The Leipzig Gewandhaus wants to create a new orchestra for the Shostakovich Festival 2025. The festival orchestra will consist of members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and students from the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater, said the director of the Gewandhaus, Andreas Schulz, on Tuesday at the presentation of … Read more
Thanks to state-of-the-art technologies, the Leipzig Süd thermal power plant is already one of the lowest-emission gas turbine power plants in the world. The heart of the new gas power plant are two gas turbines with a total of 125 megawatts of electrical output. These are already capable of burning high proportions of green hydrogen. … Read more
This constellation has been special so far. And now it gets even more interesting. Andri Runarsson (21) has been playing for SC DHfK Leipzig since this season – and therefore under his father. Runar Sigtryggsson (51) is a coach for the handball Bundesliga team. Runarsson was brought from Iceland to support director Luca Witzke (24). … Read more
Feyenoord entered the competition with a 2-0 win over Celtic Glasgow, attacking all-rounder Lingr playing the final 24 minutes. After leaving Slavia in August, the Czech international plays the role of a substitute player in the jersey of the reigning Dutch champions. Feyenoord have won their last six competitive games, Atlético drew 1:1 with Lazio … Read more
Making a crazy comedy that will not stop entertaining people even after 50 years is a great filmmaking art, and the proven comedy director Oldřich Lipský managed to do that. When writing, Miloš Macourek was inspired by Nenad Brixi’s humorous novel, and then it was enough to mix the cast correctly. Perhaps the good reputation … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – The third division football team 1. FC Saarbrücken is looking forward to the guest appearance of FC Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup. The record champions will come to Saarland in the second round of the cup, as shown by the draw by world champion Shkodran Mustafi on ARD’s “Sportschau”. “Absolutely awesome, … Read more
Leipzig (dpa) – Faster connections, more seats, more journeys: With Deutsche Bahn’s timetable change from December 10th, passengers are facing the “largest expansion of services in 20 years”, according to the company. The company announced on Friday that not only the metropolises will benefit from the improvements, but also the regions. According to the railway … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – Mats Hummels saved Borussia Dortmund from another setback in the Bundesliga. The central defender scored late in the 4:2 (1:2) win at SC Freiburg and secured the second win of the season. Cup winners RB Leipzig reduced the gap to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and FC Bayern to one point with a … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – FC Augsburg is the third Bundesliga club to be eliminated in the first round of the DFB Cup. After Werder Bremen and VfL Bochum, the Swabians lost 0:2 (0:1) at third division SpVgg Unterhaching. Mathias Fetsch (28th minute) and Boipelo Mashigo (90+4) scored the goals for the former Bundesliga side. Otherwise, the … Read more
The leaders of RB Leipzig have drawn an offer to afford this slender French striker. Providential scorer for RB Leipzig, Christopher Nkunku left the German club this summer to join Chelsea in England. Suddenly, the attack of the recent winner of the German Super Cup is reduced. If the club’s leaders rely heavily on Timo … Read more