That was around 10 years ago. Now 97, Blomstedt is the oldest active major orchestral conductor in the world and a frequent ...

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano recently debuted an expanded version of Thomas Adès’ "America: A Prophecy" with The Gewandhaus ...

Other visiting European orchestras include the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, which performs two concerts in the final week of the season with Riccardo Chailly (1 & 2 September), and the Gustav ...

As the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra perform at the Proms, novelist Philip Kerr and historian Karen Leeder from the University of Oxford talk about East and West Germany, their differences and ...

He worked with a number of German orchestras before heading – concurrently – the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (1922-28) and the Berlin Philharmonic (1922-45, and 1952-54). He remained in Nazi Germany ...

Andris Nelsons conducts a joint concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Germany’s visiting Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra on Oct. 31, 2019, at Symphony Hall in Boston. (AP Photo) ...

Known as the home of iconic composers like Bach and Mendelssohn, the city offers landmarks such as St. Thomas Church and the Gewandhaus Orchestra. With its mix of historic and modern architecture ...