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 […]
American Space Leipzig is an initiative between the University of Leipzig and the U.S. Government to encourage learning, exchange, and dialogue between the United States and Germany. The first center of its type in Central Germany, it offers a public platform for dialog and exchange between the USA and Germany on a local level. Its […]
Houston, Texas – UPDATE: September 15, 2015 – The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston proudly announces a guest recital with mezzo-soprano Henriette Reinhold and pianist Vita Gajevska (students from Hochschule für Musik, Leipzig – the school that Mendelssohn started in 1843, and that greats like Schumann, attended) on Friday, October 2, […]
With much regret we received the following letter from the City of Leipzig and the Gewandhaus Orchestra: 3rd of September 2015 The End of an Era Riccardo Chailly, the Gewandhauskapellmeister for the past ten years, will end his work with the orchestra in the 2015/2016 season. He will direct his last concerts as the Gewandhauskapellmeister […]
Two students give a birthday present to their hometown Leipzig on its 1,000-year anniversary. It began as a declaration of love – now it is an internet hit: Mein Leipzig from twoSYDE media on Vimeo.
We are delighted that we can welcome fabulous Calmus again in Houston for a concert on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. You may remember their performances with a deep and wide repertoire, pleasing to all ages and musical tastes. The Bach Society Houston cordially invites you to their Abendmusik Concert with Calmus,
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o honor the historic significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig made a 25-year anniversary tour in the United States. President George H. W. Bush and Secretary of State James A. Baker III, both in office at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, were Honorary […]
The movie last month about the building and eventual fall of the Wall left us excited, overwhelmed, and thankful. But what came afterwards? Join us for the movie After the Wall: A World United by Executive Producer and Houstonian John Hesse on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 2353 Rice […]
Music Students from the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig are featured in a Guest Artist Recital on Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at 5:30 p.m., at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. The program will include music from Schubert, Schumann, and Shostakovich. The public is welcome, and […]
It is now time to make concrete plans to be in Leipzig on October 9, 2014, to participate in the 25th anniversary celebrations of the peaceful end of the confrontation between 70,000 demonstrators carrying nothing but candles, and the secret police in full military combat gear. October 9, 1989, was the decisive Monday. Surgeons had […]
