Gewandhausorchester

Leipzig


Led by Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhaus is one of Europe’s finest and oldest civic orchestras. With a history harking back to 1743, it became an orchestra of European renown a century later under music director Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

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