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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation Information July / August 2009 Leipzig Mendelssohn Prize 2009 In the Mendelssohn Anniversary leagues at festive dinner in the Mendels- as Gewandhaus Kapellmeister, confir- Year 2009 many music lovers took the sohn Room following the concert. ming this with numerous CD recor- opportunity to visit Leipzig and the dings. Mendelssohn House – one very wel- Helmut Schmidt was honoured in come occasion was the Mendelssohn the Social Engagement Category for his In the Visual Arts Category the Gala on 2nd February 2009. services in the spirit of Felix Jury selected the multi-talented artist Once again the Leipzig Gewand- Mendelssohn Bartholdy, for example for Armin Mueller-Stahl – he is not only an haus was the host, with a Celebration developing understanding between actor, his deep love of music and pain- Concert given to a packed audience peoples through the medium of music. ting with roots in nature linking him by the Gewandhaus Orchestra with Gewandhaus Kapellmeister Riccardo with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. the outstanding piano virtuoso and Chailly received the Mendelssohn Prize Mendelssohn admirer Lang Lang, 2009 in the Music Category. Since his The financial benefits of the under the direction of Maestro Riccar- opening concert for the 2005/2006 sea- evening will be used to support the do Chailly – which was the great occa- son he has given prominence to the work of the Foundation – for which our sion to honour this year's Leipzig compositions of his distant predecessor grateful thanks! Mendelssohn Prize-winners. Unfortunately, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was unab- jɤȹ le for health reasons to receive his pri- ze in person on this evening – his “Laudator” Justus Franz later presen- ҬҩҩѱȐǾɤɑɜɕɜǸȞ M I B U U 4 E S J F M N M I ted it to him at home. The two other F D V 4 . 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Again Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lang Lang and Geraldine Chaplin in the Mendelssohn Hall of the Gewandhaus; The dinner was cooked by Dieter Müller (3 stars) of the Schloßhotel Lerbach. Concert on 14th June S. 3 A further splendid event in the fra- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy before mework of the Mendelssohn Anniver- the concert. sary Year 2009 took place in the Mendelssohn House on 14th June. The A surprise guest was Queen Silvia President of the Felix-Mendelssohn- of Sweden, who wished to please Bartholdy-Foundation, Professor Kurt Maestro Kurt Masur with her unplan- Director Jürgen Ernst welcoming Queen Silvia of Masur, and the Chairman of the Board, ned arrival – a successful Royal joke. Sweden in the Mendelssohn House Mayor Burkhard Jung, invited guests Other guests for the evening included Maestro Kurt Masur – surprised and pleased by to a Benefit Evening, at which the the publisher Friede Springer, Ann- the Queen’s joke world-famous violinist Anne-Sophie Katrin Bauknecht, Beate Middel- Mutter, the pianist and composer Sir schulte, Maren Otto, the Mayor of The first project would be to acqui- André Previn and the 'cellist Lynn Leipzig Burkhard Jung, Neo Rauch, re a comprehensive collection of Harrell had agreed to give a concert in Kurt Biedenkopf – all of whom through Mendelssohn first editions, in order to support of the Mendelssohn House. their generous donations contributed support the Museum's work, and above The programme consisted of Men- to the extraordinary success of the all research work by the Mendelssohn delssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor evening and its objectives. House and other institutions. This is the opus 49, and Mozart's Piano Trio largest and most complete collection KV 502. The concert given by the The Mendelssohn House and its that has yet been put together, and three world-stars provided very team with Director Jürgen Ernst orga- would particularly enhance research special enjoyment. The trio interpre- nised the outstanding musical and into comparing and completing compo- ted the music in complete stylistic social elements of the event, in close sitions. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy harmony, completely focussed on the cooperation with former Cultural was especially keen on supervising the works and their composers, and with Mayor of Leipzig Dr Georg Girardet. printing of his works with his publis- breathtaking beauty. This joyous hers in Germany, England or France. performance was greeted with thun- In his welcoming speech Professor Thus, we can find in the first printed derous applause and a standing ova- Kurt Masur expressed his great plea- editions indications for example of tion. sure that in the Mendelssohn Anni- tempi markings and dynamics, accor- versary Year 2009 so many leading ding to the composer's ideas. In addi- After the concert everyone moved figures from the worlds of culture, eco- tion, he – never satisfied – often made to the Gardenhouse, where the Foun- nomics and politics had found their further changes, so that different ear- dation's President had invited them to way to Leipzig, each in his or her way ly editions of the same work in France join him for a festive menu created by honouring the great 19th century or England can be somewhat bewilde- the Leipzig Hotel Fürstenhof, and to master Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. ring for the present-day user. This is listen to stimulating speeches. He spoke of the work of the Felix- highly important and interesting for Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Foundation, researchers. The Patron of the Benefit Evening and explained the purpose of the was Thomas de Maizière, Minister evening's fund-raising – to focus on However, this is only a part of the from the Federal Chancellery, who gave two very important projects of the project. In the context of better usa- a personal and moving speech about Mendelssohn House. ge and publication of valuable archive S. 4 Impressions of the concert Picture above: Queen Silvia of Sweden, Beate Middelschulte, the publisher Friede Springer und Barbara Groth in the music salon of the museum Pictures left, above: There was time for talks befo- re the concert in the music salon – Queen Silvia of Sweden, Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung and his wife and the painter Neo Rauch discussed long and intensive middle: The former president of the Freistaat Sachsen Professor Kurt Biedenkopf, Maren Otto and the publisher Friede Springer (from left) talked about their impressions after looking round the museum. below: Jürgen Ernst, Director of the Mendelssohn House, is explaining some details of the historical site for Queen Silvia of Sweden, Beate Middelschulte and Ute Petersen-Schulz. Picture below: Maestro Kurt Masur and Queen Silvia of Sweden Rare prints and an old piano S. 5 Continuation of page 3: red pianos from English makers, but material, there has been much discus- in this case he was so impressed by sion in recent years of the digitalisati- the excellent quality of this local pro- on of museum assets. If the Mendels- duction from Tröndlin's workshop sohn House were able to acquire this that he acquired many of the instru- big collection, it could make these rare ments for the Leipzig Gewandhaus – editions available to a wider public on for the concerts and the rehearsals. It a cost-effective basis, for example has been established that those through the internet. pianos continued to be played until the 1860s. According to experts, Thus, a part of the funds realised Leipzig piano-making by the Tröndlin at the 14th June event would contri- workshop can be compared in impor- bute to the money needed to acquire tance with piano-making in Vienna. this unique collection. It is estimated that there are only The second current project of the 12 and at most 15 Tröndlin pianos in Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Foun- existence in the world today. If it is dation would be to acquire a rare possible to acquire this valuable historical piano made in the work- historical piano for the Mendelssohn shop of Johann Nepomuk Tröndlin, a House, an instrument which is cur- Leipzig piano-maker. This well-preser- rently not being played, could bring ved and cared-for “Hammerflügel” was the particularly rich sounds of the built between 1828 and 1830.
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