Text | Essay | Berliner Festspiele 2026

75 Years of Striving for Freedom

Another Brief History of the Berliner Festspiele

by Matthias Pees, Director Berliner Festspiele

Colourful abstract painting featuring two dynamically posed figures facing each other in bright, vivid tones.
Gabriele Stötzer, Brückenbegegnung, Linz 2025
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026

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