SCHLOSS ELMAU Events Calendar

The Schloss Elmau Experience Since more than 100 years concerts & talks with great artists & authors on the pulse of time. Tickets for hotel guests are included in the resort fee.

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    Dec 23

    Dear concert guests,
    For hotel guests of Schloss Elmau, admission to all cultural events is included in the resort fee. You can register for the events online via “Book seats” here in the cultural calendar, by phone on +49 8823 18 260 or by text message to +49 1733 1122 77.
    Your culture office team

  • Saturday

    9 Dec

    2023

    Photo: scholzshootspeople, Ira Weinrauch
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    Classical

    Sabine Meyer clarinet
    Alliage Quintett saxophone quintet
    “Winter Magic”
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The queen of the clarinet Sabine Meyer brings her Christmas program to Schloss Elmau

    17:00 Concert Hall 25 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The world-class clarinettist Sabine Meyer and the Alliage Quintet have been working together for many years, delighting audiences around the world. Their diverse program with its unusual line-up - clarinet, four saxophones and piano - invites you to discover Christmas classics in an artistic, new guise.

  • Friday

    15 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
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    Dance

    “Dancing in the Bar”
    Dance with live musicWhy you must attend this dance party:
    Great music with well-known songs from pop to jazz & latin

    The regular “Dancing in the Bar” - evenings invite you to dance to live music in the bar.

    from 12 years | for hotel guests no registration necessary

    Live Music: Andrea Rother, vocals | Daniel Eberhard, piano | Johannes Ochsenbauer, bass | Markus Halder, percussion

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • Saturday

    16 Dec

    2023

    Photo: PR, Schloss Elmau
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    Bavarian Advent Concert
    with Conny Glogger
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Get in the mood for the Christmas season with beautiful Bavarian parlor and folk music

    Mittenwalder Klarinetten- & Geigenmusi
    Mittenwalder Maultrommler
    Gesangs-Duo Brandner-Veit
    Karwendelhüttenmusi

    17:00 Concert Hall 60 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    When nature around Schloss Elmau is cloaked in a white winter coat, people look forward to quiet and cozy hours by the fireplace. For many locals here in the region, it is also a time when people like to get together in the parlors to make music and get in the mood for Christmas. The well-known radio presenter and actress Conny Glogger and the musicians of the Mittenwalder Klarinetten- & Geigenmusi, the Karwendelhüttenmusi and the singers of the Zamgsang will bring the magic of Advent from the local parlors into the Elmau concert hall for an hour.

  • Friday

    22 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
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    Dance

    “Dancing in the Bar”
    Dance with live music
    Why you must attend this dance party:
    Rousing songs from pop, funk, soul to jazz

    The regular “Dancing in the Bar” - evenings invite you to dance to live music in the bar.

    from 12 years | for hotel guests no registration necessary

    Live Music:
    Shary Osman, vocals
    Sam Hylton, piano
    Susi Lotter, bass
    Flurin Mück, drums

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • 23 - 30

    Dec 23

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
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    Festive program

    Festive Days & New Year's Eve at Schloss Elmau

    No other time of the year is imbued with the magic of the weeks around Christmas. Schloss Elmau is the perfect hotel to enjoy the contemplative Christmas season with your family and welcome the New Year with a brilliant fireworks display.

    TO THE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

    Details

    Unspoiled, snow-covered landscapes invite you on extended, invigorating walks to welcome the new year with renewed zest and energy. Schloss Elmau offers its guests unsurpassed opportunities to retreat at any time, not only because of its protected secluded location in a wide valley away from mass tourism, but also because of the extraordinary variety and spaciousness of its rooms, suites, restaurants, libraries, lounges and spas. Experience Christmas concerts with Nils Landgren & Friends and the Jazzrausch Big Band, a Christmas reading with Thomas Quasthoff, concerts with celebrated musicians Max Herre & Joy Denalane as well as Maxim, and at the turn of the year, a New Year's Eve concert featuring Daniel Hope & Friends and our by-now legendary New Year's Eve fireworks display.

  • Saturday

    23 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Carstor
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    Jazz

    Nils Landgren
    Christmas-Jazz with Friends & Family
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Swedish star jazz musician Nils Landgren starts off the christmas festivities at Schloss Elmau

    Nils Langren, vocals, trombone
    Jessica Norberg, vocals
    Johan Norberg, guitar
    Beatrice Järås Landgren, recitation

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    17:00 Concert Hall 10 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The Swedish jazz trombone virtuoso Nils Landgren, with his unrivaled variable and velvety trombone sound and his touching soul voice, sets the mood for Christmas. He will be joined by his wife, actress and musician Beatrice Järås and other musical friends.

  • Monday

    25 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Sony Hohenberg
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    Reading

    Christmas reading
    Thomas Quasthoff
    Why you must attend this event:
    Universal artist Thomas Quasthoff reads Christmas texts

    in German

    17:00 Concert Hall 4 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Even before Thomas Quasthoff made a global career as a Lied, concert and opera singer and then later (and to this day) as a jazz singer on the world's biggest stages, he had developed other talents early on: In the early 1990s, he worked as an announcer for Norddeutscher Rundfunk and had shown great skill in cabaret in smaller appearances. Since the end of his classical singing career, he has been able to fully explore these areas again - on this evening with a beautiful selection of Christmas texts.

  • Tuesday

    26 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Georg Stirnweiß
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    Jazz

    Christmas concert
    Jazzrausch Bigband
    “Alle Jahre wieder!” – Christmas songs especially arranged for the Jazzrausch Bigband

    Roman Sladek, trombone, bandleader

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    17:00 Concert Hall 4 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Bigband jazz made in Bavaria. The Jazzrausch Bigband has made it its mission to inspire its audience with creative music-making. With an average of 120 concerts a year, it is one of the busiest big bands in Europe and brings together jazz fans and dance fans with “power of sound, groove and enormous stage presence” (FAZ) like probably no comparable ensemble currently.

  • Thursday

    28 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Ulrike Rindermann, Robbie Lawrence
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    Soul/Hip-Hop

    Joy Denalane
    & Max Herre vocals
    „MIKIs Takeover!“-Ensemble
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Star visit during the festive season: Joy Denalane and Max Herre

    Kein Ticketkontingent mehr für Bewohner der Region.

    17:00 Concert Hall 2 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Star guests during the festive season: Singer Joy Denalane and singer & songwriter Max Herre will be on stage together at Schloss Elmau, accompanied by “MIKI's Takeover!” ensemble.

  • Friday

    29 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Ben Hammer
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    Pop/Singer-Songwriter

    Maxim vocals
    „MIKIs Takeover!“-Ensemble
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Singer-songwriter meets chamber music ensemble

    17:00 Concert Hall 1 seat available
    Details

    Premiere at Schloss Elmau: singer-songwriter Maxim takes to our stage for the first time, with the Takeover! Ensemble, which incorporates pop culture like no other. They combine harp sounds, violin strokes and bass plucking with Maxim's dreamy, cozy vocals in a completely non-elitist way. Songs such as "Meine Soldaten", "Staub" or new pieces from his latest album "Grüne Papageien" shine in a completely new guise on this evening. Specially rearranged for this joint project.

  • Saturday

    30 Dec

    2023

    Photo: 3012_Münkler, Buch_Zensen, Rowohlt Berlin
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    Book presentation

    Herfried Münkler
    „Welt in Aufruhr –
    Die Ordnung der Mächte im 21. Jahrhundert“
    Why you must attend this event:
    An exciting, standard-setting outlook on the power constellations of the 21st century.

    In German

    17:00 Concert Hall 33 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Herfried Münkler presents his book about the conflicts of the 21st century

  • Sunday

    31 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Margaret Malandruccolo
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    Classical

    New Year's Eve Concert
    Daniel Hope violin
    Jacques Ammon piano
    Joscho Stephan guitar
    Why you must attend this concert:
    A dynamic trio led by star violinist Daniel Hope sets the mood for New Year's Eve with rousing American classics

    Works by Fritz Kreisler, George Gershwin, Cole Porter et al.
    concert ends around 23:10

    22:15 Concert Hall 5 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The Irish-German star violinist Daniel Hope is open to a wide variety of musical genres like no other. Together with the German-Chilean pianist Jacques Ammon and the virtuoso gypsy jazz guitarist Joscho Stephan, this evening promises a varied program between the worlds of classical music and jazz.

  • Tuesday

    2 Jan

    2024

    Photo: LimeLight PR GmbH, Pandora Film
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    Film screening

    Kino im Konzertsaal
    „Fallende Blätter“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    „Eine Tragikomödie, die schimmert wie ein Juwel im Staub.“ (The Hollywood Reporter)

    ein Film von von Aki Kaurismäki
    76. Internationale Filmfestspiele Cannes 2023 – Preis der Jury
    Finnland 2023, FSK 12, 81 min.

    in deutscher Sprache

    ZUM TRAILER

    Kein Ticketkontingent für Bewohner der Region

    21:30 Concert Hall 54 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    „Fallende Blätter“ erzählt von zwei einsamen Menschen, die zufällig im nächtlichen Helsinki aufeinander treffen. Beide sind auf der Suche nach der ersten, einzigen und endgültigen Liebe ihres Lebens. Der Weg zu diesem ehrenwerten Ziel wird erschwert durch die Alkoholsucht des Mannes, verlorene Telefonnummern, die Unkenntnis des Namens und der Adresse des jeweils anderen – und nicht zuletzt durch die allgemeine Tendenz des Lebens, denjenigen, die ihr Glück suchen, Steine in den Weg zu legen.

  • Wednesday

    3 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Reiter
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    Techno-Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband
    “Techno!“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “A fusion of big band sound with house and techno music.“ Süddeutsche Zeitung)

    Roman Sladek, trombone, bandleader

    17:00 Concert Hall 14 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Bigband jazz made in Bavaria. The Jazzrausch Bigband has made it its mission to inspire its audience with creative music-making. With an average of 120 concerts a year, it is one of the busiest big bands in Europe and brings together jazz fans and dance fans with “power of sound, groove and enormous stage presence” (FAZ) like probably no comparable ensemble currently.

  • Thursday

    4 Jan

    2024

    Photo: privat, Penguin Randomhouse Verlagsgruppe GmbH
    ©
    Book presentation

    Martin Doerry
    „Lillis Tochter“
    Das Leben meiner Mutter im Schatten der Vergangenheit – eine deutsch-jüdische Familiengeschichte“

    Martin Doerry im Gespräch mit Rachel Salamander

    21:00 Pavillon Retreat 17 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Martin Doerry presents his book “Lillis Tochter“

  • Friday

    5 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Harald Hoffmann_Decca
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    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    Timothy Ridout viola
    Daniel Blendulf cello
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Bach's famous Goldberg Variations for string trio, played by a trio led by star violinist Janine Jansen

    Bach: Goldberg Variations for string trio

    16:30 Concert Hall 16 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    For this summit meeting of chamber music, star violinist Janine Jansen has brought the young viola star from England Timothy Ridout and her husband, the renowned cellist and conductor Daniel Blendulf, to her side.

  • 7 - 14

    Jan 24

    Photo: ÜVA Kamu
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    69. Chamber Music Week

    69th Chamber Music Week

    Exceptional violinists Janine Jansen and Vilde Frang regularly perform in the world’s great concert halls. At Schloss Elmau you can experience them and their fellow musicians up close this week: in the Schloss Elmau Concert Hall with its ideal acoustics. This festival illuminates the wide spectrum of chamber music, from duos to large ensembles, while also devoting space to the discovery of unusual instrumentations and awardwinning young musicians.

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    7 nights for the price of 6
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Sun, 7 January

    FESTIVAL-PACKAGE
    5 nights for the price of 4
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Sun, 7 January

    FESTIVAL SHORTSTAY
    Bookable from 1 night
    booking via reservations@schloss-elmau.de oder +49 (0)8823 18 170

    17 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Opens 7 Jan 5:00 pm | 8 – 13 Jan two concerts daily | Ends 13 Jan

  • Sunday

    7 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Lukas Beck_Wiener Konzerthaus, Marco Borggreve
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    Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    Timothy Ridout viola
    Daniel Blendulf cello
    Denis Kozhukhin piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Star violinist Janine Jansen is playing duos and piano quartet in one evening

    Brahms: Violin sonata No 2 A major “Thun sonata”
    & Piano quartet No 3 C minor

    17:00 Concert Hall 64 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Dutch star violinist Janine Jansen opens the 69th edition of the Chamber Music Week at Schloss Elmau with her regular duo partner Denis Kozhukhin. In the second part of the program, they will be joined by British viola youngster Timothy Ridout and Jansen's husband, established conductor and cellist Daniel Blendulf, for Brahms' Op 60 piano quartet.

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: SZ
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    Chamber Music Week

    3 + 1 - das Klavierquartett
    Music journalist Harald Eggebrecht on the history of the piano quartet
    Why you must attend this presentation:
    A classic of chamber music - presented in overview by music journalist Harald Eggebrecht

    in German

    11:00 Concert Hall 37 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Sometimes the piano quartet genre seems to be somewhat overshadowed by the string quartets and piano trios, although there are a number of significant works by great composers. In this Chamber Music Week, the piano quartet will be given its proper setting. Music journalist and string expert Harald Eggebrecht discusses the history of this musical genre.

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    & Friends
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Strauss' harrowing work - performed by a top-class ensemble led by Janine Jansen

    Benjamin Appl, bariton
    Janine Jansen & Boris Brovtsyn, violin
    Timothy Ridout & Gareth Lubbe, viola
    Claudio Bohórquez & Daniel Blendulf, violoncello
    Wies de Boevé, double bass
    Denis Kozhukhin, piano

    Brahms: Two songs for voice, viola and piano
    Strauss: Metamorphoses for string septet

    17:00 Concert Hall 75 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    A long-cherished wish of Janine Jansen will become reality on this evening, to perform the "Metamorphoses" by Richard Strauss in Schloss Elmau. This work was composed 1945 in nearby Garmisch-Patenkirchen in the last months of the war and its musical content is entirely in the spirit of the war and its devastating destruction.

  • Tuesday

    9 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Agnese Blaubarde
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    Chamber Music Week

    Chiaroscuro Quartet string quartet
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Classics of the string quartet literature in historical performance practice

    Alina Ibragimova, 1. Violin
    Charlotte Spruit, 2. Violin
    Emilie Hörnlund, Viola
    Claire Thirion, Violoncello

    Haydn: String quartet D minor Op 9 No 4 Hob. III:22
    Schubert: String quartet A minor D.804 “Rosamunde”

    Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Pablo Hernan Benedi will be unable to join the Quartet at their concert. He will be replaced by Charlotte Spruit

    11:00 Concert Hall 79 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    On this evening, the internationally successful Chiaroscuro Quartet around its outstanding primaria Alina Ibramigova sets out on the trail to the original sound of the string quartet forefathers Haydn and Schubert. The London ensemble is dedicated to historically informed performance practice and creates very special experiences in their concerts on period instruments.

  • Tuesday

    9 Jan

    2024

    Photo: PR
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    Chamber Music Week

    Boris Brovtsyn violin
    Gareth Lubbe viola
    Claudio Bohorquez cello
    Diana Ketler piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    A concert evening with two highlights of the piano quartet literature

    Schumann: Piano quartet E flat major
    Fauré: Piano quartet No 1 Op 15

    17:00 Concert Hall 69 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The quartet formed especially for this week around violinist Boris Brovtsyn presents two central pieces of the piano quartet literature: First, Schumann's definitive work in this genre - Schumann's only contribution to this genre - is heard. Then the musicians will play Fauré's first piano quartet, a work that oscillates between late Romanticism and Impressionism.

  • Wednesday

    10 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Mario Marzo, Marco Borggreve, Felix Broede
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    Chamber Music Week

    Pablo Barragán clarinet
    Noa Wildschut violin
    Elisabeth Brauß piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    First class trio of three outstanding young soloists

    Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano Op 157b
    Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano Sz 111
    et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 85 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The two award-winning young musicians Noa Wildschut and Elisabeth Brauß delight audiences worldwide as a permanent duo. Both have already played with major orchestras and musicians, including Anne-Sophie Mutter and Igor Levit. Together with Pablo Barragán, one of the most successful clarinettists of the younger generation, they have performed at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, among others. Now they're bringing their trio program to Schloss Elmau for the first time.

  • Wednesday

    10 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Lars Borges_Sony Classical, Juan Camilo Roa
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    Chamber Music Week

    Benjamin Appl baritone
    Martynas Levickis Accordion
    “Melting Pots”
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Lied meets accordion - a promising musical melting pot

    Mahler: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht from „Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen“
    Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
    Chopin: Waltz C sharp minor Op 64 No 2
    Gershwin: I got Rhythm
    et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 68 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    In this diverse program, the sought-after young baritone Benjamin Appl presents songs from a wide variety of musical epochs and genres. His partner is the celebrated accordionist Martynas Levickis from Lithuania - who was just awarded the Opus Klassik as “Instrumentalist of the Year“.

  • Thursday

    11 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Jack Liebeck
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    Chamber Music Week

    Vilde Frang violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Torleif Thedéen cello
    Alessio Bax piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    A versatile program with virtuoso Vilde Frang and the sought-after violist Lawrence Power

    Beethoven: String trio Op 3 et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The ensemble around the exceptional Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang and the sought-after violist Lawrence Power regularly perform together. In their concerts, they repeatedly come together in different constellations and thus masterfully perform a broad repertoire.

  • Thursday

    11 Jan

    2024

    Photo: PR
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    Chamber Music Week

    Boris Brovtsyn violin
    Gareth Lubbe viola
    Claudio Bohorquez cello
    Diana Ketler piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    From the invention of the piano quartet by Mozart to the 20th century

    Mozart: Piano quartet No 2 E flat major K.493
    Enescu: Piano quartet No 1 D major

    17:00 Concert Hall 77 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The second evening dedicated to the piano quartet presents two great works: Mozart can be called the inventor of this genre - he composed his two piano quartets in Vienna in 1785/86. George Enescu also composed two piano quartets - his first large-scale work of almost forty minutes from 1909 will be heard as the second work on this evening.

  • Friday

    12 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Cristina Ferri
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    Chamber Music Week

    Simply Quartet String quartet
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “(...) they put on such a breathtaking performance that at the end the audience was trampling with enthusiasm.“ (Hamburger Abendblatt)

    Haydn: String quartet No 1 Op 77 Hob. III: 81
    Schumann: String quartet No 1 Op 41

    11:00 Concert Hall 82 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    With youthful energy and verve, the Simply Quartet, founded in Shangai, trained further in Vienna, and already the recipient of many awards, takes on some of the classics of the string quartet literature: While Haydn was a prolific string quartet producer (nearly 70 quartets), Schumann only tackled the genre in just three works (all 1842) after decades of focusing on the piano and lieder.

  • Friday

    12 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, PR
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    Chamber Music Week

    Vilde Frang violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Torleif Thedéen cello
    Alessio Bax piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Outstanding musicians interpret a prime example of the piano quartet literature

    Brahms: Piano quartet No 1 G minor Op 25 et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 71 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    In their second concert at the Chamber Music Week, the quartet around the two exceptional artists Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power devotes itself to what is possibly the most popular piano quartet of all. Especially the famous last movement Rondo alla Zingarese evoked enthusiastic reactions from both the audience and fellow composers such as Arnold Schoenberg.

  • Saturday

    13 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Wolfgang Franz, Simon Buchou
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    Chamber Music Week

    Simply Quartet string quartet
    Lukas Sternath piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Award-winning young musicians with Dvorák's famous piano quintet

    Haydn: String quartet B flat major Op 33 No 4 Hob. III: 40
    Dvorák: Piano quintet A major et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 78 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Like the Vienna-based Simply Quartet, 22 year old Viennese pianist Lukas Sternath radiates youthful enthusiasm and intensity. At the ARD Music Competition 2022 the student of Igor Levit won not only 1st prize in piano but also the audience prize. In combination with the Simply Quartet, a promising performance of one of Dvo?ák's most popular works.

  • Saturday

    13 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Final concert
    Vilde Frang & Annabelle Meare violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Torleif Thedéen cello
    Alessio Bax piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Music journalist Harald Eggebrecht attests to violinist Vilde Frang's “narrative fire“.

    Händel/Halvorsen: Sarabande
    Tanejew: Piano quintet G minor et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 79 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The final concert of the Chamber Music Week 2024 begins with the star violinist Vilde Frang and the sought-after violist Lawrence Power as a duo - the smallest chamber music formation with the rousing duo Sarabande by Johan Halvorsen on a theme by Handel. The concert will be concluded by Taneev's Piano Quintet, a chamber music work with a large cast and rather rarely played.

  • Wednesday

    17 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Tanit Films, Film Festival Cannes, Filmfest München
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    Film Festival

    “Four Daughters“
    („Les Filles d'Olfa“)
    Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania

    Tunesia, 110 min.
    OV with German subtitles
    Film Festival Cannes:
    L’OEil d’Or – best documentary
    Film Festival Munich:
    ARRI Award – best international film

    20:30 Concert Hall 97 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    A story so unbelievable that it seems like fiction.

    Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence. The film mixes documentary and fiction.

  • Thursday

    18 Jan

    2024

    Photo: NEOPA,fictive, Biennale Venedig
    ©
    Film Festival

    “Evil Does Not Exist“
    Directed by: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

    Japan, 106 min.
    OV with German subtitles
    Film Festival Venice:
    Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize

    20:30 Concert Hall 97 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Following his global success “Drive My Car”, Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi presents his new film.

    Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature.

  • Friday

    19 Jan

    2024

    Photo: counterintuitive film, Locarno Film Festival
    ©
    Film Festival

    “Critical Zone“
    („Mantagheye bohrani“)
    Directed by: Ali Ahmadzadeh

    Iran, 99 min.
    OV with German subtitles
    Film Festival Locarno:
    Golden Leopard – main award
    presented by patron Natalie Amiri (political journalist for ARD) & Sina Ataeian Dena (Iranian producer of the film)

    20:30 Concert Hall 94 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The drama, cast with non-professional actors, had to be filmed in secret due to the political situation in Iran.

    Amir leads a lonely life. With his dog for sole company, he drives through the underworld of Tehran, dealing drugs of all kinds and healing troubled souls like a modern prophet. He navigates the city streets aimlessly, following the directions of his GPS while getting high to escape a town with no future. And yet, in his wandering he will find the seed of resistance.

  • Saturday

    20 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Johannes Moths, Manfred Breuersbock
    ©
    Film Festival

    „Das Weltkino in einer Zeit globaler Krisen und Konflikte“

    with Natalie Amiri, Margarethe von Trotta, Bernhard Karl et al.
    discussion in German

    15:30 Concert Hall 97 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    20 Jan

    2024

    Photo: metro films, Biennale Venedig
    ©
    Film Festival

    “Green Border“
    („Zielona granica“)
    Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

    Poland, 147 min.
    OV with German subtitles
    Film Festival Venice:
    Special Jury Prize
    presented by patron Margarethe von Trotta

    20:30 Concert Hall 97 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The new, multi-perspective drama by the award-winning director.

    In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.

  • Friday

    26 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Dario Acosta
    ©
    Classical

    Yefim Bronfman piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    World-class pianist Yefim Bronfman with his current program

    Piano recital
    Schubert: Piano sonata D 784
    Chopin: Piano sonata No 3 Op 58
    et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 87 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    One of the great pianists of our time takes his seat at the Elmau Steinway: the pianist Bronfman, born in Tashkent and living in the USA, is one of the most sought-after pianists of our time and is a guest with all top orchestras and in the most important concert halls.

  • Saturday

    27 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Monika Rittershaus
    ©
    Classical

    Sarah Willis horn & moderation
    & Sarahbanda
    “Mozart y Mambo” – A Mozart tribute on the composer's birthday)Why you must attend this concert:
    The successful project of the sought-after horn player combines Mozart with traditional Cuban music

    HIER REINHÖREN!

    17:00 Concert Hall 86 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    This project by Sarah Willis, the sought-after horn player of the Berlin Philharmonic, combines Mozart's music with traditional Cuban music. That may not be the most obvious combination for some, but to that Sarah Willis simply replies “Just listen to it and you'll know why!” The dance-like lightness of Mozart's music translates easily into the Cuban attitude to life, and the energy and passion of the young Cuban musicians are so intoxicating that the special atmosphere becomes immediately tangible, she says. And indeed – when you listen to this ravishing Mozart-Mambo mix, you just want to dance. A Mozart homage on the composer's birthday!

  • 1 - 4

    Feb 24

    Photo: Angie Kremer Photography
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    A weekend with Gidon Kremer

    The great violinist Gidon Kremer has been a guest at Schloss Elmau for decades and has played many concerts here in a wide variety of formations.
    To open this long weekend, Kremer presents the young Lithuanian pianist Georgijs Osokins, with whom he has been working since 2018 and also brought to Schloss Elmau on Saturday as a chamber music partner in a trio.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Thu, 1 February
    Book your room now!

  • Thursday

    1 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Gribu Vasaru
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    Gidon Kremer presents:
    Georgijs Osokins piano

    Scarlatti: Sonate d-Moll K. 213
    Bach/Busoni: Chaconne Nr. 2 d-Moll BWV 1004 (Bearbeitung für Klavier)
    Chopin: Zwölf Etüden für Klavier op. 25
    et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 76 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The pianist Georgijs Osokins gained international attention through his participation in the 2015 Chopin Competition, where his playing was either met with superlatives or caused controversy. Since 2018, Georgijs Osokins has worked closely with Gidon Kremer, who appointed him the first permanent guest artist of the Kremerata Baltica in its 22-year history.

  • Friday

    2 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Accentus Music
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    Filmvorführung
    Gidon Kremer - „Die eigene Stimme finden“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Ein ruhiger, nachdenklicher Film über den weltbekannten Geiger und Intellektuellen Gidon Kremer

    in German

    20:30 Concert Hall 86 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Ein Jahr lang begleitete Paul Smaczny Gidon Kremer mit der Kamera, beobachtete ihn mit seiner Kremerata Baltica in Paris und Riga, als Solist in Moskau und Tokio und begegnete ihm als sozial und politisch aktiven Menschen. Der Film erinnert auch an wichtige Stationen im Leben des Künstlers und erzählt von Einflüssen und Partnerschaften, die ihn bis heute geprägt haben. Ein ruhiger, nachdenklicher Film, der dem Zuschauer das Erlebnis höchster Interpretationskunst und tiefer musikalischer Inhalte vermittelt und mit poetischen Bildern eine mitreißende Intensität erzeugt .

  • Saturday

    3 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Angie Kremer Photography
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    Gidon Kremer violin
    Giedre Dirvanauskaite cello
    Georgijs Osokins piano

    Kancheli: Piano trio “Middelheim”
    Schubert: Piano trio No 2 D929

    17:00 Concert Hall 45 seats for hotel guests available

  • 4 - 9

    Feb 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
    ©
    Dance Retreat

    Dance Retreat

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young! Dancing had a long tradition in Schloss Elmau. At this Dance Retreat you can learn new dance steps and develop existing skills with a professional dance teacher on four days, each with a thematic focus.

    SCHEDULE:
    Arrival: Sun, February 4 | Departure: Fri, February 9
    Daily dance classes (Monday to Thursday)
    Dance parties on selected evenings

    Hotel guests are also welcome to register for individual course days of the dance retreat

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    DANCE RETREAT PACKAGE 5 FOR 4
    5 nights for the price of 4 (Arrival Sun, 4th February)
    Book package here!

    28 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    What to expect
    Daily dance classes with a professionally trained dance instructor couple (ADTV certified). The exact course content will be announced shortly.
    Dance Parties on selected evenings (from 21.30): with DJ or live band (no registration required)

    Further information:
    The course level will be adapted to its participants, beginners welcome
    Please indicate for the course planning whether you are coming as a couple or traveling alone. Single travelers will be assigned dance partners on site, same sex also possible.
    Private dance lessons can be booked through the cultural office.
    A hotel booking is required to take part in the dance courses.

  • Monday

    5 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Anoush Abrar, Dario Acosta
    ©
    Classical

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Daniil Trifonov piano

    Debussy: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano D minor
    Prokofiev: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano C Major Op 119
    Rachmaninov: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano G minor Op 19

    Concert with interval. Concert finishes around 22:00.

    20:30 Concert Hall 69 seats for hotel guests available

  • 8 - 10

    Feb 24

    Photo: Billy & Hells, Urszula Soltys
    ©
    Literatur

    Daniel Kehlmann & Ian McEwan

    Ein literarisches Gipfeltreffen – zweimal mit Daniel Kehlmann. Er stellt seinen neuen Roman vor und unterhält sich mit dem britischen Starschriftsteller McEwan.

  • Thursday

    8 Feb

    2024

    Photo: PR, Rowohlt
    ©
    Autorenlesung & Gespräch

    Daniel Kehlmann
    „Lichtspiel“
    Daniel Kehlmann im Gespräch mit Ijoma Mangold
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Daniel Kehlmanns neuer Roman„Lichtspiel“ zeigt, wie Literatur durch Erfindung die Wahrheit hervortreten lässt.

    21:00 Concert Hall 37 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Im Gespräch mit Ijoma Mangold stellt Daniel Kehlmann seinen neuen Roman „Lichtspiel“ vor: Einer der Größten des Kinos, vielleicht der größte Regisseur seiner Epoche: Zur Machtergreifung dreht G. W. Pabst in Frankreich; vor den Gräueln des neuen Deutschlands flieht er nach Hollywood. Aber unter der blendenden Sonne Kaliforniens sieht der weltberühmte Regisseur mit einem Mal aus wie ein Zwerg. Und so findet Pabst sich, fast wie ohne eigenes Zutun, in seiner Heimat Österreich wieder, die nun Ostmark heißt. Die barbarische Natur des Regimes spürt die heimgekehrte Familie mit aller Deutlichkeit. Doch der Propagandaminister in Berlin will das Filmgenie haben. Während Pabst noch glaubt, dass er dem Werben widerstehen wird, ist er schon den ersten Schritt in die rettungslose Verstrickung gegangen.

  • Friday

    9 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Billy & Hells, Urszula Soltys
    ©
    Gespräch

    Ian Mc Ewan & Daniel Kehlmann
    im Gespräch
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Die einmalige Gelegenheit, die beiden befreundeten Autoren im Gespräch miteinander zu erleben.

    in englischer Sprache

    21:00 Concert Hall 39 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    10 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Georg Stirnweiß
    ©
    Techno-Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband

    Roman Sladek, trombone, bandleader

    17:00 Concert Hall 88 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Bigband jazz made in Bavaria. The Jazzrausch Bigband has made it its mission to inspire its audience with creative music-making. With an average of 120 concerts a year, it is one of the busiest big bands in Europe and brings together jazz fans and dance fans with “power of sound, groove and enormous stage presence” (FAZ) like probably no comparable ensemble currently.

  • Sunday

    11 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Magnus Terhorst, Stephan Rumpf, Alessandra Schnellnegger
    ©
    Lesung & Gespräch

    Alexander Estis
    „Sehr verehrte Antisemiten, sehr verehrte Anti-Antisemiten!“
    Ein Gespräch über Israel, Antisemitismus, Jüdisches und die deutsche Perspektive.
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Eine Klarstellung für dunkle Tage in Deutschland

    Lesung von Alexander Estis. Mit dem Autor sprechen Rachel Salamander und Alexander Gorkow.

    17:00 Pavillon Retreat 50 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Alexander Estis, 1986 in einer jüdischen Familie in Moskau geboren, ist Schriftsteller und Kolumnist. Zuletzt erschien sein Kurzprosaband „Fluchten“. Kürzlich wurde er in Berlin mit dem Kurt-Tucholsky-Preis ausgezeichnet. „Sehr verehrte Antisemiten“ erschien als vielbeachteter Gastbeitrag in der Süddeutschen Zeitung.

  • Monday

    12 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Harry Klein, Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Jazz & Dinner

    Jazz & Dinner at Fidelio Restaurant

    A format of the new Munich concart hall BERGSON
    with an ensemble of the Jazzrausch Bigband

    Moderation: Maximilian Maier

    Dinner reservation via: hospitality@schloss-elmau.de or +49 (0) 88 23 – 180

    18:30 Concert Hall

  • Monday

    12 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Reiter
    ©
    Techno-Jazz

    Dance Party
    with live music by musicians of the
    Jazzrausch Bigband

    from 12 years | for hotel guests no registration necessary

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • Wednesday

    14 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Lukas Beck_Wiener Konzerthaus, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Janine Jansen-Festival

    Janine Jansen violin
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Brahms: Violin sonatas (Part 2)

    17:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    16 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, PR
    ©
    Janine Jansen-Festival

    Janine Jansen violin
    Camerata Salzburg chamber orchestra

    Mozart: Violin concerto & Symphony

    17:00 Concert Hall 86 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    17 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, PR
    ©
    Janine Jansen-Festival

    Janine Jansen violin
    Camerata Salzburg chamber orchestra

    Mozart: Violin concerto & Symphony

    17:00 Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    22 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Alexandra Isard
    ©
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    Chilly Gonzales piano
    “Solo Piano I-III” – part 1

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    21:00 Concert Hall 105 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Finally! Grammy-winner, pianist, composer and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to the concert hall in Elmau, where he takes a seat at the grand piano for two of his legendary evenings. He is playing two different programmes with a selection from his three “Solo Piano” albums.

  • Saturday

    24 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Alexandra Isard
    ©
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    Chilly Gonzales piano
    “Solo Piano I-III” – part 2

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    17:00 Concert Hall 67 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Finally! Grammy-winner, pianist, composer and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to the concert hall in Elmau, where he takes a seat at the grand piano for two of his legendary evenings. He is playing two different programmes with a selection from his three “Solo Piano” albums

  • 27 - 3

    Feb - Mar 24

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Piano Summit

    Piano Summit

    Outstanding pianists of different generations can be experienced in this Piano Summit at Schloss Elmau: Martha Argerich shares a long artistic friendship with Lilya Zilberstein, whose sons, the Gerzenberg Piano Duo, will also be part of the first concert evening. On Thursday, Sergei Babayan will be featured in a piano recital, and finally the exceptional young pianist Mao Fujita, who has had a stellar career and has become an indispensable figure on international concert stages.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Sunday, 25 Feb | departure Sunday, 3 March
    from ab 279 € p. p. / night
    Book your room now!

  • Tuesday

    27 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Andrej Grilc
    ©
    Classical

    Martha Argerich piano
    Lilya Zilberstein piano
    Anton & Daniel Gerzenberg piano

    Brahms: Piano duos et al.
    Smetana: Sonata in one movement E minor for 2 pianos with 8 hands

    20:30 Concert Hall 78 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    29 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Piano Summit

    Sergei Babayan piano

    Schubert/Liszt: “Erlkönig”, “Auf dem Wasser zu singen” and Lieder by Schumann, Rachmaninow, Kreisler, Hahn, Fauré, Mompou et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 85 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Sergei Babayan is not only an important pianist, he is also one of the most important piano teachers: At New York's Juillard School and in Cleveland, at the Sergei Babayan-International Piano Academy, he shapes generations of younger pianists - including the young piano star Daniil Trifonov.

  • Saturday

    2 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Dovile Sermokas
    ©
    Classical

    Mao Fujita piano

    Schumann: Arabesque Op 18
    Chopin: Barcarolle
    Prokofiev: Sonata No1
    Schumann: Kreisleriana

    17:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    8 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Vincent Beaume
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Sepec violin
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

    Mozart: Divertimento for string trio E flat major K.563 et al.

    21:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    It's hardly possible to imagine a better cast for a string trio: with the world-renowned violist Tabea Zimmermann, the versatile violinist Daniel Sepec, at home in music from the Baroque to the modern, and the outstanding cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

  • Saturday

    9 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Vincent Beaume
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Sepec violin
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

    Beethoven: String trio C minor Op 9 No 3 & works by Schubert et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 88 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    It's hardly possible to imagine a better cast for a string trio: with the world-renowned violist Tabea Zimmermann, the versatile violinist Daniel Sepec, at home in music from the Baroque to the modern, and the outstanding cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.

  • 17 - 22

    Mar 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
    ©
    Dance Retreat

    Dance Retreat

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young!
    Dancing had a long tradition in Schloss Elmau. At this Dance Retreat you can learn new dance steps and develop existing skills with a professional dance teacher on four days, each with a thematic focus.
    Coaches: dance trainer Pia David (five-time German champion) & Thomas Kobjolke

    SCHEDULE:
    Arrival: Sun, March 17 | Departure: Fri, March 22
    Daily dance classes in the afternoon (Monday to Thursday)
    Dance parties in the evening (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday)

    Hotel guests are also welcome to register for individual course days of the dance retreat

    BOOKING OPTIONS:
    DANCE RETREAT PACKAGE
    Arrival Sunday, 17th March / Departure Friday, 22nd March
    Book your room and get one complimentary night!

    28 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    What to expect
    Daily dance classes (16.00 - 17.30):
    Monday: Waltz, Tuesday: Discofox, Wednesday: Cha-Cha-Cha, Thursday: Tango
    Dance Parties (each from 21.30): Monday & Tuesday with DJ, Thursday with live band (no registration required)

    The Hamburg dance trainer Pia David is a five-time German champion and multiple finalist in World and European Championships. She has supported over 1000 dance couples, some of whom have won German and World Championship titles.

    Further information:
    The course level will be adapted to its participants, beginners welcome
    Please indicate for the course planning whether you are coming as a couple or traveling alone. Single travelers will be assigned dance partners on site, same sex also possible.
    Private dance lessons can be booked through the cultural office.
    A hotel booking is required to take part in the dance courses.

  • 26 - 1

    Mar - Apr 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren Festival

    He is one of the most successful European jazz musicians around and one of the world's best trombonists. Now Nils Landgren is curating his own festival at Schloss Elmau and is bringing well-known Scandinavian musicians from jazz and classical music together to perform at his side for five concerts, including the famous Swedish singers Ida Sand and Anne Sofie von Otter.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    incl. 5 concerts, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Tue, 26 March
    Book your room now!

    Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    With Nils Landgren, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ida Sand, Fabian Fredriksson, Jeanette Köhn, Mats Bergström, Magnus Lindgren, Ola Gustafson et al.

  • Tuesday

    26 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Ewa-Maria Rundquist, Steven Haberland
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Anne Sofie von Otter vocals
    Nils Landgren trombone, vocals
    Fabian Fredriksson guitar

    17:00 Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    27 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Schmidt, Till Brönner, Per-Erik Adamsson
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren trombone, vocals
    Magnus Lindgren woodwinds
    Mats Bergström guitar

    17:00 Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    28 Mar

    2024

    Photo: ACT_Josefine Bäckström, Steven Haberland
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren trombone, vocals
    Ida Sand piano, vocals
    Magnus Lindgren woodwinds
    Ola Gustafsson & Mats Bergström guitar

    17:00 Concert Hall 88 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    30 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Schmidt
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren trombone, vocals
    Malena Ernman & Jeanette Köhn vocals
    Ida Sand piano, vocals
    Magnus Lindgren woodwinds
    Ola Gustafsson & Mats Bergström guitar

    17:00 Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    31 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Thron Ullberg, Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren meets Daniel Hope

    Nils Landgren, Posaune
    Daniel Hope, Violine
    Johannes von Ballestrem, Klavier
    Stéphane Logerot, Kontrabass

    17:00 Concert Hall 93 seats for hotel guests available

  • 1 - 7

    Apr 24

    Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    In April, star violinist Daniel Hope will be holding his third music week at Schloss Elmau. For this, the internationally acclaimed musician, program maker and presenter has invited numerous friends to Schloss Elmau and will be performing in chamber music concerts, jazz in the bar and his major project “Los Angeles 1943 – Escape to Paradise” with opera world star Thomas Hampson, among others.FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    6 nights for the price of 5
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Mon, 1 April
    Book your room now!

    Concert Hall 60 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    with Daniel Hope, Thomas Hampson, Jacques Ammon, Adrien La Marca, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Benjamin Nyffenegger et al.

  • Monday

    1 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Bailey Davidson
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Opening concert
    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope & Tanja Sonc, violin tbc
    Ryszard Groblewski & Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska, viola
    Benjamin Nyffenegger & Anna Tyka Nyffenegger, cello

    Tschaikowsky: String sextet “Souvenir de Florence” et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    2 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope & Tanja Sonc, violin
    Ryszard Groblewski & Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska, viola
    Benjamin Nyffenegger & Anna Tyka Nyffenegger, cello

    Dvorák: String sextet et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    4 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Jiyang Chen, Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    Thomas Hampson baritone
    “Los Angeles 1943 - Escape to Paradise”

    with Jacques Ammon, piano
    & chamber music ensemble

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    5 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope, violin
    Malin Broman, violin & viola
    Adrien La Marca, viola
    Josephine Knight, cello
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass
    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    Hummel: Piano quintet E flat major
    Bruch: 8 pieces Op 83 et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 99 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    5 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Late Night Jazz with Daniel Hope & Friends

    Valérie Yeng-Seng, vocals
    Daniel Hope, violin
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass

    Jazz & Chanson

    Admission: 21:00 | First come, first serve (no registration possible)

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • Saturday

    6 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Closing concert
    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Timothy Jones, french horn
    Daniel Hope, violin
    Malin Broman, violin & viola
    Adrien La Marca, viola
    Josephine Knight, cello
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass
    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole
    Brahms: Horn trio et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    8 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Chris Singer
    ©
    Classical

    Jörg Widmann clarinet
    Lisa Batiashvili violin
    Denis Kozhkuhin piano

    Bartók: Kontraste für Klarinette, Violine und Klavier
    Widmann: Tränen der Musen et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    13 Apr

    2024

    Photo: ARD International Music Competition
    ©
    Classical

    Festival of the ARD Prize Winners
    Concert of winners of the ARD music competition

    In cooperation with the Bayerischer Rundfunk.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Outstanding young talent at Schloss Elmau: at the “Festival of the Prize Winners”, selected prize winners from different years of the ARD International Competition spend a rehearsal period at Schloss Elmau. At the end of the rehearsals, they present themselves in chamber music works.

  • Saturday

    20 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Nadine Poncioni, Raffaele Proell
    ©
    Classical

    Nicholas Ofczarek & Musicbanda Franui
    Thomas Bernhard: “Holzfällen“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The acting star and the Musicbanda give insights before the official premiere at the Vienna Burgtheater

    Nicholas Ofczarek, recitation
    Musicbanda Franui:
    Johannes Eder (clarinet, bass clarinet)
    Andreas Fuetsch (tuba)
    Patrik Hofer (trumpet)
    Romed Hopfgartner (sopran and alto saxophon, clarinet)
    Markus Kraler (double bass, accordion)
    Angelika Rainer (harp, zither, voice)
    Bettina Rainer (dulcimer, voice)
    Andreas Schett (trumpet, voice, musical direction)
    Martin Senfter (trombone, voice)
    Nikolai Tunkowitsch (violin)
    Composition and musical arrangements: Markus Kraler & Andreas Schett
    Dramaturgy: Andreas Schett

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    When the famous Burgtheater actor Nicholas Ofczarek and the fantastic Austrian Musicbanda Franui bring Thomas Bernhard's novel “Holzfällen“ to the stage, a unique format will be created - with elements of music theater, reading, theater performance and radio play. Nikolaus Ofczarek will speak Thomas Bernhard's sentences in the midst of the Musicbanda, while the Musicbanda will be heard performing a specialty that has made them famous: celebrating funeral marches and funeral music.

  • Friday

    26 Apr

    2024

    Photo: istock, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Dance Evening

    Waltz Weekend
    Julien Quentin, piano

    Two dance evenings in the concert hall with waltzes by famous composers from Chopin to Tchaikovsky, played by Julien Quentin on the piano.

    20:30 Concert Hall

  • Saturday

    27 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daellenbach, Hall-Tighe, Burgstaller, Liarmkopoulus, Nelsen
    ©
    Classical

    Canadian Brass
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Elmau Debut for one of the world's most famous brass ensembles

    Ashley Hall-Tighe & Joe Burgstaller, trumpet
    Jeff Nelsen, french horn
    Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone
    Chuck Daellenbach, tuba

    Works by Bach, Rimski-Korsakow, The Beatles, Traditionals, Dixieland et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The unique success story of one of the most famous brass ensembles in the world has been going on for over 50 years: Canadian Brass. They never cease to amaze audiences with the unexpected possibilities of their instruments and humorous entertainment. The fact that they don't take themselves and their music too seriously and that smiles are definitely welcome is certainly one of the keys to their success.

  • Saturday

    27 Apr

    2024

    Photo: istock, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Dance Evening

    Waltz Weekend
    Julien Quentin, piano

    Two dance evenings in the concert hall with waltzes by famous composers from Chopin to Tchaikovsky, played by Julien Quentin on the piano.

    20:30 Concert Hall

  • Wednesday

    1 May

    2024

    Photo: Johannes Ritter, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger flute, conductor
    Franziska Hölscher violin, conductor
    & Friends

    Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons“, flute concertos et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 99 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    2 May

    2024

    Photo: Henning Ross, Irène Zandel
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger flute, conductor
    Franziska Hölscher flute, conductor
    & Friends

    Chamber music

    17:00 Pavillon Retreat 59 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    10 May

    2024

    Photo: SWR, C.H. Beck
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    Book presentation

    Norbert Frei
    „Im Namen der Deutschen – Die Bundespräsidenten und die NS-Vergangenheit“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Norbert Freis Buch ist „ein bahnbrechendes Standardwerk“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

    Norbert Frei im Gespräch mit Rachel Salamander

    17:00 Pavillon Retreat 50 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Der Bundespräsident spricht qua Amt “im Namen der Deutschen”, auch und gerade, wenn es um die NS-Vergangenheit geht. Für Theodor Heuss und seine Nachfolger zu Zeiten der Bonner Republik war das immer auch ein Sprechen über die eigene Zeitgenossenschaft. Norbert Frei, einer der renommiertesten Zeithistoriker der Gegenwart, zeigt in seinem mitunter atemverschlagenden Buch, wie dabei die persönliche Vergangenheit beschwiegen und zugleich der Ton für das Reden über Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust in einer Gesellschaft gesetzt wurde, die erst lernen musste, sich ihrer Geschichte selbstkritisch zu stellen.

  • Saturday

    18 May

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Reiter
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    Techno-Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband

    Roman Sladek, trombone, bandleader

    17:00 Concert Hall
    Details

    Bigband jazz made in Bavaria. The Jazzrausch Bigband has made it its mission to inspire its audience with creative music-making. With an average of 120 concerts a year, it is one of the busiest big bands in Europe and brings together jazz fans and dance fans with “power of sound, groove and enormous stage presence” (FAZ) like probably no comparable ensemble currently.

  • Sunday

    19 May

    2024

    Photo: Julien Mignot, Marco Borggreve
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    Classical

    Belcea Quartet string quartet
    Quatuor Ébène
    string quartet

    Mendelssohn: String octet
    Enescu: String octet

    17:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Two world-class string quartets united: experience the string octets by Enescu and Mendelssohn interpreted by Quatuor Ébène and the Belcea Quartet.

  • 26 - 30

    May 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
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    Dance Retreat

    Dance Retreat

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young! Dancing had a long tradition in Schloss Elmau. At this Dance Retreat you can learn new dance steps and develop existing skills with a professional dance teacher on three days, each with a thematic focus.

    SCHEDULE:
    Arrival: Sun, May 26 | Departure: Thu, May 30
    Daily dance classes (Monday to Wednesday)
    Dance parties in the evening (Monday & Wednesday)

    Hotel guests are also welcome to register for individual course days of the dance retreat

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    DANCE RETREATPACKAGE 4 FOR 3
    4 nights for the price of 3 (Arrival Sun, 26. May)
    Book package here!

    30 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    What to expect
    Daily dance classes (16.00 - 17.30, Tuesday additionally 10.30 - 12.00) with a professionally trained dance instructor couple of the dance school Wolfgang Steuer. The exact course content will be announced shortly.
    Dance parties in the evening (from 21.30): Monday & Wednesday with live band (no registration required)

    Further information:
    The course level will be adapted to its participants, beginners welcome
    Please indicate for the course planning whether you are coming as a couple or traveling alone. Single travelers will be assigned dance partners on site, same sex also possible.
    Private dance lessons can be booked through the cultural office.
    A hotel booking is required to take part in the dance courses.

  • 23 - 28

    Jun 24

    Photo: Casper David Friedrich
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    Week of the Romantic Era

    Week of the Romantic Era

    A whole week of concerts, conversations and lectures to illuminate the fascinating panorama of the Romantic period in music: great musicians and exquisite ensembles bring to life the key themes of Romanticism.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Sun, 23 June | departure Sun, 30 June
    from ab 256 € p. p. / night
    Book your room now!

    Concert Hall 76 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Two events daily, opening concert Sun 23 June in the evening, final concert Sat 29 June in the evening, day of departure Sun, 30 June

  • 28 - 30

    Jun 24

    Photo: Markus Jans, Schloss Elmau
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    Piano Summit

    Piano Summit

    Outstanding pianists of different generations can be experienced in this Piano Summit at Schloss Elmau: Martha Argerich shares a long artistic friendship with Lilya Zilberstein, whose sons, the Gerzenberg Piano Duo, will also be part of the first concert evening. On Thursday, Sergei Babayan will be featured in a piano recital, and finally the exceptional young pianist Mao Fujita, who has had a stellar career and has become an indispensable figure on international concert stages.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    arrival Sunday, 25 Feb | departure Sunday, 3 March
    from ab 279 € p. p. / night
    Book your room now!

  • Friday

    28 Jun

    2024

    Photo: Markus Jans
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    Classical

    Víkingur Ólafsson piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Where it all began: After the grand opening in August 2023, piano star Vikingur Olafsson closes his year-long Bach tour at Schloss Elmau

    Bach: Goldberg Variations

    21:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The 2023/2024 season of this Icelandic piano star is and was all about Bach, whose Goldberg Variations he played 88 times in the world's greatest concert halls. The first concert of this major undertaking took Olafsson to the Elmau Concert Hall in August 2023. He is now returning there for a crowning finale, thus closing the arc of his journey to Bach at Schloss Elmau.

  • Saturday

    29 Jun

    2024

    Photo: Egbert Krupp_Schloss Elmau
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    Classical

    Grigory Sokolov piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    "Among all the pianists who have existed and still exist, Grigory Sokolov is in a category of his own." (Jan Brachmann, FAZ)

    Bach: Four duets BWV 802-805, Partita No2 C-minor BWV 826 and other pieces

    Concert with interval. Concert-experienced children aged 10 and above, who can sit still during the concert, are welcome to attend.

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    21:00 Concert Hall 81 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The unique character of music played live is a crucial aspect of understanding the expressive beauty and compelling honesty of Grigory Sokolov's art. His poetic interpretations, which come alive with mystical intensity in the concert hall, are based on an in-depth knowledge of the repertoire. His programmes span the entire history of music: from transcriptions of sacred polyphony of the Middle Ages and works by Couperin, Rameau and Bach, to the Classical and Romantic repertoire and key compositions of the 20th century. Now Grigory Sokolov returns to Schloss Elmau – with what is sure to be a compelling and impressive concert evening.

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