Joint project with the Nelson-Mandela-Schule

In the lead-up to the 2024 Bauhaus Music festival, composer Cathy Millikin invited the children to tell their personal stories about the festival theme “Freedom” in the form of poems, prose and songs, and to present them acoustically with basic methods. The inspiration and starting point of the project was her own radio play “Driving with Fatima” which tells the story of the South African writer Fatima Dike and her struggle for freedom. The students were invited to attend a live lunch concert performance of the radio play featuring the singer Jocelyn B. Smith on 17 October 2024.

Project team:
Cathy Milliken, Felix Theuner

The 2024 Bauhaus Music Festival was made possible with the kind support of the Capital Cultural Fund.

Cooperation and media partners:
DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Kulturagenten, Kultur Büro Elisabeth, Monopol, Thomas Mann House, Tip Berlin, Radio 3