Light and Thread
Two art forms, one language: Han Kang makes her first appearance in Berlin since receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. As part of «Satzwechsel», the new collaboration between the ILB and the Berliner Philharmoniker, she presents her new essay collection «Light and Thread» (Translation: Maya West, e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris). A rediscovered poem serves as the starting point for an inquiry into the world, its beauty and its terror, and the search for literature’s unifying power. In dialogue with chamber music selected jointly by author and musicians, a resonant space emerges in which that search continues to reverberate.
Featuring Han Kang
With musical accompaniment by the Berlin Philharmonic
Moderated by Katharina Borchardt
Read by Martina Gedeck
The event will be held in In Korean and German, with simultaneous translation into German, English and Korean, and with readings in German.
Translated by Yuna Cho, So Young Chang, Ji-Ye Lee, and Milena Adam
In cooperation with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker:
Simon Roturier – Violin
Angelo de Leo – Violin
Ignacy Miecznikowski – Viola
Solène Kermarrec – Violoncello
Lorenzo Messina – Flute
Marie-Pierre Langlamet – Harp