Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival - Hamburg Marketing GmbH

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Invitation for Press Trip
The “Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival”:
classical music highlight of the Metropolitan Region Hamburg
Ladies and Gentlemen!
It was love at first sight, 25 years ago. It was then that Leonard Bernstein first visited Schleswig-
Holstein, and was completely blown away. “I fell in love with it”, he raved, and a year later, he
returned. This time, however, not as a tourist, but as a conductor. With his performance of
Haydn’s “The Creation” at the Ostseehalle in Kiel on July 2, 1986, he laid the foundation of the
very first Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF).
Since then, every summer, world stars of classical music have come to tucked away corners to
transform renovated stalls, former barns, picturesque churches and enchanting castle gardens
into unusual concert stages. Most of the unusual locations for the concerts are situated in the
Metropolitan Region of Hamburg and the City of Hamburg itself.
Selecting a different country of focus each year plays a large role in making this happen. More
than a third of all concerts in a festival season are dedicated to the musical culture of a selected
country. We would like to invite you this year to the 25 th Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
bringing the great Polish music tradition in all of its facets to Northern Germany.
»Poland in Pulse« – With this motto, the 25th annual Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival invites
you to join in on a journey of discovery through the Polish musical landscape. Festival director
Prof. Rolf Beck and his team will present a widely varied concert program and show Poland’s
music on the cutting edge: prominent soloists, orchestras, conductors and composers as well as
rising young musicians will shine, presenting everything from Baroque to the Avant-garde, choral
works to Chopin, chamber music to Klezmer and from large symphonic works to jazz.
The overview of figures and facts about the seven-week festival summer – with a total of 136
concerts, five »Music Festivals in the Countryside«, two Music Festivals for Children and 49
concert venues in 74 locations – hints at just how the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
transforms the northern-most German State, Lower Saxony, parts of Denmark and Hamburg into
a musical land of fantasy.
We are enclosing our initial programme draft mentioning the main points. Under the motto
»Poland in Pulse«, we invite you to the most important multi-venue festival for classical music in
Europe and should be delighted to welcome you here in Hamburg from August 26 th – 29 th . To
participate, complete and return the enclosed fax.
If there are questions or require for further information don’t hesitate to contact us:
T: +49 (0) 40 41 11 10 - 620 or anette.boos@marketing.hamburg.de
Yours sincerely
Anette Boos Bettina Brinker
Project Manager Media Relations Head of Press and Public Relations
Hamburg Marketing GmbH Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Facts about the trip:
Period: August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Invited: International journalists
Language: English
Hosts: Hamburg Marketing GmbH
www.marketing.hamburg.de
Svenja Holst-Runge, Director Marketing Services
T: +49 (0)40 41 11 10 612
Svenja.holst@marketing.hamburg.de
Anette Boos, Project Manager Media Relations
T: +49 (0)40 – 41 11 10 620
M: +49 (0)170 769 17 16
anette.boos@marketing.hamburg.de
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
www.shmf.de
Bettina Brinker, Head of Press and Public Relations
T: +49 (0)451 – 389 57 24
brinker@shmf.de

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Programme:
Thursday, August 26 th
Arrival at Lindner Hotel Am Michel, check in
Lindner Hotel Am Michel
Neanderstr. 20
20549 Hamburg
T: +49 (0)40 307067-0
F: +49 (0)40 307067-777
www.lindner.de/de/LHH
Contact:
Kirsten Haag
Kirsten.Haag@LINDNER.de
Should you arrive early in the afternoon, please don’t hesitate to contact us for
references. We will be happy to advise you concerning additional activities
complementing our programme.

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
17:30 h We will meet you in the lobby of the hotel,
short walk to the restaurant
18:00 h Dinner at the restaurant Marblau
Poolstraße 21
www.marblau.de
Meet Rolf Beck, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Director, (tbc)
19:30 h Short walk to the Laieszhalle, the music hall Hamburg at the Johannes-Brahms-
Platz
The Laeiszhalle was built at the beginning of the 20th by the architects Martin
Haller and Emil Meerwein on what is today Johannes-Brahms-Platz, between the
historical center of Hamburg and the park grounds Planten und Blomen (Plants and
Flowers). Because of its accommodations and modern features, it was considered
the most modern concert hall in Germany after its completion. In 2005 the concert
hall, known previously as the »Musikhalle Hamburg«, was renamed to its current
»Laeiszhalle«, a name that honors the famous Hamburg ship-owner Carl Heinrich
Laeisz, who willed a generous sum for the construction a »proper place for the
practice and enjoyment of noble and serious music.« Stars such as Oscar Peterson
and Jessye Norman, as well as such renowned orchestras as the Philadelphia
Orchestra have performed here for the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. The
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra performs here on a regular basis as well.
www.laieszhalle.de
20:00 h S k a n d i n a v i s c h e G r o ß m e i s t e r
Norwegisches Kammerorchester (Norwegian Chamber Orchestra)
Isabelle van Keulen Artistic direction
Leif Ove Andsnes Piano and guest Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonie Nr. 35 D-Dur KV 385 »Haffner«
Bent Sørensen
Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 »La Mattina«
Edvard Grieg
Aus Holbergs Zeit op. 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Klavierkonzert c-Moll KV 491
www.shmf.de
22:00 h Transfer to the Reeperbahn
Live scenes – Art and Culture on the “Kiez” – escorted Reeperbahn stroll
featuring the Beatles, the vivid art and clubbing scene on the “Kiez” and a
“nightcap” at a typical St. Pauli sailor pub
23:30 h Transfer to the hotel or party on

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Friday, August 27 th
08:15 h Meet in the hotel lobby, transfer to Steinway & Sons
09:00 h Steinway & Sons – For over 150 years, Steinway has made the world’s finest
pianos – and inspired the artists who make them sing.
Since 1853, Steinway pianos have set an uncompromising standard for sound,
touch, beauty, and investment value. Handcrafting each Steinway requires up to
one full year – creating an instrument of rare quality and global renown. Not
surprisingly, Steinway remains the choice of 9 out of 10 concert artists, and
countless pianists, composers, and performers around the world.
www.steinway.com
10:45 h Sightseeing tour by bus
Get an impression of the variety of Hamburg and have a detailed look at the
Speicherstadt - a unique monument of Hamburg’s special status as trading
metropolis and the HafenCity - Europe’s largest urban construction project.
www.hafencity.com
Located on a 157 hectare site, HafenCity is one of the most prominent city centre
development projects in Europe and will increase the size of Hamburg's city centre
by 40 percent. A sophisticated urban mix of apartments, offices, cultural and leisure
facilities, shops, restaurants and cafés as well as parks, plazas and promenades is
being created right in the centre of the city, between the River Elbe and the historic
warehouse district, Speicherstadt. Development of the entire area will continue until
2020-25.
12:00 h Lunch at restaurant CHILLI CLUB
Am Sandtorkai 54
www.chilliclub.de
13:00 h Guided Tour of the construction site of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
In the guise of the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg is acquiring a new and impressive
concert house, one that seems destined to house one of the world's ten best
concert halls. This should be an outstanding location for performing classical music
as well as jazz, world music and pop music.
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg will become a new landmark for the city and, at the
same time, a place for everyone. The new building complex will comprise three
concert halls, a hotel with an international conference area, apartments, a plaza at
a height of 37 meters, a wellness area and a large number of parking spaces in the
Warehouse A. The complex was based on designs by the renowned Swiss
architects Herzog & de Meuron.
The Elbphilharmonie will lay the foundations for musical live in Hamburg played at
the highest international level but also reflecting impulses from the regional world of
music. The Elbphilharmonie will be a concert hall for everyone.
www.elbphilharmonie.de
15:00 h Transfer back to the hotel by taxi

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Time for your own disposal
17:00 h Meet in the hotel lobby, transfer to Haseldorf by bus
18:00 h Dinner at restaurant Haseldorfer Hof
Hauptstraße 32
www.haseldorferhof.de
20:00 h Concert in Haseldorf; Rinderstall
S T I L B E W U S S T
Isabelle Faust Violin
Alexander Melnikov Piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras Violoncello
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonate für Klavier und Violine A-Dur op. 30 Nr. 1
Frédéric Chopin
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier g-Moll op. 65
Antonín Dvorák
Klaviertrio e-Moll op. 90 »Dumky«
www.shmf.de
22:30 h Transfer back to the hotel

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Saturday, August 28 th
09:30 h Meet in the hotel lobby, transfer to Jungfernstieg by public transport
10:00 h Personal guided tour of the Hamburg City Hall (tbc)
The City Hall is an impressive and eclectic building which was built in 1897. From
the outside the City Hall is a building in the Neo-Renaissance style, from the inside
it is an eclectic mixture of different construction epoches.
www.english.hamburg.de
11:00 The Alster – water and far horizons in the heart of the city
The Alster valley is walking territory – from the city boundary in the NE right into the
centre, where the Alster lakes meet the Elbe. These were created from the 13th
century onwards by damming the river to create millponds. Today the ultimate view
of the city is from the Inner Alster and the Lombardsbrücke towards Jungfernstieg,
with several spires in the background.
Covering 164 hectares, with banks stretching for seven kilometres, the Outer Alster
is a popular expanse of water for sailing and rowing. The surrounding parks are
ideal for jogging and walking.
www.alstertouristik.de
12:00 Lunch at Restaurant ALEX
Jungfernstieg 54
www.alexgastro.de
13:00 h Time for shopping
15:30 h Transfer to Lübeck by bus
16:30 h Guided tour of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck - World Cultural Heritage and Gate to
the Baltic
UNESCO declared the existing cityscape to be a World Cultural Heritage Site in
1987. The water-enclosed Old Town with its roughly 1,800 listed buildings,
historical alleyways and criss-crossed lanes is not, however, just pretty to the eye,
but is also the hub of an extremely lively, major city with roughly 214,000
inhabitants.
www.luebeck.de
18:00 h Dinner at the historical Restaurant "Haus der Schiffergesellschaft" (tbc)
Breite Straße 2
www.schiffergesellschaft.com
20:00 h Concert at the Musik- und Kongresshalle Lübeck
www.muk.de
A B S C H L U S S V O R K O N Z E R T
Peter Seiffert Tenor
Thomas Hampson Baritone
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Alan Gilbert Conductor

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
Jean Sibelius
Sinfonie Nr. 7 C-Dur op. 105
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
www.shmf.de
22:00 h Transfer back to Hamburg
Sunday, August 29 th
Check out
No breakfast at the hotel
08:30 h We will meet you in the lobby and pick you up for the visit to the legendary
Hamburger Fischmarkt with its unique visitor mix of surviving night owls,
Hamburgians out shopping in the market, and tourists
09:15 h Breakfast buffet at the historic Altona Fish Auction Hall
Live music – maritime breakfast on the balconies: look down or mingle with the
party of night owls and early birds.
10:30 h Transfer back to the hotel and to the central station / airport
Scale of benefits:
Three overnight stays at the Lindner Hotel Am Michel (4*) incl. breakfast; participation at all itinerary items
as mentioned above, meals, necessary shuttles.
Also included are extensive information material (incl. photographs and films) about the items of above
itinerary.
Please note that we cannot bear the expenses for telephone, internet, mini-bar or room-service at the hotel.

“Schleswig-Holstein-Musik Festival” - Press trip August 26 th – 29 th , 2010
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The “Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival”:
classical music highlight of the Metropolitan Region Hamburg
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