When does the event start?

It starts on June 14, 2026, at 8:00 PM.

What is the ticket price?

The advance sale is 25 Euros, at the box office 30 Euros; reduced prices are also indicated.

Where does the performance take place?

At the Ulm Art Association, specifically in the Shoe House Hall at Kramgasse 4 in Ulm.

Is there a book signing?

No information is provided on that in the present material.

Is the event location wheelchair accessible?

No information is provided on that in the present material.

Rilke's Language Sounds New in the Historical Shoe House Hall of Ulm

Name: Ulmer Lyriksommer: Being Here is Wonderful - Performance in Honor of Rainer Maria Rilke
Start: 2026-06-14T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-15T00:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstverein Ulm, Schuhhaussaal

An Evening for Language: Rilke in the Sound of the Ulm Lyrical Summer

The Ulm Lyrical Summer presents Being Here is Wonderful, a musical Rilke performance that not only reads poetry but makes it audible. On June 14, 2026, an atmosphere of reading will be created in the historical Shoe House Hall of the Ulm Art Association, where language art, music, and literary presence come together.

Rilke's Poetry as Sound Space

Rainer Maria Rilke is one of the defining voices of modern German literature. His Duinese Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge have profoundly influenced 20th-century literature. The performance engages exactly here: in the tension between inner reflection and existential vastness, between melancholy and transformation.

Music, Voice, and Poetic Condensation

The event as part of the Ulm Lyrical Summer combines the power of reading with the sensual immediacy of performance. The audience experiences not just text, but interpretation: a broad sense of author encounters, where Rilke's imagery, rhythm, and thought processes emerge in a vibrant stage event.

The Ulm Art Association as a Special Place

The Shoe House Hall of the Ulm Art Association provides a suitable framework for this. The traditional space at Kramgasse 4 represents cultural concentration, architectural history, and an intimate closeness between stage and audience. This spatial density enhances the impact of a literary event that relies on attention, sound, and atmosphere.

What Distinguishes This Evening

The Ulm Lyrical Summer 2026 focuses on the creative power of literary texts and formats that understand literature as a present experience. Being Here is Wonderful fits seamlessly into this thought: as an evening where Rilke's poetics do not seem museum-like, but direct, lively, and intellectually stimulating.

Conclusion: Those seeking a literarily demanding evening with musical depth and atmospheric density will find a special date in the cultural calendar here. The performance invites one to hear, read, and experience Rilke anew.