Etta Scollo Trio / Eva Mattes

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the great German-Jewish poet Mascha Kaléko, Etta Scollo and Eva Mattes, together with the Etta Scollo Trio, are dedicating themselves to an extraordinary stage project combining music, poetry and memory. Entitled »Nirgendland« (Nowhere Land), the evening brings Kaléko’s subtle melancholy, humour and linguistic precision to life in a new way.

Please note: This event takes place in German.

Mascha Kaléko was considered the voice of an entire generation. She became famous overnight in the Berlin coffee houses of the 1930s with her »Lyrisches Stenogrammheft« (Lyric Shorthand Notebook) – her poems reflect the attitude to life in the big city, both astute and delicate. After fleeing the Nazis, she lived in exile in New York and later in Jerusalem. Her texts tell of uprooting, belonging and the search for home – themes that seem more relevant today than ever. »Wherever I travel, I go to nowhere«, she writes in one of her poems – a line that gives the evening its title.

PERFORMERS

Etta Scollo Trio trio

Etta Scollo guitar, vocals

Tara Baumann clarinet

Susanne Paul violoncello

Eva Mattes reading