02.01.2015

Conferences between history and sustainability

When it comes to Havelland, you can think more broadly: As a tourist region, the area west of the capital includes much more than just the district of the same name. The northern end of the Havelland is formed by the river Rhin, the western end is the city of Rathenow, and in the south it extends to Brandenburg an der Havel and Potsdam. Frank Wasser resides in the heart of the sparsely populated area, at Ribbeck Castle.

Since 2000, the pianist has directed the “Havelland Music Festival,” which provides the region with classical concerts all year round Churches and mansions, but there are also guest performances in clinics and old people's homes from time to time. Wasser's latest idea is a series called "Märkische Hofkonzerte". but simply farms. Frank Wasser's own home in Päwesin will be the venue for a "Jazz meets Classic" afternoon on August 24th, where the director will perform in a duo together with his father, a jazz pianist.

And 3m will then open on November 30th the sculptor Gerhard Gosche's Kunsthof Galm, a three-sided courtyard from 1760, located "at the end of the world"1 near Zollchow; Johann Sebastian Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" can be heard in the middle of contemporary art in the attic of the former stables, which has been converted into an event room.

Frank Wasser was extremely happy when he received an inquiry from the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation as to whether he would like to provide artistic support for the reopening of the water stage on the Potsdam Belvedere. Of course he wanted[ On June 8th, a stage made of metal will rise from the basin for the first time in the inner courtyard of the facility built in 1863, with 300 spectators sitting around the basin. After the performance of the Berlin Horn Quartet, the playing area can be lowered again - until the second musical Pfingstberg event on August 31st The internationally celebrated Russian pianist Nikolai Tokarev is expected. Because no piano house was found that was willing to provide a grand piano for use on the water stage, the director will bring his own instrument from Päwesin.

Because Frank Wasser wants to bring classical music to people in the country on the one hand, but also wants to encourage Berliners to enjoy musical country outings on the other, he has agreed a free shuttle service with the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association, which is based on the times of the train timetable. This means that even capital city residents without their own car have the opportunity to get to the rural venues. For visitors to Klessen Castle, for example, there is a bus available at Friesack train station, those who want to go to the Stover estate are picked up in Nauen, and the feeder to Schinkelkirche Petzow starts from Werder.

FREDERIK HANSSEN