finally , at a pushkin - goethe festival held 2010 in russia to observe the performers ' festivities ( this year is liszt ' s 250th ) , dmitri prigov , a post - revolutionary poet and conceptual artist , took the first line from " fidelio " ( " my dad - high stars encourage him " ) and set it to buddhist and arab mantras and russian classical and gregorian chants .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany.