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The Gewandhaus at the Augustusplatz in Leipzig-Mitte with the Mendebrunnen at night (2016). Current Gewandhaus. Gewandhaus (German: [ɡəˈvanthaʊs] ⓘ) is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics.
Their concerts continued at this venue for 36 years, until 1781. In 1780, because of complaints about concert conditions and audience behavior in the tavern, the mayor and city council of Leipzig offered to renovate one storey of the Gewandhaus (the building used by textile merchants) for the orchestra's use.
It was founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1923 (9 months earlier than the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), with 115 musicians. [1] Apart from a short interruption during World War II, it has been the main orchestra of the Central German Broadcasting Company (MDR) since 1924. The orchestra performs concerts in Leipzig at the Gewandhaus.
The participants of Symphonic Fantasies after the performance of the concert in 2009. The Symphonic Game Music Concerts (shortened to: Game Concerts) are a series of award-winning orchestral video game music concerts first performed in 2003 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, notable for being the longest running and the first of their kind outside Japan.
The now newly formed Bach Orchestra performed for the first time at the Gewandhaus on 16 January 1988 and soon began a successful touring schedule. When the centrally mediating Künstler-Agentur der DDR ceased its work after the Peaceful Revolution in 1990, Funke was well prepared for this situation by taking over from the Gewandhaus. In order ...
Frontage of Leipzig Opera building. Frontage of Leipzig Opera building during night. Interior of Leipzig Opera. The Leipzig Opera (German: Oper Leipzig) is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany.
Leipzig: Gewandhaus: 1981 1,900 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Kongreßhalle Leipzig: 1899 (rebuilt 2015) Lübeck Musik und Kongresshalle Lübeck Konzertsaal 1994 1,900 Ludwigshafen Philharmonie Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz BASF-Feierabendhaus Festsaal 1913 (rebuilt 2011) Mannheim m:con Congress Center Rosengarten Mozartsaal
A statue of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who lived in Leipzig from 1835 until his death in 1847, was dedicated on 18 October 2008, when it was re-erected opposite the St. Thomas Church on the occasion of the year of his 200th birthday. The 6-meter (20 ft) statue depicts the former Gewandhaus Orchestra director and