical accompaniment: Edith Salmen (percussion).
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 August
Friday 7 August, 10.00
With Lisa Kölbl-Thiele (www.lisa-koelbl-thiele.de).
This varied course is suitable for both beginners and advanced learners; it includes an introduction to colour theory, plein air painting excursion, as well as participation to various local events.
Enrollment form: PDF (German), PDF (Italian)
7–12 participants, in Italian and German.
Enrollment by 20 July.
The exhibition gathers 30 watercolours by Hesse and landscape paintings by the Ticinese painter Sergio Maina, thus taking the visitors through the landscape from Collina d’Oro to lake Ceresio. During the exhibition Lucilla Janssen will hold a conference on “Hermann Hesse as a painter”.
Information: www.maina-sergio.ch
Opening: Friday 5 June, 17.00
