This season, Ruby Red and her friends once again experience a musical adventure: When everyone has joined together on stage to make some music, the horn all of a sudden starts to make weird noises. What should we do if it turns out that the witch has cast a spell on it? Can the magic giant bell help or perhaps a magic potion we brew together? Together with the audience, we go in search of a musical spell of dissolution to create something great together: Music! Our seat cushion concerts, developed by our education team, take place in the concert hall directly on stage. On seat cushions, close to all the action, people of all ages make themselves comfortable and are invited to listen, to be amazed and to join in.

Cushion Concert: Ruby Red and the Bewitched Horn

Bamberg Concert Hall

Organized as part of the Ukrainian Festival 2026, this exceptional concert combines the lyricism of Sibelius with the grandeur of Dvořák, and includes a world premiere!

Orchestre de Paris / Oksana Lyniv

Philharmonie de Paris

"Peace doesn't come by itself," Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv said in an interview: "Without active commitment, it won't exist." And she herself sets a good example, with the resources available to her as a musician. In 2023, for example, she conducted a solidarity concert for Ukraine in Duisburg with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, which she founded. Now she returns with a piece that she also initiated. "Oksana Lyniv's idea to compose a work based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 'The Little Prince' immediately inspired me," says composer Eduard Resatsch. He sees the abstract figure of the prince as a beacon of hope in a modern world: "For me, this fairy tale embodies the comprehensive idea of ​​universal humanism; it is a metaphor for world peace – especially in today's world, when we must say goodbye to many illusions." Following the world premiere in Paris on February 25, 2026, Oksana Lyniv will conduct the German premiere of this hopeful work in Duisburg. Following this, the young Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko will play—at the conductor's special request—the "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand," which Ravel composed for Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in the First World War. The concert will then conclude with Camille Saint-Saëns's magnificent "Organ Symphony."

Peace music

CityPalais

RUBY RED AND THE WONDERS OF THE FOREST Ruby and her friends are celebrating a joyful festival in the forest. The lively atmosphere is contagious, even spreading to the birds, and everyone joins in a colorful concert. But what are those angry sounds suddenly coming from the thicket? Is a forest dweller perhaps disturbed by Ruby's party? Join Ruby Red and her friends on a vibrant musical adventure that attracts not only forest animals but also magical woodland creatures! A wonderful story about colors, emotions, friendship, and courage. Our cushion concerts, developed by our education team, take place in the concert hall, right on the stage.

Eduard Resatsch

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 25, 2026

Orchestre de Paris / Oksana Lyniv · Orchestre de Paris

4 - 5 Mar, 2026

Peace music · Duisburger Philharmoniker

8 - 9 May, 2026

Cushion Concert: Ruby Rot and the Wonders of the Forest · Bamberger Symphoniker

Past events

20 - 21 Feb, 2024

Cushion Concert: Ruby Red and the Bewitched Horn · Bamberger Symphoniker

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