If you would like to find out more about how the local court conductors Levi, Motti and Dessoff shaped the musical life of Karlsruhe and how musicians such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss influenced the city's musical world, we recommend you take this tour: Keep your eyes and ears wide open for this very special musical tour.
Date: November 4, 1876 Place: The building of the Karlsruhe Museum Society. Occasion: The world premiere of Johannes Brahms' First Symphony conducted by Felix Otto Dessoff, the German composer and conductor who was Kapellmeister of the Karlsruhe Court Orchestra between 1875 and 1880. Significance: Epochal. But also just one outstanding event among many highlights that made Karlsruhe a musical center of international standing. If you would like to know more about how the local Hofkapellmeisters Levi, Motti and Dessoff shaped the musical life of Karlsruhe and how musicians such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss influenced the city's musical world, we recommend that you keep your eyes and ears wide open: Keep your eyes and ears wide open for this very special musical tour.
