Mendelssohn-Festtage Leipzig 2025

Every year around 4 November, the anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's death, the Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig and the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig jointly organize a festival programme curated by Elena Bashkirova. With symphony concerts, chamber music, guided tours and talks, it commemorates the composer, conductor and pianist. Highlights are the concerts in Mendelssohn's original home and those with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, which he conducted for twelve years.

Opening concert Mendelssohn-Festtage | Sun, 02. Nov, 11 a.m. | Großer Saal, Gewandhaus

Charity concert with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pablo Ferrández and Elena Bashkirova

Presentation of the Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize. Composition by Robert Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy See more

Sun, 02. Nov, 6 p.m. | Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus

Elisabeth Leonskaja and Mihály Berecz

Piano music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Franz Schubert and more See more

Mon, 03. Nov, 7:30 p.m. | Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus

Richard Wagner - The Plagiarist

With Anna Prohaska (soprano) und Caspar Frantz (piano). Arias and excerpts from works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Heinrich Marschner, Carl Maria von Weber among others. See more

Concert at the hour of death | Tue. 04 Nov, 9 p.m. | Musiksalon, Mendelssohn-Haus

With René Pape and Elena Bashkirova

Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Antonín Dvořák See more

Wed, 05. Nov, 7:30 p.m. | Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus

Sabine Meyer & Friends

Music by Robert Schumann, Maurice Ravel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Béla Bartok and Max Bruch See more

Thu, 06. Nov, 5 p.m. | Musiksalon, Mendelssohn-Haus

Elena Bashkirova in conversation with Gidon Kremer

Fri, 07. Nov, 5:30 p.m. | Musiksalon, Mendelssohn-Haus

The «Critics Quartet»

The «Critics Quartet» of the German Record Critics' Award Talk in German language See more

Grosse Concerte with the Gewandhausorchester

Andris Nelsons und Seong Jin Cho

06. and 07. Nov, 07:30 p.m. | Großer Saal, Gewandhaus See more

Sat, 08. Nov, 7:30 p.m. | Großer Saal, Gewandhaus

Gidon Kremer with Kremerata Baltica

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Franz Schubert See more

Sun, 09. Nov, 11 p.m. | Musiksalon, Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig

Alexander Malofeev

Matinée in the tradition of the Mendelssohn family at the authentic location See more

Sun, 09. Nov, 3 p.m. | Großer Saal, Gewandhaus

Igor Levit

Music by Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Fryderyk Chopin See more

Final concert | Sun, 09. Nov, 7 p.m. | Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus

Quartuor Arod

Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart See more

Special Tours in German

»Frauen um Mendelssohn«

Do, 06. Nov, 15 Uhr
Fr, 07. Nov, 15 Uhr

Weitere Informationen im Konzertkalender.

Das Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig und die Mendelssohn-Festtage werden ermöglicht von der Stadt Leipzig, dem Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus des Freistaates Sachsen und dem Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien sowie unterstützt von Leipziger Gruppe und Sparkasse Leipzig.