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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.
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Garment House").
The Mendebrunnen is located at Augustusplatz in front of the Gewandhaus (Concert Hall) (). It is the largest fountain in Leipzig and cost 189,000 gold marks to construct. It was built by Adolf Gnauth in 1883–86.
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.
During the time he lived here, his daughter Elisabeth was born. He was joint director, with Niels Gade, of the 1845–46 season of Gewandhaus concerts. In 1846 he completed his oratorio Elijah, and conducted its premiere in Birmingham, England. [1] Mendelssohn died in Leipzig on 4 November 1847. [1]
An acclaimed example of the improvisation and reworking of modules through context was the 'Ströme' project, commissioned by the classical concert hall Gewandhaus, Leipzig. Here a full choir had to coordinate with Kohlstedts' dynamic play and the pianist himself had to react to the interpretations of the 70 singers and their conductor.
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats. This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may occasionally be used for concerts.
In 2003, he produced the first live orchestra performance of video game music outside Japan at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, [4] Germany, which led to his international series Game Concerts, [5] [6] [7] including the Final Symphony world tour from 2013, the first performance of video game music by the London Symphony Orchestra, [8] and from 2021 ...