Name: POETRY SLAM WITH MICHAEL JAKOB The best of the best-of
Start: 2025-10-31T20:00:00
Location: Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Markus Becker

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Profound poetry, heart-rending stories, and charmingly witty storytelling—all of this is poetry slam. And since the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra is doing something like this, they're naturally inviting one of the very best: Michael Jakob, the uncrowned king of the scene. As the winner of over 100 local poetry slams throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, he's a master of the art. From his many superb successes, he offers us the best of the best. Added to this is Markus Becker, an exceptional pianist who is not only adept in classical music—here together with the Nuremberg Symphony's wind quintet—and in sometimes witty, cheeky, sometimes gripping French music—but also a true master as an improviser and jazz pianist. He invents tunes like a slammer invents words. If that isn't a battle...