What is currently happening in Ukraine is terrible without words. The collective rebellion against the breach of peace in Europe, in so many demonstrations, fundraising campaigns and volunteer work – that is a small light of cohesion for those who help and those affected. In which the Bavarian cultural institutions also take part with benefit events and artistic expressions of solidarity.
On March 7 read in Residence Theater Members of the ensemble Excerpts from Serhij Zhadan’s 2014 novel “Internat”. The protagonist Pascha fights his way through the war zone in the Donbass to save his nephew from the boarding school there. Admission to the reading in the Marstall is free, and it is also streamed in the media library. In addition, the Residenztheater intends to use its fleet of vehicles to transport the aid supplies purchased with the donations directly to the Ukrainian border.
in the State Theater Augsburg On March 13, the Ukrainian national anthem and “The Great Gate of Kiev” by the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky will be heard. The proceeds for the evening will be donated to the Ukraine refugee aid. A Ukrainian-Russian recital is also planned for March 29th. The Nuremberg State Theater joins the solidarity show and links the ballet performance “Ship of Fools” on March 4th with a fundraiser.
“Munich Huift” – under this motto, the Deutsches Theater drums together a whole group of prominent artists. With cabaret and music of all kinds, Monika Gruber, Chris Boettcher, Franziska Rabl and many others sing and play against war and violence on March 8th. Tickets can cost anywhere from forty to a hundred euros, depending on how much visitors choose to donate – all proceeds go to the city’s Ukraine donation account.
To the outcry of solidarity rises to the Munich Chamber plays the “Sisterhood Ukraine”. The partnership with Kiev artists was initiated in 2021. On March 6, at 6 p.m., ensemble members will read from the works of two Ukrainian playwrights, Natalia Vorozhbyt and Anastasiia Kosodii, together with Ukrainian colleagues, including director Tetiana Hubrii. Afterwards, at 8 p.m., the film adaptation of Vorozhbyt’s “Destroyed Roads” will be shown in the original language with English subtitles. The topic is everyday life in the war zones of the Donbass in eastern Ukraine.
The Munich Philharmonic performs with the soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian State Orchestra on March 8th benefit concert in the Isarphilharmonie. The proceeds go to the organization “Save The Children”, which has been working for families and children in Ukraine since 2014. There will be a fundraiser on Saturday, March 5th, starting at noon and the following Sunday Radio 80000where a dozen international artists perform their music to encourage the audience to donate to Ukraine.
On March 13, the flutist Theresa Larass and the organist Klaus Geitner will play music for peace at the Benefit Matinee “Organ in Dialogue” in the Ascension Church. Daily readings of texts about and against the war are planned in the Salon Luitpold. Carl Hanser Verlag has also started a charity campaign. Karl Schlögel’s “Decisions in Kyiv. Ukrainian Lessons” is available as an e-book for 99 cents until March 17th. The proceeds will be donated to the PEN Center Germany to support Ukrainian writers and journalists.
The news stand of Sorry Press Verlag On March 5th, a leaflet campaign with the Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi will start at the Viktualienmarkt on a donation basis for the benefit of the Ukraine. The proceeds from the sale of the art edition by the Munich photographer Martin Fengel with pictures from Kyiv are also to be donated in full. So much energetic commitment in dark times of violence – what is that if not beautiful?