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To mark the Year of Jewish Culture, the Kügelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism is showing an exhibition about the von Kaskel family, who had a major influence on Dresden's artistic and cultural life, particularly in the 19th century.

• With Brita Wiederanders (fortepiano)
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

The fascinating biographies of the Kaskel family members are presented from the 18th to the 20th century.

• With Dr Matthias Donath (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

Several members of the von Kaskel family worked as composers, including Sophie Countess von Baudissin, née Kaskel (1817-1894), Carl Freiherr von Kaskel (1797-1874) and his grandson of the same name Carl von Kaskel (1866-1943). Four operas by the latter were performed at the Saxon State Theatre. Their compositions have been completely forgotten and are being heard again for the first time in more than a hundred years.

• Frank Blümel (tenor) and Marc Kirsten (fortepiano)
• Admission: 15 € / reduced 13 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (1753-1813) was one of the most important figures of the German late Enlightenment and one of the most active garden publicists around 1800. He played a key role in advancing the debate on the further development of landscape gardening in Germany. The lecture sheds light on Becker's personality, his garden theory works and approaches, which have largely been forgotten today. It also sheds light on his Dresden network, as he was a member of the "Körner Circle", among others.

• With Dr Anja Gottschalk (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (MO - FR).
• In co-operation with the Dresdner Goethe-Gesellschaft e. V.

Jewish musicians and composers worked in Dresden for centuries. The Ensemble Mediterrain presents some of their works together with Dr Agatha Schindler as moderator.

• With the Ensemble Mediterrain and Dr Agatha Schindler (moderator)
• Admission: 15 € / reduced 13 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

The name Schuch is not only known to the music world through the Dresden conductor and General Music Director of the Court Opera, Ernst Edler von Schuch. His wife Clementine von Schuch-Proska, his daughters Käthe and Liesel and his granddaughter, also called Clementine, also left their mark on music history as celebrated singers.

In his lecture, Bernhard Hansky, himself a singer at the Semperoper Dresden and elsewhere, sheds light on the lives of these fascinating artists, whose work spans more than a century of music history.

• With Bernhard Hansky (lecture)
• Admission: 10 € / reduced 8 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (MO - FR).

During a visit to the home of the Kügelgen family of painters, as you explore imaginative fairy tales, you can design your own favourite fairy-tale character and bring it to life in the shadow theatre!

• Ages: 7 to 12 years
• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Cost: €4.50 per child
• Book online or via the visitor services department of the City of Dresden Museums on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon–Fri)

The Old Jewish Cemetery stands as a eloquent testament to the resettlement of Jews in Dresden. Upon coming to power in 1694, Augustus the Strong deliberately opened up the country to people from other nations. In doing so, he laid the foundations for Saxony’s flourishing cultural and economic development.

This tour introduces Jewish figures who came to Dresden during this period and played a key role in shaping the city for a good 200 years: these included the Kaskel, Gutmann, Elimeyer, Wolfsohn and Fiorino families, who are the focus of this tour.

An event organised by the Saxon Music Society in cooperation with Hatikva e. V.

• Meeting point:
  Old Jewish Cemetery
  Pulsnitzer Straße 12
  01099 Dresden

This initiative is co-funded by tax revenue on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament.

The life of the Saxon court composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) led from Dresden via Italy, Sweden and Denmark back to the Dresden court, where he was engaged for the rest of his life. His fascinating biography and some of his marvellous compositions will be presented and illuminated.

• With Dr Romy Donath (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).

"It is not difficult to become famous, one must only write a lot for small minds; but to remain great in the eyes of posterity, it takes a little more than writing, shallow in spirit, in a strict didactic manner" - Gellert wrote in his poem "The Immortal Author". Gellert's works are largely forgotten today. Unjustly so, according to the Leipzig Schiller Society, which is endeavouring to bring Gellert back to mind with staged readings and short plays.

• With members of the Leipziger Schillerverein e. V. (lecture)
• Admission: 10 € / reduced 8 €
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Leipziger Schillerverein e. V.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, Jews in Dresden played a significant role in shaping the city’s development, until this fruitful period was brought to an end by the Nazis. Despite severe damage caused by the bombing raid in 1945, many magnificent graves have been preserved in this cemetery, bearing witness to families who were particularly committed to this city up until 1933. They shaped their home town culturally, intellectually and economically over many decades. On this tour, we will follow these stories – including those of the Arnhold, Klemperer, Gutmann and Joachimsthal families, amongst many others.

An event organised by the Saxon Music Society in cooperation with Hatikva e. V.

• Meeting point:
  New Jewish Cemetery
  Fiedlerstraße 3
  01307 Dresden

This initiative is co-funded by tax revenue on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament.

the versatile composer and conductor Paul Aron was born in Dresden in 1886. He studied with Max Reger and initiated the music series "Neue Musik Paul Aron" in Dresden. in 1933, he first fled to Czechoslovakia and later to Cuba and the USA, where he died. Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann presents the life and work of the composer.

• With Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.