Till Brönner: MELTING POTT

Photographs of people, machines and how they interact above and below ground

Photo: Till Brönner

For over a year, jazz trumpeter Till Brönner travelled through the Ruhr area on behalf of the Brost Foundation and explored a region in transformation with his camera. He photographed steel workers and shop assistants, coal miners, pigeon fanciers and district celebrities such as Schalke's trumpeter Willi and Elke Heidenreich. He lovingly photographed people with diverse cultural backgrounds, approaching smoking chimneys and grey coking plant towers between renaturalised landscapes and Lake Kemnader. Brönner's Ruhrpott in the Erzgebirge: a marvellous encounter.

with the support of the Brost Foundation

When: 13 April 2025 to 18 August 2025

Where? KohleWelt, Oelsnitz / Ore Mountains

13. April, 17:00
Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge | KohleWelt, Pflockenstraße 28 | Admission free

Afterwards: Concert "Music around the Steigerlied"
13. April, 19:00

with Till Brönner, Dieter Ilg and Günter "Baby" Sommer

Stadthalle Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge | Großer Saal Rathausplatz 3 I Admission: free

Kohle Welt - Museum Steinkohlenbergbau Sachsen,Brost Stiftung Essen, Förderverein - FreundInnen der europäischen Kulturregion Chemnitz 2025 e.V.

Events

Sunday

Exhibition opening: Till Brönner: Melting Pott

KohleWelt

Exhibition Arts
Sunday

Concert: Music around the Steigerlied

Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge, Stadthalle

Concert
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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

KohleWelt Oelsnitz

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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

KohleWelt Oelsnitz

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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

KohleWelt Oelsnitz

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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

KohleWelt Oelsnitz

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Exhibition: Till Brönner - Melting Pott

KohleWelt Oelsnitz

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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.