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Literatur und Musik

Zeit der Mutigen

Dimitré Dinev reads from his award-winning novel

01/13

Wednesday | 01/13/2027
7:30 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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About the Concert

Duration: approx. 1 hr 30 mins without intermission

When the maid Eva wishes to end her life in the Danube on the eve of the First World War, she is instead swept into the arms of the young infantry lieutenant Alois Kozusnik. Instead of her life, she loses her innocence. This is the starting point of an epic story that consists of three major narrative strands and continues into the present day. What makes a person? How does one endure and survive years of oppression and violence? How does one repeatedly find the strength to hope and to love?

Dimitré Dinev explores in his new grand novel the history of Europe and the central questions of human coexistence, thereby creating a literary masterpiece of humanism and empathy. He was awarded the Austrian Book Prize 2025 for this work.

Accompanying this is the Collenbusch Quartet performing music by the Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova.

Kick-off for the literature series VOICES FROM EASTERN EUROPE - ECHO OF ORIGIN 2027
Joint event by the Dresden Philharmonic, Dresden City Libraries, Saxon State Library – State and University Library Dresden (SLUB), and Friedrich Ebert Foundation Saxony

Programme

Dimitré Dinev
"Time of the Brave" novel (2025)

Dobrinka Tabakova
"Stone Trail" for two violins, viola, cello, and piano

Artists

Dimitré Dinev
Reading
Katrin Schumacher
Presenter
Collenbusch Quartett
String Quartet
Andreas Hecker
Piano

Biographies

Dimitré Dinev

Dimitré Dinev was born in Bulgaria in 1968. In 1990, he came to Austria as a refugee, where he studied and has since published screenplays, short stories and essays in German. His plays have been staged at venues including the Burgtheater. He made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with his family novel »Engelszungen«, which was received with great interest throughout Europe. Dimitré Dinev lives in Vienna.

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Collenbusch Quartett

The Collenbusch Quartet consists of four members of the Dresden Philharmonic who first played together in this formation for a chamber music concert of the orchestra in 2012 and made it become a lovely tradition afterwards.

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Andreas Hecker

Pianist Andreas Hecker has been an instrumental accompanist for piano and harpsichord at the Dresden University of Music since 2008 and was appointed to a professorship there in 2017. He is also an official accompanist at various international competitions and masterclasses. In addition to early music, Andreas Hecker is primarily dedicated to chamber music and regularly plays with members of the Staatskapelle and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

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