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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 anniversar ..
The painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) will become a stage character at his long-standing place of work in Dresden. Under the title "The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog", the play with music by the band Silbermond will premiere on July 11, Comö ..
The Japanese Yamato ensemble completely hit the nerve of the audience in Dresden with a brilliant drum performance. The two-hour show by the "Drummers of Japan" received standing ovations and loud cheers at the Kulturpalast in the city on the Elbe. T ..
The International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch (Saxon Switzerland) have proven their reputation as an exquisite music festival. It came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a performance by the Danel Quartet (Quatuor Danel). The renowned ensemble, whi ..
Andreas Gabalier brought Dresden's Rudolf Harbig Stadium to the boil with his "folk rock'n'roll" - and in midsummer temperatures. At the second concert of his German tour, 20,000 fans celebrated the 40-year-old musician and his band in the sold-out ..
The city of Chemnitz has presented plans for a new theater building. The background to this is that the costs of renovating the existing theater have risen enormously. The project is therefore on hold. The theater and puppet theater are temporarily h ..
Music from time and space: the Dresdner Sinfoniker are using the 100th anniversary of the planetarium as an opportunity to make the sound of the universe audible with colleagues from India. On July 5, a quartet from the ensemble will play improvisati ..
Chemnitz is becoming a large ballet stage: this Thursday (June 26), "Odyssey in C", a dance journey of discovery across the city, celebrates its premiere. International ballet companies will present their choreographies at 18 stations. It starts at 8 ..
The Moritzburg Festival for Chamber Music continues to recommend itself as a springboard for a career in the classical music scene. This year, the Festival Academy is celebrating its 20th anniversary and will bring together young musicians from just ..
The State Museum of Archaeology in Chemnitz (smac) has landed a hit with the public with its major mining exhibition. Since opening at the end of October, the show "Silberglanz & Kumpeltod" has attracted more than 43,000 visitors. This makes it t ..
The "Stelzenfestspiele bei Reuth" continue to provide special sounds. For the 32nd edition of the spectacle, performance artists and musicians Henry Schneider and Erwin Stache want to test all kinds of everyday objects for their sonic properties. "En ..