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On 14 December 2025, Dominique Lacasa performed her program "Weihnacht – Das Konzert" at Studio Wandlitz. Many knew her through the songs of "Weihnachten in Familie" — that legendary album which has accompanied generations through the Advent season and, with over 1.7 million records sold as well as platinum and gold awards, has long become a classic.

That afternoon she combined familiar melodies with new songs — authentic, warm and full of feeling. Accompanied by live music, atmospheric projections and her distinctive voice, she created a moving evening between tradition and the present, for all generations. Afterwards there was an autograph session.

Doors opened at 2:30 pm, start at 3:30 pm.

On 6 December 2025, Gerhard Schöne was a guest at Studio Wandlitz — one of Germany's best-known singer-songwriters, who for over four decades has touched generations with his voice and his lyrics. With two programs on one Advent Saturday:

Family concert "Von A bis Z" · Doors open 3:00 pm

An afternoon full of music, humor and heart — for children, parents and grandparents alike. In 26 songs, Schöne guides the audience through the alphabet, from well-known classics to new, imaginative discoveries. Whether "Auto von Lucio", "Opa's Boot" or "Zauberlied" — each piece is a little journey through Schöne's musical world.

Solo evening "Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst" · Doors open 7:00 pm

In the evening, Gerhard Schöne invited the audience on a poetic journey of discovery with his solo program — featuring songs from 40 years of his career. It's about perspectives, about wonder, about rediscovering what matters in everyday life. Sometimes quiet, sometimes with a wink, always honest and deeply moving.

An evening full of inspiration, knowledge and exchange about the future of Artificial Intelligence: experts, entrepreneurs and interested guests met at Studio Wandlitz to discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI.

Prof. Dr. Katja Nettesheim, one of Germany's leading transformation experts, presented her new book in her keynote — drawing on over 20 years of experience in digital transformation and offering practical insights into how companies can successfully navigate change.

In the following panel talk, Alexander Siebert (CEO Nenna.AI) and Nico Thielsch (Industrials, Aleph Alpha) spoke about the role of AI in business and society. Topics of the evening:

• How is AI changing the corporate world?
• The courage to embrace AI — why companies should act now.
• AI as a necessity — strategies for a successful future.

On April 1, 2023, the art exhibition "Encounters" opened — featuring works by Thomas Platt, Henry Stöcker, Falko Warmt, Horst Leifer and Helmut Rauch. The evening was musically accompanied by Bob Beemann and Sylta Fee Wegmann. An event with guests from politics, art and culture — a place for inspiration, exchange and encounters.

Artist Biographies

Thomas Platt (born 1952 in Eberbach am Neckar)
Platt achieves a remarkable synthesis by condensing regularities from a broad spectrum of expression, structure and material into a dense representation. In the work group "Conversation Breakthrough," objects recede behind the conversation, which itself becomes the aesthetic content. Especially in the drawings, disorder and order are united; within a seemingly abstract chaos of forms and colors, clues emerge that call randomness into question. In the work group "Archetypes of Fear," the shells of consumption are deconstructed through their volume; the sculptures imitate relics from the end of civilization. (Dietmar Goellner)

Falko Warmt (born 1938 in Gera)
Striking is the distinctive use of color — bold, expressive, evocative. On closer inspection, an encoded visual language unfolds: a distinctive coding of numbers, letter sequences, heads, animal forms, grids and silhouettes that engage with the condition of our environment. Warmt possesses a fine linearity in both his painterly and sculptural works. Sculptures emerge from everyday found objects — cardboard, machine parts, woods, wires — which he paints and welds together into metamorphic forms. Work titles such as "Restwelt" (Remaining World), "Die Luft wird knapp" (The Air Is Running Out), "Vermesser" (Surveyor), or "Orakel" (Oracle) offer insight into his thinking. (Dr. Hendrikje Warmt, 2018)

Peter Krüger
The art movement "Fundminimalismus," founded by Krüger in the early 2000s, deals exclusively with the interplay between humans and nature and its consequences for the environment. The aim is to make the obvious even more obvious and to inspire viewers to reflect on their own relationship to the environment and nature.

Henry Stöcker (b. 1954 in Bergen)
German sculptor. Initially studied biology in Rostock, switched to sculpture at the Kunsthochschule Weißensee in 1985, graduating in 1992, followed by a NaFöG scholarship from the Berlin Senate. Awards include "Oltre il muro" (1990) and the TAKIFUJI-BJUTSUSHOU; in 1997 he won first prize for Art in Architecture Karow-Nord. His sculptures reflect order through rigorous simplicity and minimalism; his background in biology is evident in organic forms. Ulrich Kavka describes them as a "rigorous composition in spatial and conceptual terms."

Helmut Rauch
Rauch explores the experiential realm of seeing and uses painting to calibrate his perception. Inspired by Franz Gertsch, he discovered American photorealism. He draws on the tradition of naturalistic depiction (Bellotto/Canaletto, Corot, Church, Vallotton, Cook, Welliver, Becker) and uses photography as a tool of perception, combined with an impressionistic, at times expressive, translation of color. Since 2006 he has focused mainly on painting; his subjects include portraits, seascapes and Italian church interiors. He works primarily with acrylic on cotton, occasionally tempera.

Horst Leifer (1935–2002)
German painter, known for figurative and landscape works in a hyperrealistic style. Born into a mining family in Silesia, he moved to Langenau near Freiberg after the war. He worked as a miner until 1960, then studied at the HfBK Dresden under Paul Michaelis, graduating in 1966; afterwards he worked as a freelance painter and restorer. In 1972 he moved to Sanz near Greifswald; he was friends with Otto Niemeyer-Holstein. Bautzen Art Prize 2001. Late work: a series of self-portraits, "Letzte Selbstprüfung" (exhibited posthumously in 2003).

On December 16, 2022, as part of the Wandlitz living Advent calendar, a reading took place with two special guests: Christina Athenstädt and Peter Fieseler read stories about Christmas, including some by Astrid Lindgren. These short stories were funny, entertaining, and sometimes also sad.

In addition to numerous theater engagements, Christina Athenstädt regularly appears in film and television roles, including "Dr. Kleist" and in the lead role as "Die Heiland – Wir sind Anwalt." Peter Fieseler became known through, among others, "Tatort," "Wilsberg," and "Das Großstadtrevier."

The opening on December 10, 2022 featured an exhibition by several artists, a reading, and a concert under the theme "Between the Worlds." Works were exhibited by Katja Stögmüller, Albrecht Klink and Sascha Böhme, who explore the tension between humans and machines. Afterwards Ahne read from his books. The evening concluded with a live performance by musician Mario Patron.