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The municipal Corona test centre has moved into the premises of the former restaurant "gast" and is now open again daily from 8 am to 6 pm. An appointment booking is required before testing. Access to the test station is via the forecourt (Celibidacheforum).

For more than a year now, the mobile music lab from Munich has been on the road in Uganda. With a stock of instruments, a stage and a recording studio on board, Lab Uganda travels through BidiBidi, the world’s second largest refugee settlement. About 240,000 refugees live here, on an area of 250 square kilometres – more than half of them children and youngsters.

The new GAiA Restaurant at the Gasteig in Sendling is now open daily from 9 AM to 1 AM. It offers a wide range of breakfasts and hot meals as well as snacks and drinks for in-between. Welcome to the Gasteig, welcome to the GAiA!

French filmmaker and choreographer Grégory Darcy’s training at the Tanzfabrik Berlin was shaped by the belief that dancing is a way for people to grow. He has lived in Germany for many years now and he stages dances from around the world, performed by a variety of people. He will be offering three unique workshops at »Tanz den Gasteig« on Saturday, 11 June.

When the Odeon Tanzorchester strikes up on 11 June, that will be the signal for the stage of the Isarphilharmonie to transform into a dance floor for all the participants. One of the few female band leaders in Europe, Sissi Gossner tells us how the ensemble has opened up her world.

The »Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone« in Rome and the Gasteig are now official partners, with the aim of sharing experiences, artists and even staff between the two cultural centres. The long-term goal is to develop a network of European centres to expand and strengthen cultural collaboration across Europe.

Making films in wartime: Ukrainian director Irena Stetsenko fled from Kyiv to the west of the country. In our interview, she talks about the Independence Square experience and the therapeutic effect of art. Her latest documentary »Roses. Film-Cabaret« about a Ukrainian cult band will be shown in May at the MITTEL PUNKT EUROPA film festival at Gasteig HP8.

Next year, the whole of Munich will celebrate nature, culture and flowers as the eight-month Flower Power Festival – running from 3 February to 7 October 2023 – decorates various locations across the city. The festival will be based at the Gasteig HP8. Three questions for festival director Anna Kleeblatt

The Ballet Academy of the University of Music and Theatre Munich (HMTM) is looking for children between the ages of 8 and 9 (without prior knowledge) and from 10 to 14 (with prior knowledge) for the Children's Aptitude Test on Saturday, 14 May 2022. Applications are open from now until Friday, 6 May 2022.

The Long Night of Music on 7 May will see impressive women delivering powerful performances on three stages at Gasteig HP8. They include the band Lauraine fronted by musician Laura Glauber, who takes centre stage along with her prosthetic leg. She was born with her right leg 40 cm shorter than the left, so wearing the medical device is second nature for her.

Full of exciting possibilities, Munich’s newest concert venue is a fresh, black canvas that invites creatives to experiment. In April, you can experience the Isarphilharmonie’s many facets with a dense and varied programme that includes the classical Bach Passion, live cinema with impressive audio, band gigs and more.

If you’re in the mood to bust some moves to your favourite song, then join us to film the dance karaoke project with renowned dance artist Willi Dorner.

The City of Munich offers Corona vaccinations without appointment at Gasteig Haidhausen. The Gasteig vaccination centre is in the foyer of the Philharmonic Hall (Rosenheimer Straße 5) and is open every day to all German residents aged 5 years and over.

You can now book the city library’s new MusikLab in HP8. Whether you need a place to practice in peace and quiet or want to play a session with friends: The MusikLab is the place for you. To book, just visit one of the service points in HP8 with your library card.

Sunday, 16.04.2023, 8:00 PM – Isarphilharmonie
Modification of event: This concert has been postponed from 22.2.2022. Tickets already purchased remain valid.

From the Osterfilmtage film festival to the St Matthew Passion or a festival on Easter Sunday – the Easter period at the Gasteig is packed with fun and colour. The perfect opportunity for Easter fans of all ages to reflect, celebrate or fill their days off with art and culture. Tip: some ideas fit perfectly into an Easter basket.

The MVHS Munich adult education centre supports refugees from Ukraine with free German courses and operates a multilingual refugee advice hotline. The first courses have already started and the offer is constantly being expanded.

Merely making arts and culture available is not enough: In future, Europe’s largest arts centre wants to open up even more, for which it is counting on a host of collaborators as well as vibrant community participation. The aim: for everyone to make the Gasteig’s spaces their own, by whatever creative means.

If you are looking for inspiration, look no further than the Gasteig. Here, our editorial team introduces three of the many exciting musical events with audience participation. Whether a major Munich community concert, band sessions in an intimate setting or workshops with professionals – at the Gasteig, music lovers can find plenty of opportunities to actively take part.

Once a month, all the Gasteig institutes meet to develop joint projects. The aim: to get as many people as possible interested in culture and help them overcome their reservations. Katrin Beck, an expert in music, literature and cultural management, is part of the team.

It’s official: In 2023, Munich will have its first city-wide flower festival! Launched jointly by the Gasteig, Kunsthalle München, the Botanical Gardens and BIOTOPIA, the 2023 Flower Power Festival celebrates nature in the city!

The Munich Chamber Orchestra (Münchener Kammerorchester or MKO) is internationally renowned for its genre- and epoch-spanning repertoire. What it has lacked is a permanent home. But this will change once the Gasteig has been renovated, when the MKO will move in to join the Gasteig family. A conversation with MKO Managing Director Florian Ganslmeier

Do you know the Munich Chamber Orchestra (Münchener Kammerorchester, or MKO)? After the Gasteig’s renovation, the orchestra will move into and become a permanent institution of Munich’s premiere arts centre. Forever curious, we’ve sounded out the orchestra and have found a lot to like.

Last Sunday, the last participant in the »Türmer« performance – Munich’s edition of Joanne Leighton’s Vigil project – scaled the roof of the Philharmonic Hall to stand vigil over Munich at sunrise.

A sense of expectation infuses the auditorium. A last look around the hall before the spots come on and the performers enter. Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes before the first notes sound across hall? We’ll show you.

Whether you’re planning a creative project to keep you busy during the cold winter months or want to make that special Christmas present for a loved one, it’s worth paying the Tool Library at the Gasteig a visit. Every Tuesday and Saturday, for a modest fee, you can borrow a variety of tools in the shop at the Gasteig Forum – from soldering irons to 3D printers.

After the GAiA team has already been offering interval catering at the Gasteig HP8 for a few days, the GAiA Deli & News opens its doors for you today.

Along with the Gasteig, a large part of Munich’s municipal library has also moved to Sendling. In the listed Hall E, visitors will find inspiration daily from 7 AM to 11 PM, because, spurred on by the move, the library has repositioned itself: The Open Library in the Gasteig HP8 offers space for compelling experiments. The grand opening will be celebrated from 19 to 21 November.

While the Gasteig is being renovated, the Munich City Library will be housed in Gasteig HP8 and Gasteig Motorama, right opposite the Haidhausen site. The main focal points at this interim location are Family, Gaming and Digital Learning.

The Gasteig HP8 has opened its doors: One concert highlight chases the next in the Isarphilharmonie, the Open Library fills Hall E with life and the entire site is never short of surprises. What a new start, what exciting times! Breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to what’s to come, we asked visitors what they thought of Gasteig HP8?

With a speech by Munich's Lord Mayor and a festive concert by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra with Valery Gergiev and star pianist Daniil Trifonov, the Gasteig HP8 cultural area and the new Isarphilharmonie were ceremoniously opened on 8 October.

Now that the initial acoustic trials by the Munich Philharmonic in the new Isarphilharmonie are complete, everyone involved is full of enthusiasm. Star acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, who had flown in from Japan for the tests, was also on site at Gasteig HP8. The official opening of the Isarphilharmonie in Sendling is on 8 October.

Our last visit to the neighbourhood before the Gasteig moves in takes us to a studio community and a car valeting business.

The construction work at Gasteig HP8 are in their final phase. Hall E, Hall X and the Isarphilharmonie in Sendling will open as early as 8 October. All Gasteig institutes will move into their new quarters in several stages until finally, in March 2022, the full Gasteig programme will be available at the interim site in the south of Munich.

The Munich Public Library team is looking forward to welcoming you at Gasteig HP8 in Sendling from November 1st and at Motorama, opposite Gasteig, from November 26.

If you want to move house in Munich, you need strong nerves, plenty of patience and a degree of luck! It’s hard to believe that it’s feasible to move the entire Gasteig to Sendling while its home base is renovated, but it’s definitely happening. The site including Gasteig HP8 is owned by SWM, so we decided to pay a visit to our future landlord.

Before Lab Uganda sets off on its journey to a refugee camp in Uganda, the mobile music laboratory, which is housed in a truck, will be unveiled at the Gasteig as part of a programme of cultural activities. Bellevue di Monaco and Gasteig München GmbH are delighted to be supporting this cross-border project from Music Connects e. V.

With large rainbow flags in front of the Gasteig, colorful illumination of the black box and the exterior facade tonight, Europe's largest cultural center is sending a clear signal for respect and tolerance.

There’s something new and surprising to discover at the interim HP8 site on every visit. The Isarphilharmonie gleams silver in the sunlight, while construction cranes surround other buildings that are reaching for the skies. The site near the Flaucher park will become the temporary home of the Gasteig from October. Although parts of it are still unfamiliar, we are gradually beginning to feel at home there. Let’s meet some of the neighbours between vehicle bonnets and studio stage.

It’s been six months since »Türmer München« – the Munich Vigil – was launched at sunset on 12 December last year. Since then, 365 participants have stood vigil over Munich for a total of 21,900 minutes.

Neighbours are the people who are most likely to surprise us, with inspiring stories and undreamed-of talents hidden away behind every front door. We want to get to know our future neighbours and we don’t want to wait until the Gasteig moves to HP8. This time we are dropping in at the Design Liga and joiner Hans Murr – tantalised by aromas of wood, paint and coffee.

Neighbours are the people who are most likely to surprise us, with inspiring stories and undreamed-of talents hidden away behind every front door. We want to get to know our future neighbours and we don’t want to wait until the Gasteig moves to HP8. During this visit, we’re calling into creative studios, a vehicle workshop and a joinery – tantalised by aromas of wood, paint and coffee.

Diana Iljine has just one wish for film fans everywhere: »Being able to experience films again where they’re at their very best«. Diana, director of the »Filmfest München« film festival, and Nico Weber, jazz student at the HMTM, share their plans for the future during the pandemic

»HP8« and »Isarphilharmonie« – these are the names of Gasteig’s temporary site and Munich’s new philharmonic hall at Hans-Preißinger-Straße in Sendling. Stephan Schütz from architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) uses current visualizations to describe what the public can look forward to in the »Gasteig HP8«.

Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter and Valery Gergiev, principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic, visited the construction site of Gasteig HP8 and the new Isarphilharmonie in Sendling on Thursday, 20 May. Gasteig HP8 will open its doors on Friday, 8 October with a concert by the Munich Philharmonic.

A literary and musical art project open to everyone: If you find the Isar a source of creative inspiration, then don’t miss this invitation from the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich to a series of workshops involving writing, musical composition and photography. Anyone can register for the participative Isar arts project – you don’t need to have any prior knowledge or experience – and it will kick off on 12 June.

buildingSMART Deutschland e.V. has completed five extraordinary projects using building information modelling, also known as BIM. The title of »BIM Champion 2021« in the Planning category was awarded to the Gasteig and its partners HENN architects and AEC3 Deutschland for the project to renovate the largest arts centre in Europe.

The die has been cast. Gasteig’s temporary site at Hans-Preißinger-Straße in Sendling will be called »HP8« and Munich’s new philharmonic hall will be the »Isarphilharmonie«.

This morning, the first Vigil in the UK spent their hour looking out over the city. Like Munich’s »Türmer«, Vigils in Hull (as Kingston upon Hull is usually known) will spend a year watching over the Yorkshire city at sunrise and sunset every day from the roof of Hull College.

The small row of shops next to the S-Bahn entrance at the Gasteig has acquired a new temporary use. The »Bellevue di Monaco« has moved into one of the shops and presents its wide range of projects there.

We start our visit with future neighbours in an old industrial building that once housed an armature winding works. Complex coils for machines were made and wound here, some of which still adorn the bare corridors. Today, the building houses studios, offices, rehearsal rooms and workshops, spread over several floors. Our first appointment is awaiting us on the third floor.

Usually, a general contractor provides all construction services for a building project. For our interim premises, this is NÜSSLI, which has a reputation for flexible construction at superior quality. The company’s strategy for success already shows in the Philharmonic Hall and Gasteig Sendling’s modular buildings.

»Culture and art are a source of strength for us humans in these times,« says Maya Reichert. And we all really need to recharge our batteries. But how do you reach your audience without being able to perform? While discussions about how to come out of the lockdown are going on, creatives are becoming one thing above all: creative. In this episode, we ask Maya Reichert from DOK.fest and concert master Yuki Kasai how they are doing without live arts, what they are currently working on and how they do it.

You can now buy the honey from the Gasteig’s resident bees at the Babà deli in the Glass Hall.

Nagata Acoustics may have already created the perfect sound in more than fifty different concert halls, but the Philharmonic Hall project for Gasteig’s temporary home in Sendling is unique. Find out what seat covers have to do with excellent acoustics and about the crucial moment that takes place long before the grand opening.

It’s a situation that we’ve lived with for months now: deserted museums, cancelled festivals, no music, theatre, no dance – these days, culture has moved almost exclusively online. Our series »Art in Times of Crisis« asks questions including: How are artists and creative people coping with lockdown? What are they really missing and what are they looking forward to? In this episode, our questions are answered by a writer, the managing director of Filmstadt München, and an alternative Munich pop band.

The conversion of Gasteig’s temporary home in Sendling is taking shape. From autumn 2021, the Gasteig will share the site at number 8 Hans-Preißinger-Straße with artists, studios and craftspeople. The renovation of the former transformer hall »Hall E«, the addition of a range of modular buildings and the interim Philharmonic Hall will completely transform the look of the place. As the final stage of the construction project gets underway, we discuss the theme of »Future« with the Gasteig team of architects.

The first moments live on stage after months of lockdown will likely be unforgettable and felt intensely. When this will happen, nobody knows. Despite the enforced pause, we remain in close contact with many creatives and listen to their concerns, especially in view of the lockdown. Here, they talk about their current situation, hopes and plans.

Moving Stories: 800,000 Library Items Relocated to Oberschleißheim!

The first moments live on stage after months of lockdown will likely be unforgettable and felt intensely. Exactly when this will happen remains to be seen. Despite the enforced pause, we remain in close contact with many creatives and want to hear their concerns, especially in view of the lockdown. Here, they talk about their current situation, hopes and plans.

So, who else is here on the interim site? What about the artists in Building F? We went on a tour of the studios.

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!

ON YOUR MARKS – After 35 years, the Gasteig’s Haidhausen home base is being made fit for the future. A little way upriver, next to the Heizkraftwerk Süd power station and near the banks of the Isar, a new cultural powerhouse is being built – Gasteig Sendling. GET SET – Situated at the corner of Brudermühlstraße and Schäftlarnstraße, Gasteig Sendling is set to open its doors in early October. GO – For the next few years, the interim quarter with its old industrial buildings and modern architecture, will provide a unique mix of culture and education, high culture and subculture.

With the TELL ME project, from the Gasteig contemporary dance series »Gasteig moves«, Alfonso Fernández Sánchez creates an open platform for dialogue and expression. »At the end of the day, it’s about sincerity,« he says, dancing and narrating to an empty Philharmonic Hall in Chapter 1 of this performance last December.

Our longing for culturally inspiring encounters is growing! For months, the stages in the Gasteig have been largely abandoned, with no artists, no dance, no music, and no theatre. Nevertheless, we remain in close contact with many creatives and want to hear their concerns especially during lockdown. Here, they talk about their current situation, hopes and plans.

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.

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.

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.

Hall E is the centrepiece of the Gasteig’s interim quarter in the Sendling district. After the move, the listed transformer hall will serve as the central foyer as well as housing the library and a gallery, among others. The photographer Herbert Stolz was on site for the department for heritage conservation and documented the imposing hall from an artistic perspective.

The heart of the Gasteig Sendling is the listed Hall E, a red brick edifice that once served as a transformer hall and is now being given a new lease of life after many years’ disuse. But converting a listed building has its pitfalls. That’s why the Gasteig architects worked closely with the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege – the Bavarian state department for heritage conservation – which is responsible for listed buildings like this striking brick hall. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Mathias Pfeil, the General Curator for heritage conservation, explains why Hall E is of particular interest to his department.

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.

Thanks to our extensive and well-maintained ventilation systems, the entire building enjoys an excellent indoor air quality. Even at the beginning of the pandemic, Munich’s premier culture centre had a head start in the fight against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Since then, the systems have been retrofitted to make the Gasteig even safer during the winter months. Norbert Wiesmann, head of Building Management at the Gasteig, explains how the arts centre comes by its clean air.

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.

From November 2020, the Münchner Volkshochschule adult education centre (MVHS) has a new managing director. Arriving in the middle of the corona pandemic and in the last season before the Gasteig’s temporary relocation, Dr. Martin Ecker left his position as director of the Nuremberg Bildungscampus, which comprises the city’s library and adult education centre, to return to Munich, where he studied and lived for many years.

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.

They create magical dawns, let the moon rise at exactly the right moment and make sure that musicians can read their scores in the dimmed hall: The Gasteig’s lighting engineers are masters of mood; without them, the Gasteig would be like a Christmas tree without lights – unimaginably dull. In this issue, we put the people who make the light into the limelight themselves.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

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.

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.

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.

She dances, choreographs, creates and walks – often for miles – through nature, for inspiration and very specifically to her »The Vigil« performance when it reopens somewhere. For almost ten years, choreographer Joanne Leighton has been visiting European cities with it. Here, she reveals to us her thoughts on the Munich version of her performance: »The Munich Vigil« (»Türmer München«).

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.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

He has been tasked with taking the Gasteig’s architecture into the future: Gunter Henn, architect and managing director of the internationally active Henn GmbH, is planning the »New Gasteig« together with his team of architects. In an interview, he reveals to us how he wants to make the iconic culture space of the Gasteig more open, democratic and communicative.

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.

An open day at the New Gasteig in Haidhausen district, some time in 2026. The whole family is there, we’re meeting friends at the Deutsches Museum and together amble across the river Isar on the Ludwigsbrücke. To our left, on Rosenheimer Berg, the Gasteig is gleaming in the sunlight.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

In charge of the future: architects Julia Große Frie, Anna Mochnac, Georg Glas and Tobias Jahn. As the Interim team of the »Zukunft« (»Future«) department of Gasteig München GmbH, they are responsible for the planning and construction of the Gasteig interim quarter at Sendling. In this interview, they tell us about the challenges their role has in store.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

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.

Gasteig Sendling is moving to a lively community! Right next to the construction site is the rehearsal space for International Munich Art Lab (IMAL), a project funded by the Department of Arts and Culture where young people spend two years doing artistic activities. Claudine is in charge of the choreography for acrobatics, juggling and stage fighting and she has an unusual coffee ritual that links her to the construction workers. She explains how it started.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

If you want to visit the Sendling construction site, you’ll need his permission: Andreas Schmidt is in charge of the building work for the interim accommodation that the Gasteig will occupy during the general refurbishment of its premises from 2021. A guard in the gatehouse on Hans-Preißinger-Straße checks all traffic onto the site. Now he asks us for the reason for our visit: a conversation with site manager Andreas Schmidt, who welcomes us in his 20 square metre office container.

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.

They arrived even before the first excavator: several amateur photographers who have been documenting the Sendling site ever since construction work began there. They are participants in a long-term photographic project of the Münchner Volkshochschule community college. In a public exhibition consisting of several episodes, we will present a selection of their photographs to date.

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.

On our website you will find lots of information about the Gasteig, Munich’s big cultural centre. Read all about our facilities, our gastronomical offers and partners, and how to get here!