When does the event begin?

The matinée starts on 26.04.2026 at 11:30 a.m. Doors open at 11 a.m.

How much is the admission fee?

The admission fee is 12 euros per person.

Is registration required?

Registration is desired and recommended through the media portal of the Landshut city library.

Is the event indoors?

Yes, the event takes place in the Salzstadel in a closed event hall.

Is there music in addition to the reading?

Yes, the reading is accompanied by specially composed music and connects literature with live sound.

Who is the event intended for?

The event is aimed at adults, particularly literature lovers and fans of poetic formats.

Charles Simic at the Salzstadel: Poetry and Music merge into a quiet morning

Name: Straight to the Heart - Charles Simic
Start: 2026-04-26T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-26T14:30:00+02:00
Location: Salzstadel

Charles Simic as a poetic-musical matinée at the Salzstadel

On April 26, 2026, a reading unfolds at the Landshut Salzstadel that connects literature and music into a concentrated cultural moment. The series Straight to the Heart is dedicated to Charles Simic, whose poetry lives from the experience of exile, concise language art, and surreal imagery.

A poet between memory and presence

Charles Simic was born in 1938 in Belgrade, emigrated with his family from former Yugoslavia to the USA in 1953, and has shaped contemporary American poetry with a distinctive voice. His texts combine laconic precision with enigmatic, often disturbingly beautiful images. This very mix makes him an author who still immediately draws readers into a literary tension space.

Reading with musical resonance

The Landshut event understands literature not just as a mere recitation but as a lively interplay of language, voice, and sound. Actor and director Oliver Karbus reads selected texts, accompanied by the specially composed music of multi-instrumentalist Martin Kubetz. Thus, a reading atmosphere is created in which lyrical density and musical colorfulness enhance each other.

The Salzstadel as a fitting venue

The event hall in the historic center of Landshut is regarded as a suitable space for readings, lectures, and smaller cultural formats. With its intimate size, gallery, and close proximity to the audience, it supports the concentrated attention that a literary encounter with Simic deserves. Doors open at 11 a.m., and the event begins at 11:30 a.m.

Why this matinée resonates

Simic's work opens access to the great themes of modernity: loss, memory, war, strangeness, and the fragile beauty of the everyday. Those who attend this matinée do not experience a distant obligatory reading but a literary experience with emotional depth, cultural context, and palpable linguistic artistry. The connection of reading and music lets Simic's poetic miniatures shine with new intensity.

Conclusion: The poetic-musical matinée at the Salzstadel promises a thoughtful, elegant, and sonorous morning for literature lovers. Anyone wishing to experience Charles Simic live in the resonance space of language and music should not miss this date in Landshut.