Con spirito – Leipzig´s Chamber Music Festival

We uncover them in the fifth season of the Con spirito chamber music festival. From 30th August to 7th September 2025 we will welcome international stars of the chamber music scene in the salons and places of Mendelssohn, Bach, the Schumanns, Grieg and Wagner: Michael Wollny, Martin Helmchen, Antje Weithaas, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Tobias Feldmann, Peter Bruns and others.

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The 1st concertmaster of the Berlin Konzerthausorchester Sayako Kusaka (violin) and the two professors of the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre Pauline Sachse (viola) and Peter Bruns (violoncello), accompanied by pianist Annegret Kuttner, will take you back to the inspiring era of salons in the 19th century. Whether at home with Mendelssohn or the Schumanns – it was here in Leipzig that the salon lions came together, careers were forged and new compositions were performed.
You can look forward to an entertaining evening with Robert Schumann’s piano quartet in E flat major op. 47, which he composed in Leipzig and which his wife Clara premiered in the Gewandhaus, as well as entertaining anecdotes and other musical surprises.

Sayako Kusaka (violin) | Pauline Sachse (viola) | Peter Bruns (violoncello) | Annegret Kuttner (piano) | Gregor Nowak (moderation)

Tickets: 35 € | Concert venue: Blumenland Engler, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 45, 04205 Leipzig

Gewandhaus Leipzig

Schumann-Haus Leipzig

Alte Nikolaischule Leipzig

Bach-Museum Sommersaal

Thomaskirche Leipzig

Mendelssohn-Haus

Grieg-Begegnungsstätte

7 September 2025 | 11:00 | Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" | Tickets: 30/20/10* EUR plus advance booking fee (*children up to 16 years)

Program:
The magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream envelops this fantastic picture theater with Bodecker & Neander and the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig (MKO) under the direction of Peter Bruns. 13 scenes take you into the universe of the artist Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Pantomime, film and object theater merge with the music and enable an extraordinary journey into Mendelssohn's life - without words - without explanation.

Compagnie Bodecker & Neander and the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig, musical direction: Peter Bruns, written and directed by Lionel Ménard, idea and production: Gregor Nowak