Holger Jenrich & Lutz Debus in Bonn: Reading and Music on Leonard Cohen

Event: Hallelujah & Schalom – a Leonard Cohen Evening in Kunstverein Bad Godesberg e.V., Burgstraße 85, 53177 Bonn on 10. August 2026

Date and Time

10. August 2026 19:30

Artist

Location

Kunstverein Bad Godesberg
Burgstraße 85, 53177 Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Deutschland

Price

Free

About this Event

Literature & ReadingsConcerts

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Inside

A Leonard Cohen Evening between Poetry, Music, and Memory

With Hallelujah & Schalom, a literary-musical evening comes to Bonn that not only celebrates Leonard Cohen's work but also immerses you in his language, his melancholy, and his spiritual depth. The program combines songs and stories about the Canadian poet, singer, and writer into an intimate author encounter that finds its own tone between concert, reading, and cultural portrait. The Kunstverein Bad Godesberg e.V. will serve as the stage for a special literary experience. ([hallelujahundschalom.de](https://www.hallelujahundschalom.de/?utm_source=openai))

When Music Becomes Storytelling

Holger Jenrich and Lutz Debus navigate their Cohen evenings between language art and sound. The duo works with songs, biographical fragments, and narrative condensation so that Cohen's themes of love, freedom, religion, loss, and hope do not appear as mere buzzwords but as living narratives. This connection between text and sound gives the evening its literary quality. ([hallelujahundschalom.de](https://www.hallelujahundschalom.de/ueber-uns/?utm_source=openai))

Leonard Cohen as Poetic Presence

Leonard Cohen still represents a rare mix of song poetry, intellectual access, and spiritual openness. This is precisely what the evening connects to: the great songs, the narrative breadth, and the quiet intensity with which Cohen's work has touched generations. Anyone interested in literature, chanson, singer-songwriter tradition, and cultural discourse will find an evening with depth here. ([hallelujahundschalom.de](https://www.hallelujahundschalom.de/?utm_source=openai))

The Venue: Kunstverein Bad Godesberg

The Kunstverein Bad Godesberg e.V. at Burgstraße 85 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg is clearly oriented towards artistic encounters as a cultural venue. The address, the association structure, and the regular events suggest a personal, intimate atmosphere that is particularly suitable for readings and musical storytelling evenings. ([kunstverein-bad-godesberg.de](https://www.kunstverein-bad-godesberg.de/impressum/?utm_source=openai))

The evening promises not a distanced format, but an immediate reading atmosphere: close to the words, close to the music, close to an author whose work remains unique between literature and pop history. Anyone wanting to rediscover or delve deeper into Cohen should mark this date. The literary experience thrives on presence, voice, and resonance - live it unfolds its full effect. ([hallelujahundschalom.de](https://www.hallelujahundschalom.de/?utm_source=openai))

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