Dresden Music Festival

May 20 – June 7, 2009 - The Dresden Music Festival has a distinguished history and an established position within Germany’s festival landscape. To achieve his programmatic goals Jan Vogler, the new Intendant, will rely on the exceptionally high artistic profiles of the Festival’s guest artists and his own focused dramaturgical plans. This year’s motto »New World« stresses the visionary aspect of Dresden as a city of understanding, of the undergoing of the process of coming to terms with history and paving the way for the future. As in previous years, the Festival will retain a focus on the unique musical traditions of Dresden and Saxony.
The 2009 Festival will feature some of the world’s most famous orchestras, ensembles and soloists. Among them are the Vienna Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Gustavo Dudamel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden with Reinhard Goebel and Dresden Philharmonic with Kurt Masur. Also performing will be the Emerson String Quartet, Gabriela Montero, Hélène Grimaud, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Dawn Upshaw, René Pape, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mark O’Connor, as well as Ute Lemper and Bobby McFerrin. Jan Vogler’s artistic plans call for American repertoire juxtaposed with works by Mendelssohn, Haydn and Handel, all of whom celebrate jubilees in 2009, and compositions from Dresden.
Vogler will also focus on the new generation of musicians: »The Knights«, an innovative American orchestra founded by young soloists and chamber musicians in New York in 2006, will be opening the 2009 Festival. They have already made their mark in the U.S. and will be performing in Germany for the first time. Also performing at the Festival will be Juilliard Dance, a company comprised of the best young dancers from New York’s famous Juilliard School. In two performances they will present their program of four of the most renowned choreographers.
The 2009 Dresden Music Festival will reach out to the young audience with »U 30«, a new subscription series aimed at »under-30s« that include four concerts at different venues, such as the »Alter Schlachthof« and Volkswagen’s »Die Gläserne Manufaktur« (The Transparent Factory). All four programs are especially designed for a young audience in structure and cast.
Artistic vision needs strong partners. The Dresden Music Festival is happy to have as its new partner Volkswagen’s »Die Gläserne Manufaktur« which, serving repeatedly as venue, adds as much a new and innovative feature to the Dresden Music Festival as the new Intendant. The long-standing cooperation with Glashütte Original will be continued and strengthened. Their commitment is specifically represented at the annual ceremony of the SAECULUM Glashütte Original-Musikfestspiel award.

DRESDNER MUSIKFESTSPIELE
20. Mai bis 7. Juni 2009

Dresdner Musikfestspiele
An der Dreikönigskirche 1
01097 Dresden
Mrs. Ulrike Jessel
Public Relation, Marketing
Tel. +49(0)351 - 47856-24
Fax +49(0)351 - 47856-23
presse@musikfestspiele.com
www.musikfestspiele.com

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