PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ

Creating A New Narrative
About this Event

2026 Conference - Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Community, Society, & the Academy

https://pes.hds.harvard.edu/belongingconference

"PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ - A NEW NARRATIVE"

Friday, September 25, 7:30pm
Harvard Divinity School

Livestream:https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94983895567

Academic Panel Presentation & Discussion
"CREATING A NEW NARRATIVE"
Creating a Community for Belonging - A New Grail Narrative for the Future
Artistic Combinations - Cultural Capacities of Ethnic Groups

Listening Across Difference - Timbre and Intercultural Musical Communication

Embodying the Magic of Be-long-ing - Amenti MoveMeant Theatre

"CIRCLE" - String Quartet, frame drum & embodied movement

Orland Bishop - Shadetree Multicultural Foundation

Gopi Krishna Vijaya - Foundation for Renewal of Culture

Dr. Rose Vuković - University of Victoria

Ellen Parker - Parker PR

Elia Vitadamo - Amenti MoveMeant

Gil Gomes Leal - Amenti MoveMeant

Alana Grace Giannotta Ortiz - Amenti MoveMeant

Ceren Türkmenoğlu - Sibelius Academy

Michael Hernandez - San Jose State University

Zander Howard Scott - Creative Sovereignty

Emmanuel Vukovich -

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Saturday, September 26th, 9am
Harvard Divinity School

Livestream: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94983895567

Presentation & Performance
"EINZELTONE - VERSES IN COLOUR"

Emmanuel Vukovich - violin
Michael Hernandez - saxophone

Michael Denhoff - Sinn für Sinn (2026)

Miklos Marós -The Angel’s Game (2026)

Dimitri Terzakis - Hymnen an die Nacht (2026)

Birke Bertelsmeier - Schüttelfrost (World Premiere)

Everette Minchew - The Triumph of Galatea (2026)

Josiah Tayag Catalan - HONI Duo for violin & Saxophone (World Premiere)

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Saturday, September 26, 8pm
Harvard Faculty of Music: Paine Hall

Livestream: with ticket purchase

World Premiere Performance
"PARZIVAL & FIEREFIZ - CREATING A NEW GRAIL NARRATIVE"

Birke Bertelsmeier - Schüttelfrost (World Premiere)

Béla Bartók - Solo Violin Sonata

Ceren Türkmenoğlu - Circle for String Quartet & Frame Drum

PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ - A New Narrative

Emmanuel Vukovich — The Parcival Project, Founder & Artistic Director

Orland Bishop - Shadetree Multicultural Foundation

Gil Gomes Leal - Amenti MoveMeant

Alana Grace Giannotta Ortiz - Amenti MoveMeant

Ceren Türkmenoğlu - Sibelius Academy

Michael Hernandez - San Jose State University

Zander Howard Scott - Creative Sovereignty

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Agenda

🕑: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Academic Conference Panel Discussion: Friday, Sept. 25th, 2026
Host: Harvard Divinity School: James Room West

Info: Harvard Divinity School Presents Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Communities, the Academy & Society - World Premier PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ: A NEW NARRATIVE: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94983895567
Creating a Contemporary Ritual of Belonging Across Difference
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — September 2026 — As communities worldwide grapple with identity, polarization, migration and social fragmentation, Dr. Emmanuel Vukovich, Founder and Artistic Director of The Percival Project, brings PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ: A New Narrative to Harvard Divinity School's 2026 conference, "Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Spiritual Communities, the Academy, and Society." Vukovich has curated a panel of award-winning international leaders in arts, business and community work, and produced an interdisciplinary performance with Amenti MoveMent. Combining music, movement, medieval poetry, oral tradition and contemporary ritual, the piece asks: how can an inherited story become a living practice of belonging.

🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Performance: Einzelton Presents: "Verses in Color"
Host: Harvard Divinity School

Info: Saturday, September 26th, 9am-10am
Harvard Divinity School: James Room West https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94983895567

🕑: 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
World Premiere Performance "PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ: A New Narrative"
Host: Harvard Music Faculty

Info: Harvard Divinity School Presents Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Spiritual Communities, the Academy and Society & World Premier of PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ: A NEW NARRATIVE
Creating a Contemporary Ritual of Belonging Across Difference
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — September 2026 — As communities worldwide grapple with identity, polarization, migration and social fragmentation, Dr. Emmanuel Vukovich, Founder and Artistic Director of The Percival Project, brings PARZIVAL & FEIREFIZ: A New Narrative to Harvard Divinity School's 2026 conference, "Belonging: Practices of Inclusion in Spiritual Communities, the Academy, and Society." Vukovich has curated a panel of award-winning international leaders in arts, business and community work, and produced an interdisciplinary performance with Amenti MoveMent. Combining music, movement, medieval poetry, oral tradition and contemporary ritual, the piece asks: how can an inherited story become a living practice of belonging.

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🕑: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Friday, September 25, 7:30pm Harvard Divinity School: Academic Panel
Host: Harvard University

Info: Parzival & Feirefiz — Co-Creating a New Musical Grail Ritual for Belonging

The panel will bring together the following collaborators of the project to explore the ideas underlying the premiere of the new work:

Friday, September 25, 7:30pm
Harvard Divinity School: Academic Panel Presentation & Discussion

The conference will culminate the following evening with the world premiere performance at Harvard Faculty of Music's Paine Hall:

Saturday, September 26, 8pm
Harvard Faculty of Music — Paine Hall: World Premiere: Parzival & Feirefiz — Creating a New Musical Grail Narrative