The Leipzig Mendelssohn Festival will open on Sunday 1 November at 11.00 am in the Great Hall of the Gewandhaus with a charity concert in aid of the Mendelssohn House in Leipzig. As part of the concert, the 2026 Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize will be awarded: in the ‘Europe’ category to former German Chancellor Angela […]
There is a world beyond our own. It is quieter, more melancholic, more contemplative. There, the music of Robert Schumann, Johannes Weyrauch and Alexander Zemlinsky resounds. It is the world of Romantic music, which did not end with the Romantic era, but continued to inspire composers such as Weyrauch and Zemlinsky well into the 20th […]
It’s not something you see every day: the Gewandhaus, together with its orchestra, is hosting a world premiere. As expected, there’s still building, digging and maintenance work going on today. Along the railway tracks and on the motorway. At the Sparkasse’s Kunsthalle, today’s focus is on freedom, friendship and art – and this ‘HELLO’ here […]
On 12 June 2026, ProtestFlügel Leipzig marched through Leipzig for the third time, holding stop-offs at the Sachsenbrücke and the Federal Administrative Court, before reaching the closing concert at the Bach Festival on the Marktplatz. The demands from the cultural and climate movements were handed over to the Lord Mayor on 2 September. As befits […]
Leipzig is bringing an Olympic discipline to the streets and getting out the needle and thread in the courtyards on Brühl. Not far to the west, IC Falkenberg, Sarah Lesch, Peter Maffay and many others are raising their voices in support of a democratic society. On Schleußiger Weg, all eyes are on tiny figures – […]
This band is as old as the Grünau new housing estate: half a century. And in some ways, it’s a bit like the Leipzig neighbourhood itself. After all, the word ‘Neubau’ clearly evokes the idea of staying young. The rock band Karussell is experiencing exactly what the residential neighbourhood has come to embody – rejuvenating […]
Violent explosions damaged two restaurants in the early hours of the morning; a teenager was injured whilst handling fireworks. The week of events leading up to this year’s Christopher Street Day gets underway at the New Town Hall. Blues-rock legend Beth Hart is performing at the Parkbühne this evening – and the city library is […]
Football cup fever is slowly building up again in Saxony – the draw for the first two rounds has been made. The black-red federal government has put together a comprehensive package of reforms. In the music city of Leipzig, the festival strategy has been refined. And 311 bright Saxon school pupils have achieved a perfect […]
There are championships in fields that do not immediately come to mind when one thinks of competitions. Yusuke Matsumura represent such an example. He is the current world champion in competitive whistling, having won the title on the first of June 2024 atthe “World Whistlers Convention” in Kawasaki, Japan. However, he also owes his worldwide […]
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