Bad Orb
Great emotions, poetic texts and musical expressiveness: the Bad Orb Cultural Circle invites you to a special afternoon of songs on Sunday, November 22, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. at the House of Guests. The program features selected works by Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf, three major composers who shaped German art song in their own distinctive ways. The concert afternoon is presented by bass Erik Ginzburg and pianist Hedayet Jonas Djeddikar. Together, the two artists promise a sensitive interplay of voice and piano, with the musical diversity and emotional depth of the art of song taking center stage. They are not visiting the Cultural Circle for the first time. Erik Ginzburg, born in Frankfurt am Main, studied voice at the music academies in Mainz and Graz. He completed his master's degree with a focus on concert singing in Graz in 2014 with distinction. His first solo engagements took him, among other places, to the Mainz State Theater, the Jacques Offenbach Festival in Bad Ems and the Rudolstadt State Theater. Most recently, he has appeared as Don Magnifico in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" at the Munich Chamber Opera, as the Commendatore in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Weikersheim Castle Opera and as Sarastro in "The Magic Flute" at the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera. He has also appeared as a soloist at the Graz Opera, in the Graz Stefaniensaal and in Graz Cathedral. Since 2014, he has regularly performed as a guest with the Berlin Radio Choir. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the festival choir of the Bayreuth Festival. In addition to his training, he
