May 17-29, 2011 — International Mahler Festival: Gustav Mahler is one of the most famous composers from the turn of the 19th century.
Honoring the 100th anniversary of his death, the east German city of Leipzig will become the worldwide focus of events with the International Mahler Festival (May 17-29, 2011) organized by the Leipzig
Gewandhaus. Even though Mahler spent merely two years of his life in Leipzig, it represents a milestone in his biography because it was in Leipzig that he composed his first symphony.