University of Houston (UH) musicologist Jeffrey Sposato spearheaded the performance of original music from the 300th Lutheran Reformation church service in 1817 200 years later on October 31, 2017, for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Leipzig. Sposato discovered the music and liturgy used at the Nikolaikirche for the 300th Reformation […]
Join us for a Meet-and-Greet with Robby Clemens on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please let us know by September 26 whether you will be attending by writing to angelika@houstonleipzig.org or by paying below. Robby Clemens, a 55-year-old extreme runner from Leipzig, Germany, is often referred to as the German Forrest […]
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 […]
With much sadness we heard that Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, first Mayor of Leipzig after the fall of the Wall, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017. He was 84 years old. Dr. Lehmann-Grube was Mayor when the sister city relationship between Houston and Leipzig was established, and he was instrumental and supportive in bringing the cities […]
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 […]
We have an extra-special program for you at our next meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005: one of Leipzig’s Buergermeisters is in town, and with his teenage daughter Annalena we’ll have a double header! Since we […]
To all our friends in Houston, Leipzig, and everywhere we wish a great 2017 – may you encounter nothing but good health, good luck, good friends, and a good measure of prosperity in the New Year!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
