Fri, November 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
DAVID KRAKAUER & KATHLEEN TAGG
feat. Karimouche, Modgeist, Afra Mussawisade, Jerome Harris & Mehdi Haddab with Students of the Fundación Barenboim-Said Seville
Pierre Boulez Saal
Composer-pianist Kathleen Tagg and clarinetist David Krakauer’s multidisciplinary project Breath & Hammer, seen at the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2019 and again in 2022, remains one of the most memorable productions in the hall’s ten-year history. Now the two musicians return for the West-Eastern Divan Festival to present an entirely different side of their artistry: joined by acclaimed guest artists and longtime colleagues, they will coach and perform with a group of students of the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Seville in a program specially created for the occasion.
Artists
Piano
Clarinet
Bass and Vocals
Percussion
Electronics
Voice
Electric Oud
Musical Connections
This program takes its cue from The Keepers of the Flame, a work Kathleen Tagg and David Krakauer created for the International Center for Dialogue of the Borderland Foundation in Poland. Conceived to change with every performance, it is shaped by the musicians who play it. This reflects how the duo have always worked: rather than imitating a tradition, they bring their own lived experience to it and ask the musicians they play with to do the same. For this concert, they weave elements of it together with music from earlier projects and add new parts written for the students of the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Seville. Eastern European klezmer, Arabic and Amazigh song, American traditional music, and new compositions sit side by side, all reworked for this particular group of performers: music from very different places, played together to find what connects us as humans.
west-eastern divan festivaL
November 11–18, 2026
Created by Daniel Barenboim, the first West-Eastern Divan Festival brings together multiple institutions across Berlin’s diverse cultural landscape.
YOUR VISIT
How To Get There
Pierre Boulez Saal
Barenboim-Said Akademie
Französische Straße 33d
10117 Berlin
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Public Transport
U-Bahn U2 Hausvogteiplatz, U5 Museumsinsel, U6 Unter den Linden
S-Bahn S / U Friedrichstraße
Tram M1, 12 Mitte / Am Kupfergraben
Bus 147 Werderscher Markt; 100, 300, N5 Staatsoper
Bicycle
Bicycle racks are available on the street “Hinter der Katholischen Kirche.”
Car
Q-PARK parking garage Unter den Linden / Staatsoper
Bebelplatz 2
10117 Berlin
Theater rate (5.30 pm – 11.30 pm, paid in advance): €10
Please note there is a construction site across from the hall on Französische Straße. The street is narrowed, and cars or taxis are not allowed to stop in front of the Pierre Boulez Saal entrance.
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Box Office
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