Selected Events 2008    

Pianist Jason Paul Peterson performs at Torgau city hall

April 26, 2008. In the context of the Elbe Day festivities in Torgau, which commemorate the historic meeting of the U.S. and Soviet armies, Consulate General Leipzig co-hosted a piano concert, which took place in Torgau’s city hall. The event hosted American pianist Jason Paul Peterson, a Fulbright scholar currently studying at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar. Peterson’s outstanding performance featured music by Robert Schumann, Samuel Barber, and Alexander Scriabin, providing a suitable musical framework to the Elbe Day festivities. The concert, which drew an audience of about 45 music lovers, Consulate contacts and international guests who had come to Torgau for Elbe Day, was a cooperative effort between the city of Torgau and the Consulate. Consul for Public Affairs Mark Wenig welcomed the audience with a short address, as did Torgau’s Deputy Mayor, Osmar Brück.