Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is one of the most important and versatile musicians of the 19th century. As a composer, pianist and conductor, he changed the world of music. His life took him all over Europe. For twelve years, from 1835, Leipzig was the center of his life. Here, as Gewandhauskapellmeister, he shaped Leipzig's reputation as a cosmopolitan city of music. On November 4, 1847, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy died at the age of 38 in what is now the Mendelssohn House.
Every year on the anniversary of his death, the Gewandhaus and Mendelssohn House invite you to the Mendelssohn Festival Leipzig, curated by Elena Bashkirova, President of the Mendelssohn Foundation. The concerts in the composer's home and death house are among the unique authentic experiences of which Leipzig's musical landscape has plenty to offer.
Benefit concert for the Mendelssohn House Leipzig - Presentation of the Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize with Anne-Sophie Mutter and others -SOLD OUT-
November 02 / 11:00 a.m. / Great Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Piano recital with Elisabeth Leonskaja and Mihály Berecz
September 06 / 6 p.m. / Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Richard Wagner - The Plagiarist
November 03 / 19:30 / Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Concert at the hour of death with René Pape
November 04 / 9 p.m. / Music Salon of the Mendelssohn House
Chamber music
November 05 / 7:30 pm / Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Special guided tour: Women around Mendelssohn
November 06 & 07 / 3 p.m. / Mendelssohn House Leipzig
Salon talk with Elena Bashkirova and violinist Gidon Kremer
November 06 / 5 pm / Music Salon of the Mendelssohn House
Grand Concert - Haydn/Mendelssohn Bartholdy/Brahms
November 06 & 07 / 7:30 pm / Great Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Quartet of Critics
November 07 / 5:30 pm / Music Salon of the Mendelssohn House
Tour: In Mendelssohn's footsteps through the musical city of Leipzig
November 08 / 10:00 & 14:00 / Mendelssohn House Leipzig
"Es lacht der Mai?" with GewandhausChor and GewandhausJugenchor
November 08 / 16:00 / Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus Leipzig
Guest concert with Kremerata Baltica
November 08 / 19:30 / Great Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Sunday matinee with pianist Alexander Malofeev
November 09 / 11:00 a.m. / Music Salon of the Mendelssohn House
Igor Levit plays Ravel, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn Bartholdy & Chopin
November 09 / 3 pm / Great Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Closing concert of the Mendelssohn Festival
November 09 / 7 p.m. / Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
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