Saiten Poesie - An Inspiring Concert Experience

Composition prize-winner Volker Luft enchants audiences with his guitar, taking them on a journey through fascinating musical worlds between dream and passion, poetry and emotion. Guitar arrangements of works by Bach, Beethoven, and Kreisler, fiery flamenco, touching blues, African music, melancholic klezmer, and electrifying tango captivate and mesmerize listeners.

The interplay between lyrics and music inspired Volker Luft to create his new, highly intriguing concert programme SaitenPoesie. Luft, renowned for his resonant and poetic guitar playing, drew inspiration from poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Hesse, and Federico García Lorca, composing wonderful pieces that have been published internationally and awarded a grant from the Ministry of Culture. Well-known works by Bach, Kreisler, and Beethoven that relate to poetry were adapted by Luft for guitar, creating in SaitenPoesie an extraordinary programme that establishes remarkable literary and cultural connections while musically captivating the audience.

Entertaining and engaging narration that explores the fascinating connections between the resonant compositions and the impressive poetry of writers such as García Lorca, Poe, Rilke, Hesse, and Goethe perfectly completes the listening experience.