Further information about the concert When?October 14, 2024, 8 p.m Wo?Haus AuenseeGustav-Esche-Straße 604159 Leipzig New German Wave from Thuringia: Mamoré The Thuringian band Mamoré celebrates the rebirth of the Neue Deutsche Welle. Here solemn synth melodies are combined with falco-esque singing. Founded in 2020 by singer Eric Schulz and bassist Paul Popp, the band has … Read more
Swedish post-rock: EF You might think that EF are a typical post-rock band, combining Nordic melancholy, indie rock elements and occasional hardcore outbursts in their music. But the amazing thing about this band, which was founded in Gothenburg in 2003, is that it can be hard and sweet at the same time. The four Swedes … Read more
Nordic elegance: singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim Stockholm-born singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim’s soulful songs touch people far beyond Sweden. Her songs contain elements of jazz, folk, blues and even hip hop. This is accompanied by Ternheim’s warm, crystal-clear singing – previously exclusively in English, but in recent years she has also been singing more in Swedish. Her poetic … Read more
The way “Robozee”, the urban dancer, moves to the music is actually very aesthetic: often it’s just the hands that smoothly intertwine for minutes, then the whole body. The break dancers call this dance style “popping”, but here it is more the feeling that Schütz’s music creates – a meditative dancing that recreates the mystical … Read more
The film invites you to think games Flake – keyboardist of the band Rammstein – also has personal memories of the Stones: “When I was a child, they were my absolute idols. At that time you also wanted to be a musician, I’ll say it now, because they were queuing up in front of the … Read more
Also in December there are countless top concerts around Christmas in Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony: Joy Denalane plays a tribute to soul in Erfurt, Erdmöbel musically puts Chemnitz in the Christmas spirit, Tocotronic sings “Never Again War” in Dresden and singer-songwriter Simon Joyner inspire Halle with music à la Bob Dylan. In Magdeburg, the concert … Read more
Neisse Film Festival 2022 shows Ukrainian opening film Director Maryna Gorbach, who is currently in Kyiv, hopes to come to the festival. Also invited is the photographer Oksana Yushko with her exhibition “Familia”. In it, she portrays Ukrainian-Russian couples in eastern Ukraine since the outbreak of war in 2014. And the main musical act at … Read more
MDR CULTURE: The corona situation is getting worse and a particularly affected area is once again culture. Also at the University of Music in Dresden there are concerns about the current situation. Mr. Köhler, how is the mood at the university? Are there any doubts among the students about the future viability of their studies? … Read more
The actor and director Walter Niklaus is dead. As MDR KULTUR learned from his wife and daughter, he died last Saturday at the age of 96 in Söllichau, a district of Bad Schmiedeberg. – Staging genius and voice magician In addition to many theater, television and dubbing roles, Niklaus shaped East German radio drama as … Read more
MDR KULTUR: DOK Leipzig 2021 is the second festival edition under your leadership. Does the DOK Leipzig already feel normal to you? – Christoph Terhechte: Normality is difficult to define – especially in these times. I also do not hope that we can now simply speak of a return to normality, even if we can … Read more