Classical Music Concert by world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble
Dr. Ruth Pfau – 50 years committment for hope and human dignity
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German Consul General, Dr. Christian Brecht organized a concert by world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble. This music event was organized at the premises of the Consulate General Karachi in honour of German Dr. Ruth Pfau (3rd from left) on completing 50 years of selfless humanitarian services in Pakistan for alleviating miseries of the marginalized, particularly more afflicted with leprosy.
(© German Consulate General Karachi)
German Consul General, Dr. Christian Brecht organized a concert by world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble. This music event was organized at the premises of the Consulate General Karachi in honour of German Dr. Ruth Pfau (3rd from left) on completing 50 years of selfless humanitarian services in Pakistan for alleviating miseries of the marginalized, particularly more afflicted with leprosy.
The world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble from Berlin artistically accompanied the celebration for Dr. Ruth Pfau in Karachi. In addition, performances were held in the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center and in schools founded by Ruth Pfau in the outskirts of Karachi. Carolina Eyck performs with her fascinating art on stages and concert halls around the world. The trip to Pakistan, however, was considered by her and her musician (Peter Schmidt - lead-guitar, Axel Merseburger – guitar, Roman Eyck – bass, Jan Bilk – keyboards, leader) staff to be a special challenge and matter that is very near to their hearts.
The Consulate General of Germany in Karachi organized a music concert by Carolina Eyck and her ensemble on Sat., 6th March 2010 in honour of Dr. Ruth Pfau, M.D., D.Sc. (Hilal-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Hilal-e-Imtiaz), Founder Member of Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre and Honorary Federal Advisor on Leprosy (Retd.) to the Government of Pakistan, to celebrate 50 years of her dedicated services to those afflicted with leprosy and towards her contribution to the uplift of marginalized groups in Pakistan.
Other performances to celebrate 50 years of Dr. Ruth Pfau in Pakistan were held in Karachi from 7th to 9th March 2010.
About the Musician
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German-born musician and composer Carolina Eyck is one of the world’s foremos theremin virtuosi. Beginning her training at the age of seven, Ms. Eyck studied theremin under Lydia Kavina, the grand-niece of the instrument’s inventor, Leon Theremin.
In 2002, at the age of fourteen, Ms. Eyck made her debut in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, performing at the Konzerthaus Berlin the following year. Since then, Ms. Eyck has given concerts at the International Music Festival Bohuslav Martinu in Basel, the Davos Festival (both Switzerland), with the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier, at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg (Austria), the National Art Museum Mexico City, Teatro Nacional Lisbon (Portugal), the Palace of Art Budapest (Hungary), and has presented further concerts in Poland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Great Britain and the United States of America. Ms. Eyck has collaborated with famous musicians and conductors e.g. Heinz Holliger, Robert Kolinsky, Gerhard Oppitz, the Keller Quartet, Andrey Boreyko, Michael Sanderling, Klauspeter Seibel, Berner Symphonie-Orchester, Philharmoniker Hamburg, Berlin Radio-Symphonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Washington and the San Francisco Ballet
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Orchestra. In 2009, she was on tour in Japan with the Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier, performing „The little mermaid“ by Lera Auerbach. She was winner of theInternational Competition for Composers arranged by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg in 2006. In the same year Ms. Eyck published her original theremin method book entitled, „The Art of Playing the Theremin“, and has since conducted
workshops, lectures and Masterclasses in Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, the United States of America, Mexico and Japan.
Currently, Carolina Eyck is studying viola under Henrik Frendin at the Royal College of Music Stockholm, Sweden.
About the sponsor
Hochbaugesellschaft Sankt Albertus Bauhütte (HSAB), Berlin/Germany
This building company has been created 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before this date the employees of the HSAB worked for the Administration of the Berlin Bishop by building and restorating churches and other diocesan houses. The HSAB has obtained 2007 from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs the mission to fulfill building activities on the territory of the German General Consulate in Karachi/Pakistan. At this opportunity Werner Sygnecki - the Managing Director of the HSAB - took contact to the sister Dr. Ruth Pfau and created a relief organisation in the Berlin region in order to help projects of the MALC. On the 8th of March 2010 Dr. Ruth Pfau will be able to look back on 50 years dedication for hope and human dignity in Pakistan.
On the occasion of the imminent distinction of her self-forgetting lifework by the Government of Pakistan, the managing staff of the HSAB has decided to accompany this celebration by young German musicians. Costs will be paid by the HSAB. A small choir of the parish St. Georg Hoppegarten will also make a contribution to this festivity.
