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Programm(e) Youth in Dialogue – 18.-25.11.2023
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Monday 20.11.23 – Rolduc-Day
19:00h – Konzert in SMK (Musikschule), Kerkrade
20:30h – ‘Book of Love’, Aula Minor
Tuesday 21.11.23 – Herzogenrath-Day
19:30h – Presentations with Anna Barkhoudarian, Aula Minor
Wednesday 22.11.23 – Kerkrade-Day
19:00h – presentations with Anna Barkhoudarian and Jo Smeets (guitar), Aula Minor
Thursday 23.11.23 – Mamelis-Aachen-Day
19:00h – Concert: Mixed & Confused/own presentations, Aula Minor
Friday 24.11.23 – Martin Buber-Day-Day
18:00h – Award ceremony of the Martin Buber-Plaque (Musical intermezzi: Anna Barkhoudarian and Alica Müller)
Video of youth in dialogue 2023
We thank Medienhaus Aachen for their kind support.
Impressions from Limbourg by a participant from Youth in Dialogue 2023
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Martin Buber Plaque 2022 for Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg!
The theme of the International Festival of Dialogue EURIADE in the first half of this year is closely linked to the two people who will receive the Martin Buber Plaque 2022 on June 16 at the HuB Theater in Kerkrade: Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg.
They founded an international institute for social visionaries called “kanthari” in Kerala, South India.The name “kanthari” was carefully chosen by Sabriye and Paul. They say: “kanthari is a chili that grows wild in the backyards of Kerala. Once rooted, it survives droughts and floods. The small ‘kanthari’ looks harmless but it is one of the spiciest chilis in the world. It purifies the blood, relieves pain, and lowers blood pressure. For us, therefore, it is a symbol and namesake for our participants who, like this special chili, have taken root on the margins of society, defy all odds and fight against social ills with bite and fiery commitment.”
The participants, who receive one year of intensive training from kanthari, are change makers who are situated at the margins of society, people who have experienced or survived adversity and thus draw the strength to solve local social and/or environmental problems in a sustainable way. They include women who have experienced violence and started women empowerment training centers, former street children who are setting up street children’s projects, young people who have experienced war and now initiate peace programs, environmental advocates who start organizations that fight for a future with clean waters and healthy forests, and people with disabilities who are setting up their own schools and training projects. Since 2009, 258 social visionaries from 53 countries have been trained. This has resulted in more than 160 organizations that are benefiting thousands of people in need every day, making a positive long-term difference in their lives.
It’s not about ‘charity’ but ’empowerment’: “We don’t give them the solutions, but the techniques to find and implement their own solutions. For us, it’s about ‘change from within.’ ” say Sabriye and Paul.The story of the two is unusual:
Sabriye Tenberken is from Bonn. Despite the fact, or perhaps because of the fact, that she has been completely blind since the age of 12, she decided to embark on a great adventure. She studied Tibetology, Sociology, and Philosophy. For her studies, she developed Tibetan Braille which later was recognized as the official Braille script for the Tibetan language. On a visit to Tibet in 1997, she met Dutch adventurer and technician Paul Kronenberg. One year later, together they founded the first school for the blind, a Braille printing press, and a vocational training farm. Since both were never prepared for the many difficult challenges of setting up and running their organization in the autonomous region of Tibet, the idea for kanthari, an Impact Leadership Institute (www.kanthari.org), was born.“Those who join kanthari, have, like us, taken their lives and challenges into their own hands. They carry an idea, a big dream to change society in an ethical way. However, usually, if you have a big dream, you will hear: ‘Better stay on the ground! Don’t reach for the stars!’ At kanthari however, “dreamers” are encouraged to turn their ideas into reality, we give them the tools to do so. Here, they learn everything needed to start and sustainably run impact-making organizations and initiatives: project planning and management, fundraising, media relations, and even eco-friendly construction of buildings, landscaping, and much more.”
All who read the above, or who continue to explore the works of Sabriye and Paul, will understand that both simply “must” be awarded the Martin Buber plaque in the truest sense of the word… Both are living examples, inspiration, and motivation to care for “OTHERS” in our society. In other words: to be a partner for the others in the sense of Buber’s “I and YOU”!In addition to introducing Sabriye and Paul’s values and works to our friends and guests, especially the young participants in the EURIADE project “Youth in Dialogue,” we would like to make them aware of what they themselves can inspire, discover, and take up responsibility for. We do this by awarding the Martin Buber plaque to individuals who excel in the WITH-HUMAN sense. This is in reference to the motto, the title, and the thematic call to action, “LOOK WITH THE EYE OF THE OTHER!”
In this context, it might be interesting to know that Martin Buber places this practice of “looking with the eye of the other” as a precondition in the forefront as the foundation for his ‘I and YOU’ dialogical principle. (see… also the introduction in this issue).If we leave our own view, we might experience the view of the other with the eye of the other. In doing so, we could or should allow the other person and his or her words to be valid, respect his or her circumstances and perspectives, and above all not interfere with this other person with our view or opinion. Perhaps even take words from him or her or possibly impose our words on him or her.
Only in this way can genuine conversation lead to encounters that are more than mere meetings: to happy RELATIONSHIPS.
Werner Janssen
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Program "Youth in Dialogue – 10.-17.06.2023"
‘Seeing through the eyes of the other …’
Speaking in the words of the other …
Walking with the legs of the other …
Hearing with the ears of the other …
Touching with the hands of the other …
Thinking with the thoughts of the other …
Feeling with the emotion of the other …
As you can see above, the OTHER is central in these ‘activities’, which could be seen as means and tasks for the realization of real dialogue, of truthful conversation!
In a conversation between two people, one responds to the other by listening to him. We are talking about an
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN YOU and ME, which connects these two for the moment of this conversation and hopefully ever lasting. And in this connection you just feel HAPPY.
With heartfelt greetings,
the EURIADE-Team: Danuta, Ben, Berry, Joep, Martin, Nino and Werner
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Buchpräsentation: HUMANIK oder die Lehre vom HUMANEN!
Erkenntnisse, Betrachtungen, Geschichten und Gedichte
zu einem Leben in “Verbundenheit und Glück”!
Op 2 oktober 2022 om 15.00 uur presenteren we in het HuB Theater in Kerkrade een nieuw werk van Werner Janssen.
Theater Kerkrade (NL)
THEATER KERKRADE, Theaterplein 30, 6461 DR Kerkrade
Reception from an hour earlier in HuB. Kerkrade.
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Orpheo concertserie with Amane Horie (Violin) & Ayaka Shigeno (Piano)
Thursday 3.07.2022, 14.00 o’clock
Amane Horie was born in Japan and had his first solo performances at the age of 11 years. After studying at the Tokyo College of Music, she completed her Master’s Degree Instrumental Soloist at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her education completed her with several master classes. She is a prizewinner in many national and international competitions. After a successful audition, she joined the renowned Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in January 2019 in her new permanent position.
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Japanese pianist Ayaka Shigeno began playing the piano at the age of five. In 2004, she was taken to the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK. After graduation, she came to Berlin to study at the University of the Arts. In 2017, she successfully completed there. She was awarded international prizes.
Ayaka Shigeno has performed as a soloist as well as a chamber musician in large concert halls such as the Concertgebouw (Netherlands) and the Wigmore Hall (UK).
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonate in B-Dur KV454 für/voor Geige und Klavier/viool en piano
Edvard Grieg
Sonate Nr.3 in c-Moll Op. 45 für/voor Geige und Klavier/viool en piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate Nr. 9 in A-Dur Op. 47 „Kreutzer“ für/voor Geige und Klavier/viool en piano
Theater Kerkrade (NL)
THEATER KERKRADE, Theaterplein 30, 6461 DR Kerkrade
Reception from an hour earlier in HuB. Kerkrade.
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Youth in Dialouge - Program 2022 online
‘Always look for the Dialogue!’
Under the heading of ‘Always look for the Dialogue!’ we want to find and follow a reasonably secure path to the connection between ‘you and I’!
How often it is that we humans disagree and then react with rejection, disappointment, anger or rage, even war …
Wouldn’t it be more important to stay in touch with each other?
You may be able to get the conversation going again by pushing yourself and simply saying or asking: ‘What part of that did I disappoint or hurt you with – and what did you understand, maybe you misunderstood something I said?’.
It is always important to take the first step towards the other person.
Let’s embrace them and bring CALM to our agitated souls or minds TOGETHER.
With this in mind, we would like to call on all participants in ’Youth in Dialogue‘ to make an effort to realise such a dialogue with one another in our time together.
With heartfelt greetings,
the EURIADE-Team: Danuta, Martha, Ben, Berry, Joep, Martin, Nino and Werner
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Orpheo Konzertreihe mit Riccardo Gagliardi (Klavier)
Sunday 15.05.2022, 15.00 o’clock
2nd Prize Winner MozARTe Int. Piano Competition Aachen 2019.
Riccardo Gagliardi comes from a family of musicians. He has won prizes at numerous international piano competitions and has a busy concert schedule as a soloist with international orchestras and in solo piano recitals. He is studying at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich for a master’s degree or concert exam.
Reception at 2 p.m
with coffee and cake.
program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on ‘Ah vous dirais-je maman’ K265
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliant Op. 22
Alexander Scriabin
fantasy op. 28
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Handel