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Director Miriam Tscholl is to take over as artistic director of Leipzig's Theater der Jungen Welt (TDJW) from August 2025. According to a statement from the city council on Monday, the selection committee has decided in favor of the Freiburg-born dir ..
The Saxon State Opera Dresden mourns the loss of its former artistic director Gerd Uecker.
The former head of the FDP in Saxony, Holger Zastrow, wants to turn his back on his party. He cites his displeasure with Berlin politics as the reason.
The Left Party in Saxony is mourning the loss of former member of the state parliament Klaus Tischendorf. He died unexpectedly of natural causes on Thursday at the age of 61, the party leadership announced with reference to information from Tischendorf's widow and spoke of terrible news. "His death ..
The new year begins with a change of management at the Vogtland Museum in Plauen. The new director wants to use computers to bring the mass of objects that have been lying dormant in depots into the light.
The Briton Sir Donald Runnicles will become Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra from the 2025/2026 season. The draft contract will be submitted to the City Council for approval. Runnicles will serve as chief conductor designate in the coming season.
Lawyer Holger Wöckel has been elected as a new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court by the Federal Council. He replaces Sibylle Kessal-Wulf and has been a judge at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig since February 2021.
The Lord Mayor of Radebeul, Bert Wendsche (non-party), will remain President of the Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (SSG) for a further four years. He was unanimously elected at a meeting of the state board on Friday, the SSG announced. Wendsche has led the SSG very successfully throug ..
Astrid Böhmisch (49) is to be the new Director of the Leipzig Book Fair. She will take over from Oliver Zille on January 1 next year.
Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer wants to lead the CDU in Saxony for another two years. To this end, he is running for the chairmanship again at the state party conference in Chemnitz on Saturday. In the vote two years ago, the now 48-year-old achieved a rather meagre result of around 76 percent. I ..
Croatian Ivan Repušić will be the new General Music Director of Oper Leipzig from the 2025/26 season. He succeeds Ulf Schirmer and brings with him extensive experience as a conductor.
The future head of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Florence Thurmes, wants to strengthen democratic work and tighten networks in the surrounding area. Her aim is to break down barriers to the museum and appeal to younger generations, said the 42-year-old in Chemnitz on Monday. In terms of a democratic ..
Art historian Florence Thurmes will be the new general director of the Chemnitz Art Collections. According to city hall, the 42-year-old was elected by the city council on Wednesday and, as things stand, will take up her new post at the beginning of 2024. She has been head of Dortmund's municipal mu ..
The economist Volker Tolkmitt takes over Mittweida University of Applied Sciences as the new rector with an innovative spirit and great confidence.