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 room rate.

  • Jazztival

    20th Jazztival

    artists include Till Brönner, Nils Landgren, Renaud Garcia Fons & Antonio Sanchez

    Since 1998 Schloss Elmau has played host to over 2000 jazz concerts from the hottest international artists, establishing it as a key venue on the jazz circuit. On thousands of occasions the beautiful Al Camino Bar has become a jazz lounge for the most outstanding up and coming jazz musicians. Alongside the jazz greats, Till Brönner and Nils Landgren, other top acts have been announced for this year's festival, including the unique French bassist Renaud Garcia Fons with his trio and the highly-acclaimed Mexican drummer, omnipresent on the New York scene, Antonio Sanchez.
  • Photo: Chris-Noltekuhlmann
    20th European Jazztival

    Till Brönner trumpet
    Dieter Ilg bass

    "Nightfall"

    "With this project I realized a long-cherished dream of mine", says Till Brönner about "Nightfall" with pieces from Leonard Cohen to the Beatles. It's the trumpeter's first collaboration with bassist Dieter Ilg - even though their musical formation seems so natural and familiar to the listener, as if it had always existed. "Nightfall" is both the debut of their collaboration and the result of an intense collaboration between two great storytellers.
  • Photo: Rolf Freiberger
    20th European Jazztival

    Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio

    David Venitucci, accordion | Renaud Garcia-Fons, bass | Stephan Caracci, vibraphone, drums

    The "Paganini of the double bass", Renaud García-Fons, is one of the most extraordinary musicians of the jazz and world music scene. As one of the most virtuoso double bassists of our time, the Frenchman of Spanish origin "surpasses on the five-string [...] everything that seemed possible in jazz to date 'con arco' on the double bass," praised Martin Kunzler in the 2002 edition of the Jazz-Lexikon.
  • Photo: ACT, Lena Semmelroggen
    20th European Jazztival

    Joachim Kühn Trio Beauty & Truth

    Joachim Kühn, piano | Chris Jennings, bass | Eric Schaefer, drums

    Joachim Kühn is one of the few German world stars of jazz. With his category-defying playing, the pianist distinguishes himself as a world-class musician. In contemporary jazz he has already left his mark and broken new ground. A musical citizen of the world, Kühn sees himself committed to the tradition of jazz, as well as to European concert music, but also to a contemporary language of sound. For the programme "Beauty & Truth" he has selected old, well-known and unusual pieces and recorded them in the new trio: "After many years I am returning to the classical piano trio. With Eric and Chris I have found a new dream team. It's very inspiring to play with them."
  • Photo: Dieter Düvelmeyer, Patrick Essex
    20th European Jazztival

    Coulibaly - Lauer - Landfermann

    Moussa Coulibaly, balafon, ngoni, vocals, percussion | Johannes Lauer, trombone, percussion | Robert Landfermann, bass

    Moussa Coulibaly is a griot musician who grew up in a small village in Burkina Faso. He plays a variety of percussion and string instruments, sings, writes poetry and composes. Johannes Lauer's work ranges from New Orleans jazz to avant-garde, contemporary classical and experimental pop music and traditional music from Peru, Colombia, Brazil and the Alpine country. A close connection to the music of West Africa was formed during a six-month stay in Mali in 2008. Robert Landfermann is one of the most sought-after jazz musicians in Germany. His playing is documented on 80 CDs.
  • Photo: Thron Ullberg
    20th European Jazztival

    Nils Landgren & Trio

    Nils Landgren, trombone, vocals | Lisa Wulff, bass | Eric Staiger, piano | Silvan Strauss, drums

    There is a synonym for the words versatility and curiosity: Nils Landgren. "Mr. Red Horn" - as he is called because of his red trombone - swings virtuously from perspective to perspective - also because he needs constant change. As a trombonist, singer, producer and entertainer, he is one of the most creative and successful figures on the European music scene.
  • Photo: Justin Bettman
    20th European Jazztival

    Antonio Sánchez & Migration Lines in the Sand

    Thana Alexa, vocals | Chase Baird, sax | John Escreet, keys | Orlando le Fleming, bass | Antonio Sánchez, drums

    The four-time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez is one of the most important drummers and composers in the jazz world, as legends such as Pat Metheny, Chick Corea and Gary Burton confirm. As a bandleader, the drummer, who comes from Mexico and lives in New York, has been on the road for several years on all the major stages. With his top-class band Migration he brings pulsating jazz to Schloss Elmau.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Josef Ressle piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: John Minihan
    Literature Week

    Samuel Beckett Kein Endspiel - das Scheitern als kreative Möglichkeit

    "Immer versucht. Immer gescheitert. Egal. Wieder versuchen. Wieder scheitern. Besser scheitern." Samuel Beckett

  • Photo: John Minihan, PR
    Book Critics Fair | Author's reading

    Einführung in das Leben und Werk Samuel Becketts

    Mark Nixon, Co-Director Beckett International Foundation

  • Photo: Thomas Dashuber, Suhrkamp, privat
    Book Critics Fair | Author's reading

    Jens Harzer liest aus
    Samuel Becketts Briefwechseln

    "Was bleibt, wenn die Schreie enden?"
    Briefe 1966-1989
    Einführung: Hans-Ulrich Müller-Schwefe, Lektor des Suhrkamp Verlags

  • Photo: Thomas Dashuber, Cover Lumen, PR
    Book Critics Fair | Author's reading

    Jens Harzer reads
    Murphy

    Einführung: Mark Nixon

  • Photo: privat, Nane Diehl, Martin Walz, PR
    Book Critics Fair | Author's reading

    Zeitzeugen berichten über ihre Begegnungen mit Samuel Beckett

    Walter Asmus, Regisseur der Berliner Aufführungen von Samuel Beckett
    Erika Tophoven, Übersetzerin von Samuel Beckett
    Werner Spies, Freund und Kollege von Samuel Beckett
    Moderation: Simon Strauß

  • Photo: Nagyfelbontású, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    István Vardai cello
    Enrico Pace piano

    Bach: Suite Nr. 6 D-Dur für Violoncello solo, Brahms et al.

    The Hungarian cellist István Várdai is one of the outstanding cellists of the younger generation, whose has won an impressive number of awards and competitions - including the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann, the Tchaikovsky Competition, the Concours de Genève and in 2014 the ARD Music Competition in Munich. Since then Várdai has appeared on many major stages as a soloist and chamber musician. His partner is the renowned pianist Enrico Pace, a much sought-after soloist and chamber music partner of great soloists such as Frank Peter Zimmermann and Daniel Müller-Schott.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Felix Schneider piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Dorothee Falk, Suhrkamp
    Book Critics Fair | Author's reading

    Stefan Hunstein reads
    Erste Liebe

    An unusual thriller in the tradition of a Cormac McCarthy or Quentin Tarantino and the fascinating panorama of a bizarre Japanese underworld, which still evokes the traditions of the samurai time, even if its golden age belongs to the past.
  • Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Martin T:son Engstroem, Founder and Director of the famous Verbier Festival in the Swiss Alps, that is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will again present some of the most promising young musicians on the cusp of great careers to perform in solo, chamber and orchestra concerts with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy.

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Sergei Babayan piano

    Chopin

    He is one of the great pianists and piano teachers of our time: in 1989 Sergei Babayan was the first Soviet artist ever to win a competition in the West without the support of the state. Today he is an internationally influential musician who has shaped generations of younger pianists, including pianists such as Daniil Trifonov. His Rachmaninov recording with Martha Argerich, published by Deutsche Grammophon, was recorded in Schloss Elmau in November 2017.
  • Photo: PR, Sim Canetty-Clarke
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Hadelich violin
    Charles Owen piano

    Brahms: Violinsonate Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 78, Ysaÿe & Adams

    "A sensation" wrote Harald Eggebrecht in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about Augustin Hadelich. The young violinist, who lives in America and was born in Italy as the son of German parents, has had a tremendous career in recent years, especially in America. On the program of his matinee together with the pianist Charles Owen are - besides Brahms and Ysaÿe - the "Road Movies" of the American composer John Adams.
  • Photo: Nicolas Brodard, Aline Paley
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Jonathan Roozeman cello

    Monn: Cellokonzert g-Moll & Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 39 KV 543

    The first orchestra and soloist concert of the Verbier Festival in Schloss Elmau presents the 1997 born Finno-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozeman. He has won numerous prizes, including the sixth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, which has led to an ongoing collaboration with Valeriy Gergiev. Under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy, the famous Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in the second part of the concert.
  • Photo: PR
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Daniel Kharitonov piano

    Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 3 C-Dur op. 2/3 & Chopin: Etüden op. 10

    In 2015 at the age of 16, Daniel Kharitonov won third prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition and has since performed with many orchestras, including the Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. The young pianist can be heard in Schloss Elmau with Beethoven's third piano sonata in C major and Chopin's Etudes op. 10.
  • Photo: Klaus Rudolph
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Jonathan Roozeman cello

    Conversation in english

    The first orchestra and soloist concert of the Verbier Festival in Schloss Elmau presents the 1997 born Finno-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozeman. He has won numerous prizes, including the sixth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, which has led to an ongoing collaboration with Valeriy Gergiev. Under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy, the famous Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in the second part of the concert.
  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Auswahl), Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue et al.

    Denis Kozhukhin is one of the most interesting pianists of the younger generation. Since winning the famous Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels in 2010, Kozhukhin has made a great career, regularly leading him to important orchestras such as the Berlin Staatskapelle or the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim or Simon Rattle. Kozhukhin is a regular guest at the Verbier Festival and also appears as a soloist and chamber musician at the Schloss Elmau Festival.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Matthias Bublath piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Dan Carabas, Julien Mignot
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Camille Thomas cello
    Julien Quentin piano

    Shostakovich, Franck

    Optimism, vitality and exuberance belong to the personality of the young French-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas, who last year signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Her piano partner is the French pianist Julien Quentin, who has made a name for himself as an accomplished musician and appears regularly at the Verbier Festival and in Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: Dan Carabas
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Jonathan Roozeman cello

    Conversation in english

    The first orchestra and soloist concert of the Verbier Festival in Schloss Elmau presents the 1997 born Finno-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozeman. He has won numerous prizes, including the sixth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, which has led to an ongoing collaboration with Valeriy Gergiev. Under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy, the famous Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in the second part of the concert.
  • Photo: Nicolas Brodard, Aline Paley
    10th Verber Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Sergei Babayan piano

    Mozart: Klavierkonzert C-Dur KV 503 & Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 4 B-Dur

    The special attraction of the Verbier Music Week in Schloss Elmau is to experience the great established musicians as well as the young up-and-coming talents as soloists in solo concerts and concentrated recitals. Sergei Babayan's second Verbier Week concert shows the great musician and educator, who has just been signed as an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon, as soloist in Mozart's C major Piano Concerto conducted by the energetic Gábor Takács-Nagy.
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    Gift Voucher

    Concert plus 3 course menu

    at Schloss Elmau Retreat including wine pairing, followed by concert in the Concert Hall

  • Photo: Chris Lee
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Yoav Levanon piano

    Chopin: Ballade Nr. 4 f-moll, Debussy: Images (I) et al.

    Among the youngest musicians of the Verbier Week, alongside cellist La Li, is thirteen-year-old pianist Yoav Levanon.
  • Photo: Ealovega, PR, Millot, Lund
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Stephen Waarts violin
    Karolina Errera viola
    Camille Thomas cello
    Daniel Kharitonov piano

    Noah Bendix-Balgley violin
    Jonathan Roozeman cello
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Mendelssohn: Klavierquartett f-moll & Schubert: Klaviertrio Nr. 2 Es-Dur D 929

    A special highlight of the Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau are the chamber music concerts in which the young soloists come together in new and interesting formations. This often leads to intensive musical connections, which continue to exist beyond their time together in Schloss Elmau and help the young musicians to form new impulses and constellations.
  • Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Julien Mignot
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Stephen Waarts violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    Mendelssohn: Sonate F-Dur, Schumann: Drei Romanzen op. 94 et al.

    The Danish-American violinist Stephen Waarts, born in 1996, has made a name for himself in recent years as a special talent among young violinists. He can look back on numerous competition successes such as the 5th place and the Audience Award at the renowned Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels 2015, with which he attracted international attention and first prizes at the Menuhin Competition in 2014 and at the Montreal International Competition in 2013. In addition, he won the Young Concert Artists Audition in New York at the age of 17 in 2013.
  • Photo: PR, Senya Alman
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Jonathan Roozeman cello

    Conversation in english

    The first orchestra and soloist concert of the Verbier Festival in Schloss Elmau presents the 1997 born Finno-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozeman. He has won numerous prizes, including the sixth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, which has led to an ongoing collaboration with Valeriy Gergiev. Under the direction of Gábor Takács-Nagy, the famous Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in the second part of the concert.
  • Photo: Nicolas Brodard, Aline Paley
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Martin James Bartlett piano
    Noah Bendix-Balgley Violine
    Amihai Grosz Viola

    Mozart: Klavierkonzert c-Moll KV 491 & Bruch: Doppelkonzert e-moll

    Zu Mozarts Klavierkonzert c-Moll ist eine Anekdote überliefert, nach der Beethoven nach einer Aufführung gesagt haben solle, "niemals im Stande zu sein, etwas Ähnliches zu machen". Der junge britische Pianist Martin James Bartlett, der 2014 zum "BBC Young Artist of the Year" gewählt wurde, ist Solist dieses Konzertes. Im zweiten Teil des Konzertes bringt Bruchs Doppelkonzert für Violine und Viola zwei vielfach ausgezeichnete Musiker, den Geiger Noa Bendix-Balgley und den Bratschisten Amihai Grosz, zusammen, die neben zahlreichen eigenen Solo- und Kammermusikverpflichtungen auch beide in exponierten Positionen - als Konzertmeister bzw. Solobratischst - bei den Berliner Philharmonikern wirken.
  • Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Julien Mignot
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Amihai Grosz viola
    Julien Quentin piano

    Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 73 & Brahms: Sonate B-Dur op. 120/1 et al.

    Born in Jerusalem, Amihai Grosz is the first solo viola player of the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as a fascinating and rousing soloist and chamber musician. Amihai Grosz has performed as a soloist with various renowned orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin and has collaborated with artists such as Isaac Stern, Daniel Barenboim, Mitsuko Uchida, Yefim Bronfman and David Geringas.
  • Photo: Ealovega, PR, Held, PR
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Stephen Waarts violin
    Jonathan Roozeman cello
    Martin James Bartlett piano
    Stephen Waarts violin
    Amihai Grosz viola
    La Li cello
    Yoav Levanon piano

    Mendelssohn: Klaviertrio c-Moll, op. 66, Brahms: Klavierquartett Nr. 3 c-Moll, op. 60

  • Photo: Schloss Elmau
    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Christoph Adams piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: PR, Julien Mignot
    10th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Jonathan Roozeman cello
    Julien Quentin piano

    Kodály, Debussy, Prokofiev

    Nach seinem ersten Auftritt mit Orchester zu Beginn der Verbier-Woche ist Jonathan Roozeman nun in einem Recital zu erleben. Roozeman ist Gewinner zahlreicher Preise, unter anderem des sechsten Preises beim Internationalen Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerbs, der zu einer anhaltenden Zusammenarbeit mit Valeriy Gergiev führte. Im Gepäck haben Roozeman und sein formidabler Pianist Julien Quentin zwei der zentralen Cellosonaten des 20. Jahrhunderts von Kodály und Prokofjew.
  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Aline Praley, Nicolas Brodard
    10th Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 c-Moll & Haydn: Symphonie Nr. 104 D-Dur

    Den glanzvollen Abschluss der Verbier-Woche bestreiten Denis Kozhukhin und das Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra unter seinem musikalischen Leiter Gábor Takács-Nagy mit Beethovens drittem Klavierkonzert und Haydns Symphonie Nr. 104. Das Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra wurde 2005 aus ehemaligen Mitgliedern des Verbier Festival Orchestras gebildet und ist seit 2009 fester Bestandteil der jährlichen Festivalwoche auf Schloss Elmau.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Benedikt Jahnel piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Quatuor Arod

    Jordan Victoria, violin | Alexandre Vu, violin | Tanguy Parisot, viola | Samy Rachid, cello
    Haydn, Beethoven

    Das französische Quatuor Arod hat seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2013 zahlreiche Preise gewonnen, darunter den wichtigen 1. Preis beim ARD-Wettbewerb in der Kategorie Streichquartett im Jahr 2016. Seither gastieren die vier jungen Musiker - allesamt mitreißende Kammermusiker - in bedeutenden europäischen Sälen von London bis München und bei großen Festivals wie dem Rheingau Musik Festival und dem Verbier Festival.
    Jordan Victoria, Violine
    Alexandre Vu, Violine
    Tanguy Parisot, Viola
    Samy Rachid, Violoncello
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Larissa Richter piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    Classical

    Elena Bashkirova piano

    Schumann: Sonate für Klavier fis-Moll op. 11
    Dvorák: Auszüge aus Poetische Stimmungsbilder op. 85 et al.

    Die in Moskau geborene Pianistin Elena Bashkirova ist seit vielen Jahren im internationalen Musikleben als Solistin und Kammermusikerin präsent. Vor zwanzig Jahren rief sie das Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival ins Leben, das sie als Künstlerische Leiterin seither alljährlich gestaltet und zu einer tragenden Säule des kulturellen Lebens in Israel gemacht hat. In Schloss Elmau ist sie nun u.a. mit Schumann und Dvorák zu erleben.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Daniel Eppinger piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Jo Junghanss piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Schloss Elmau
    Gift Voucher

    Concert plus 3 course menu

    at Schloss Elmau including wine pairing, followed by concert in the Concert Hall
    Quartonal

  • Photo: ACT, Sascha Kletzsch, PR
    Recorded @ Schloss Elmau

    Echoes of Swing
    & Rebecca Kilgore

    Seit vielen Jahren gehören die Echoes of Swing zur absoluten Top-Elite in Sachen Swing der 30er und 40er Jahre. Mühelos durchqueren die vier Vollblut-Musiker und ihr Gast, die US-amerikanische Jazzsängerin Rebecca Kilgore, mit atemberaubender Verve die Standards des American Songbook und präsentieren die Ergebnisse ihres brandneu in Schloss Elmau eingespielten Albums im Konzert.

    Rebecca Kilgore, vocals
    Colin T. Dawson, trumpet, vocals
    Chris Hopkins, alto sax
    Bernd Lhotzky, piano
    Henning Gailing, bass
    Oliver Mewes, drums
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Andreas Feith piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Schloss Elmau
    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Andreas Kissenbeck piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Juventino Mateo
    Classical

    Emmanuel Tjeknavorian violin
    Romaine Bolinger violin
    Timothy Ridout viola
    Kian Soltani violoncello
    Payam Taghadossi violoncello

    Schubert: Streichquintett C-Dur D 956

    Schuberts Streichquintett mit seiner ungewöhnlichen Besetzung für zwei Violinen, einer Viola und zwei Violoncelli gehört zu den bedeutendsten Werken der Kammermusik überhaupt. Gespielt wird das Quintett von der Crème de la Crème der aufstrebenden jungen Musiker - unter ihnen der Cellist Kian Soltani, der Bratschist Timothy Ridout und der Geiger Emmanuel Tjeknavorian.
  • Photo: Marcus Schröpfer
    Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband
    Still! Still! Still!

    Hinter der Münchner Jazzrausch Bigband liegt ein ganz besonderes Jahr. Ihr Spielplan führte sie 2018 mit über 100 Konzerten u.a. in die Philharmonie München, zum Rheingau Musikfestival nach Wiesbaden und zum JZ Festival nach Shanghai. Nach ihrem phänomenalen Techno-Konzert im Juli diesen Jahres freut sich die Jazzrausch Bigband sehr darauf, am 22. Dezember ihr Weihnachtsprogramm "Still! Still! Still!" auf Schloss Elmau zu präsentieren. Es bettet die Melodien bekannter europäischer Weihnachtslieder in eine swingende Bigband Ästhetik á la Count Basie. Gleichzeitig halten Leonhard Kuhns Arrangements jede Menge Humor, Ironie und Einfallsreichtum bereit. Geleitet wird die Jazzrausch Bigband von Roman Sladek.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Michael Gumpinger piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Mika Bovan
    Classical

    Alexander Gavrylyuk piano

    Rachmaninow: Préludes & works by Rachmaninov/Kocsis & Prokofjew

    Als "Offenbarung" bezeichnete The Times das Klavierspiel des ukrainisch-australischen Pianisten Alexander Gavrylyuk. Seit seinem Gewinn der „Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition“ im Jahr 2005 ist er auf vielen internationalen Konzertpodien zu Gast, auch etwa gemeinsam mit Janine Jansen, mit der ihn eine langjährige musikalische Freundschaft verbindet. In Schloss Elmau ist er am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertag mit einem Klavierabend zu erleben.
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    Jazz Piano Series @ Al Camino Bar

    Matti Klein piano

    Fine drinks, great music & interesting talks in front of an open fire place.
    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Gregor Hohenberg, James McMillian & Decca
    Classical

    Andreas Scholl counter tenor
    Tamar Halperin piano

    "Twilight People" - Lieder von Britten, Vaughan Williams, Pärt et. al.

    Der Countertenor Andreas Scholl hat auf dem Gebiet des Barock- und Liedgesangs international Maßstäbe gesetzt. Mit seiner langjährigen musikalischen Partnerin, der vielseitigen Pianistin Tamar Halperin, spannt er nun mit dem Programm "Twilight People" einen weiten Klangbogen von Aaron Copland und Benjamin Britten bis zu Arvo Pärt.
  • Photo: Marcus Höhn
    Author's reading

    María Cecilia Barbetta reads
    "Nachtleuchten"

    Shortlist German Book Prize 2018

    Buenos Aires 1974/ 1975: In her new novel María Cecilia Barbetta tells of the eerie atmosphere on the eve of a political upheaval. A novel of political urgency and great poetic sensuality.

    Buenos Aires 1974/ 1975: In ihrem neuen Roman erzählt María Cecilia Barbetta von der gespenstischen Atmosphäre am Vorabend eines politischen Umsturzes. Ein Roman von einer politischen Dringlichkeit und großer poetischen Sinnlichkeit.
  • Photo: PR
    Classical

    Nicolas Koeckert violin
    Lilian Akopova piano

    Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev et al.

    Der in München geborene Geiger Nicolas Koeckert erhielt im Alter von 5 Jahren bereits seine erste Geige von seinem Großvater. Sein akademisches Studium begann er mit 16 Jahren als Jungstudent und führte es später bei dem renommierten Geigenvirtuosen Zakhar Bron fort. Seither tritt er regelmäßig als Solist auf allen Bühnen der Welt auf. Mit der renommierten, ebenfalls in München wirkenden Pianistin Lilian Akopova spielt er Werke von Mozart, Tschaikowsky und Prokofjew.
  • Photo: Andreas Terlaak
    Classical

    Daria van den Bercken piano

    Händel, Scarlatti

    "Daria van den Bercken präsentiert alles mit musikalischer Hingabe und makelloser Virtuosität", schrieb das renommierte Gramophone Magazine über die letzte Händel-Einspielung der russisch-niederländischen Pianistin. Diese Attribute charakterisieren auch ihre jüngste Aufnahme der ungemein reizvollen, brillanten und anspruchsvollen Scarlatti-Sonaten, die sie nun auch in Schloss Elmau präsentiert.
  • Photo: PR
    Jazz

    Ola Onabulé vocals
    Nick Flade piano
    Patrick Scales bass
    Thomas Käfel drums

    Als einen der besten britischen Soulsänger mit "Killerstimme und drei Oktaven" bezeichnete das Jazzwise Magazine den in London geborenen Ola Onabule. Seine aufgeladenen Live-Auftritte, die jeden Konzertbesucher von den Sitzen reißt, führen ihn regelmäßig zu den renommiertesten Festivals, Konzertsälen und Jazzclubs in der ganzen Welt.
  • Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Ian Bostridge tenor
    Roberto González-Monjas violin
    Julius Drake piano

    Bach, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven et al.
    incl. champagne reception 17.30 in the Concert Hall Foyer

    Ian Bostridges Liederabende und Opernpartien werden weltweit gefeiert. Nun kehrt der große britische Tenor gemeinsam mit seinem Liedpianisten Julius Drake und dem Geiger Roberto González-Monjas für den letzten Abend des Jahres nach Schloss Elmau zurück.
  • Photo: PR
    Jazz

    Scott Hamilton sax
    André Weiß piano
    Joel Locher bass
    Charly Antolini drums

    20:00 - 22:00 in the Fidelio
    22:30 - 23:30 in the Teesaal

    exclusively for hotel guests

  • Photo: Adriana Yankulova
    Modern Classical

    Vivi Vassileva Percussion Quartet

    Vivi Vassileva | Maria Chlebus | Alexander Georgiev | Daniel Martinez

  • Photo: OAA Lewis 208
    Author's reading

    Philippe Sands reads
    Rückkehr nach Lemberg

    "About the birth of international human rights and at the same time a delicate family portrait ........moving and captivating" Adam Thirlwell
    "A book like no other I've read - you can't put it away and forget." Orlando Figes

  • Photo: PR
    Jazz

    triosence

    Bernhard Schüler, piano | Omar Rodriguez Calvo, bass | Tobias Schulte, drums

    Ob in Brasilien, Taiwan oder in den USA - überall, wo die drei Musiker von triosence bislang aufgetreten sind, ließ man ein begeistertes Publikum zurück. Die Band hat einen unverwechselbaren Stil entwickelt, den sie selbst als songjazz bezeichnet. Die Melodie betonte Mischung aus Jazz, Fusion, Folk und World überzeugt nicht nur Kenner sondern auch jene, die mit Jazz bislang wenig anfangen konnten.
  • Chamber Music Week

    65th Chamber Music Week

    artists include Janine Jansen, Víkingur Ólafsson, Avi Avital, Fauré Quartett & Minguet Quartett

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Edith Held, Mat Hennek
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    Amihai Grosz viola
    Jens Peter Maintz cello

    Mozart: Divertimento für Streichtrio KV 563

    Den Auftakt der 65. Kammermusikwoche macht die niederländische Star-Geigerin Janine Jansen, die seit vielen Jahren zu den gefragtesten Geigerinnen der Musikwelt gehört. Mit dem Bratschisten Amihai Grosz und dem Cellisten Jens Peter Maintz verbindet sie eine langjährige musikalische Freundschaft. Gemeinsam spielen die drei Musiker in Schloss Elmau den Auftakt einer ausgedehnten Kammermusiktournee durch die europäischen Metropolen mit Mozarts Streichtrio.
  • Photo: Frank Rossbach
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Minguet Quartet

    Ulrich Isfort, violin | Annette Reisinger, violin | Aroa Sorin, viola | Matthias Diener, cello
    Haydn, Stockhausen, Beethoven

    Ulrich Isfort, Violine
    Annette Reisinger, Violine
    Aroa Sorin, Viola
    Matthias Diener, Violoncello
  • Photo: Harald Hoffmann, John Kentish
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Avi Avital mandolin
    Ksenija Sidorova accordion

    Kreisler, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff et al.

  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Quatuor Van Kuijk

    Nicolas Van Kuijk, violin | Sylvain Favre-Bulle, violin | Emmanuel François, viola | François Robin, cello
    Haydn, Schubert

    Nicolas Van Kuijk, Violine
    Sylvain Favre-Bulle, Violine
    Emmanuel François, Viola
    François Robin, Violoncello
  • Photo: Hannes Heinzer, PR, Martin Kendrick
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Moritz Roelcke clarinet
    Chiara Enderle cello
    Teo Gheorghiu piano

    Brahms, Beethoven, Stravinsky

  • Photo: PR, PR, Jack Liebeck
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Andrej Bielow violin
    Gareth Lubbe viola
    Adrian Brendel cello

    Mozart, Kurtág

  • Photo: Mat Hennek
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Fauré Quartett & Sven Helbig electronics
    "Pocket Symphonies"

    Erika Geldsetzer, violin | Sascha Frömbling, viola | Konstantin Heidrich, cello | Dirk Mommertz, piano

    Erika Geldsetzer, Violine
    Sascha Frömbling, Viola
    Konstantin Heidrich, Violoncello
    Dirk Mommertz, Klavier
  • Photo: PR
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Tobias Feldmann violin
    Valentin Radutiu cello

    Ravel: Sonate für Violine und Violoncello & Werke von Bach

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Julien Mignot
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Denis Kozhukhin piano
    Julien Quentin piano

    Mozart, Rachmaninow

    Bitte beachten Sie die Besetzungsänderung!

    Leider musste Víkingur Ólafsson dieses Konzert wegen einer Südamerikatour absagen. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass sich Denis Kozhukhin bereit erklärt hat, seinen Part zu übernehmen.
  • Photo: PR
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Jano Lisboa viola
    Uli Witteler cello
    Hisako Kawamura piano

    Beethoven: Trio op. 11 "Gassenhauer-Trio" et al.

  • Photo: Zen Production
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Morten Kargaard Septet

    Morten Kargaard, guitar, composition | Mette Termansen, oboe, english horn| Maj Berit Guassora, trumpet, flugelhorn | Harriet Wheeler, violin | Sidsel Feher Most, viola | Kirstine Elise Pedersen, cello | Lars Johnsen, bass
    Works composed and arranged by Morten Kargaard

    A fresh, new wind of today's contemporary music - a true hybrid of elements from classical and rhythmic music traditions occurs when these top musicians from both worlds meet in an innovative collaboration. The music, written by Morten Kargaard, highlights elements such as playfull rhythms, transparent lightness, exquisite dynamics, and pulls them all into a single expression. Performed by an unusual, new group of carefully selected instruments that makes the music come alive and breathe together. Music that creates a timeless atmosphere without preferences, and places itself in the middle of the oasis between the known and the unknown. All musicians are known for their accomplishments in different fields; from the DR Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Phil, Egberto Gismonti, each with a personal tone and an open minded approach to new music.
  • Photo: Pr, Joachim Gern, PR
    65th Chamber Music Week

    Dieter Ilg Trio
    "B-A-C-H"

    Dieter Ilg, bass | Rainer Böhm, piano | Patrice Héral, drums

  • Photo: Harald Hoffmann
    Classical

    Daniel Hope violin
    Sebastian Knauer piano
    "America"

    Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland et al.

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Norbert Kniat
    Classical

    Leonidas Kavakos violin
    Yuja Wang piano

    Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók, Strauss

  • Photo: Paolo Pellegrin, Christian Lutz
    Classical Week

    Gidon Kremer violin
    & Kremerata Baltica

    Hommage à Piazzolla

  • Photo: Breidt Daniel
    Classical Week

    Gidon Kremer violin
    Robert Wicke Clown/Circus Roncalli
    & Kremerata Baltica

    At first there was…noise (Am Anfang war Lärm)
    Everything you wanted to know about music, but didn’t dare to ask

    Werke von Mieczyslav Weinberg

  • Photo: Julia Wesely
    Jazz

    First Strings on Mars

    Florian Willeitner, violin | Igmar Jenner, violin | Georg Breinschmid, double bass

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, PR
    Classical

    Benjamin Beilman violin
    Narek Hakhnazaryan cello
    Louis Schwizgebel piano

    Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Ravel

  • Photo: CF Wesenberg
    Jazz

    Mats Eilertsen Trio

    Harmen Fraanje, piano | Mats Eilertsen, bass | Thomas Strønen, drums

  • Photo: Kaupo Kikkas, Sebastian Heck
    Classical

    Timothy Ridout viola
    Frank Dupree piano

    Bridge, Britten, Bowen

  • Photo: Bechstein
    Recorded @ Schloss Elmau

    Shani Diluka piano
    Sahana Banerjee sitar
    Prabhu Edouard tabla

    COSMOS
    Arrangements of works by Beethoven

    "There is a genuine historical link between Beethoven and Indian culture: in search of the depth of this culture and fascinated by the translation of mystical Indian texts (the Upanishad), which was released in 1816 in Germany, Beethoven immersed himself in these texts and even wrote a Brahmanic Indian poem in his notebooks to put it to music.This relationship has never been explored in concert but recognized by the famous musicologist J.S.Shedlock in 1926. For Shani Diluka, originally from the Indian continent and from the German Piano School (teaching by Fleisher / Schnabel, Perahia / Schenker and Pressler), this link between Beethoven and India makes perfect sense. Beethoven has always been in perpetual pursuit of elevation and this search in Indian mystical lands is quite exceptional. A magnificent lesson of humanity and universality that shows that Beethoven, many centuries ago, looked at the East or the "stranger" as a sign of enrichment, inspiration and fraternity. This is the goal of this project through the great Beethovenian ideals. "
  • Photo: Erato, Parlophone Records Limited, Fabien Monthubert
    Classical

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Frank Braley piano

  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    Modern Classical

    Alexej Gerassimez percussion
    Julius Heise percussion
    Lukas Böhm percussion
    Richard Putz percussion
    Sergey Mikhaylenko percussion

    Genesis of Percussion

    Works by Alexej Gerassimez, Minoru Miki, John Psathas et al.

  • Photo: Schloss Elmau, AMC Verona
    Premium Concert

    Grigory Sokolov piano

    Tickets for external guests living in the region available from 22 January 2019

    Phone: 08823 18 260

  • Photo: Joerg Steinmetz, Steven Haberland, Antje Wiech-ACT, Carstor
    Jazz

    Nils Landgren "4 Wheel Drive"

    Nils Landgren, trombone | Michael Wollny, piano | Lars Danielsson, bass | Wolfgang Haffner, drums

  • Photo: Hideki Shiozawa, Schloss Elmau
    Classical

    Yossif Ivanov violin
    Sascha Maisky violin
    Nathan Braude viola
    Mischa Maisky cello
    Lily Maisky piano
    Maxim Maisky piano

    Schumann et al.

  • Photo: Agentur, Hideki Shiozawa, Nicolas Brodard
    Classical

    Mischa Maisky cello
    CHAARTS Chamber Artists
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Schubert, Bartók et al.

  • Photo: Michael Wilson, Sim Canetty-Clarke
    Klassik

    Brad Mehldau Klavier
    Ian Bostridge Tenor

    Mehldau: Neuer Liederzyklus
    sowie Lieder von Schumann

  • Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
    Classical

    Alexander Ullman piano

    Tschaikowsky: Nussknacker-Suite und Werke von Bach und Schumann

  • Photo: PR, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Harriet Krijgh cello
    Magda Amara piano

    Vivaldi, Chopin et al.

  • Photo: Danny Merz, Sollsuchstelle
    Author's reading

    Nino Haratischwili reads
    Die Katze und der General

  • Photo: Schloss Elmau
    Premium Concert

    Martha Argerich piano
    Sergei Babayan piano

    Prokofiev, Mozart, Rachmaninov

  • Photo: PR
    World

    Rokia Traoré vocals
    & Band

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Anna Vinnitskaya piano

    Chopin: Klaviersonate Nr. 2 b-Moll, op. 35 sowie Werke von Schumann und Debussy

  • Photo: Henning Ross
    Classical

    Alexander Krichel Classical

    Beethoven: "An die ferne Geliebte" (Bearbeitung Franz Liszt) und Werke von Kreisler, Wagner und Schumann

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Kaupo Kikkas
    Classical

    Anna Vinnitskaya piano
    & Schumann Quartett

    Erik Schumann, Violine | Ken Schumann, Violine | Liisa Randalu, Viola | Mark Schumann, Violoncello

    Schostakowitsch: Klavierquintett g-Moll, op. 57

  • Photo: Irène Zandel
    Classical

    William Youn piano

    Schumann, Brahms, Liszt

  • Photo: Eva Vermandel, Irène Zandel, PR, Irène Zandel
    Classical

    Alina Ibragimova violin
    Nils Mönkemeyer viola
    Christian Poltéra cello
    William Youn piano

    Mozart, Brahms

  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund, Julien Mignot
    Classical

    Eldbjørg Hemsing violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev

  • Photo: PR, Julien Mignot
    Classical

    Eldbjørg Hemsing violine
    Julien Quentin piano

    Brahms, Grieg, Suk, Dvorák

  • Photo: Oliver Urbanski
    Jazz

    Benny Lackner Trio

    Benny Lackner, piano, electronics | Jérôme Regard, bass | Matthieu Chazarenc, drums

  • Photo: Tamra Casula, Alix Laveau, Thomas Schloemann
    Jazz

    Mare Nostrum

    Paolo Fresu, trumpet, fluegelhorn | Richard Galliano, accordion, accordina | Jan Lundgren, piano

  • Photo: PR
    Classical

    Fatma Said soprano
    & Friends

    Mozart, Ravel, Arabian songs

  • Photo: Stephan Pick, Boris Breuer
    Reading

    Cordula Stratmann & Annette Frier

    Heute hier morgen auch - über den Reisewahn

  • Photo: PR
    Jazz

    Leo Betzl Trio

    Leo Betzl, piano | Maximilian Hirning, bass | Sebastian Wolfgruber, drums

    BMW Welt Jazz Award Winner 2018

  • Photo: Jim Rakete
    Author's reading

    Axel Milberg reads
    Düsternbrook

    "Düsternbrook" - Ein Roman seines Lebens

    Moderation: Felicitas von Lovenberg

  • Photo: Franck Juery
    Classical

    Aaron Pilsan piano

    Beethoven, Liszt, Szymanowski

  • Photo: Holger Hager & Deutsche Grammophon, Marie Staggat
    Classical

    Kian Soltani cello
    Aaron Pilsan piano

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Serban Mestecaneanu, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
    Reto Bieri clarinet
    Polina Leschenko piano

    Bartók, Stravinsky, Fauré et. al.

  • Photo: dts Nachrichtenagentur
    Author's reading

    Jan Assmann reads
    Achsenzeit

    Eine Archäologie der Moderne

    Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2018

  • Photo: Jussi Puikkonen
    Author's reading

    Aleida Assmann reads
    Der europäische Traum

    Vier Lehren aus der Geschichte und Menschenrechte und Menschenpflichten - Schlüsselbegriffe für eine humane Gesellschaft

    Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2018

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Francesco Piemontesi piano

    Rachmaninow: Klaviersonate Nr. 2 b-Moll, op. 36 und Werke von Bach und Debussy

  • Photo: John Mac, Esther Haase
    Classical

    Ray Chen violin
    Alice Sara Ott piano

    Beethoven, Stravinsky

  • Photo: John Mac, Kirill Baskirov, Esther Haase
    Classical

    Ray Chen violin
    Pablo Ferrández cello
    Alice Sara Ott piano

    Beethoven, Shostakovich et. al.
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