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8. Dresdner Chortag

Dresden's amateur choirs present themselves.
© Timm Ziegenthaler

06/07

Sunday | 06/07/2026
6:00 pm Start of Concert

Prices
from 14 €
FLEX fee + 6 €
Reduced prices:
6 € for students under 18 years old. 
10 € for young people under 30 years old.
from 7 € for Dresden Pass and SB from GdB 80
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About the Concert

It is a beautiful tradition: Dresden amateur choirs present themselves once a year in a concert at the Kulturpalast. Also this time, one can marvel at how diverse, skilled, and passionate singing in Dresden is on this occasion!

Artists

Gunter Berger
Conductor
Thomas Lennartz
Organ
Sigrun Rottstädt
Presenter
Dresdner Laienchöre
Bürgerchor am Kulti

Biographies

Gunter Berger

Choir Director / Direction children's and citizen's choir

Gunter Berger studied school music and orchestral conducting, but has devoted himself primarily to choral music since 1990. From 1990 to 2011, he led the MDR Children's Choir to European fame, and from summer 2012 he took over the direction of the Dresden Philharmonic Choir for ten years. Since 2022, he has concentrated on conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir and the Bürgerchor am Kulti as well as on his numerous teaching activities, workshops and program ideas, with which he enriches the choral scene.

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Thomas Lennartz

Thomas Lennartz studied organ, church music, as well as school music and German language and literature for secondary schools, and won several prizes at international organ competitions. He held his first post as organist in Bingen am Rhein before being appointed cathedral organist at the Cathedral of Ss. Trinitatis in Dresden in 2008 and taking up a teaching post at the Dresden University of Church Music in 2009. Since 2014, Thomas Lennartz has been Professor of Organ at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre and Director of the Institute of Church Music.

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Sigrun Rottstädt

Born in Dresden, Sigrun Rottstädt is a radio presenter with heart and soul and is particularly fond of working in the cultural sector. Variety in life is important to her, which is why she feels so at home working for the radio where she experiences surprises and meets new people every day. In addition to her job there, she presents concerts, theatre plays and other events where, unlike on the radio, she can come into direct contact with her audience.

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Bürgerchor am Kulti

Prof. Gunter Berger, choir director of the Philharmonic Choirs, leads the rehearsals and occasional performances. With charm, wit and great skill, he knows how to carry everyone along and inspire them - whether for well-known folk songs or lesser-known vocal works.

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