Franz Kafkas Literarisches Umfeld in Prag

When Burak Çebi put together the repertoire for his album "Bright Spots", his first intention was not to introduce the public to as many different composers from Turkey as possible. Instead, he was guided solely by his personal taste in the selection of pieces and chose works that he most wanted to record. Although he would describe himself and his "artistic existence" as European in many respects, his view of the music of his home country is by no means marked by Orientalism. Rather, it is a search for his roots, which are also always connected to the future. After working intensively on the conception of this album, Burak Çebi discovered more and more his own way of composing, ultimately telling his story as a person and as an artist.

Sprechen wir vom Werk Franz Kafkas (1883-1924), so denken wir unwillkürlich an sein literarisches Werk. Weniger bekannt ist, daß Kafka auch gerne zeichnete. Kafkas Freund und literarischer Nachlaßverwalter Max Brod meinte schon früh, daß er auch als Zeichner ein Künstler von besonderer Kraft und Eigenart sei und seine Zeichnungen zu unrecht als Kuriosum betrachtet werden. In diesem Band wird das zeichnerische Werk des Dichters in all seiner Dichte präsentiert und im Zusammenhang mit den entsprechenden Texten des Schriftstellers dargestellt. …