V36

Thursday, 08 March 2012

7.30 pm, Concert in the Marienkirche Dessau

„Swing!“

Guitar: Coco Schumann
Double bass: Thomas Koch
Tenor saxophone, flute and vocals: Karl Heinz Böhm
Percussion: Sven Kalis


“Heinz Jakob 'Coco' Schumann (*14 May 1924 in Berlin) is a German jazz musician and guitarist“. Thus begins the Wikipedia entry on the man and musician who has so graciously agreed to appear at the Kurt Weill Festival. At an early age this son of a Jewish mother and a Christian father became attracted to swing and jazz, learning to play the drums and guitar. It sounds rather like a miracle that as a „half-Jewish swing musician“ Schumann was able to perform in public at Berlin clubs until 1943. Following his arrest he was transported to the Theresienstadt ghetto and there exploited for propaganda purposes; in April 1945 he was forced with other prisoners to take part in a death march to Innsbruck, eventually freed there by advancing American soldiers. Coco Schumann returned to Berlin after the Second World War. He has dedicated his life to swing, and it remains his one true love.

For many years Coco Schumann has actively educated the public about the terrors of the Nazi period. It is a great honour for us that before the concert he will take the time to recount his dramatic life story.



A Life in Germany
Thursday, 08 March 2012, 6.00 pm
Talk in the Altes Theater Dessau
DETAILS


In cooperation with the Beatclub Dessau


Ticket Prices in €

	Cat.1	conc.	Cat.2	conc.
V36	24,00	20,00	18,00	14,00