LÄCHELND DURCH DEN ERNST DER ZEIT

The great comedian, poet, composer and musician Heinz Erhardt has shaped many people's attitude to life.

He is not only the master of word twisting and intelligent nonsense, his delicately naive compositions and texts also create a unique pull, full of melancholy and joie de vivre. They are not only profoundly amusing, but also reflect his sensitive soul and are remarkably topical.

Erhardt struck a chord with an audience that wanted to leave the dark times of war and catastrophe behind in the Federal Republic of Germany's economic miracle. His jokes and songs were and are still commonplace today and still ensure that you don't just burst into tears with laughter.

With the support of his orchestra, consisting of hand-picked Berlin musicians, Max Hopp brings these witty, profound and profound twists of words to the stage in a selection of well-known songs, lesser-known piano compositions, poems and touching stories.

The arrangements by Max Knoth interpret Erhardt's melodic juggling in a cheeky, light-footed way and elegantly bring the sound of the 20s to the 60s into the present day.

Max Hopp, known from numerous TV and cinema productions, began his career at the Bremen Theater and was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Volksbühne in Berlin and the Salzburg Festival, among others.
Since 2010, the Komische Oper Berlin has been his artistic home, where he can be seen in acclaimed productions by Barrie Kosky, such as Anatevka, Orpheus in the Underworld and A Woman Who Knows What She Wants. For some years now, he has been making a name for himself as an opera director with his cheeky productions (including at the Zurich Opera House and the Komische Oper Berlin).

Max Knoth works as a composer, arranger and orchestrator. He composes for films, concerts, theater and recording sessions. He has worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lou Reed, Danny Elfman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Nils Frahm, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Tom Tykwer, Christoph Schlingensief, Irmin Schmidt (CAN) and Carsten Nicolai | Alva Noto. He has been a lecturer at the Darmstadt Media Academy and the BIMM Institute for many years.