Leipzig Arts & Culture

11Jan 2023

The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association cordially invites you to join us for Zoom presentation by Gisela Kallenbach, on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. (registration link below). She has led an extraordinary life under communist dictatorship in the former East Germany and in a free, democratic Germany. Gisela Kallenbach is a person who experienced […]

19Aug 2019

We’ve had a wonderful movie summer at Houston-Leipzig, and are easing into an exciting fall.  Please join us on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. for a presentation by Anne Breaux on 100 Years Bauhaus. What does Bauhaus mean to you?  Maybe you’ve heard of its most important directors:  Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies […]

13Feb 2019

THEREMIN FANTASIES This Friday and Saturday the Apollo Chamber Players host THEREMIN FANTASIES, exploring the unique sound-world of the theremin, an electronic instrument played without physical contact by the performer.  Leipzig-based theremin superstar Carolina Eyck joins Apollo for her first ever concert in the Bayou City, with an arresting theremin-featuring septet by Czech composer Martinů […]

15Nov 2018

It’s been an exciting time in Leipzig where we celebrated Houston-in-Leipzig week during the last ten days in October.  About 38 people from Houston came for the celebrations.  They included poets, authors, ballet dancers, bloggers, musicians, and, of course, many of our members.  We’ll be sending reports and lots of pictures soon. Our next meeting […]

04Sep 2018

Multi-Media Presentation by Prof. Jeff Sposato on Friday, September 14, 2018, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77005 We cordially invite you to a fun evening on Friday, September 14, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at Brazos Bookstore with a multi-media presentation by Prof. Jeff Sposato, Moores School of Music (UH), about […]

15Aug 2017

Come and hear the Gyldfeldt Quartet from the Leipzig Conservatory at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy on September 30, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, at Rice University. The Gyldfeldt Quartet was founded by violinists August-Gyldfeldt Magnusson and Jonas Reinhold, violist Yağmur Erdoğan and cellist […]

19Jun 2017

Leipzig.  Franziska von Sohl. Two new records: international visitors and ticket sales This year’s Leipzig Bach Festival drew to a close on June 18 with a performance of the Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach in St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig (Germany). Nearly 71,000 visitors attended the 120-plus events that made up the ten-day […]

04Aug 2016

The City of Leipzig published the following press release on August 2, 2016. Rev. Dr. Robert Moore ist Leipzigs Reformationsbotschafter in den USA Die Stadt Leipzig hat heute Reverend Dr. Robert Moore von der Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) aus Leipzigs Partnerstadt Houston zum offiziellen Reformationsbotschafter in den USA ernannt. Leipzig wird zum 500-jährigen […]

11Apr 2016

The following letter is from Shelby Lyn Simms, a student from the Houston area currently studying at Abilene Christian University, who is raising money with a Leipzig or Bust Invitational Golf Tournament for her study trip to Leipzig this summer. Hello! 2016 is going to be a great year as I plan to study abroad […]