Eröffnungskonzert SHALOM-MUSIK.KOELN 2026: ZU GAST BEI HILDE DOMIN

In the organizer's words:

Four poems by the Jewish Cologne poet Hilde Domin can be heard as choral music for the first time this evening - a special moment to kick off the festival. Her language, characterized by exile, return and hope, meets the sound of the chamber choir of the Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein.

The texts were set to music by the contemporary composer Shay Cohen and will be premiered here - a rare concert experience that will only take place on this evening.

But that's not all: the program opens up in many directions. Choral music from the classical repertoire to the Comedian Harmonists combines different worlds of sound. Sharon Brauner & The Toy Goys add Yiddish chansons that celebrate life and give the evening its very own lightness.

The captivating Sharon Brauner leads through the evening and connects the different musical worlds.

And then a sound that is hardly known: the shofar. Played by Bar Zemach, Artist in Residence 2026, the millennia-old Jewish instrument will be heard here for the first time as a concert instrument - virtuosic, melodic and surprising.

The result is an extraordinary combination of poetry, choir, Yiddish song and shofar - multi-layered, rich in contrast and unique in this form in Cologne.

PARTICIPANTS

• Chamber Choir Cologne Men's Choral Society
  Conductor: Bernhard Steiner

• Bar Zemach - Shofar & Horn

• Shay Cohen - composition & piano

• Sharon Brauner & The Toy Goys

  • Harry Ermer Piano

  • Daniel Zenke Bass

  • Paul Brenning Beatbox

  • Vit Polák Trumpet

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TICKETS

29/18€ & 23/12€