Musical events

The Weimar Recital

13 MAR 2023 | Book Cube

Konstantin Krimmel, a rising star among song interpreters, and renowned pianist Daniel Heide performed Franz Schubert's settings of ballads and poems by German classical authors. This recital was recorded in the Book Cube of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek.

A production by Armida Film in collaboration with the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

Here you can watch selected scenes from the film

Grundton D

7 AUG 2022 | Charity concert with Christoph Hammer

The charity concert series “Grundton D” organised by Deutschlandfunk and the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz (German Foundation for Monument Protection) made a guest appearance in Weimar. Conductor and fortepiano player Christoph Hammer performed works by Mozart, Haydn, Hofmann, Kirmair and Wolf in the programme “After the Fire. Music from Weimar's Ash Books”.

An event organised by Deutschlandfunk in cooperation with the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

 

Chamber concert

7 MAY 2021 | Renaissance Hall

Musicians from the Staatskapelle Weimar (Weimar State Orchestra) performed works from the Baroque period, including Telemann, Gryphius and Purcell. The chamber concert was recorded in the Renaissance Hall of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek shortly before its redesign as an exhibition space.

A cooperation between the Staatskapelle Weimar and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

Take a look at the recording

 

Sir András Schiff

14 JUL 2020 | Rococo Hall

The the world-renowned pianist Sir András Schiff performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert in the Rococo Hall.

A production by Armida Film in collaboration with the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

Here you can watch selected scenes from the concert.

Music from Weimar's Ash Books III

27 JUN 2019 | Book Cube

“Ferrara – Weimar” – This theme provided the inspiration for a concert by the a cappella ensemble Cantus Thuringia, featuring Italian love madrigals by Vittoria Aleotti (1575–1646) alongside Christian funeral music from 17th-century Thuringia. The third concert in the series “After the Fire: Music from Weimar's Ashes” was conducted by Christoph Dittmar.

 

Bach Sonatas

29 APR 2019 | Book Cube

Students from the Weimar Baroque Violin (Prof. Midori Seiler) and Nuremberg Baroque Violin (Prof. Anne Röhrig) classes, as well as the Weimar Harpsichord (Prof. Bernhard Klapprott) class, performed works by Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Sonatas for Harpsichord Concertato and Solo Violin (BWV 1014-19).

A cooperation between the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.

 

Music from Weimar's Ash Books II

16 NOV 2018  | Student's concert

In the concert series  »After the fire. Music from Weimar's Ash Books« students from the University for Music Würzburg performed works from Louis Ferdinand von Preußen (1772–1806) and his teacher Jan Ladislaus Dussek (1760–1812).

Sounding castle

29 SEP 2018 | Concert in the Rococo Hall

A concert and discussion entitled "Die Ausgewanderten" ("The Emigrants") took place in the Rococo Hall of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek with Aurelia Vişovan, Tobias Koch, Liese Klahn, Thomas Stimmel and Jan Philipp Reemtsma. Works were performed from the Goethe era by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and A. E. Müller.

Music from Weimar's Ash Books I

6 SEP 2018 | Music from the 17th century

The opening concert in the series "After the fire. Music from Weimar's Ash Books" were dedicated to works from the 17th century. Under the title “Mit fröhlichem Gemüte” ("With a cheerful spirit") compositions by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein and Georg Neumark were performed by Cantus Thuringia under the direction of Christoph Dittmar.

Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.