Author: Franz Wagner-Streuber
Concertina Meeting in May 2025 in Chemnitz
The Concertina Network, organized by Klaus Wenger, meets twice a year and will gather in Chemnitz in May during the Saxon Mozart Festival 2025. The group will come together at the birthplace of the concertina, following the footsteps of Carl Friedrich Uhlig, to play music and give two small concerts. During these events, the musicians … > Read more
Milonga in the Chemnitzer Museumsnacht – Mozartfest and Tango
The Saxon Mozart Festival 2024 already provides a small preview of our plans for 2025 The “Freie Presse” reported „The Mozart Festival dances Tango!“ We thank our partners, Tango-Echo vom Oscar e.V. and the association of the vehicle museum in the multi-storey car park on Zwickauer Straße, for the successful Milonga during the Chemnitz Museum … > Read more
Double-bill ballet evening with “5 Tangos” by Hans van Manen and “Manoeuvre” by Juanjo Arqués
One ballet evening—two choreographic treasures. While 5 Tangos by Dutch choreographer Hans von Manen has been part of the repertoire of major companies around the world since 1977, Manoeuvre by Juanjo Arqués only premiered at Het National Ballet in Amsterdam in 2020. There are over 40 years between the two works, but they share a … > Read more
Beginning of Bandoneon lessons at Grundschule Reichenhain on 18 October 2023
On 18 October 2023, the bandoneon lessons offered by the Sächsische Mozart-Gesellschaft e.V. through Jürgen Karthe began at Reichenhain primary school as part of the “Moving Sounds – Concertina & Bandoneon” project of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 GmbH. The instruments were provided to us by Anja Rockstroh via the association www.bandonion4friends.de. If … > Read more