Two events daily, opening concert Sun 20 June in the evening, final concerrt Sat 26 June in the evening, day of departure Sun, 27 June

For the Romantic Week, soprano Juliane Banse, violinist Christoph Poppen and their chamber music partners have put together a magnificent programme of string quartets and songs for soprano and string quartet by Brahms, arranged by Aribert Reimann.

Die Romantik ist die Kunst, metaphysische Luftschlösser zu bauen. Sie weiß, dass ihr Himmel, wo immer sie ihn errichtet, nur ein erdichteter ist, und findet in ihm dennoch Zuflucht von der metaphysischen Obdachlosigkeit des modernen Menschen. Aus dieser Perspektive erschließt Stefan Matuschek in seiner brillanten Darstellung der Epoche die Neuerungen, die mit der Romantik in die Welt kamen: von der blauen Blume bis zur Kunstreligion, von der romantischen Ironie bis zur Schauerromantik, von der Renaissance des Mittelalters bis zur Utopie der Volkstümlichkeit. Dabei war die Romantik keineswegs nur eine deutsche Angelegenheit. Stefan Matuschek stellt uns ihre europäische Vielfalt vor Augen. In seinem weit gespannten Panorama begegnen wir Literaten wie den Schlegel-Brüdern, Goethe und Eichendorff, Keats und Shelley, Victor Hugo und Alessandro Manzoni, außerdem Philosophen, Malern und Komponisten der Zeit.

Diese Winterreise ist anders. Hier singt niemand; der Text wird rezitiert. Und die Musik lässt Schuberts Themen und Motive zwar aufflackern, geht aber ganz frei mit ihnen um. Das Instrumentarium ist auch anders: Verschiedene Lauten mit Tenorsaxophon, Sopransaxophon oder Bassklarinette. Axel Wolf und Hugo Siegmeth beschreiten zusammen mit Stefan Hunstein eine fesselnde Wanderung ins Ich, musikalisch und interpretatorisch eng verbundenes Trio. Um menschliche Existenz geht es in der Winterreise, um eine Neubestimmung der eigenen Position nach einem Rückschlag: Ein Abgewiesener, Ausgestoßener reflektiert sein Dasein, umgeben von Kälte und Dunkelheit. So taucht man in eine eigene Welt der Winterreise ein wie ein musikalisch-textliches Hörspiel.

The New York Times described the violinist Janine Jansen as “a kind of radiant modesty”, drawing in a few words a picture of her play and her nature. For a decade she has been one of the great violinists of our time.

Anhand einer differenzierten Textauswahl zeigt der Germanist Dr. Michael Ott gemeinsam mit dem renommierten Schauspieler Christian Brückner, wie das Motiv der Alpen in der Romantik eingesetzt und verstanden wurde.

Gesellschaftsgeschichte und Liebesgeschichte, vielfältig, böse, melancholisch.
Die „Éducation sentimentale“ wurde nach „Madame Bovary“ Flauberts zweites Meisterwerk: Frédéric Moreau ist achtzehn, und es wird ernst. Auf einem Seine-Dampfer verliebt er sich sofort und lebenslänglich. Doch Madame Arnoux ist verheiratet! Der Held tröstet sich mit Rosanette und stolpert in die 48er Revolution, die eine ganze Gesellschaft aus der Bahn wirft. Flaubert folgt ihm zu den verwirrenden Frauen und den langweiligen Männern, bis hin zu dem berühmten, illusionslosen Schluss: Ja, wenn das Männlichkeit sein soll … In der Neuübersetzung von Elisabeth Edl ist Flauberts epochaler Roman noch einmal ganz anders zu entdecken.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

For four days, cello star Gautier Capuçon will hold public masterclasses and concerts in Schloss Elmau, to which all guests are welcome to attend. With the support of the French Fondation Louis Vuitton, he works with the aspiring professional cellists on the great cello repertoire. For the opening concert, Gautier Capuçon himself will play a concert, considered the benchmark by his numerous students as well as his international audience. The other concerts will be performed by the students with the participation of Capuçon. Samuel Parent will play the piano.
The young cellists: Hyazintha Andrej, Amy Goto, Leo Guiguen, Ian Sekaci, Lisa Strauss, JeeIn You

Daily public master classes in the morning and a concert in the evening, opening concert Mon, 5 July, closing concert Thu, 8 July, day of departure Fri, 9 July.

With diverse instruments ranging from alphorn to accordion the multi-instrumentalists Matthias Schriefl and Johannes Bär invite you on a concert hike through the countryside surrounding Schloss Elmau and will inspire hikers young and old with their outdoor concerts.
Start point of the hike: Schloss Elmau

Further details follow.

A concert introduction or a masterclass in the morning and a concert in the evening daily, opening concert Mon, 30 August, final concert Sat 4 September, day of departure Sun 5 September

“It's like driving two BMWs at the same time,” enthused the conductor Michael Schønwandt after a concert with Lucas and Arthur Jussen. Since their earliest childhood, the two Dutch brothers have sat together at the piano, performed before their Queen Beatrix, won prizes at competitions and received lessons from Maria João Pires and Menahem Pressler. The two acclaimed Wunderkinder have long since developed into an internationally sought-after piano duo that has conquered concert halls all over the world and brought a breath of fresh air to the classical music scene.

Daniel Hope and his ensemble take the listener on a journey through musical baroque, a journey that is also a history of the violin and its origins. Hope plays works by Handel, Vivaldi and Westhoff and numerous musical discoveries by lesser-known composers who also roamed Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries in search of inspiration and new impulses. A brilliant evening full of sparkling music!

On the penultimate evening of Daniel Hope Week Daniel Hope will feature the British cellist Josephine Knight, who in the 25 years of her career has regularly shared the stage with Hope, and the award-winning pianist Julia Okruashvili from Moscow.

Daniel Hope ends his chamber music week with Beethoven and Mendelssohn trios.

Auftaktveranstaltung am Sonntagabend, 21 November, Abschlussveranstaltung am Donnerstagabend, 25 November

Ein Bündel edlen Papiers diente Sei Shônagon vor tausend Jahren als Tagebuch. Diesem vertraute sie ihre intimsten Geheimnisse an, darunter allerlei Delikates aus den Privatgemächern des Kaiserpalasts. Freimütig schwärmt die selbstbewusste junge Frau von Stil und Schönheit, macht sich über die Marotten der Männer lustig und ergründet mit heiterem Eigensinn Himmel und Erde. Ob sie vom prachtvollen Schwertlilienfest erzählt, vom Ausrücken der Kaiserlichen Gewittergarde oder von klammheimlichen Tête-à-Têtes - dank des lebendigen Stils wirken ihre höfischen Impressionen wie mit dem Tuschepinsel hingetupfte Ewigkeitsbilder.

Nur wenige sorgfältig gewählte Worte benötigt Milena Michiko Flašar, um ihre Figuren zum Leben zu erwecken, nur wenige Szenen, um ganze Schicksale zu erzählen. Ein junger Mann verlässt sein Zimmer, in dem er offenbar lange Zeit eingeschlossen war, tastet sich durch eine fremde Welt. Eine Bank im Park wird ihm Zuflucht und Behausung, dort öffnet er die Augen, beginnt zu sprechen und teilt mit einem wildfremden Menschen seine Erinnerungen. Der andere ist viele Jahre älter, ein im Büro angestellter Salaryman wie Tausende. Er erzählt seinerseits, über Tage und Wochen hinweg, Szenen eines Lebens voller Furcht und Ohnmacht, Hoffnung und Glück. Beide sind Außenseiter, die dem Leistungsdruck nicht standhalten, die allein in der Verweigerung aktiv werden. Aus der Erfahrung, dass Zuneigung in Nahrung verpackt, Trauer im Lachen verborgen werden kann und Freundschaften möglich sind, stärken sie sich für einen endgültigen Abschied und einen Anfang.

Matsuo Bashôs (1644 – 1694) Reisetagebuch „Oku no hosomichi“ gehört zu den Meisterwerken der Weltliteratur. Auf den ersten Blick scheint es eine bloße Beschreibung einer sich über fünf Monate des Jahres 1689 hinziehenden Wanderung in die nördlichen Provinzen Japans zu sein. Doch bei näherem Hinsehen erweist es sich als ein Dokument idealer Selbstvervollkommnung. Die 150 Tage dauernde und sich über 2400 Kilometer erstreckende Wanderung wird als eine hohe Aufgabe erkannt, die als Ineins von Dichten und Wandern die größten Anforderungen an den Reisenden stellt. Asketisch und in wacher Aufmerksamkeit für alle Details schildert Bashô im dauernden Wechsel von nüchternen Berichten und tiefen lyrischen Momenten die Traumhaftigkeit und Vergänglichkeit des menschlichen Daseins.

Aus dem neuesten Erzählband Murakamis „Erste Person Singular“

Martin T:son Engstroem, founder and director of the famous Verbier Festival in the Swiss Alps, presents outstanding young artists on the cusp of their professional careers in fifteen solo, chamber and orchestral concerts.

Two concerts daily, opening concert Sat, 27 November in the evening, final concert Sat, 4 December in the evening, day of departure Sun, 5 December

One of the great pianists will open the Verbier Festival: Yefim 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.

The 11-year-old Georgian prodigy pianist and composer Tsotne Zedgenidze is considered one of the most remarkable young talents on the classical music scene. Both on the piano and as a composer, he discovers the greatest works of classical composers with childlike curiosity and interprets them with his very own vocabulary.

Smetana piano trio
Brahms clarinet trio