Emden, Germany
Germany's top youth orchestra, the Bundesjugendorchester, returns to the Gezeitenkonzerte festival under conductor Aurel Dawidiuk, performing works by Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky/Ravel and Kancheli.
A stage adaptation of Siegfried Lenz's novel, in which a lightship captain faces down armed gangsters who have taken his crew hostage. The first part of the evening is staged as a site-specific performance in cooperation with the Küstenmuseum Wilhelmshaven.
A stage musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, following love, obsession and the American Dream in 1920s New York, with book and music by Claus Martin.
Psychologist and democracy expert Ahmad Mansour delivers a lecture on dialogue in a polarized society and the importance of open conversation for democracy.