It was supposed to be a beacon for art, but Prime Minister Markus Söder has backed away from the plans for the prestigious cultural project. What are the arguments in favor of building a new concert hall in Munich – and what are the arguments against it? An overview.
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Sebastian Krass
When the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) called for a “pause for thought” for the planning of a new concert hall in the Werksviertel in March, even many insiders of the project were flabbergasted. Did he saw off the prestige cultural project of the Free State, to which he had always been committed? Or does construction have to come at the end? These questions were the focus of a discussion in the “SZ im Dialog” series of events on Monday evening in the Süddeutsche Zeitung high-rise building. Moderated by Ulrike Heidenreich and René Hofmann, the heads of the Munich/Region/Bavaria department of the SZ, the following discussed: Munich’s Mayor for Culture Katrin Habenschaden (Die Grünen), Minister of the Arts Markus Blume (CSU), singer Christian Gerhaher, Residenztheater director Andreas Beck and Ulrich Wilhelm from the board of the New Concert Hall Foundation. An overview of the most important arguments.