in collaboration with the Museum Hermann Hesse Montagnola
17.00: opening of the exhibition “La storia de I Fratelli Neri tra finzione e realtà. Lisa Tetzner, Kurt Kläber e il circolo di artisti di Carona.”
Little is known about Hesse’s relationship with his elder sister, who not only affected his life, but also inspired his literary work. For the first time this extraordinary family affection will be revealed through almost entirely unpublished letters.
With Ambra Albek (violin), Fiona Albek (piano), Graziella Rossi and Helmut Vogel (reading).
Concept: Regina Bucher.
In German; admission Fr. 20.–/Fr. 15.–
A musical short story
Little is known about Hesse’s relationship with his elder sister,who not only affected his life, but also inspired his literary work. For the first time this extraordinary family affection will be revealed through almost entirely unpublished letters.
With Ambra Albek (violin), Fiona Albek (piano), Graziella Rossi and Helmut Vogel(reading). Concept: Regina Bucher.
On the occasion of the twinning, the Municipality of Collina d’Oro presents itself with its brass-band music in Hermann Hesse’s home town. Led by conducter Gioacchino Sabbadini, Collina d’Oro Musica will play several pieces from their Concert Repertoire.
Free admission.
The exhibition, at Stade Kunsthaus, displays about 150 items from the legacy of Hermann Hesse’s son, Heiner Hesse (1909–2003), offering an overview on the wide range of Hesse’s paintings, from his first works to his latest works. Moreover the exhibition will focus on Heiner Hesse’s life as well as on his relationship with his father. Curators: Regina Bucher and Ina Hildburg.
Exhibition catalogue (Hatje Cantz Verlag), pp.176.
Further information: www.museen-stade.de
Itinerant Exhibition held at:
August Macke Haus Bonn: 28.05.2014 -14.09.2014
Heilbronn/Kunsthalle Vogelmann: 18.10.2014 – 11.01.2015
Zwickau/Max-Pechstein-Museum: 07.02.2015 – end of April 2015
Hermann Hesse began writing the adventures of tramp Knulp already in 1907, yet the book was only published in 1915, during World War I. These stories depict the portrait of an amiable outsider who refuses the bourgeois social order and accepts an adventureous life, insicure and lonesome in favour of his personal freedom.
Reading: Max Zampetti (Italian) and Rudolf Cornelius (German).
In Italian and German.
The exhibition displays 20 scraping drawings by Zurich illustrator and graphic artist Hannes Binder (born in 1947). The artist, who lived in the surroundings of Ascona, dedicated these works to the text Dada by Swiss author Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938). The works also refer to the two dadaists Emmy Ball-Hennings and Hugo Ball, who belonged to Glauser’s circle of friends as well as Hermann Hesse’s.
Sala Boccadoro, Montagnola, 17.30 Enjoy this popular literary event: Rosanna Maspero entertains her guest with a lively conversation revealing the backgrounds of his literary work.
Reading: Antonio Ballerio.
In Italian; admission free.
The exhibition offers an overview on the life and work of Hermann Hesse through photographs, watercolours, and quotes, focusing in particular on Hesse’s reflections on science and education, as well as topics such as the cultural exchanges, tolerance, and human rights.
In German, French, and English.
Concept: Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola
Further information: www.maison-heinrich-heine.fr
Foto Martin Hesse © All rights reserved
Enjoy this popular literary event: Rosanna Maspero entertains her guest with a lively conversation revealing the backgrounds of his literary work.
Exhibition
Hermann Hesse died at the age of 85 and repeatedly praised « the treasure of images which become part of our memory after a long life». This exhibition takes the visitor throughout the period of the writer’s life from the age of 50 until his death, through memories of his life, writings and photos.The beautiful photos were mostly shot by Martin Hesse, the writer’s youngest son. This exhibition was conceived by Hermann Hesse-Höri-Museum in Gaienhofen (Ute Hübner and Günther Troll) where it was shown in 2012. In Montagnola the exhibit will be in two languages, adapted to the space of the museum.
Opening: Friday 13 September, 18.30
Reading
In this popular literary event, Rossana Maspero entertains her guest, the writer Giuseppe Lupo, with a lively conversation presenting his works.
Reader: Antonio Ballerio.
In Italian; free entrance.
Information (in Italian): PDF
Event related with the exhibition On the value of age, reading from texts by Hesse on age.Hermann Hesse reached the wonderful age of 85 and was able to appreciate the positive sides of aging. His writings about this topic offer an unusual and interesting view of this period of a man’s life.With Claudio Moneta (Italian), Graziella Rossi (German) and Harry White (saxophone).
In German and Italian;Admission: Fr. 15.– / Fr. 12.–
In collaboration with Deutscher Club Tessin.
The account of a journey with live music and pictures by Theresa Dold
Inspired by Hesse’s work, the young singer Theresa Dold (www.theresadold.de) decides, in Summer 2010, to start a long journey on foot with Montagnola as final destination. With a rucksack, a tent and a guitar, she leaves from her town in the Black Forest and walks for 500 km. After many adventures she reaches Montagnola, in Ticino, in only four weeks.
In German; admission: Fr. 10.– / Fr. 8.–
With the support of the German Embassy in Bern.
Hermann Hesse loved butterflies. He wrote severals texts on butterflies which were, and still are, very popular in Japan. The exhibition was conceived in Japan by butterfly expert and Hesse’s fan Kosuke Niibe and Asao Okada, translator of Hesse in Japanese.In German, Japanese and Italian.The display of several butterflies pivots around Hermann Hesse’s short story, Das Nachtpfauenauge
[The emperor moth].
Curator: Herbert Schnierle-Lutz.The exhibition is enriched with additional material as well as the Italian translation of the original German–Japanese version.Supported by LGT Bank (Svizzera SA – Lugano).
Invitation: PDF
The Profeti della Quinta, an Ensemble composed of five singers accompanied by lute and cembalo, will play Un Hebreo a Mantova, work on jewish texts by Salomone Rossi, as well as Italian Madrigals by Rossi and Monteverdi. Around 1600, the two composers worked at the court of Gonzaga in Mantua, and often set the same poems into music.
In collaboration with Ceresio Estate.
Between 1917 and 1918 Hermann Hesse wrote beautiful poems and texts, collected in 1920 in the volume Wanderung [Wandering], illustrated with watercolours by the author. These writings are a metaphor of his wandering from the cold North to the warm sensual creativity of the South.With Antonio Ballerio (Italiano) and Rudolf Cornelius (German).
Meeting point: Museum Hermann Hesse Montagnola,Friday 9 August, 13.00With Karin Schwind (www.schreibimpuls.de).The 3-day course is recommended for both beginners and advanced who woud like to discover or develop the joy of writing in a place related to the history of literature.Information and registration form (in German): PDF7 – 12 partecipants, in German.Enrolment deadline: 20 July, course fees: Fr. 270.–
Meeting point: Museo Hermann Hesse Montagnola, Friday 2 August, 10.00With Lisa Kölb-Thiele (www.lisa-koelbl-thiele.de). The course, addressed to both beginners and advanced, includes a great number of activities, an introduction to theory, the participation to different events as well as excursions with open-air painting. Registration formsand information: German PDF, Italian PDFInformation: info@hessemontagnola.ch T. +41 91 993 37 70
7 – 12 partecipants, in German and Italian.Enrolment by 15 July; course fees: Fr. 300.–
The town of Calw presents itself in Hesse’s adoptive hometown in Ticino.Hermann Hesse celebrated Calw, his birthplace, in many of his short stories and essays, such as Das erste Abentuer [The first adventure] (1905), Heimat [Home] (1918) and Flossfahrt [The rafting] (1928).The Reading will include excerpts from these works, with piano accompaniment.With Antonio Ballerio (Italian) Annette Franziska Kühn (German) and Renate Laich-Knausenberger (piano).
Concept commissioned by the town of Calw: Herbert Schnierle-Lutz.
In Italian and German; admission free.
