Praise Silbermann’s Organs

Unheard music for the arts, children, and young people

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Gottfried Silbermann (* 1683 – † 1753) was a craftsman of his time. Trained in Alsace, he returned to his native Saxony, where he designed and built organs and keyboard instruments in his Freiberg workshop. The quality of his work remains unrivalled to this day. His organs create a sense of identity, including in churches in the Capital of Culture region, and they attract people from all over the world. Again in 2025, the Gottfried-Silbermann-Gesellschaft will share old and new music and pass on historical craftsmanship with a wide range of programmes. With concerts in dialogue with the artworks of the PURPLE PATH, the participation of many hundreds of children in the European Organ Cities project ‘Here we are’ and the classical music festival ‘The Sound of Europe’, the Silbermann Days celebrate the unbroken radiance of the old instruments.

When: 5. September  to 14. September 2025

Where?  Amtsberg / Ditterdorfer Höhe, Augustusburg, Chemnitz, Flöha, Freiberg, Zwönitz and others, to be announced

Events

Tuesday

Symphonic magic: four faces of an organ

Freiberg, castle courtyard

Festival Concert
Wednesday

Grand Tour

Dresden, Frauenkirche

Festival Concert
Thursday

Organ competition, 2nd evaluation round

Freiberg, Jakobikirche

Festival Concert
Friday

Lunchtime music on the Silbermann organ

Freiberg, Jakobikirche

Festival Concert
Friday

OrganJazz

Forchheim, George Bähr Church

Festival Concert
Saturday

Final of the Silbermann organ competition

Freiberg, Dom St. Marien

Festival
Sunday

Closing concert of the Silbermann Days

Freiberg, Dom St. Marien

Festival Concert

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