Olaf Schubert und seine Freunde - Jetzt oder now! - Open Air

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OLAF SCHUBERT UND SEINE FREUNDE
JETZT ODER NOW!

Olaf Schubert und seine Freunde - Jetzt oder now!

It is common knowledge that a thinker of Olaf Schubert's calibre has an answer to every question. But now Schubert takes his next big step - he starts asking questions. Important questions, like this one: "Jetzt oder now?". A question that itself raises questions. That the snake ends up biting its own tail here is entirely the artist's intention.

In passing, he has also created a programme title with an international ring to it. This tells us that Schubert has become multilingual - if not outright bilingual. Having reached the very tip of the globalization iceberg, the whole world now lies open before him. Yet the exceptional artist stays true to his roots - he still plays concerts in Germany, not many, but around 745. That proves he has achieved what few manage: staying grounded despite enormous success. He wants to be an Olaf you can actually approach. Sadly, as he recently admitted to a major news magazine, almost nobody does. On stage, Schubert reinvents himself completely - and that is precisely why he remains exactly the same. He follows his own path consistently, but he is not someone who crosses red lines. No - he undermines them. Yellow lines, on the other hand, he jumps right over. This allows him to shift boundaries - even invisible ones - in all directions at once.

How he pulls it off, he probably doesn't know himself. Watching him do it during the show is a spectacular thing, not least because the odd joke-rocket gets launched along the way.

That is why almost everyone who has ever seen him live - his grandmother included - comes away deeply moved and simply says: Thank you, Olaf!

His friends Jochen M. Barkas and Herr Stephan are of course along for the ride, as always.

Photos: Amac Garbe