OVAA VENUES HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS!
INTERCITY HOTEL
YES, our hotel lobby hosts our annual “open mic”-style impromptu, no-pressure first performance. Get up and sing your greatest hits!
MUNDWERK
Our teaching facility and home away from home, set in the first floor of a 1902 villa, is also the site of our yearly Hauskonzert followed by a reception with tasty German snacks. Other Mundwerk events include an orientation breakfast and farewell toast on the roof.
LINGNERSCHLOSS
Lingner palace: one of the three iconic Elbschlösser, stately palaces perched above the Elbe River overlooking Dresden. Named after its former owner Karl August Lingner, who, in 1892, pioneered the manufacturing of the world’s first widely distributed mouthwash - Odol Mundwasser
OVAA Concert Venue in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
PALAIS MARCOLINI-BRÜHL
Marcolini Palace Ballroom: Though the original palace and its grounds were converted into a picturesque hospital complex in 1849, this elaborate ballroom / concert hall retains its magnificent baroque splendor.
OVAA Concert Venue in2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025
CHINESISCHER PAVILLION
Chinese Pavilion: Located in Dresden’s chic neighborhood of Weißer Hirsch, this glass pavilion was originally built in China and reassembled in Dresden in 1911 as part of an International Exhibition. It now serves as a boutique art gallery and intimate concert venue.
OVAA Concert Venue in 2022, 2024, 2025
WEINBERGKIRCHE PILLNITZ
Royal Vineyard Church (Dresden-Pillnitz): originally built in 1723 as a temporary house of worship during renovations of the royal palace in Pillnitz, this charming church houses an impressive alter from 1648 and original tombstones from the old castle church. OVAA concert attendees often enjoy local wines at intermission and after the concert.
OVAA Concert Venue in 2023, 2024, 2025
SCHLOSS SEIFERSDORF
Seifersdorf Castle (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
DRESDEN MESSE
Dresden Börse Ballroom (2022, 2023)
Das Kaffee
Altkötzschenbroda (2017, 2018, 2019)
BURG STOLPEN
Stolpen Castle (2017, 2018)
COSEL PALAIS
Cosel Palace (2015, 2016)
JAPANISCHES PALAIS
Japanese Palace. We opened the 2019 Palace Summer outdoor concert series!