With an unusual concert on German Unity Day, the Central Contact Point for Hospices (ZAH) is raising awareness of issues that affect everyone yet are often repressed: dying, death, and grief. Music is particularly well-suited for this – it is a universal language that connects people worldwide and touches on existential questions in a wide variety of styles.
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The concert pursues two goals: Firstly, the ZAH, a member of the Berlin Network for Suicide Prevention, aims to attract new target groups to engage with end-of-life and preventative care issues. Secondly, it aims to send a strong message that punk and heavy metal can also speak in a life-affirming way about the finiteness of life, the radical nature of death, and coping with loss.
Four bands from Berlin and Brandenburg will perform at the Bi Nuu venue near the Schlesisches Tor subway station. They will convey their musical messages with energetic arrangements, high-speed tempos, staccato guitars, and atmospheric gravity.
"Our music, through its power and the honesty of its lyrics, can help us reflect on death and finitude – and at the same time celebrate life. All songs are self-written, sugarcoat nothing, and consciously break with conventions," says ZAH director Thomas Palavinskas, who not only performs as the lead singer of the GrossstadtPiraten, but also leads the evening and provides information about preventative care and the ZAH's counseling work.
Admission is free, but registration is required.
Dates
October 2025
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