79 - Andris Nelsons conducts the "Leningrad Symphony"

At the centre of the Shostakovich Festival Leipzig was a performance of Shostakovich’s "Leningrad" Symphony, in which Andris Nelsons lead the combined forces of the Gewandhausorchester and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Gewandhaus. Since its initiation in 2018, both orchestras, at the helm of both of which Andris Nelsons stands, have continuously developed an ever-closer transatlantic partnership.