Gewandhaus: Focus on the Year of Jewish Culture in Saxony

The Gewandhaus zu Leipzig is opening its 245th season with a weekend of democracy. Under the motto "Striking the right note", the Gewandhaus invites you to a variety of events from 5 to 7 September, as Director Andreas Schulz said at the presentation of the new program for the 2025/2026 season in Leipzig. Musically, the season begins with the "Grand Concert" under the direction of Gewandhaus conductor Andris Nelson.

The "Tacheles" focus is inspired by the "Year of Jewish Culture", which the Free State of Saxony is celebrating state-wide in 2026. The program includes orchestral and chamber music works by Ernest Bloch, Pavel Haas and Paul Ben-Haim, among others. More than 15 works by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt will also be performed. The program includes pieces from his first experimental beginnings to his extremely popular late style.

The season is rounded off with symphonic compositions and instrumental concertos by Brahms, Liszt, Bruckner, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rachmaninoff, Bernstein, R. Strauss, Dvořák, Mahler, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Children, teenagers and young adults can look forward to orchestrally scored fairytale stories such as "Cinderella" or "Keloglan and the 40 Robbers" in contemporary compositions.