VOICES Defining Moments in Music And Theater - James Jolly Jürgen Kesting Thomas Voigt Elke Heidenreich Kartoniert (TB)

With its 440 photographs this book which is unique in its kind highlights important milestones in the history of music that have also been formative for us. VOICES offers insights into the life stories of artists. Outstanding performers tell us about experiences with their colleagues renowned personalities in the music and theater scene. And they also give us glimpses into their private realms: making music at home with their families social backgrounds and such sensitive themes as setbacks fears or long-yearned-for appreciation and how they found the key to their voices. This impress ive volume represents history from 1945 to the present passed down by way of personal accounts. The texts are based on conversations conducted by Christine Cerletti and Thomas Voigt during the pandemic in 2021 22 or they were written by the artists themselves. Choosing diverse approaches they outline how the stage can become an emotional space. Their stories are musical history narrated from a personal perspective. The desire to share things is incredibly strong. What remains after the caesura established by the pandemic: (musical) theater is closeness.