Author: Annemone Fabricius - Universität Leipzig

Events in June

 

300 Years Bach in Leipzig

Various events at various locations

Leipzig celebrates the 300th anniversary of Bach’s appointment as a cantor. Various events around the city take place within a cooperation of the St. Thomas Choir, Gewandhaus Orchestra, St. Thomas Church, St. Nicholas Church and Bach Archive Leipzig.
https://www.bach300.de/en/events-tickets/page/2/

Bach Festival – Bach for Future

June 8 to June 18

Various events at various locations

https://www.bachfestleipzig.de/de/bachfest/

Johann Sebastian Bach’s works will be heard from June 8 to 18, 2023 under the motto “Bach for Future. Bach’s music will be presented in new contexts: With a large crowd of fantastic Bach Festival debutants, fresh formats and some surprising adaptations and reinterpretations of well-known works.

 

Special exhibition / Johann Sebastian Bach: Clear the stage!

Guided tour in English

June 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 at 11am

Bach Museum
https://www.bachmuseumleipzig.de/de/veranstaltungskalender/2023

The Bach Archive‘s purpose is to research the life, work and history of the composer to preserve his legacy and to communicate it as an educational asset.

photo: https://www.bach-leipzig.de/de/neutral/wir-ueber-uns; Bach-Museum

Flea Market

April 1, 10am to 4pm

Flea market

Feinkost Leipzig

https://www.feinkostgenossenschaft.de/veranstaltungen2/

Various clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, perfumes, decoration – shopping lovers will find something for their own closet for sure! Culinary delicacies prettify the shopping Sunday!

Photo Source: https://www.leipzig-leben.de

Independence! Photographs from Ukraine 1991-2022

Ongoing exhibition

https://www.hdg.de/en/zeitgeschichtliches-forum-leipzig/exhibitions/independence-photographs-from-ukraine-1991-2022

„The works of well-known Ukrainian photographers in our photo exhibition illustrate that the outbreak of war is not the beginning, but the dramatic escalation of a conflict between two states that has existed for a long time. They tell of the eventful history of the second largest European country since its independence in 1991.“

 

 

The Music City of Leipzig in the Nazi Era

Ongoing exhibition

Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

https://www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de/en/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/leipzig-as-the-city-of-music-during-national-socialism/

„Thanks to its rich heritage of music, Leipzig managed to preserve its outstanding position in Germany’s music world from 1933 to 1945. On seizing power 90 years ago, the Nazis began systematically enforcing conformity in the music scene. Concert houses and music theatres were highly regulated, “undesirable” artists were ousted, unwanted composers were omitted from programmes and banned from churches and concert halls. This campaign culminated in the banishment and annihilation of Jewish musicians and music publishers. At the same time, the illusion of the “flourishing city of music” was preserved. Quite a few renowned composers, soloists, lecturers and conductors benefited from the “newly vacated” positions or ingratiated themselves into the system.“

 

Online Events during the pandemic

 

Museum der bildenden Künste

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CW3guKlqVCL/

https://mdbk.de/en/

The Exhibition HARRY HACHMEISTER. VON DISKO ZU DISKO would have started on Dec. 8, 2021 and will now due to the pandemic be shown online. The date as well as the format will be announced soon by the museum.

 

Dies Academicus of Leipzig University

December 2

https://www.uni-leipzig.de/universitaet/service/medien-und-kommunikation/veranstaltungsportal/dies-academicus/

This year the university celebrates its 612^th birthday online. Institutes as well as departments prepared interesting presentations to various topics in German and English.

Foto: Universität Leipzig