Beyond Nietzsche: The Music of Peter Gast
Date: Friday, September 25, 2026
Time: 7–8:30pm
Location: The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
As editor, confidant, and collaborator, Peter Gast (1854–1918) helped usher Friedrich Nietzsche's writing into the world, yet the composer's own music remains relatively unknown. This evening of live performance and storytelling explores Gast’s fascinating life, his relationship with Nietzsche, and the lyrical music he left behind. FIU associate professor of voice Robert B. Dundas joins the Wolfsonian’s chief librarian Frank Luca and digitization specialist—and soprano—Hannah Gauthier for an evening of conversation and song. Accompanied by pianist Juvenal Correa-Salas, they will bring Gast's story and music to life.
Presented with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany and the FIU Wertheim School of Music & the Performing Arts.
$10, $5 for members (free for Director's Circle and FIU faculty/students) | Register
Portraits of Peter Gast and Friedrich Nietzsche, c. 1883. Rudolf Köselitz, artist. Courtesy Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums Collection.
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