2009 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Concert by the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden in the National
Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing: The concert goers were also
invited to visit the exhibition “The Splendour of the White Eagle”.
A possibly record-breaking event:
the 11th Summer Night of the Museums
On 11th July 2009 the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
offered a wide-ranging programme of events for the
11th Summer Night of the Museums in Dresden. The
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister was the absolute front runner
with 5,500 visitors, closely followed by the Japanisches
Palais: 5,147 visitors came to the special exhibition “Verwandelte
Götter” (Transformed Gods). In the Neues Grünes
Gewölbe 4,700 visitors were able to gain an insight into
the restoration history of selected works of art. Two hundred
lucky visitors were able to obtain admission tickets
to the Historisches Grünes Gewölbe and view the art
treasures of August the Strong along with a partner.
The special exhibition “Mit dem Fahrrad zur Milchstraße”
(To the Milky Way by Bicycle) in the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
received no fewer than 3,574 guests and the Rüstkammer
3,500. In the Münzkabinett visitors had the opportunity
to mint medals, in the Kunstgewerbemuseum there
was the exhibition “Still-Life”, the Kupferstich-Kabinett
offered a programme concerning Carl Gustav Carus, and
the Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst held a puppet
theatre performance. All in all, 30,098 visitors came – a
truly successful event!
Music Music!!
For the first time, and with two events, the Dresdner
Musikfestspiele 2009 were guests in the Residenzschloss.
On 27 th May 2009 a concert was performed: the opera
“Teofane”, which was composed by Antonio Lotti specially
for the wedding of the Saxon electoral prince and the
Visiting the exhibition “The Splendour of the White Eagle”
in Beijing: Martin Roth, Director-General of the SKD;
Eva Maria Stange, State Minister for Science and Art;
Fabio Luisi, General Musical Director
Habsburg archduchess in 1719 and for the simultaneous
opening of the Court Theatre.
On 5 th June 2009 the Small Courtyard provided the fitting
backdrop for a Gala Evening. There was music, dancing and
good food: the magnificent festivals of the Dresden court
were brought back to life that evening. The Musical Director
Jan Vogler was supported by Camerata Bern, one of the
leading chamber orchestras of Europe, and the creations of
the young New York elite dance company, Juilliard Dance.
A “Saxon summit meeting” of a special kind took place on
7 th May 2009: for the first time, the Sächsische Staatskapelle
Dresden performed a guest concert at the National
Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, which was
completed in 2007. The performance in Beijing did not take
place at this time by chance; it was timed to coincide with
a performance by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
in the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. This was
the exhibition “Im Zeichen des weißen Adlers. Höfische
Kunst aus Sachsen-Polen (1670 – 1763)” (The Splendour of
the White Eagle. Arts and Power at the Saxon-Polish Court
[1670 – 1763]), the first exhibition of German art in the
history of the Forbidden City. The guests attending the
concert conducted by General Musical Director Fabio Luisi
were invited to visit the exhibition, the concert tickets
being also valid for the exhibition. The Saxon State Minister
for Science and Art, Dr. Eva Maria Stange, General
Musical Director Fabio Luisi and Director-General Prof. Dr.
Martin Roth had previously drawn attention to Dresden as
a metropolis of the arts during a press conference for
Chinese media representatives. Music and the fine arts
have developed here together over the centuries.
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