Rilke Conference
Rilke Conference - on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth
October 3-4, 2025, Merano Academy
Scientific directors:
Ferruccio Delle Cave
Gerhard Fasolt
Friday, October 3
6:00 p.m. Opening
6:15 p.m. Ferruccio Delle Cave
Rilke's early poetry in the settings of the First Viennese School (Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton von Webern)
7:00 p.m. Eduard Demetz
Brief introduction to the work and video screening of the
setting of Rilke's "Weise von Liebe und Tod
des Cornets Christoph Rilke" (The Ballad of Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke)
7:45 p.m. Discussion
Saturday, October 4
9:00 a.m. Gerhard Fasolt / Ferruccio Delle Cave
Opening / Statements
9:30 a.m. Gerhard Fasolt
Rilke and Merano: Encounters and Texts
10:15 a.m. Christoph König
“... drowned out their cries.” Traditions in the
Linguistic Work of Rilke's Poems
11:00 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. Erich Unglaub
“In the garb of a peasant”? Transformations of the
image of Christ in Rainer Maria Rilke
12:15 Discussion and conclusion
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4:00 p.m. Patrick Rina
“I am living now, as the century passes”
– A walk through Rilke's Merano –
Meeting point: Merano Academy (Villa San Marco)