Stadthalle
We are glad and grateful that, for a circle of patrons, the »Frühling« is reason enough to commit an amount in the double-digit millions for a comprehensive renovation of the Stadthalle Heidelberg. Take leave of the old one again in the festival of 2019 and, from the season of 2022 onwards, look forward to a new town hall, which ideally pairs its Gründerzeit charm with the demands of an outstanding concert and cultural center
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Song Centre
With the album »Frage«, which will be released in autumn 2018, Christian Gerhaher begins the complete recording of all of Robert Schumann’s Lieder. The project entitled »Alle Lieder« will comprise 10 CDs, which will be released by Sony Classical in 2020 as a complete edition. Co-production partners are the Bayerischer Rundfunk and the International Song Centre.
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»Das Lied« 2019
Thee 26 year old soprano Nikola Hillebrand from Germany has won the first prize of the International Song Competition »Das Lied«, endowed with € 15.000 donated by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation. The biennial competition, chaired by Thomas Quasthoff, has been held since 2017 under the auspices of the International Song Centre of the international music festival Heidelberger Frühling.
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Environmental protection
(16.03.19) This festival season, the Heidelberger Frühling will thank the musicians on stage with a single rose and a charitable bracelet from the startup »4Ocean«, instead of a bouquets of flowers. The company fishes half a kilo of plastic waste from the oceans per bracelet. The festival thus supports the disposal of around 150 kg of plastic waste from the world’s oceans.
