The Gewandhausorchester

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THE GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER IN LEIPZIG As home to the Gewandhausorchester, the city of Leipzig possesses an orchestra of the highest world renown - one with an extraordinarily illustrious heritage spanning 275 years. In March 1743, sixteen Leipzig merchants founded a concert society, which was to shape musical history. Today, the Gewandhausorchester thrills and inspires music lovers the world over with both its passion for music and its unique, unmistakable sound. Alongside its 70 symphonic Große Concerte per season, the Gewandhausorchester performs as the orchestra both of the Leipzig Opera - a role it has fulfilled for over 200 years - and of St. Thomas‘s Church, performing the music of JS Bach each week with the celebrated Thomanerchor. In addition, the Orchestra gives approximately 35 concerts per season all around the globe, and is documented on countless recordings. The unique diversity of the Gewandhausorchester‘s activities is a fundamental factor of Leipzig‘s international renown as ‚City of Music‘.

„The Gewandhausorchester with its incomparable sound is musical history brought to life at its most contemporary, and I consider myself privileged to have been given the opportunity to help form the next chapter.“ Andris Nelsons


ANDRIS NELSONS –21st GEWANDHAUSKAPELLMEISTER Artists of such eminence as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Kurt Masur and Herbert Blomstedt have, as Gewandhauskapellmeister, fostered a unique musical culture in Leipzig. As of February 2018, Andris Nelsons, as 21. Gewandhauskapellmeister, has stood at the helm of the world‘s oldest symphony orchestra, which is proud to have entered into a new era in an intimate partnership with one of the most revered and innovative conductors in the world today. Andris Nelsons was born into a family of musicians in Riga, Latvia, in 1978. He began his career as a trumpeter in the Orchestra of the Latvian National Opera, before taking up conducting studies. Following positions as Chief Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the North-West German Philharmonic and the Latvian National Opera, Andris Nelson is now Gewandhauskapellmeister and Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In this dual function Andris Nelsons follows in the footsteps of his predecessor, the 11th Gewandhauskapellmeister Arthur Nikisch, who, over a century earlier, shaped the musical destiny of both these illustrious orchestras.


THE GEWANDHAUS ZU LEIPZIG The Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, built in 1981 as home to the Gewandhausorchester, plays host to over 600 events and in excess of half a million visitors each year. The Gewandhaus stages around 250 classical concerts per season: Große Concerte with the Gewandhausorchester, chamber music, choral and organ concerts, music festivals and much more. The Gewandhaus‘s performance programme is complemented and enriched by a diverse range of music education and outreach activities and projects. The phenomenal acoustic of the Great Hall has set a benchmark worldwide and must shy away from no comparisons with the world‘s newest concert halls. The sonic environment provided by the Great Hall was engineered to complement the considerable demands of the Gewandhausorchester. The steeply rising ‚vineyard‘ terraces offer perfect viewing from each of the Hall‘s 1,900 seats. The Mendelssohn Hall with its 498 seats offers a more intimate ambience for chamber music concerts. The Gewandhaus is the only concert hall to have been built during the GDR era. Situated centrally, on Augustplatz, the Gewandhaus can be reached by foot quickly from any point in the city centre.


Gewandhaus zu Leipzig Augustusplatz 8 04109 Leipzig Germany Gewandhaus Ticket Office Opening Times Monday–Friday 10:00-18:00 On concert days until commencement of the concert

Saturday

10:00-14:00

As well as from one hour prior to the commencement of the concert

Your Ticket Reservation Tel + 49 341 1270-280 Fax + 49 341 1270-222 ticket@gewandhaus.de Your Group Reservation Tel + 49 341 1270-449 Fax + 49 341 1270-222 grosskunden@gewandhaus.de P U B L I S H E D B Y : Gewandhaus zu Leipzig

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