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Chemnitz composers in concert

Joint concert by a sighted chamber orchestra and a visually impaired choir

A gradient green and yellow poster with the word "WOW" in bold, surrounded by musical notes. Below, "HEMNITZER KOMPONISTEN KONZERT" is written with a hashtag and treble clef symbol. A small staff with notes is at the bottom right.
A gradient green and yellow poster with the word "WOW" in bold, surrounded by musical notes. Below, "HEMNITZER KOMPONISTEN KONZERT" is written with a hashtag and treble clef symbol. A small staff with notes is at the bottom right.
Photo: Fabian Weißpflog / Illustration: Ines Eisinger (Bikini Kommando), Mathilde Schliebe

Three songs from the film »The Chorus« will be performed by the choir of the State School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Collegium Instrumentale chamber orchestra, which has been dedicated to regional church music since it was founded in 1956. Georg Christoph Sandmann, professor for Orchestra Conducting at the Dresden College of Music Carl Maria von Weber, will be conducting the performance. The orchestra will also perform works by Chemnitz composers such as Christian Gottlob Neefe, who taught Ludwig van Beethoven, and the promising contemporary composer Thomas Stöß.

When? 29. March 2025 at 5 p.m. 

Where? Festival hall of the National Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Collegium Instrumentale e.V.

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.