I got to see my favorite performance so far and probably one of my favorite composers pieces as a ballet while in Leipzig. We got to see Rachmaninov's 2nd and 3rd piano concerto, but with ballet dancers interpreting the music. It was beautiful and even though I'm not much of a dancer myself, it was extremely impressive to see such athletic feats being performed with ease right before me. The music was amazing too. I wish they put the soloists up with the dancers or incorporated the piano into the choreography somehow, because I would have loved to watch the piano players SHREDDING that solo!
The next day I went to the nearby art museum and saw some gorgeous pieces. The building begins with an amazing depiction of Beethoven sitting on a throne, right at the entrance. It then took us through French and German impressionist art and then got older as you walked through the museum. My favorite artist I saw there was Max Klinger. He had a few statue art pieces and lots of paintings and all of them were very interesting and creative. He had a way of mixing his knowledge of Christian and Greek mythology together, to make stories comparing the two traditions.
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