Since 2003, the Gerbersau Summer of Reading has been a cultural highlight with its musically framed readings from the oeuvre of Hermann Hesse. This year, visitors can once again be inspired by a symbiosis of music and words. With six readings and a literary lecture taking place on Friday evenings from July 5 to August 9 at 19:30 at different venues, the 20th Gerbersauer Lesesommer focuses on Hesse's life in Calw from schoolboy to poet.
„20. Gerbersauer Lesesommer” is organized on the occasion of the Ornamenta 2024 Lust Programme, corresponding to the theme Zum Eros. All Ornamenta Lust programmes are mainly German spoken but you are welcome to join.
Events
5 July, Reading: Karin Huber and Markus Anders, Music: Andreas Hiller (guitar) and Johannes Hustedt (flute) at Klosterruine Hirsau, Platz neben der Marienkapelle (in case of bad weather in the chapel)
Liebenzeller Straße 25, 75365 Calw-Hirsau
12 July, Reading: Ulrike Goetz and Rudolf Guckelsberger, Music: Guitar duo Birgit Zacharias and Helmut Rauscher, from 19:30 at Werkstatt der Turmuhrenfabrik Perrot
Breslauer Straße 1, 75365 Calw-Heumaden
19 July, Reading: Annette Franziska Kühn und Oliver Mannel, Music: Hesse-Streichquartett (Manfred Holder, Susanne Holder, Beate Holder-Kirst und Wolfgang Brodbeck), from 19:30 at Burgruine Zavelstein (in case of bad weather in the Zavelsteiner Kirche)
Im Städle 14, 75385 Bad Teinach-Zavelstein
26 July, Reading: Martina Volkmann and Florian Ahlborn, Music: Steffen Haß (saxophone) and Volker Hill (piano), from 19:30 at the Landratsamt Calw Vogteistraße 42, 75365 Calw
2 August, Reading: Anja Haverland and Ulrike Möller, Music: Rainer Hill (violin) and David Raiser (violoncello), from 19:30 at the Foyer of Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw, Marktstraße entrance
Sparkassenplatz 1, 75365 Calw
9 August, Reading: Sofia Flesch Baldin and Luise Wunderlich, Music: Martin W. Hagner (piano), from 19:30 in the St. Peter and Paul Kirche
Kirchplatz 2, 75365 Calw
