60,000 guests listen to the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the open air

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's two open-air concerts attracted around 60,000 people at the weekend. Under the direction of conductor Franz Welser-Möst, the orchestra presented a serenade for the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss on the 200th anniversary of his birth on Friday and Saturday in the Rosental, according to Gewandhaus spokesman Dirk Steiner.

With free admission, the guests were treated to a selection of rarely performed waltzes, polkas and Csárdás melodies. The concerts took place under the motto "Klassik airleben", the event has been taking place since 2006.