Podium Diskussion
The Gewandhaus under Totalitarian Regimes, 1933-1989

A conversation with Christoph Wolff, Jeremy Eichler and Jonathan Yaeger

Tue, 03/01/2022
5:30 PM Goethe-Institut Boston

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Join Harvard Professor Emeritus Christoph Wolff, author and critic Jeremy Eichler, and author and Juilliard musicologist Jonathan Yaeger for an exploration of the Gewandhaus Orchestra under two different music directors – Bruno Walter and Kurt Masur – who struggled under totalitarian regimes in Leipzig.  The evening will begin with a performance by BSO bassists Carl Anderson and Benjamin Levy, with pianist Anna Carr, performing music by Dmitri Shostakovich, followed by short scholarly talks and a panel discussion.

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