Brundibár
31 March 2026
Reading with Music in German and Ukrainian
We look forward to the readings with music for children on Sunday 26 April 2026 in the Pasinger Fabrik in Munich, a project which is part of our Brundibár. Reading and Gift Project for Children. The events are organized by the Kulturforum München-West in cooperation with "Kultur- und Spielraum e.V./Kinder- und Jugendkulturwerkstatt Pasinger Fabrik" and the Bavarian State Opera with its general musical director Vladimir Jurowski who is the Patron of our Brundibár-project.
The music for this event is newly arranged by Richard Whilds. The event itself is under the musical direction of Vladimir Jurowski, who, we are happy to say, is also playing the piano!
Further information on these Websites:
Pasinger Fabrik: Brundibar am 26. April 2026
Our Brundibár-Project
Brundibár. An opera and a children's book inspired to our Brundibár. Reading and Gift Project for Children. Because the story of Aninka and Pepíček and the organ grinder Brundibár is a story about the power of friendship and solidarity. This is why we decided to produce a Ukrainian (2024) and a Hebrew edition (2025) of the Brundibár-children's book by Hannelore Brenner (text) and Maria Thomaschke (paintings) first published in September 2023 by Boosey & Hawkes with Co-publisher Edition Room 28. The Ukrainian and Hebrew edition are are part of our Brundibár-project. We give the books as gifts to children in the frame of events - readings or other occasions - to bring them a little joy and courage.
Inspirator of the Project
The project was inspired by the opera director Mstislav Pentkovsky, Riga/Latvia. When he held the first German edition in his hands in September 2023, his first thought was: "I think it would be wonderful if there was a Ukrainian edition to give to Ukrainian children as a sign of solidarity." That was the initial idea, the impuls for the author Hannelore Brenner to initiate a Ukrainian edition. Under the most terrible impression of October 7, 2023, the Hebrew edition followed. The Hebrew book contains information also in German.
Flyer-brundibar_WEB_EN.pdf
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Patronage Vladimir Jurowski
We are delighted that Vladimir Jurowski, General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera, has taken on the patronage of our project. In his letter to us, he explains the reasons behind his decision.
It is with the greatest gratitude that I am taking on the patronage of this project. The messages of the wonderful children's opera by Hans Krása and Adolf
Hoffmeister are universal and timeless: only together are we strong. We must trust in our strength, in friendship and humanity. Communicating these messages to Ukrainian children and children of all
nations is an important task that I am very happy to support.
I look forward to further contact and exchange and wish the project a great response, support and success.
Songs from the opera Brundibár
The notes of the songs that you find in the children's book are made available by the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes on their website under the link: https://www.boosey.com/brundibar If you want to perform the opera, turn to this music publisher directly. They hold the performing rights. See: Brundibár.
Thanks for Support
Our sincere Thanks go to the Federal Foreign Office of Germany for supporting the production of the Ukrainian and Hebrew editions and for the greeting words from Ambassador Christian Heldt, Special Envoy for Relations with Jewish Organizations, Anti-Semitism Issues, International Affairs of the Sinti and Roma, Holocaust Remembrance.
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Night. Maria Thomaschke. Illustrator of the book
Nacht. Von Maria Thomaschke, Illustratorin des Brundibár-Kinderbuches
2025. Cooperation with J-Arteck Jugendbildungsstätte
On 18 August 2025 the creative Summercamp of J-Arteck Jugendbildungstätte ended this year's international youth-meeting with the performance of Brundibár. Klang der Hoffnung und des Widerstands in the Pfefferberg-Theatre in Berlin.
It was made possible by the Ukrainian and Hebrew edition of our Brundibár children's book, as many of the participants came from Israel and Ukraine. It was sung in various languages. Their project was part of our Brundibár-Reading and Gift-Project for children.
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