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Ensemble Modern

Description:

Johannes Kalitzke’s masterpiece “Captain Nemo’s Library”!Captain Nemo’s Library” is Johannes Kalitzke’s masterpiece, a poetic tale of boyhood friendship, imagination, and identity based on Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and the novel by Per Orloff Enquist. By interweaving song and puppetry, Bach’s musical motifs, and striking electronics, Kalitzke has created a sound world that reflects the emotional depth of the story. It is a moving expression of loneliness, hope, and the redemptive power of imagination.Johannes Kalitzke, born in Germany in 1959, is a musician with an international reputation for both composing and conducting contemporary music. He studied piano at the Cologne Conservatory with Alois Kontarsky, conducting with Wolfgang von der Namer, and composition with Jorg Heller.She is a member of Germany’s foremost contemporary music group “Ensemble Modern,” which also