Press release

Braunschweig, 25 April 2019. The open-air "Classics in the Park" event, which is sponsored by Volkswagen Financial Services, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. First staged in 2010 in front of about 5,000 spectators picnicking around the Portikusteich lake in the city's Bürgerpark, this green concert hall experience has since become an essential fixture in the regional calendar enjoyed by a steadily growing number of visitors. For the ninth annual concert in 2018 more than 20,000 people flocked to the site, which has since moved to the area of the park just south of the Volkswagen Hall.

In its anniversary year 2019, those attending this family-friendly event – which remains free of charge thanks to the financial support of Volkswagen Financial Services – can look forward to a varied and entertaining "best-of" programme of classical music from the Braunschweig State Theatre, once again this year under the musical direction of Martin Weller and under the baton of principal conductor Srba Dinić. As in previous years, blankets, chairs and tables may be brought to the site along with anything necessary to cater for one's own culinary needs. Food and drinks will also be on sale on the premises as well. Grills, barbecues or open fires are not permitted, however.

In the interest of everyone's security, bags and rucksacks brought into the area will be subject to random spot checks.

The organisers ask visitors to travel by public transport or by bicycle wherever possible. A limited number of parking spaces are available on the "Harz und Heide" grounds.

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Volkswagen Financial Services are a business division of the Volkswagen AG group of companies and comprise Volkswagen Financial Services AG along with its associated companies, Volkswagen Bank GmbH, Porsche Financial Services, and the financial services companies in the USA, Canada, and Spain that belong directly or indirectly to Volkswagen AG – with the exception of the financial services of the Scania brand and Porsche Holding Salzburg. The key business fields embrace dealer and customer financing, leasing, the bank and insurance business, fleet management and mobility offers. Volkswagen Financial Services have a total of 16,267 employees worldwide – including 7,010 alone in Germany. Volkswagen Financial Services report total assets of around EUR 207.6 billion, an operating result of EUR 2.6 billion euros and a portfolio of around 20.3 million current contracts (as at: 31.12.2018).