From the 18th of June to the 07th of November the exhibition “Lebenslust und Totentanz” in the Kunsthalle Krems will present 250 works from the Olbricht Collection, which are associatively linked in their themes and motives. Their existential themes are those concerning human life such as religion, sexuality, love, beauty, transience and death. A fascinating perspective arises and allows for a dialogue between old and new, between exhibits from the 16th, 17th and 18th Century up to contemporary works from the 20th and 21st Century.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with articles by Burghart Schmidt, Hans-Peter Wipplinger et al. which can be purchased in our museum shop in the me Collectors Room Berlin for 26,50€.

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Expert discussion on the subject of “China between the future and the past – young Chinese art and its social context”

participants: Dr. Margrit Brehm, curator of the exhibition
Dr. Gregor Jansen, artistic director, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, expert on China
Prof. Dr. em. Ursula Panhans-Bühler, professor of the history of modern art, in charge of the partnership with Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing (China)
Lei Xue, artist

admission: 5 €

Two concert evenings with the Chinese pianist Jin Ju will take place within the exhibition 王 Ouyang Chun – PAINTING THE KING on November 17 AND 18, 20 PM at me Collectors Room.

PROGRAM

­­Carl Czerny (1791–1857) – Variation „La ricordanza“ Op. 33
Xiang-Pin Zou (1958) – Impromptu „Drum Tower“
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) – Sonata Op.57 „Appassionata“
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Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) – Barcarola Op.60 and Ballata No.4 Op. 52
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) – Aida and Ungarische Rhapsodien

The Pianist JIN JU

Jin Ju has become international known as a pianist since the concert for His Holiness Benedict XVI at Sala Nervi in Vatican City in front of a 5000-strong audience.

Jin Ju has been the winner of important international contests like the Romanian International Music Competition in Bucarest, the China National Piano Competition and the Beethoven Society Competition in London. She has been awarded prizes at the prestigious Cajkovskij competition in Moscow and the Reine Elisabeth competition in Brussels.

She has performed in the most celebrated concert halls of the five continents, such as in the Konzerthaus in Berlin and Vienna, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory and the Sala Verdi inMilano. She has also performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing and in all the major music halls of China. Jin Ju has collaborated as a soloist with numerous orchestras such as the BBC Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Oslo Symphony Orchestra and the Macao Symphony Orchestra.

Jin Ju is a faculty member at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. She has taught at the Royal Northern Music College in Manchester and has held numerous Master Classes in China, Europe and the United States. Presently she is professor at the International Piano Academy of Imola (Italy).

The concert has been arranged in cooperation with the Chinese cultural centre Berlin.

Tickets

Advance booking 18,00 € Regular / 15,00 € Reduced
Box office 20,00 € Regular / 17,00 € Reduced

Tickets are available at me Collectors Room Berlin or with our Online-Ticketingsystem.

November 13 and 27, December 11, 4 p.m.

“Drinking tea is as much part of the Chinese culture as painting and poetry,” says Yali Yu, the proprietor of the tea house in the Chinese Garden in Berlin-Marzahn.
The Chinese tradition of drinking fine teas dates back a very long time. When guests are received, tea is served as a sign of welcome and respect. Precious china and select teas of rare quality are meant to express the esteem in which the host holds his guests. Hand in hand with this goes a refinement in drinking and preparing tea culminating in the classical tea ceremonies. The aim of the ceremony is to make tea in the best possible manner. This is done from the necessary steps of cleansing the utensil before using them, the first “opening of the tea leaves” through to the actual infusions (up to ten) and the relishing of the aromas in special “smelling cups”. Apart from the pleasures in tasting, the tea ceremony affords participants a perfect means of relaxation, tranquillity and contemplation.
Yali Yu was born in Sichuan, has studied landscape architecture in China and Germany and has accompanied the development of the Chinese Garden at Marzahn from its very beginning.

The tea ceremonies have been arranged in cooperation with the Chinese teahouse at Erholungspark Marzahn.
admission: 14 € (includes admission to the exhibition and the Wunderkammer – chamber of wonders)