The Dresden architect Peter Kulka designed the shiny black cube, which is connected to the Gewandhaus and was completed in 2001. With the help of the glazed and fully air-conditioned bridge, the musicians with their instruments and the choir singers can get directly to the concerts of the MDR concert season in the Gewandhaus.
The bridge also symbolizes that there are not two separate music houses on Augustusplatz, but one large music center in the heart of the city of Leipzig. Both the MDR Radio Choir and the MDR Symphony Orchestra rehearse in the cube. No other orchestra in Europe is as closely linked to the emergence of radio as the Central German Radio Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1924.
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Price information
LEIPZIG CARD: When purchasing tickets in advance, LEIPZIG CARD users benefit from a reduced admission price for the MDR events "Reihe Eins", matinee concert, "Magic of Music" (Gewandhaus) and MDR chamber concerts (MDR-Kubus).
Arrival & Parking
Public transport: The nearest stop is Leipzig Augustusplatz (lines 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16). The destination is about 240 m away on foot from there.
Car: Use the surrounding parking garages around the city center. The closest parking option is the underground car park "Q-Park Augustusplatz" (Augustuspl. 15, 04109 Leipzig).
Car: Use the surrounding parking garages around the city center. The closest parking option is the underground car park "Q-Park Augustusplatz" (Augustuspl. 15, 04109 Leipzig).
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Leipzig Tourism and Marketing GmbH
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig
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