Category: Cultural renaissance updates

Updates relating to the creation of a classical cultural renaissance

Friedrich Schiller Birthday Celebration Concert

On November 18, 2018, the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus performed a concert at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City in celebration of Friedrich Schiller’s birthday. The concert included performances of Bach, Brahms, spirituals, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia, Op. 80, and Beethoven’s Mass in C, Op. 86. “It is my view that only if we reinstate […]

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“A Dialogue of Cultures along the New Silk Road” held in Dresden, Germany

On April 21st, the Schiller Institute organized a cultural event in Dresden under the title “A Dialogue of Cultures along the New Silk Road,” with 150 attendees. Lasting peace, stability and shared well-being should, of course, be at the heart of international relations. But this does not start at the negotiating table of politicians, but […]

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The Win-Win Solution: One Belt, One Road

  Special Guest Speakers: Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Founder and Chairwoman of the Schiller Institute (via live video hookup); Dr. Patrick Ho, Chairman, China Energy Fund Committee; Former Secretary for Home Affairs of the Government of Hong Kong Segment 1 Dennis Speed introduces Helga Zepp-LaRouche (0:00) Segment 2 Keynote Address by Helga Zepp-LaRouche (2:15) Segment 3 Questions […]

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Message of condolence to the Alexandrov Ensemble and the People of Russia

Founder and President of the Schiller Institute, Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued the following message: Message of condolence to the Alexandrov Ensemble and the People of Russia In the name of the International Schiller Institute, I wish to express our deep condolences for the tragic loss of the the 92 human beings who died in the plane […]

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9/11 Memorial Concert

  This concert, held at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ was the fourth of four “9/11 Living Memorial Concerts” to honor all the victims of 9/11 and its aftermath. Lynn Yen, the executive director of the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture (FFTROCC) opened the event, discussing the importance of the occasion, and […]

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President Xi Calls for a ‘Dialogue of Cultures’ at Confucius Celebration

In a key-note speech at the International Conference Commemorating the 2565th Anniversary of the birth of Confucius and the fifth Congress of the International Confucian Association, President Xi Jinping called for a dialogue among cultures. “Culture is the soul of a nation,” President Xi said. “If a country or a nation does not cherish its […]

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Concert in Memory of JFK: Immortality in the Presidency

This article appeared in the January 24, 2014 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. We post it here with the permission of the publisher. By Dennis Speed I was Twenty-three years old at the turn of the century. It was a time of brave expectations. Many believed that a new epoch was at hand—that the dawn of the twentieth […]

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The Schiller Institute Presents: A Tribute to John F. Kennedy — W.A. MOZART · REQUIEM

Click image to enlarge: Invitation Flyer via Schillerinstitute Download Flyer (PDF) On January 19, 1964, Boston Honored Her Fallen Son John Fitzgerald Kennedy With A Performance of Mozart’s Requiem at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Join Us, Exactly 50 Years Later, In A Commemorative Performance. SUNDAY, JAN. 19, 2014 3:00 PM CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY CROSS […]

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Toward a Renaissance of Classical Culture

This article was written by Mrs. Helga Zepp LaRouche, Founder of the International Schiller Institute and president of the Schiller Institute in Germany, for publication in the May 2012 German language magazine “Ibykus.” What has become of our world? Top bankers are warning about the “apocalypse”—which doesn’t prevent them at the same time from stuffing […]

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