Cooperation between MDR and the City of Chemnitz for the European Capital of Culture 2025
Signing of the agreement on 16 July, 12 noon at the TIETZ, gallery "Karl liebt Käthe"
On Friday, 16 July 2021, 12 noon, the director of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Prof. Dr Karola Wille, and Lord Mayor Sven Schulze will sign a cooperation agreement on the European Capital of Culture 2025 in the "Karl liebt Käthe" gallery in the TIETZ, Wiesenstraße entrance. Sandro Viroli, Director of MDR-Landesfunkhaus Sachsen, and Jana Brandt, MDR Programme Director, will also be present. As European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz will be of great importance for Central Germany, Germany and Europe.
Media representatives are cordially invited to the signing of the media partnership.
Registration is requested. Please use the form and send it back to pressestelle(at)stadt-chemnitz.de by Thursday, 15 July 2021, 12 noon.
Procedure:
- Presentation of the "Karl liebt Käthe" gallery
- Welcome by Lord Mayor Sven Schulze
- Short speech by MDR director-general Prof Dr Karola Wille
- Short greeting from MDR regional broadcasting centre director Sandro Viroli
- Short greeting from MDR Programme Director Jana Brandt
- Signing of the co-operation agreement
- Opportunity for short interviews
- End of the event around 12.30 pm
Contact for further enquiries:
Anne Gottschalk/Matthias Nowak, Press Office City of Chemnitz: 0371 488 1532
Michael Naumann, MDR press office: 0341 300 6457