Altmark Festival

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Logo of the Altmark Festival

The Altmark Festival has been taking place in the Altmark region in the north of the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2014 . Under the title “Culture in Special Places”, artists take place in special and unusual venues. Concerts and readings take place in mansions, barns, stone churches, castles, cattle stables, factory halls and castle ruins.

History and direction

Until the end of 2016, the Altmark Festival was sponsored by the “Stiftung Zukunft Altmark” founded by Hasso von Blücher and based on Gut Zichtau . In 2015 there were 42 events. In 2016, a further increase in the number of concerts and visitors was achieved. The Altmark Festspiele gGmbH was founded by seven Altmark entrepreneurs on February 21, 2017. The new seat of the festival is in the Hanseatic city of Gardelegen . The conductor and composer Reinhard Seehafer was appointed director. Michael Pohl runs the festival together with him as commercial director. From 2014 until his death in 2016, the patron of the festival was the former Federal Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher . Oskar Prince of Prussia , Lord Master of the Order of St. John , has been the new patron of the festival since autumn 2017 .

Event times

The events of the Altmark Festival take place annually from May to September (2020 from May 30th to September 12th). The spring concert series in March and April, the winter concert series from December to January as well as the Klangspuren educational program and the Katharinenkonzerte in social institutions are other important pillars of the festival year.

Venues

Main topics

Soundtracks

The “Klangspuren” project is the Altmark Festival's cultural education program for children and young people - this is also reflected in the Altmark Festival's logo. In addition to “Baby Concerts” and the “Star Dancer” program with music and dance for preschool children, free school concerts are offered in various formations.

Catherine Concerts

The Katharinenkonzerte bring people closer to music who, due to their living conditions, are not able to experience concerts in public institutions such as B. in hospitals, retirement homes, rehabilitation clinics or other social institutions. Patron saint is Saint Catherine of Alexandria , one of the so-called Virgines capitales , the 4 great holy virgins and one of the 14 holy helpers in need.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The whole region as a stage. az-online.de from May 9, 2014, accessed on January 25, 2016
  2. ^ Altmark Festival with 42 events. volksstimme.de from March 25, 2015, accessed on January 25, 2016
  3. Goetterfunken for the festival finale.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. volksstimme.de from October 7, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2017@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.volksstimme.de  
  4. Beethoven's Ninth rocked the Hanseatic city. az-online.de from October 17, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2017
  5. Festival on new feet. az-online.de from February 24, 2017, accessed on February 24, 2017
  6. ^ Oskar Prinz von Preussen new patron. welt.de from October 4, 2017, accessed on October 7, 2017