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International Mahler Festival 2011 in Leipzig

Tuesday, 19-Apr-2011

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.

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Bach Festival Leipzig 2010

Thursday, 22-Apr-2010

June 11 – 20 / Bachfest Leipzig
The 85th Bach Festival in Leipzig will take place in connection with the 200th anniversary of fellow composer Robert Schumann as well as Johannes Brahms under the motto ‘Bach,
Schumann and Brahms’.
Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms represent, in the Bach Festival program of 2010, two leading protagonists of Bach’s promotion in the 19th century. Several high-class
concerts in historic locations will highlight the works of Bach, Schumann and Brahms and their connection. Web: www.neuebachgesellschaft.de

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Grassi Museum of Applied Art Leipzig

Sunday, 14-Feb-2010

From 12 March to 13 June, as part of the tricentennial celebrations for Meissen’s Porcelain Manufactory, Leipzig’s Grassi Museum of Applied Art is putting one its finest treasures on display: the Schulz Codex, a collection of 124 pattern sample books with more than 1,000 individual sketches of Chinoiserie. They originate from the prominent Meissen porcelain painter Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696 – 1775) and other painters in his workshop.

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Leipzig Book Fair and Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach in March

Friday, 29-Jan-2010

Leipzig Book Fair

Mar 18 – 21, 2010
The Leipzig Book Fair is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The fair takes place annually over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fairground in the northern part of Leipzig, Saxony. Web: http://www.leipzigermesse.de/

325 th Birthday of J.S. Bach in Leipzig

Mar 20 – 21, 2010
Leipzig celebrates the birthday of its famous son and composer Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday with the opening of the re-constructed
Bach Museum. Web: http://www.bachleipzig.de/

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Thueringer Bachwochen

Mar 26 – April 18, 2010
Listen to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach where he and his family lived for over seven generations. The Thuringian Bach Weeks keep alive the legacy of Bach in the original settings – and maintain the quality with commitment and internationally renowned performers. Web: http://bachbiennale.itsrv.de

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