DA CAPO - Music for seniors
Music café at Kraftwerk e.V. on 4 November, 3 pm - with Rolf Stiska
On Thursday, 4 November at 3 pm, senior citizens are once again invited to a DA CAPO music café - music for senior citizens in the main hall of Kraftwerk e.V..
This time, Rolf Stiska, the former General Director of Chemnitz Municipal Theatre, will be the guest. In the music café, he will talk to Nancy Gibson about his experiences with the German municipal theatre system, its threats and its potential.
Admission is six euros, including coffee and cake. Barrier-free access is available at the signposted side entrance. Due to the limited number of seats, visitors are requested to make a reservation by calling 0371 3839030.
Rolf Stiska was born in 1941, studied finance at Humboldt University in Berlin and initially worked in the culture/economics department of the East Berlin magistrate's office. In 1973, he took up a position as administrative director at the Berliner Ensemble and in 1987 became deputy artistic director for economics, planning and technology at the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Five years later, Stiska was appointed General Director of the Chemnitz Municipal Theatre. After the transformation of the municipal theatre into a limited company, he was its general director and sole managing director until 2006. Stiska was also Chairman of the Saxony State Association of the German Theatre Association for more than ten years.
At the age of 75, Rolf Stiska ended his active working life as head of the theatre, opera and orchestra company in Halle at the end of the current season.
The talk will be framed by well-known melodies, accompanied on the piano by Daniel Scherzer.