From Arts & Humanities

Porsche is main sponsor of the Hesse House in Tübingen

To mark the anniversary of “60 years of Baden-Württemberg”

Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is the main sponsor of the new Hesse House in Tübingen. The sports car manufacturer took the “60 years of Baden-Württemberg” anniversary as an opportunity to support the setting up of a literature museum in honour of Hermann Hesse with a total of 100,000 euro. In so doing, Porsche would like to help showcase the poet’s formative early years in the virtually unchanged original rooms, where he worked. Read more

A Saxon success story – Porsche Leipzig

“10 years of Porsche Leipzig”: anniversary concert in the Leipzig Gewandhaus

Stuttgart/Leipzig. Production up twofold, employee numbers up threefold, increase in vehicle output by orders of magnitude: since production began in 2002, Porsche Leipzig has developed into one of the most successful automotive factories. To mark the plant’s tenth anniversary, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra will tomorrow be performing a concert for violin and orchestra by Dimitri Shostakovich as well as the Third Symphony by Johannes Brahms conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Read more

Porsche forges partnership with Stuttgart ballet

Zuffenhausen sports cars manufacturer steps up cultural commitment

Stuttgart. The New Year is getting under way with a promising collaboration: starting in January 2012, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG will partner with the Stuttgart ballet, promoting the world famous ballet company’s future appearances and events. The long-term partnership between the Stuttgart ballet and the leading international sports car company is under the banner “premium meets premium”.

Porsche’s goal is a close partnership based on trust.“This collaboration is a coming together of two brands that stand for values such as tradition, innovation and perfection. Our organisations are united not just by regionality and globality but also by a powerful, dynamic aesthetic, behind which lies a great deal of technology,” said Thomas Edig, Deputy Chairman and Member of the Executive Board for Human Resources and Social Affairs of Porsche AG. Read more