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.
Full reading schedule from "The Lost Notebook," for November 2025 in Austria and Germany
I will be reading at various places in English and my superb translator, Astrid Nischkauer in German. Some readings are shared as you will see. The schedule with places and links is below:
VIENNA, FROM NY TO KVIV Von New York bis Kyjiw
Saturday/ Samstag, 1. November 2025, 19 Uhr
Lyriklesungen von Elisabeth Frischauf und Iryna Sazhynska
Die Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft zu Gast in der Evolutionsbibliothek
Evolutionsbibliothek im WUK, Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse 7, 1. Stock, Tür links, 1090 Wien
Bilingual with talk/ Zweisprachige Lyriklesungen mit Gespräch.
Elisabeth Frischauf (New York) reading with her translator /liest mit ihrer Übersetzerin Astrid Nischkauer (Englisch/Deutsch).
Die Lyrikerin und Herausgeberin Iryna Sazhynska (Kyjiw) liest mi Elisabeth Olentchouk (Ukrainisch/Deutsch).
https://evolutionsbibliothek.wordpress.com
GRAZ
Ode to the Lost Notebook/Ode an das Verlorene Notizbuch
Reading and Talk Lesung und Gespräch
5. November 2025, 19 Uhr
Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek, Kalchberggasse 2, 8010 Graz, Eintritt frei
Greeting/Begrüßung: Katharina Kocher-Lichem, Moderation, Gespräch: Silvana Cimenti
Reading English/Lesung Englisch: Elisabeth Frischauf, Reading German/Lesung Deutsch: Astrid Nischkauer
VIENNA
Poesiegalerie Wien
Thursday/Donnerstag, 6. November 2025
Elisabeth Frischauf: 19:45 – 20:00 Uhr
Ort: IG Architektur, Gumpendorferstraße 63B, 1060 Wien
https://www.poesiegalerie.at/wordpress/
VIENNA
Exile in the second generation/Exil in zweiter Generation
11. November 2025 in the Jewish Museum
18:30 Uhr, Jüdisches Museum Wien, Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Wien
Elisabeth Frischauf und Sibyl Urbancic
Elisabeth Frischauf speaks and reads with translator Astrid Nischkauer/ spricht und liest gemeinsam mit ihrer Übersetzerin Astrid Nischkauer eigene Gedichte.
Sibyl Urbancic und Johann Kneihs, Tochter und Enkel Melitta Urbancics, führen ein Gespräch und lesen Gedichte und Prosa von Melitta Urbancic.
https://www.jmw.at/events/elisabeth_frischauf_und_sibyl_urbancic_exil_in_zweiter_generation?termin_id=1758873267030
BAD TÖLZ
19 November Bad Tölz Das Lied von der Erde
New poems for Volume 3, There & Here
Ticketing of Bad Tölz (Stephanie Krug) stephanie.krug@gmx.net
https://cosifacciamo.de/2025/09/18/das-lied-von-der-erde/
MUNICH AT THE BERGSON
23 November Das Lied von der Erde with Thomas Mann’s grandson, Frido
Reading and Talk in Graz, Austria 5 November 2025 from " The Lost Notebook"
I will read from this book and discuss in Graz, Austria. Please pass along to and also bring friends and family. Books will be available to get and for me to personally sign if you wish.
I will read in English and my superb translator, Astrid Nischkauer will read the German. Silvana Cimenti will moderate
Looking forward to seeing you,
Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek, Kolchberggasse 2, 8010 in Graz
A musical evening of the difficult reflections eighty years after the Holocaust era and its aftermath with readings by me of my poems.
This is in English as the more universal language. The links are in German but will switch into English if you need them to.
Please see the links for exact date and information. Feel free to share with family and f
First perfomance is in Bad Tölz, near Munich, Germany
Second performance at the Bergson in Munich:
Of course you can direct questions to me or Martina Veh martina-veh@web.de
Hope we see each other.
Elisabeth Frischauf
#efrischauf
FB: Elisabeth Frischauf Art
Three poems published recently
"At First Avenue and 97th Street" is up this week at The Five-Two, coinciding with the start of fall: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2025/09/elisabeth-frischauf.html
Sept 30, 2025 https://www.plantsandpoetry.org/journals/plant-people-vol-5-1 , “In my dream I become an iris”
"Moonlight Sonata"
has been accepted for publication in the 2025 issue of Oberon,and is also under consideration by the judge.
SAVE THE DATE: September 29 at 5PM
I will be reading from my family memoir poem book one, “They Clasp my Hand,” and book two, “The Lost Notebook,” on September 29 at 5 PM.
Here are the details and link to follow
https://wagner.edu/holocaust-center/programs/
On site will be at Wagner College on Staten Island. It will also be on zoom. You must register with the link above for either one or both.
By registering, a recording will be available to view at your convenience.
Books will be available for purchasing and signing on site. “They Clasp my Hand,” is on amazon/Kindle. Book two is available on request to me and then mailed to you. It will be an ebook soon.
