Mannes Sounds: The Fantasy World of E.T.A. Hoffmann & His Influence

Mannes Sounds Festival and Mannes School of Music | The New School

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)

Consulate General of Germany, New York, NY, United States

Free (RSVP required; bring government-issued ID)

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann — Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Johannes Brahms — Selected works
Jacques Offenbach — Selected works
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Selected works
Mikhail Pletnev — Selected works
Various — Selected works

Note: Please bring a government issued ID, as there will be a security check.

A tribute to E.T.A. Hoffmann: a German writer, philosopher, music critic, and composer, who was a major influence on the Romantic movement in literature and music through fostering the artistic development of Schumann and Brahms and many other major composers and writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Music by Hoffmann, Schumann, Brahms, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev, and Mannes young composers. Dramatic readings from works by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Curated by John Hargraves, Ph.D.

The concert starts at 6:30 pm, doors open at 6:00 pm and is followed by a reception.