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Munich Philharmonic: Die Konferenz der Tiere (The animals’ Conference)Children’s concert

Portrait of the conductor Chloé Dufresne
Conductor Chloé Dufresne Copyright: Capucine De Chocqueuse

A staged concert based on the story by Erich Kästner.

A staged concert based on the story by Erich Kästner.

After the humans’ failed 86th International Conference, Alois the lion, Oskar the elephant and Leopold the giraffe decide to take matters into their own hands to solve urgent problems like environmental destruction, war and famine. After all, the children’s future depend on it. They invite all animals and human children from all over the world to their own conference …

 

Seventy years after the publication of Kästner’s children’s book, the story is more topical than ever. The young French conductor Chloé Dufresne is at the baton.