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Villa Seligmann
31.12.2026
Past events
Events at the Villa Seligmann
2021 – 2026
Description
2026
January 25 – Memorial concert in the Marktkirche
February 11 – Song recital Ice night
February 18 – Guided tour of the house: 120 years of Villa Seligmann
February 26 – Reading In the web of time
March 18 – Concert & Workshop ImproVision I: Music meets Theater
March 26 – Concert Sharon Kam, Yael Kareth & Chen Reiss
April 15 – Lecture Searching for traces II: Between dance halls and labor camps
April 29 – Theater/Salon talk There is no life without pain
May 6 – Concert: *Das Narrenschiff*
May 20 – Guided Tour: The Homeowner & the Architect
June 6 – Night of the Museums 2026
June 10 – Reading: “Katzenmusik”
June 16 – Salon Discussion/Lecture: 120 Years of Villa Seligmann & Hannah Arendt
July 2 – Dance and Concert ImproVision II: Music Meets Dance
July 7 – Shvayg Mayn HartsGarden Concert
August 16 – Summer Party
2025
January 23 – Commemorative concert Lebensmelodien 80 years after Auschwitz
January 26 – Panel discussion 80 years after Auschwitz – Where do we stand today?
January 28 – Memorial concert Five strings for the sound of remembrance
February 08 – Chamber concert Jewish melodies and prayers
February 19 – Guided tour in search of clues with Dr. Peter Schulze
April 23 – Guided tour in search of clues with the director
May 01 – September 12 – Exhibition: Hebrew calligraphy
May 08 – Lecture: Bach, Bauhaus, Buchenwald
May 13 – Concert and lecture: The music of David Eisenstadt – The rediscovered heritage of synagogal music
May 25 – Concert: The song of the birds with Natalie Clein and Einav Yarden
June 14 – Night of the Museums Hanover
June 18 – Concert: Chamber concert with Sofya Melikyan and Tanja Becker-Bender
July 03 – Garden concert: Who was Essad Bey?
August 17 – Summer party and annual reception at Villa Seligmann
August 28 – Garden concert: Yiddish songs of change
September 14 – Workshop: “My jcon” fashion workshop
September 17 – Exhibition opening: How good are your tents, Jacob? The New Synagogue in Hanover from 1870
September 21 – Concert: Firebird
September 25 – Rosh Hashanaconcert: Shofar Gadol
October 09 – Salon talk: The Hannah Arendt Days at Villa Seligmann
October 16 – Lecture and concert: From the eternal source of divine light
October 27 – Action day “Jewish life”
November 09 – Memorial event to commemorate the November pogroms
November 12-16 – ImproVision”Festival
December 10 – Guided tour: How good are your tents, Jacob? The New Synagogue in Hanover from 1870
December 17 – Hanukkah at Villa Seligmann
2024
January 25 –
Memorial concert Melodies of life
February 06 – Opening of the exhibition “Deine Anne. A girl writes history”
February 14
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Reading “Isidor: A Jewish Life”
February 21
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Reading and discussion “Jewish now!”
February 29
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Concert and salon talk Jewish pop music today
March 03
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Lecture Alfred Rose and the music of the Hanover synagogue
March 14
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Salon discussion Sa/eitenwechsel III: “Just get out of here!”
March 20
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Concert and salon talk Golden times: The renewal of cantorial music in Hasidic Brooklyn
April 02
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Guided tour of the house
April 14
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Exhibition opening “Rubinstein as a guest of Seligmann”
April 25
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Concert Yiddish song recital
May 08
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Reading “Everything was completely normal with us”
May 10
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Concert International Youth and Children’s Choir Festival at Villa Seligmann
May 23
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Violin recital “Bridges”
June 02
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Israel Day 2024
June 06
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Choir concert and salon talk The Blackmail of Susanna
June 08
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Night of the Museums Hanover 2024
June 18
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Scenic reading “Souls”
June 20
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Galaconcert of synagogal music
August 11 – Summer party
August 25 – Summer concert “Our Song”
August 28 – Search for clues House tour with the director
September 03 – Concert reading “Say that Jerusalem is”
September 12 – Concert Masterpieces by Jewish composers
September 24 + October 01 – Film screening Johanna Seligmann-Coppel: A life for the family
October 09 – Concert The Jewish Choral Book Project
October 20 – Sukkotfamily festival at Villa Seligmann
October 24 – Salon talk Hannah Arendt Days 2o24
November 07-09 – Pocket Festival Adventure Improvisation
November 10 – Concert to commemorate the November 1938 pogroms
November 21 – Recital Paris, mon amour
November 28 – Chamber concert When music becomes home
December 03 – Guided tour Searching for traces: The restoration of Villa Seligmann
December 30 – Hanukkahfamily celebration at Villa Seligmann
2023
January 12 –
Film screening Johanna Seligmann-Coppel: A life for the family
January 26 –
Memorial concert Melodies of life
February 01 –
Exhibition opening Helping means living
February 26
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Concert and salon talk from Yiddish folk poetry
March 08
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Purim in the Villa Seligmann
March 09
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Finissage and salon talk Helping means living
March 21 – Guided tour of the house: 170 years of Siegmund Seligmann
April 02 –
Concert and salon talk The Judas kiss is my obsession
April 20 – Celebration of the return of the “Three Senses”
April 27
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Concert and salon talk Sound images of Israel
May 05 –
Musical-theatrical production Words and notes in the light
June 01
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Concert From Vienna to Hollywood
June 04
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Israel Day 2023
June 06
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Salongespräch Sa/eitenwechsel I: What does it mean to migrate?
June 08-11
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Limmud.de Festival
June 17
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Night of the Museums Hanover 2023
July 06
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Concert and reading Szpilman in Memoriam
August 20
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Summer party
August 20
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Concert From swing to tango
August 31
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Concert Masha Ray in Concert
September 14
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Song recital ÜberLeben
September 20 –
Get to know Sukkotwriting workshop
September 28
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Salon discussion Sa/eitenwechsel II: How does reconciliation work?
October 05
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Sukkot in the Villa Seligmann
October 12 –
The Hannah Arendt Days at the Villa Seligmann
October 17
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House tour Searching for traces: Villa Seligmann as a house and project
October 31
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Panel discussion What needs to be said: Places make people
October 31
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Peace concert for Israel
November 02
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Concert Jewish composers in exile
November 07
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Concert An evening with Israel Alter
November 09
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Memorial concert The synagogue organ then and now
November 23
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Lecture Buenos Aires Shalom
December 07
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Hanukkah in the Villa Seligmann
December 12
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Guided tour of the house Searching for clues to the restoration of the villa
2022
January 20
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Concert Judeo alla Turca
January 26
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Concert Like wafts of mist in the wind
February 10 –
CD presentation Heritage
February 24
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Concert The Three Cantors
March 10
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Musical reading The poet Rose Ausländer
March 20
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Concert Matinee of the Friends
March 24 –
Concert Kafka Fragments
April 21
– Scenic song recital The Calling of Moses
April 26
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House tour Searching for traces: A family residence in the focus of time
May 05 –
Concert Prizewinners’ Concert JüMiD
May 08
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Exhibition opening “Liberated! and then?”
May 15
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Israel Day 2022
May 26 –
Lecture and recital Wagner and Meyerbeer
June 18 –
Night of the Museums Hanover 2022
June 23
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Reception on the occasion of the 10th anniversary
June 28 –
Guided tour: Tracing Liebermann and Seligmann
September 05
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Musical reading Crying is forbidden here
September 06-09 –
Conference Annual Meeting AG Jewish Collections
September 08 –
Concert Musical contemporary documents
September 15
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Film screening Johanna Seligmann-Coppel: A life for the family
October 09
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Concert Autumn Leaves
October 10
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Reading How neighbors became Jews
October 13 –
Salon talk The Hannah Arendt Days 2022 as guests at the Villa Seligmann
October 27 –
Musical lecture by Alfred Rose: creator of synagogue songs in Hanover
November 09
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Memorial concert The work of the angels
November 15
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House tour Searching for traces: 10 years of restoration
November 24
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Concert Schire Simroh: Homage to Arno Nadel
December 08 –
Concert Sacred music of German Jewry through the ages
December 15
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Lecture and concert Fates of Jewish collectors and artists
December 22
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Hanukkah at Villa Seligmann
2021
January 14
– Concert and salon talk I have built a house within me
May 16
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Concert Between assimilation and coexistence
May 20
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Concert Jewish soundscapes of the 20th century
June 03 – Concert And every beginning has its own magic…
June 12
– Night of the Museums Hanover 2021
June 15
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Guided tour of the house Searching for clues: Privy Councillor Seligmann
June 17
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Concert The Golden Psalter
June 27 –
Concert Omer Klein Trio
June 29
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Guided tour of the house in search of clues: Privy Councillor Seligmann
July 04 –
Concert Corona Aurea
September 02
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Concert Liturgical music from around the world
September 05
– Israel Day 2021
September 09
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House tour: 160 years of Johanna Seligmann
September 12
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Concert The Four Stages of Reconciliation
October 13
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Lecture The Hannah Arendt Days 2021 as guests at Villa Seligmann
October 14
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Salon discussion The Hannah Arendt Days 2021 as guests at Villa Seligmann
October 17
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Concert In step with the times: 200 years of Lewandowksi
November 02 –
House tour Searching for traces: The restoration of Villa Seligmann
November 04 –
Song recital Don’t cry that I’m leaving now
November 08
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Memorial concert Ostracized – Persecuted – Murdered
November 18
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Lecture Stolperscheiben: The forgotten entertainment musicians of the 1920s and 1930s
December 02
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Concert Light and Consecration
December 08
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Musical reading Thinking without railings
December 16 –
Concert Turning point: Berlin in the Fin de Siècle
December 30
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Concert Pictures from another exhibition