When his colleagues in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra go on summer break, the cellist Matthias Schreiber will be sitting in the orchestra pit of the Bayreuth Festival. Instead of a holiday, a ...

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony No. 9.

Plus the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs a pair of symphonies by Mozart, including his famous final 'Jupiter' Symphony - No. 41.

Bach Competition, 27 pianists from 13 countries are hoping to win over the jury and the public. The best three will face off in the final at a concert in Leipzig's Gewandhaus.

He worked with a number of German orchestras before heading – concurrently – the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (1922-28) and the Berlin Philharmonic (1922-45, and 1952-54). He remained in Nazi Germany ...