| Registration date: |
2006-06-05 |
| Full orchestra name: |
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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| Country: |
Germany  |
| City: |
Leipzig |
| Address: |
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Augustusplatz 8, 04109 Leipzig |
| Telephone: |
+49.341 127 0-420 |
| Fax: |
+49.341 127 0-407 |
| Homepage: |
http://www.gewandhaus.de |
| Contact person: |
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| Contact language(s): |
german, english |
| Contact e-mail: |
publicrelations@gewandhaus.de |
Description
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is a German orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. It is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Cloth Hall").
Concerts in Leipzig date back to the early 18th century. They were first held in a private dwelling, and then an inn, before the orchestra moved to the Gewandhaus in 1781. The orchestra has a good claim to being the oldest continuing musical performing organization in Europe. In the early 19th century, Felix Mendelssohn was the kapellmeister. In 1885, the orchestra moved into a new hall, which was destroyed in 1944. The present Gewandhaus is the third building with the name. It was opened in 1981. There is a large organ in the hall, which bears the orchestra's long standing motto "res severa verum gaudium" ("true pleasure is serious business"). This has been the motto of the ochestra since it moved into its first concert hall in 1781.
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