From then on, the theatre's highly cultural programme reads like a ‘Who's who?’ of the scene. The great orchestral concerts by Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra or Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (25 October 1980) are just as memorable as the performances by soloists such as Maria Callas, Maurizio Pollini or Alfred Brendel.

The foundation stone for rock'n'roll, blues and jazz was laid by the organising duo Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau with their agency Lippmann + Rau, based in Frankfurt am Main. At the beginning of the 1960s, they facilitated the performances of many American musicians on German stages as part of the American Folk Blues Festival. Their first concert in the Jahrhunderthalle - Duke Ellington on 6 February 1965 - was sold out within a very short time and paved the way for further historic appearances such as Jimi Hendrix (17 January 1969) or Janis Joplin's only concert in Germany (12 April 1969).

At all our events, it is customary to place a guest book in the cloakrooms. Musicians, comedians, etc. have left their mark several times and sometimes even let off some of their artistic steam. You can take a look at some of these entries in our picture gallery and reminisce.