Literatur & Livemusik 2025

In the organizer's words:

Four days of browsing, listening & discovering
From May 1 to 4, the "Literature & Live Music" event will be offering over 13,000 pre-loved books, records and related items for little money and for the benefit of good causes in Düsseldorf's Matthäikirche. The event will be accompanied by seven classical music concerts. The team from the Psychosocial Center for Refugees Düsseldorf e.V. will also be offering a reading and discussions with the public. Admission is free.

Books, recordings, games & co.
The assortment consists of donated books, from current novels and crime thrillers to children's books and foreign-language fiction to antiquarian finds on art, architecture, philosophy, poetry, history, natural sciences and more. There are also plenty of books about Düsseldorf as well as DVDs, CDs, records and games.

Most books are sold for 50 cents per centimeter of book thickness, a few selected works are priced individually.

The book market is always open from 12 noon to 6 pm on the days of the event.

Sales for good causes
All proceeds from the book market go to good causes. This year, half will go to the Psychosoziale Zentrum für Geflüchtete Düsseldorf e.V. (PSZ)(https://psz-duesseldorf-neu.de) and half to the association Mentor - Die Leselernhelfer Düsseldorf e.V.(www.mentor-duesseldorf.de).

The program
This year's program includes a total of seven concerts with classical music, a reading and discussion rounds.

Thursday, May 01, 2025
2 pm: "May has come" with Esther Mertel (soprano) and Jeremias Mameghani (piano)
3 pm: Piano recital with Gian Mario Soggiu

Friday, May 02, 2025
2 pm: Piano recital with Emanuela Zaharia Donici
3 pm: Duets for piano and cello with Ani Ter-Martyrosian (piano) and Joachim Birman (cello)

Saturday, May 03, 2025
1 pm: Piano recital with Violina Petrychenko and Jeremias Mameghani (four hands)
2 pm: Piano recital "Pearls of Ukraine" with Violina Petrychenko
3 pm: Chamber music with Christophe Strassel (violin) and Sylvain Levy (piano)
4 pm: Reading and talks with the Psychosocial Center for Refugees Düsseldorf e.V.

Free admission to all of the above events.

Donations are welcome, a hat goes around for the artists.

Background to literature & live music
Once a year, Literatur & Livemusik offers donated books and related items for sale for little money in the foyer of Matthäikirche (Lindemannstraße 70, Düsseltal). This year, the range is larger than ever before: over 13,000 books and other media are looking forward to new owners. Concerts and other cultural events can also be attended in the church. All proceeds from the event, which is organized on a voluntary basis, go to good causes. The 2025 edition is already the eighth of its kind.

Key facts:
Book market with over 13,000 books, concerts and information offers from the Psychosocial Center for Refugees Düsseldorf e.V.
May 01 to 04, 2025, daily from 12 to 6 pm
Free admission, a hat goes around for the artists
All proceeds go to good causes
In the Matthäikirche, Lindemannstraße 70, 40237 Düsseldorf

ViSdP
Evangelical Emmaus Church Community Düsseldorf
Schumannstr. 89a
40237 Düsseldorf