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Beyond the festival: productions on these stages The following productions by the Lausitz Festival and its partners can be experienced both within and outside the Lausitz region beyond our festival:

Arvo Pärt concert: »The Sound of Silence« in media library of arte.tv It was a magical moment on 11 September 2025 in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Görlitz – with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber and Concerto Copenhagen conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste and music by Arvo Pärt on the composer's 90th birthday.

Still running: Our exhibitions – in Cottbus Beyond the Lausitz Festival 2025, two exhibitions will still be on display.

Accessibility on site All information about the accessibility of our venues can be found here on our website.

Unsbewusst Accompanied by the inspirational word »unsbewusst«, the Lausitz Festival 2025 is about the self in the other and the other in me. It is about us – human beings – and therefore about ourselves.

Our circle of friends is here. It's official: Lausitz Festival now has a circle of friends.

New »Krabat« opera: Co-production Lausitz Festival & Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theatre Görlitz-Zittau Together with the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau (GHT), the Lausitz Festival has commissioned composer Marius Felix Lange to write a family opera about the Sorbian legendary figure Krabat. The premiere will take place on 13 September.

Lorenzo Soulès im Interview Mit einem besonderen Abend trägt das Lausitz Festival zu den Internationalen Messiaen-Tagen Görlitz-Zgorzelec bei: »Poetische Federlese« (auf Polnisch »Poetiske wono«) heißt die Soiree am 26. April um 19 Uhr in der Rabryka in Görlitz.