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The next few months of »Türmer München« – »The Munich Vigil« are fully booked – BUT: The next registration phase starts on 1 July at 10 AM. Joanne Leighton’s year-long performance is in great demand!

There is light at the end of the tunnel: The latest decision from the Bavarian Council of Ministers has extended the click & collect scheme to cover libraries as well, so they are finally allowed to issue books, films, games and much more again.

Originally planned for March 2021, the Music Day, much loved by children and young people, had to be postponed on account of the pandemic this year. As soon as an alternative date can be agreed, we will let you know.

The current corona measures apply until March 7th. This means that, until further notice, no live events can take place in the Gasteig. München Ticket sales on site as well as the Munich City Library will remain closed. The Library offers a Click & Collect Service.

You can enjoy speciality coffees and other beverages at the Gasteig again – served in the outdoor area at the Celibidacheforum, close to the Gasteig main entrance

»MPhil mit Malte« is the name of this new series of podcasts from the Munich Philharmonic. Presenter Malte Arkona conducts stimulating conversations with members of the orchestra and takes listeners behind the scenes. It’s worth listening in, e.g. via Spotify or SoundCloud.

MUCBOOK CLUBHAUS is breathing new life into the former »gast« restaurant. Users of the city library will be the first to get a taste of what the new coworking space has to offer.

We long for the day on which live performances with a real-life audience will finally be possible again in the Gasteig. In the meantime, the art centre’s stages are not entirely dark and silent: It pays to take the occasional look at the Gasteig’s online events calendar.

Here is your chance to play along with the string quartet of the Munich Philharmonic. Under the title #MPhilminus1, the orchestra’s »Spielfeld Klassik« team has created quartet recordings with one voice missing. Just pick up your violin, viola or cello and play the missing part to the video.

With a new virtual stage launched on 17 December, Munich’s culture aims to prove its staying power. Despite the pandemic, several Munich’s cultural institutions, including the Gasteig, have joined forces in this unique project to draw attention to the city’s unremittingly rich cultural landscape.

Dance, jazz, performance and the Spirit of Christmas – for all those who do not want to miss out on the pleasure of watching performances in the Advent season, the Gasteig will broadcast very different events.

Seasonal sounds are not what you expect on a construction site. Unless, of course, it is the future home of the Munich Philharmonic: Every Advent Sunday, the Munich Philharmonic will give a seasonal performance of a special kind on the Sendling construction site, where the Gasteig’s interim quarter is taking shape.

Since the topping-out ceremony in October, a lot has happened at Gasteig Sendling: Increasingly, the shell of the Interim Philharmonic Hall is looking like a concert hall. But before the opening concert, scheduled for autumn 2021, the property at Hans-Preißinger-Straße will witness plenty of further change and development. Our photos show a few impressions of the interim quarter, going back to autumn 2020.

Munich-based architecture office Henn has produced a video to demonstrate their vision of the future Gasteig. With its transparent, open architecture, the renovated and remodelled Gasteig aims to gain worldwide recognition as »Munich’s pulsating cultural heart«. This video tour is based on a 3D model of the New Gasteig. It was generated using the BIM (Building Information Modelling) method, which digitally records and models all relevant building data to help improve the planning process.

On 17 November, in the dark of night, a crane hoisted the Shelter for the »Türmer München« performance onto the Gasteig’s roof. Made of wood and steel and weighing six tonnes, the temporary structure will provide Munich’s Vigils with a memorable hour high above the city – twice each day for a whole year, starting on 12 December 2020.

From 2 November to, as things stand, 30 November, the Bavarian State Government has once again ordered the closure of all stages. Following the joint open letter from their executive directors to prime minister Markus Söder, the stages are now once again joining forces to make a stand.

Starting Monday, 2. November, stricter Covid-19 containment rules apply nationwide until and including 30 November. No events can take place in the Gasteig during this period. The Munich City Library will remain open and most of the courses offered by the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre will continue to take place. At the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, the practice rooms remain available to students for use under strict conditions.

Since 1 November 2020, the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre (MVHS) has a new Managing Director. Dr. Martin Ecker succeeds Prof. Dr. Klaus Meisel, who is retiring after more than 14 years as MVHS Managing Director.

In response to the transition towards digital media, the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM) will launch Germany’s first »Wavelab« in November 2020 – an innovation laboratory and start-up centre for music, arts, media and new technologies.

At the Gasteig Sendling construction site, things are going to schedule despite the difficult corona situation! This time-lapse video shows construction progress from May to the topping-out ceremony in October 2020.

Eight months after construction of the new Philharmonic Hall in the south of Munich began, the topping-out ceremony was held today on the grounds of the future Gasteig Sendling. This tradition celebrates the completion of a building’s shell, and that of the interim Philharmonic Hall was successfully finished on schedule and on budget despite corona. Gasteig Sendling is scheduled to open in autumn 2021.

The Bavarian State Government’s pilot project to increase the number of visitors at cultural events is being extended. This means that the Philharmonic Hall in the Gasteig will, for the time being, provisionally be able to accommodate up to 500 visitors in designated seats until November 1st.

The makers of Digitalanalog have decided to allow only online audiences onto the festival grounds in 2020. Visuals and concerts from the halls and foyers of the Gasteig will be broadcast live and free of charge on 16 and 17 October 2020! Six questions for Claudia Holmeier from Digitalanalog.

Before the renovation of the Gasteig can begin, the building in Rosenheimer Straße must be cleared. The stack room of the Munich City Library in the Gasteig is no exception: Since the end of August, three van loads of books a day have been making their way to a former printing works in Oberschleißheim. During the move, some titles may be temporarily unavailable.

On 1 October 2020, the cellist and chamber musician will take on a professorship for string chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM). The cellist of the renowned »Quatuor Ébène« sets a new focus on chamber music and artistic instrumental training.

For the first time, all of Munich is celebrating »Summer in the City«, with art and culture, sports and fun, rides and stalls at numerous locations throughout the city. Kids and adults alike will be able to take advantage of the free open-air programme in front of the Gasteig: many concerts, special appearances by the Munich Philharmonic and even a sports arena under an open sky are planned.

This year, Mini-München – Munich’s biggest summer holiday event – takes place throughout the city. The Munich City Library in the Gasteig is also taking part: From 27 July to 14 August 2020, children and young people can play at being publishers, animation studio, cinema and reading lounge here.

Not yet in its full line-up and with a much-modified seating arrangement on stage, but definitely ready to perform: The Munich Philharmonic are bringing back life into the Philharmonic Hall, with several concerts and rehearsal sessions being available on video.

From 21 July to 12 September, the Munich City Libraries invite you to a summer reading adventure. Children and young people can borrow stacks of summer books, answer questions and win great prizes. Here is how you participate in the Summer Holiday Reading Club.

The joy is great: the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) will play several special concerts at short notice in July at the Gasteig. All performances are already sold out, but there are Live Concert Broadcasts for Everyone.

More light, more air, more open spaces: The preliminary plans for the New Gasteig by Munich architects Henn has been completed and presented to the supervisory board of Gasteig München GmbH. So what are the key features of the future Gasteig? Here are some of the main elements of the renovation and remodelling plans.

To provide its students with performance experience even in the times of corona, the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM) has launched the digital concert series »HMTMlive: Concerto Espresso«. The live streams can be seen several times a week starting 14 May on the new HMTM YouTube channel.

After a long corona break, the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre will resume its courses in the Gasteig and other locations on 1 July. From 18 July, the annual »Sommer Volkshochschule« is set to provide an exciting and varied holiday programme on your doorstep with around 1000 courses.

The corona crisis has also caught up with the Gasteig’s bars and restaurants: It is with great regret that we must announce that our in-house catering partner Gasteig Kult und Speise GmbH, has filed for insolvency.

Unfortunately, the 2020 ARD International Music Competition cannot take place this year. Due to the corona pandemic, the 69th edition with the planned categories of flute, trombone, string quartet and piano has been postponed to 2022.

The Munich Philharmonic and the Bayerischer Rundfunk ensembles have announced the early end of their 2019/20 concert season. Due to the implemented corona pandemic containment measures and the associated bans on events, the concerts still planned up to and including 7 July 2020 had to be cancelled.

To provide its students with performance experience even in the times of Corona, the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM) started a series of digital concerts. The live streams can be seen on the HMTM’s new YouTube channel.

On the Gasteig Sendling construction site, things are moving fast – in these times of course under strict conditions and safety precautions. This time-lapse video shows what has been happening at site of the Gasteig’s interim quarters from June 2019 to May 2020.

The US-American artist Benjy Barnhart has had his studio at the future site of the Gasteig at Sendling in Hans-Preißinger-Straße 8 (HP8) since 2011. There, he has been documenting the changes happening every day on the building site outside his window on canvas. We talked to him about art and the places it occupies in the city.

For the time being, the visitor service of Gasteig München GmbH can be reached at the following times.

In 2020, the European Union celebrates 75 years of peace and the 70th anniversary of the founding speech on May 9th. Although the Munich »Europa-Mai« will be celebrated only online this year, there will be many activities to take part in and opportunities to network.

To help you continue learning in the absence of face-to-face classes, the Münchner Volkshochschule (MVHS) delivers online adult education to your home: The free MVHS.Heimspiel courses will help you further your existing skills and knowledge or discover new topics of interest.

Normally, the Munich Philharmonic meets in the Gasteig almost every day. Cellist Stephan Haack even refers to the Philharmonic Hall as his »living room«. But the Coronavirus has changed all that: Joint rehearsals and concerts have been suspended and for the time being the orchestra members cannot have personal contact with each other or with their audience. Instead, they now give private sessions to enjoy at home.

The work at Gasteig Sendling – the site that will be the arts centre’s temporary home during the renovation work on its main building – is moving along, and thanks to the live image cameras on the site, you can follow the progress yourself.

As the Gasteig has to remain closed until 19 April due to the Corona pandemic, the Munich City Library has a unique offer: For three months, everyone living in the Munich region can access a large selection of e-books, newspapers and audio books free of charge.

The spread of the coronavirus and the resulting restrictions in everyday life have far-reaching social, economic and health consequences for all of us. The ban on events brings many in the arts and cultural sector into existential hardship. Here, you can find out how you can help.

The libraries are closed, concert halls and museums have shut their doors and you have watched the entire season of your favourite series? Here are some inspirational (and free) online cultural offerings for you to experience from the comfort of your sofa.

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