"Hör meiner Stimme Schall" - A Musical Reading
Speaker: Ulrike Hübschmann & Pianist: Huijing Han
Robert Schumann is one of the most important composers of Romanticism – an artist of extraordinary expressiveness, whose life and work continue to resonate today. His music tells of longing, passion, and great innerness, but also of the deep emotional crises that accompanied him.
With "Hör meiner Stimme Schall," speaker Ulrike Hübschmann and pianist Huijing Han invite you to a special musical reading that brings the person behind the composer to life. From letters, diaries, and personal records emerges the multi-faceted portrait of an artist who initially wanted to become a writer, and whose literary voice was as impressive as his musical one.
The journey takes us from Schumann's early years through his great creative phases to the boundaries of his inner world. Words and music enter into an intense dialogue: While Ulrike Hübschmann makes Schumann's thoughts, longings, and doubts audible, Huijing Han opens a direct access to his emotional cosmos with his music.
A moving concert afternoon unfolds between sound and language – a meeting with Robert Schumann that goes far beyond the classical concert experience, bringing the person behind the genius to the forefront.
Huijing Han
Huijing Han, the pianist born in Shanghai, is a piano lecturer at the University of the Arts Berlin and a guest professor at various universities in China, distinguished by her extraordinary interpretative strength and charisma. She completed her diploma at the HfM "Hanns Eisler" Berlin under Professor Gabriele Kupfernagel and her concert examination under Professor Klaus Hellwig at the UdK Berlin. Huijing has received many awards and honors, including the 1st prize of the Berlin Piano Competition of the Renate-Schorler-Stiftung, the Steinway Promotion Prize, and the 1st prize for piano trio at the 15th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France. Invited by Daniel Barenboim, Huijing participated in his workshop on Beethoven's piano sonatas in Berlin and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. Invitations as a soloist and chamber musician regularly take her to France, Italy, Switzerland, and China, alongside Germany. Some live recordings, such as the Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 by Robert Schumann, have been broadcast on RBB, among others.
Her current projects include a concert series at the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen, crossover concerts as part of the Music & Technology Festival in Shanghai, concerts with the German-Scandinavian Youth Philharmonic in Berlin, and regular chamber music concerts.
http://www.huijing-han.comUlrike Hübschmann:
Ulrike Hübschmann studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rostock and Berlin. She then took on various theater engagements, including in Hamburg and Berlin, and numerous film roles. Additionally, she has taught several times at the Konrad Wolf School of Film and Television in Potsdam, including together with director Margarethe von Trotta. Since 2006, she has increasingly focused on her work as a speaker in recording studios. She has recorded over 140 audiobooks, audio guides for many significant museums and art exhibitions, and participated in numerous radio productions and audio dramas across Germany. She is also active as an actress in film and television. The audio description she provided for the film "45 Years" won the German Audiobook Award in 2016. In 2022, the audio description she provided for the film "Dear Thomas" again won the German Audiobook Award, and in 2024, the award was presented a third time for the audio description she provided for the film "Red Sky."
https://www.ulrike-huebschmann.coPhoto: (c) Martin Keil
Entry: 3 PM (Coffee and Cake) 3:30 PM (Concert Hall)
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