Symphony Concert

Kentridge and Shostakovich

Dresden Memorial Day | The Tenth Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich with a film by the star artist
© Marco Borggreve

2/13

Friday | 2/13/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal
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64 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 22 €
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About the Concert

Under the direction of Michael Sanderling, Dmitri Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony will be performed on the Dresden Memorial Day, a work deeply influenced by the experiences and traumas of the Stalin era. In it, Shostakovich processes darkness, pain, and hope that wrestle with each other in a very unique way. South African artist William Kentridge has created a film titled "Oh To Believe in Another World" for this piece, which interprets Shostakovich's symphony in a fascinating manner. With his characteristic collages, animations, and drawings, Kentridge takes a poetic look at the themes of loss and longing that resonate in the music. Music and film merge into a unique work of art that connects remembrance and art, while also forming a final accent of the Kentridge focus of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2025 (with exhibitions at the Albertinum, Kupferstich-Kabinett, and in the Puppet Theater Collection).

Program

William Kentridge
"Oh To Believe In Another World" film together with

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Artists

Michael Sanderling
Conductor
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Michael Sanderling

Michael Sanderling began his career as a cellist, but has devoted himself primarily to conducting since 2001. Since 2021, he has been the Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, with which he has already toured Germany, Asia and South America. From 2011 to 2019, he was Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. He is professor of violincello at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and passionately committed to many promotion projects for young musicians.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

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