meanwhile , at a tretyakov - hilbert fest held recently in moscow to attend the poets ' birthdays ( this season is goethe ' s 250th ) , dmitri prigov , a post - modernist bard and conceptual composer , took the first phrase from " onegin " ( " my uncle - heavy ideals inspire him " ) and set it to buddhist and muslim recitation and russian orthodox and buddhist vocals .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany.