"My work should be my myth", Hildegard Knef said about herself in an interview. What makes the impact of this multi-talented artist so special even after her death? Her directness, her keen powers of observation, her inner turmoil and melancholy, her jealousy as well as her rebelliousness, her civil courage as a woman, artist and public figure?

Alongside selected Knef chansons Ila Raven and her pianist Frank Augustin bring the myth of the diva to the stage - in concise, often contradictory and complementary dialogs that span a rich arc over the life of the diva, who would celebrate her hundredth birthday on 28.12. 2025. We celebrate her!