Das Lied von der Erde with poems by Elisabeth Frischauf
November 2025, saw two Memorable performances of Das Lied von der Erde at the Kurhaus Bad Tölz and Bergson Kulturkraftwerk Theater, Munich Germany
Hear the poems: Truth, Shoot'em, a fragment of Love Lingers on the short video below:, extracted from the complete performance.
This Lied von der Erde is an hour-long woven tapestry in memory of the ending of WW II, of Nazi banned music and writing by those who managed to escape and those who perished. Conceived and directed through a contemporary lens, by Martina Veh, with my voice and poems in Soundscape by Christoph Reiserer. Also performing: Soprano, Stephanie Krug; Actor, Stefan Wilkening; Dancer, Alberto Pagani; Conductor, Maria Fitzgerald.
Complete Reading Schedule in Vienna, Austria for The Lost Notebook 3-11, April 2025
Donnerstag/Thursday, 3.4.2025, 19.00 Uhr
Literaturhaus Wien, Zieglergasse 26A, 1070 Wien
Shared Memories / Geteilte Erinnerungen
Elisabeth Frischauf und Sibyl Urbancic im Gespräch
https://www.literaturhaus-wien.at/event/elisabeth-frischauf-und-sibyl-urbancic-im-gespraech/
Dienstag/Tuesday, 8.4.2025, 19 Uhr
Republikanischer Club, Fischerstiege 1-7, 1010 Wien
Lyrik aus dem Verlag der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft
Sarita Jenamani (Wien) & Elisabeth Frischauf (New York)
Sowie Lyrikkurzlesungen aus der aktuellen Zwischenwelt von Franz Gatterer, Amos Rüf, Gerhard Ruiss und Angelika Stumvoll.
Freitag/Friday, 11.4.2025, 19 Uhr
Evolutionsbibliothek im Wuk, direkt zu erreichen über den Seiteneingang Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse 7, 1090 Wien
Elisabeth Frischauf (New York) sowie Lyrikkurzlesungen aus der aktuellen Zwischenwelt von Andreas Pavlic, Nikolaus Scheibner und Martin Winter.
The Big Day: 3 April at 19 O'clock in the Literaturhaus, Vienna, The Book Launch
Selected reading from The Lost Notebook/Das Verlorene Notizbook with translator Astrid Nischkauer and moderator Günter Kaindlstorfer. Sybil Urbancic will also read from her work and we will all have a lively discussion
This book is part two of a trilogy and continues the story of They Clasp My Hand with more autobiography and philosophical perspectives on poetry/writing. It deals with memory-- the question of what is lost and rediscovered when the next generation returns to their parents' former homeland and finds its own place.
My current family and I are proud bi-national Austrian/American citizens. The book ends with an invitation and hope for the third book, planned for 2026 by the Theodor Kramer Society.
The first book, "They Clasp my Hand/Die meine Handgreifen," was published in 2022 by the Theodor Kramer Society. It is a long poem that tells the story of my family from the First World War through the Anschluss and exile to the grandchildren's generation.
Just awarded a grant from Poets and Writers for being the featured reader at Arts on the Lake
April 27 at 2-4 PM Arts on the Lake in Lake Carmel, NY will host a cafë reading event.
I will be the featured reader of poems from my new bilingual English/German book: The Lost Notebook, launching on April 3d in Vienna Austria.
Please join us if you are in the area: 640 NY-52, Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512
https://www.artsonthelake.org/
"At First Avenue and 97th Street" poem accepted
To appear in June at the Five-Two Poetry. More to follow as the date approaches
Should you be in this Vienna neighborhood: They Clasp My Hand is in this bookstore
They carry all titles from theTheodor Kramer Verlag which are well worth looking into. Some are bilingual in English. You will find essays, stories and poetry that deal with exile and refuge as well as the human condition everywhere.
Bücher Wittmann
Heinzelmanngasse 4, 1200 Wien
+43 676 702 93 32
Öffnungszeiten
Dienstag bis Freitag 10.00 h – 19.00 h. (Tueday through Friday)
Samstag 10.00 h – 14.00 h (Saturday)
