Events 2025
Under the special acoustic conditions of the huge domed hall, the regular concert events become an unforgettable experience.
Please note that the observation deck is not accessible during concert events.
October
Fri Oct 17th | 8:30 PM
Fri Oct 17th | 8:30 PMConcert as part of the Leipzig Jazz Days 2025
with Stian Westerhus, guitarist, and Frieder Weiß, video artist
There is a persistent belief that the expressive possibilities of the electric guitar have been exhausted in the 21st century and lost in an endless loop of redundancy. But Stian Westerhus proves us wrong. The Norwegian electric guitarist is regarded as a musical innovator and icon of his instrument. With a wide range of effects and soundscapes, he regularly puts his audience into a kind of trance that is hard to escape. He builds dense, massive walls of sound, only to bring them down again the next moment in favor of fragile, intimate sound miniatures.
The cool atmosphere of black metal and post-rock have left their mark on his playing, as have the complex harmonies of jazz, the warm tones of ambient music and the anarchic joy of Jimi Hendrix. Over the years, he has played in numerous projects and bands and his discography is difficult to keep track of. A central work to date is the album “The Matriarch and the wrong kind of flowers”, released in 2012, which was recorded in an Oslo mausoleum with an above-average reverberation time.
Comparable conditions can also be found in Leipzig’s Völkerschlachtdenkmal due to the architectural similarity – the natural reverb here is 10 seconds. It was therefore only logical to invite Westerhus to the monumental stone backdrop of the trade fair city. Together with the live mapping by video art luminary Frieder Weiss, the concert will be both a novelty and an experiment – and its conceptual uniqueness can only be experienced on this evening.
Informations and tickets: www.jazzclub-leipzig.de/leipziger-jazztage
Sun Oct 19th | 4 PM
Commemorative Concert
with the Monument Choir on the occasion of the anniversaries of the Battle of the Nations and dedication of the monument
Conduction: Philipp Goldmann
Admission to the memorial service is free.
The memorial will be closed to regular visitors during the concert.
Sun Oct 26th | 5 PM
Liebscher – Grand Solo!
Frank Liebscher (Baritone Saxophone) plays Bach & Friends
Cost: Entrance fee
December
Fri Dec 5th | 8 PM
Christmas carols: Festive choral music with the youth choir Rudolf Hildebrand School Markkleeberg
Piano: Raphael Michaelis
Conduction: Sven Kühnast
Offer free of charge
Sun Dec 7th | 4 PM
Advent Concert with the Monument Choir
Conduction: Philipp Goldmann
Cost: 15 EUR/10 EUR (reduced)
Tickets: Musikalienhandlung Oelsner, Ticketgalerie and at Eventim
Box office: immediately before the concert, subject to availability
Reservation/Information: info@denkmalchor.de
Sun Dec 7th | 6:30 PM
Advent Concert with the Monument Choir
Conduction: Philipp Goldmann
Cost: 15 EUR/10 EUR (reduced)
Tickets: Musikalienhandlung Oelsner, Ticketgalerie and at Eventim
Box office: immediately before the concert, subject to availability
Reservation/Information: info@denkmalchor.de
Sat Dec 13th | 4 PM
Advent Concert with the Monument Choir
Conduction: Philipp Goldmann
Cost: 15 EUR/10 EUR (reduced)
Tickets: Musikalienhandlung Oelsner, Ticketgalerie and at Eventim
Box office: immediately before the concert, subject to availability
Reservation/Information: info@denkmalchor.de
