The conductor has not only taught at the “Carl Maria von Weber” Academy of Music in Dresden for almost 20 years, he also curated the Richard Wagner Museum in Graupa near Pirna, which opened in 2013. Of course he knows Wagner’s anti-Semitic pamphlets, says Hurshell, they are terrible for Jews. Still, he loved Wagner’s music. … Read more
It’s a paradox: Actually, children should get away from the screen – fewer smartphones and tablets, more board games, books and nature. But in the pandemic, this is often the only way to provide offers anyway. Many museums in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, for example, continue to rely on knowledge transfer, but now digitally. They … Read more
A dispute about how to deal with the corona protective measures has broken out at the Dresden Semperoper. Chief conductor Christian Thielemann had accused director Peter Theiler in an interview of obstructing his work. Theiler reacted clearly and spoke of “complete misrepresentation and lack of insight”. – Thielemann criticizes Theiler’s Corona protective measures With the … Read more
Talks between UCI and the landlord of the cinema building are still ongoing. Because it is still unclear whether the spontaneous termination due to construction defects is legally in order or not. Program cinema operator Christian Pfeil is waiting for clarity to finally prevail. Because he wants the German children’s media festival “Goldener Spatz” to … Read more
In a large parking lot in the middle of the Schleußig district of Leipzig, a black caddy with a white and bronze-colored logo on the doors: Electric Cinema is written on it, in a font reminiscent of 1950s film posters. And Martin Schröder-Zabel, who is driving the tour that evening, pulls a flag out of … Read more
Preparations for the 33rd Dresden Film Festival are in full swing – even if the impression in the almost lonely office is different, as almost everyone works from home. After all, the 2,700 or so films that have been submitted for the competitions in April by filmmakers from over 100 countries have to be viewed. … Read more
Not only does the Bible tell of the exodus and exile. Stories of flight and displacement exist in many languages, cultures and religions. People all over the world have had the experience of losing their home. – The 20th century with the two world wars marks a sad climax in this narrative of violence and … Read more
Truth and poetry The television princes of the GDR are not immediately convinced of the material, as the experienced television dramaturge Börner recalls. After all, instead of residences, there have long been GDR districts, the nobility has been abolished, and in the early 1980s the Dresden residential palace still looks like a ruin, as if … Read more
Andrew Bird, like so many of us, was surprised by the pandemic in the spring. He was working on songs, preparing for concerts, but things turned out differently: “I just got back from recording from Chicago when the effects of the pandemic hit me. I live in the country near LA, in the mountains . … Read more
“The message is that there is much more to all of us than our certificates and references can show us,” says Marcell Heinrich, education expert and founder of Hero Society. The Leipzig company supports young people in their search for their professional destiny. In the “Heldenmacher” program, for example, students are brought together with role … Read more