Since its inception in 1978, the 'Dresdner Musikfestspiele' has attracted musicians of the highest calibre, from Marilyn Horne and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, to cellist Jan Vogler who became Artistic Director in 2009. Concerts are held in Gottfried Semper’s famous opera house, the magnificent Frauenkirche, reconstructed between 1994 and 2005, and the Kulturpalast, the city’s modernist multi-purpose building with a new concert hall opened in 2017. The 2025 Festival is dedicated to the theme of ‘Love’ and we will attend concerts with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony and Argentinian Cellist, Sol Gabetta, as well as Gounod’s 'Romeo et Juliette' at the Semperoper.