Next year, the Würmtal cultural association will be 35 years old, making it one of the oldest cultural associations in the south-west of Munich. The Planegger association is not only associated with countless names of prominent artists who have visited the Würmtal over the years, but also committed people who have made it what it actually was year after year: a central place for art of all kinds The writer, pharmacist and local councilor Walther Hohenester led the association for years, followed by the couple Claudia and Peter Lutterkord for almost 25 years until mid-2022 – and then for a while it looked as if the traditional association was no longer on its feet would come.
Until in July of this year, after a difficult procedure, the 70-year-old Anne Gürtler from Gräfelfingen was elected the new chairwoman: She and her helpers now want to really get going, which is not an easy task given the great competition in the Würmtal valley. Like most of the organized cultural workers in the Würmtal, the culture promotion association is still part of the family of the umbrella association Planegger Kulturforum, even if it naturally places great value on independence. In the past, the cooperation was not always smooth, because after all, the cultural associations are bound to the ideas of the forum and the possibilities of the municipal copper house, especially when it comes to pricing their events.
Anne Gürtler has been chairwoman of the Würmtal Culture Promotion Association since the summer.
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Advance ticket sales will continue to be largely via München-Ticket. The annual program of the Kulturforum, which is distributed to all households, also lists the events for which the Würmtal Culture Promotion Association is responsible. The aim of the association remains “the promotion of culture in the Würmtal”, says the new chairwoman Anne Gürtler. It is important to present artists from the region and to give them a forum, including those who are not yet in the public eye. They want to “make their own cultural policy and position themselves broadly”. A program for children should play its own role.
The focus of the program is on music
At the moment and in the coming months, the focus is on music, and it starts on January 14th in the Kupferhaus with a highlight: the jazz pianist Bernd Lhotzky performs as a “puffing lion”. He will present an evening about one of the most charismatic figures in the history of traditional jazz piano: Willie “The Lion” Smith, a 1920’s Harlem star with a cigar in the corner of his mouth and a bowler hat on his head. He excelled as a highly virtuoso protagonist of the stride piano and Bernd Lhotzky is regarded worldwide as one of the leading experts in this style. He is a lecturer in jazz piano at the Leopold Mozart Center of the University of Augsburg.
On March 16th, Heinrich Klug, longtime solo cellist of the Munich Philharmonic, and the magician Gaston together with accordionist Maria Reiter will present an evening themed “Magic and Music”. On March 26th, the Amadis Quartet and Gerold Huber, an internationally renowned ensemble, will come to the Kupferhaus, on April 30th Planegg will dance into May with La Rose Rouge and on November 16th the cabaret artist Wolfgang Krebs will present his latest program. Advance sales for the first two concerts have already begun.