Dichterleben - Rilke und die Künste

Stefan Heucke: *Dichterleben*, Op. 141 (world premiere); book presentation of *Rilke Zeichnet* in conversation with, among others,

To mark the double anniversary of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) in 2025 and 2026, mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter initiated a new Rilke song cycle by Stefan Heucke, which will now —on the poet’s 151st birthday—will have its world premiere. The gallery concert brings together various aspects of Rilke’s reception. The focus—as one would expect in a museum—is on Rilke’s intense relationship with the visual arts, presenting him not only as an enthusiastic art lover but also through his own paintings, which have been largely unknown until now.