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Art, beauty, and passion that erase the boundaries. All of this you can find in the new performance of the world classics. The premiere of 

, featuring performers from Luxembourg and stars of the National Opera of Ukraine, will take place on 

Carmen is not only a femme fatale. She is a symbol of mysterious love and one of the archetypes that make up much of Romanticist culture.

The artistic director of Luxembourg Ballet, Volha Kastsel, explains: «No one knows what love is, but we are all looking for it. Mérimée was the one who knew the most about this mysterious phenomenon. And because love remains an unsolved mystery, one way to comprehend it is not through science, but through art. This is precisely his aim - to make the one thing that gives meaning to life and the one that science cannot explain, tangible».

«Carmen» is a collaborative work between the Luxembourg Ballet, CUBE 521 Theatre Space, and Opderschmelz Dudelange. The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Luxembourg Choreographic Center TROIS C-L.

The tickets are available on the official websites: 

«Carmen» on the stage of CUBE 521

The Magritte du Cinéma film festival will take place on March 4 in Belgium. This year, three films produced with Luxembourg's collaboration received six nominations at once.

The results will be announced very soon. Now Luxembourg has a total of 84 nominations and 22 wins so far at this film festival.

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Luxembourg received 6 nominations at Magritte du Cinéma

The government will offer 5,000 euros to the winners of a new competition for innovative forms of cultural intermediation. These include blogs, vlogs, and podcasts about Luxembourg culture, as well as reviews and critiques of existing projects and works.

Only individuals can enter the competition

, it is limited to organizations and media outlets, which use other support mechanisms.

Applications must be submitted by February 28. The winners will receive a one-time subsidy of 5,000 euros for their project. It can be received only once in three years.

a professional jury from the Ministry of Culture

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The government launches a new measure to support culture

 appeared back in 2018, and this year Luxembourg is taking part once again. Thousands of people join the event every year, from landowners to landscape designers.

There are 39 locations available to guests in Luxembourg. Around 25 countries across Europe have joined the program, and the number of open gardens has grown to 3000.

 for music bands, garden owners and businesses to contribute to the festival. They have until 8 May to deliver their program.

The festival itself will take place from June 2 to June 4, 2023.

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«Rendez-vous aux jardins» will be back this June

Christmas and the New Year are a time when wishes come true. Unsurprisingly, many great movies are linked to this magical season.

This 2009 movie is based on Charles Dickens' immortal classic. The philosophically-inclined story teaches the viewer a simple truth: real miracles begin within one's soul.

Christmas movie list is simply incomplete without these classics. It doesn't matter if we remember every joke and every line — this is comfort food in movie form, simple as.

Christmas plays a role in many of the series' entries, although it's never the central theme. Still, these are movies about the importance of friends and family. Which are exactly the people we usually spend holiday evenings with. So sit tight and remember — it's LeviOsa, not LeviosA! 

An animated movie that's spent a long time in production hell only to come out in 2019 and become an instant classic for millions of viewers. An unusual spin on the Christmas theme and an exciting mix of hand-drawn animations with modern technology. Add deep well thought-out characters to the mix and you have an ideal movie for a family viewing. 

A 2003 Christmas romance flick with a star-studded cast. A grotesque and sometimes ridiculous comedy about all the different flavors of love, this movie becomes much deeper and more complex once you get more into it. A perfect choice for those who want to fire up their emotions on the Christmas Eve.

Christmas movies to watch on holiday's Eve

One of the buildings of the Luxembourg City Museum has been undergoing restoration since 2018. This is a building with a long history. In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, famous figures of Luxembourgish history lived here, including the noble Pescatore family and the lawyer Jean-Francois Probst.

After the city museum acquired this building in the middle of the 20th century, a small restaurant and vollékskichen, a social kitchen, opened in it. Now, after restoration, the restaurant has reopened.

And on the second floor, after renovations, an “entertainment room” was opened, first created back in the 19th century. Visitors will be able to see for the first time restored 200-year-old paintings and decorations created by the artist Antoine Fontaine. Including a delightful panorama of the Alzette river valley. Moreover, it can be immediately compared with reality - the view of the valley, which inspired the panorama, opens from the windows of the entertainment room.

After restoration a restaurant opens in the Luxembourg City Museum

Schreifmaschinn.lu, an application based on language data taken from Luxembourg’s media outlet, allows voice recognition and dictation in Luxembourgish. So the oral message can be turned into a written one, just by dictating it to the app.

Claude Meish, Minister of Education, launched the Schreifmaschinn.lu website last Friday, December 9. The new web application was developed by Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS).

At the moment, with the help of Schreifmaschinn.lu, up to 30 seconds of speech can be decrypted at a time. The app’s open for testing. If want to turn a larger voice recording into text, please contact Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (163, rue du Kiem in Strassen) at 247-88600 or send an email to lod@lod.lu.

Voice recognition is the foundation for other, even more interesting voice-related tech: voice-controlled devices, synthesis, captioning and real-time translation, chatbots, etc.

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Voice recognition app created for Luxembourgish

The Ministry of Culture has announced a competition for applications for the creation of a musical composition. It will be performed at the opening ceremony of the National Day on June 23, 2023 at the Luxembourg Philharmonic.

All composers in Luxembourg can participate, including those without citizenship. The piece must be in festive style and suitable for the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra with duration of 8-10 minutes.

Entries will be considered by a jury. It will include Mark Meyers (Director of the Luxembourg City Conservatory), Lydia Rilling (philharmonic staff) and Ivan Boumans (composer). The decision of the jury is not subject to appeal, and candidates will be notified by e-mail. The winner will receive 8500 euros to fully create the composition.

The deadline is December 23, 2022. Mail for applications and clarifying questions: appel.musique@mc.etat.lu. To apply, please send:

a one-page description of the future composition and its musical style;

excerpts from already written works (in the form of audio recordings, if possible).

Luxembourg seeks music for National Day

The «New York City 1» painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian is exhibited in Düsseldorf

. This is an abstract canvas in the author’s recognizable style: red, yellow and blue tape-like stripes on a white background.

Susanne Meyer-Büser, curator of an exhibition in Düsseldorf, saw a 1944 photograph of a painting on an easel. Susanna noticed that initially the artist had placed the piece differently from how it’s exhibited now. It turned out that all these years, while the painting changed countries and exhibition halls, it was shown upside down.

How did it happen? Well, there are no clear signs of up and down in an abstract painting. But there must be an artist’s signature on the back, right?

The fact is that Mondrian did not have time to sign this work — probably because he never did consider it finished. It was signed by the housekeeper when the artist had already died.

Unfortunately, at the exhibition in Düsseldorf you will not be able to see the legendary painting as the artist intended it. If turned over, the canvas may deteriorate. However, since this piece has become famous even while upside down, the difference, it seems, is not so great.

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The Mondrian painting has been exhibited upside down since 1944

The movie is called «Luxembourg, Luxembourg» and it’s a comedy.

 It’s amazing to get an entertainment-focused film from a war-torn country, but facts are facts. Prior to CinEast, the film made it to major film festivals in Toronto and Venice.

The film was presented by the Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko. True, the minister did not come to the Grand Duchy in person, limited himself to a video message. Tkachenko said that “Luxembourg, Luxembourg”, despite the war, brings Ukraine back into the European cultural space, to which the country belongs mentally and historically.

The story centers on twin brothers from the Ukrainian city of Lubny. The brothers have disagreements: one of them is a policeman, the other’s a drug dealer. It starts out as a drama sprinkled with black humor. But then the twins go to Luxembourg, to meet their dying biological father. From this point on, events lean more towards the comedic side.

The re-screening of «Luxembourg, Luxembourg» will take place on the last day of the CinEast festival — October 23 — at the venue in Neumünster.

CinEast Film Festival opens with Ukrainian film about Luxembourg

The Wäinhaus project will bring such architectural monuments as Wellenstein, Schëntgen and Kelterhaus together within an ensemble. 16th and 18th century buildings on the site will be renovated.

The concept for this new project wasn’t chosen by chance

. Wine has united the entire Moselle region since ancient times. There’s a wine museum in Henin already. «Wäinhaus» will become the flagship of wine tourism. It will allow visitors to get better acquainted with the winemaking culture.

The new museum complex will occupy a 1300 sq.m. area. Reconstruction and expansion will cost around 9.5 million euros in total.

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Wäinhaus project in Henin will become a point of attraction for wine tourism

will jointly hold the twelfth and, according to the organizers, the final Rock de Schleek

 rock festival. This festival will be held in Machtum (Luxembourg) and Nittel (Germany). The two villages are conveniently located on opposite banks of the Moselle.

The rock festival will officially open on August 18, but most of the performances will take place the next day, on Friday August 19. Rock de Schleek will host both newcomers and bands well-known in the Benelux and neighboring countries: Toxkäpp!, Dapple Rosé, Tubadiesel and Boy from Home. Also, for the first time in Rock de Schleek history, a guest DJ will perform at the festival with their own set.

In addition to music, barbecue, homemade pasta and local brews await visitors. The organizers specifically note that vegetarian options are available on the menu. 

You can buy tickets in advance online for 10 euros

. At the entrance to the festival site, the ticket price will increase to 15 euros.

This is not the only Luxembourg rock festival held this August. 

Every evening until the end of August, the Rotondes club hosts contemporary performers from the Grand Duchy and other European countries

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Rock festival will be held on Luxembourg and German banks of the Moselle river

In late summer and early autumn, communes across Luxembourg kick off festive events, big and small. 

This year’s funfair season began in Diekirch with the Dikrecher Laurentiuskiermes

Funfairs in Luxembourg are still often held on Kiermes days, associated with religious holidays. That is why they are held near churches. However, now these are quite secular events.

In Diekirch, next to the decanal church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, you can ride carousels, drive around the autodrome, catch ducks, eat hot dogs, burgers and popcorn. The fun will last until August 15th. Everyone can visit the funfair from 14:00 to 22:00 daily. There are no age restrictions. Guests are even allowed to bring dogs with them. More than 15 different types of entertainment await the visitors.

The funfair season continues today throughout the country. In fact, the last day of the Welleschter Kirmes is celebrated in the municipality of Wellenstein. Until midnight, singing and dancing will ensue. And, of course, a festive feast is planned. This is a good opportunity to taste duderen, a rare Luxembourg plum. It’s native to this region of the country. It’s also worth appreciating the spirits drink made from duderen, which is prepared specifically for the celebration.

Other cities and communes of the Grand Duchy are also preparing for the fairs. And already on August 19, Schueberfouer will open on the streets of the capital. It’s the largest street festival in the country. And the preparations for it are already well underway.

Funfair season kicks off in Luxembourg

Esch-sur-Alzette, one of the largest cities in Luxembourg, has received the title of European capital of culture this February. Thus, all year, especially in the summer, intrigued tourists come to the city. Both from different parts of the Grand Duchy and from abroad. More than 2,000 cultural events are planned for guests as part of Esch 2022.

According to a recent survey, almost 80% of Esch-sur-Alzette visitors were satisfied with their holiday

. And only 6% of were disappointed by the capital of culture. Around 15% retained a neutral impression of it.

At the same time, 93% of tourists reported having good time in Esch-sur-Alzette. 87% noted the high cultural level of the events. The satisfaction rate was higher among guests from abroad than among native Luxembourgers. It’s 68% versus 54%.

It was the accessibility that a lot of people felt was lacking. 21% of visitors were disappointed by the lack of clear information on specific events.

Despite this, 80% of the participants are ready to attend other events in the Esch 2022 program. And more than 90% recommend those events that they’ve already attended. Tickets for local exhibitions and excursions sell out very quickly. In fact, all seats at the opening of the festival in February were bought out in just a day.

This data shows that Esch 2022 has successfully placed Esch-sur-Alzette on the tourist and cultural map of Europe. Therefore, the city has planned many more interesting events for its guests. Including joint events with Kaunas and Novi Sad, which have also received the title of European capital of culture this year.

The Esch 2022 program can be found on the festival’s official website

. New events will continue to appear until the end of the year.

Delano

Esch-sur-Alzette became the European capital of culture and a successful tourist attraction

6 out of 10 people currently living in Luxembourg have visited at least one of the country’s cultural heritage sites or museums in 2020

. The COVID-19 pandemic did not deter people’s interested in history and culture.

The number of people visiting these sites and historical objects has been growing steadily since 1999. At the same time a typical museum visitor in the Grand Duchy is only getting younger. Two out of three visitors these days are in the 25-44 y.o. age bracket.

Sociodemographic factors still play a big role in how likely one is to go to museums or visit cultural heritage sites, LISER’s analysis states. The most obvious ones are education, chosen profession and income. In Luxembourg most visitors come from a privileged social category.

Palaces and churches are the most well-loved types of cultural heritage sites in Luxembourg. Historical parks and gardens are next, and museums take third place. History and culture on display is well-regarded. About 80% of visitors on average consider their educational or recreational trip a sound success.