Zersehnt – The Poetry of Ambitious Misconduct
Experience "Zersehnt – Poesie eines ambitionierten Fehlverhaltens" (Symphonic Audiobook II), an extraordinary literary and musical performance that consistently defies classical conventions. Authors Willi van Hengel and Magnus Tautz engage in a frenzied, deeply moving dialogue, hurling words and raw emotions at one another to explore the boundaries of language and feeling.
Navigating between radical honesty, poetic force, and moments of subtle, absurd comedy, protagonists Magnus and Willi journey through trauma, sleepless nights, and the pulsating backdrop of Berlin—from Schönhauser Allee to Ruhleben. Their texts are an uncompromising declaration of love for the fleeting moment, for the "immortality of simply fading away," and for the courageous attempt to escape the paralyzing logic of everyday life.
This multi-layered work, driven by the eruptive power of modern poetry, is underscored by the evocative music of Tobias Breyer.
Let yourself be swept away by a performance about solitude, shattering, and the trembling longing for healing—an evening filled with word sculptures that dress our instincts in an entirely new light.
Tobias Breyer
Tobias Breyer, born in 1973, studied Applied Arts and has spent many years working successfully as a founder and entrepreneur in marketing and business development. Tobias Breyer has been involved with electronic music since 2014. He is a member of the basement band "Goldene Gitarren" and has been releasing his own work under the artist name "SoulOverFlow" since 2020. For the symphonic drama "Keiner Lippen Winter schweigt," he was responsible for the conception and implementation of the musical score. His challenge was to sonically underscore the powerful text fragments and strike a balance between literature and music.
Beyond music, Breyer dedicates his time to photography, graphic design, and painting. For several years, he has also worked as a holistic coach with a focus on hypnosis and NLP.
Magnus Tautz
Magnus Tautz, born in 1968, studied German language and literature as well as theology in Erfurt and Berlin. He works as a teacher in Brandenburg and lives in Berlin. He has published poetry and short stories in various anthologies and magazines, including "poesiealbum." He is a member of the Society for Contemporary Poetry (GZL) and performs his own texts and songs in theater projects. Since 2017, he has been a member of the cabaret group "Die Lehrkörper" and plays as a musician in the basement band "Die goldenen Gitarren."
Willi van Hengel
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Willi van Hengel, born in 1963 in Oberbruch, studied philosophy, German language and literature, and political science in Bonn. After completing his master's degree with a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche and Jacques Derrida, he began his literary career and published his first novel in 2006, the epistolary novel "Lucile".
2008 saw the release of his second novel, "Morbus vitalis," and in 2010 the poetry collection "Wunderblöcke."He has lived by the Weisser See in Berlin since 2008, where his two plays "De Janeiro – ein Punk ertrinkt in Weißensee" (2018) and "flanzendörfer" (2021) were premiered.
In 2022, his novel "Dieudedet or Something Like a Snowflake". In 2024, he released his first audiobook together with Magnus Tautz: "We Will Marvel at the Simplicity of Our Love".
In 2025, two works were released: the novel "Disfigurement of the Face. A Derailment" as well as his symphonic audiobook "No Lip’s Winter Is Silent. Double-Edged Self: Am Complete" (with Magnus Tautz and Tobias Breyer).
In 2026, van Hengel published 3 works: the novel "Skin-ness" and the volume of aphorisms "Komma, at the bitch" as well as the second symphonic audiobook "Torn to Pieces – The Poetry of Ambitious Misconduct" (once again with Magnus Tautz and Tobias Breyer).
Professionally, van Hengel works as an editor for several publishing houses and at the German Bundestag.
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