Adrian Kasnitz & Ilija Tošić – Ein Abend mit Musik und Literatur für Menschen in Afghanistan.

In the organizer's words:

ARTISTS FOR CAP ANAMUR PRESENTS:

Adrian Kasnitz & Ilija Tošić -
An evening of music and literature for people in Afghanistan.

Adrian Kasnitz reads from: "Bessermann"
(Lauenweber Verlag, Cologne, 2017).

Adrian Kasnitz, born in 1974 on the Baltic Sea, grew up in the Westphalian mountains and lives as a writer and editor in Cologne. He has published over ten individual titles, including the novel "Wodka und Oliven" and several volumes of poetry, most recently "Glückliche Niederlagen" and "Kalendarium". His texts can be found in the lyrical canon volumes "Der große Conrady" and "Lyrik von jetzt". They have been translated into numerous languages, set to music and made into films. He is in charge of the Edition parasitenpresse and hosts the Cologne reading series Literaturklub.

Adrian Kasnitz' novel "Bessermann" tells the story of a reporter in a crisis area. For individual passages in the novel, such as a mission with emergency doctors in Afghanistan, Adrian studied texts and reports by Rupert Neudeck, the founder of Cap Anmaur, for his research.


Ilija Tošić plays pieces from his album:
"RECITAL - A Depiction of the 20th Century"
(Bluehmeer Music, 2024)

Ilija Tošić, born in 1992 in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, started playing guitar at the age of 10 at the local music school. At the age of 14, he moved to Belgrade to continue his musical development at the music high school "Dr. Vojislav Vuckovic" under the guidance of Professor Zoran Anic, where he graduated in 2011. Tošić later moved to Germany, where he was accepted at the Koblenz International Guitar Academy. There he had the opportunity to study with professors Goran Krivokapic, Aniello Desiderio and Hubert Käppel. From 2013 to 2021, he continued his education at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, where he completed his Bachelor's and Master's degrees with the highest distinction under the guidance of Prof. Hubert Käppel. Tošić's repertoire ranges from baroque music to contemporary music and world music.

Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 6 pm (doors open from 5 pm)

Free admission for the evening, we ask for donations for Cap Anamur / Deutsche Not-Ärzte e.V. projects in Afghanistan.