SCHLOSS ELMAU Events Calendar

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  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Kirill Troussov violin
    Alexandra Troussova piano

    Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3, Tschaikowsky & Mozart

    They have been playing together since they can walk and longer than they can remember: Kirill Troussov and his sister Alexandra Troussova. They are now one of the very few world-class sibling duos. Their devotion to the search for perfection and their high level of emotion not only connects the two of them, but also intensively transmits itself to their audience.
  • Photo: ACT, Sylvaim Gripoix
    Jazz

    Émile Parisien Quartet

    Émile Parisien, soprano & tenor saxophone
    Julien Touéry, piano
    Ivan Gélugne, bass
    Julien Loutelier, drums

    Vital, curious and progressive, the French scene has set important milestones for the development of contemporary European jazz and yet has never lost its grounding. Progress on the feet of his own tradition also characterizes the saxophonist Emile Parisien: a jazz visionary who stands with one leg in the past and looks far ahead. This makes him the “best news for European jazz for a long time” (Le Monde), to which “undivided attention” (NDR) should be paid.
  • Photo: Tibor Bozi, Mathias Bothor
    Classical

    Daniel Hope violin
    Sebastian Koch recitation
    “Paradies”

    Musical reading with texts by Dostojewski, Brecht, Nietzsche & Eco and works by Bach, Ravel & Schumann

    Daniel Hope, one of the most sought-after violinists of our time, and Sebastian Koch, German cinema star, who has also played alongside Tom Hanks, meet and embark on a quest for paradise. Daniel Hope plays works for violin solo by Bach, Ravel and Schumann, while Sebastian Koch reads texts by Dostojewski, Brecht, Jelinek, Nietzsche and Eco.
  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    Classical

    Ana de la Vega flute
    Daniel Röhn violin, viola
    Paul Rivinius piano

    Debussy: Prélude à l’àpres-midi d’un faune,
    Bach: “Musikalischen Opfer” (excerpts),
    Mozart et al.

    Ana de la Vega almost hung up her flute: she was actually on the way to pursue a completely new career path as an artist manager. But her freshly recorded recording of Mozart's flute concertos became such an international success that she finally returned to music – and today is regarded as one of the most extraordinary flutists. Together with Daniel Röhn, “one of the most remarkable violinists of our time” (Harald Eggebrecht, SZ) and the renowned pianist Paul Rivinius, she can now be heard for the first time at Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: Bothor, secession Verlag, Christian Rudnik
    Author's reading & discussion

    Jérôme Ferrari
    “Nach seinem Bilde”

    in German and Frensh
    Moderation: Olga Mannheimer

  • Photo: Sonja Mueller
    Oxford Chamber Music Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Priya Mitchell violin
    Hugo Ticciati violin
    Fredrik Paulsson violin
    Gareth Lubbe viola
    Julian Arp cello
    Claude Frochaux cello
    Natacha Kudritskaja piano

    Beethoven: “Moonlight Sonata”
    Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht

    Guest appearance of the successful English festival centred around the Oxford-born violinist Priya Mitchell. She and her ensemble of experienced chamber musicians present a magical All Saints' Evening of “Night” works.
  • Photo: Sonja Mueller, PR
    Oxford Chamber Music Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Priya Mitchell violin
    Hugo Ticciati violin
    Natacha Kudritskaja piano
    Dirk Mommertz piano

    Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2, Debussy & Pärt

    On the second day of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival Priya Mitchell and her musical partners embark on a chamber music journey from Robert Schumann to Arvo Pärt.
  • Photo: PR
    Classical

    PODIUM Esslingen @ Schloss Elmau
    Kaan Bulak augmented piano
    Moritz Ter-Nedden violin
    Friedemann Slenczka viola
    Stefan Hadjiev cello
    Kristina Edin double bass

    Bulak: Works for strings and electronics,
    electroacoustic chamber music

    The festival PODIUM Esslingen stands like no other for innovative music formats. Now the festival presents itself together with #bebeethoven-Fellows, a thinktank for young musicians, for the first time in Schloss Elmau with electronic chamber music by Kaan Bulak.
  • 21st European Jazztival

    21st European Jazztival

    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. Jazz greats like Michael Wollny, Thomas Quasthoff and Nils Landgren and other top acts have been announced for this year's festival.

    artists include: Brad Mehldau, Michael Wollny, Thomas Quasthoff, Nils Landgren, Iiro Rantala, Wolfgang Haffner, Shalosh, Daniel Garcia Diego, Florian Weber et al.

  • Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
    21st European Jazztival

    Happy 60th birthday Thomas Quasthoff!

    Thomas Quasthoff vocals & moderation
    Pe Werner vocals
    Bill Evans sax
    Nils Landgren trombone
    Simon Oslender piano
    Bruno Müller guitar
    Dieter Ilg bass
    Wolfgang Haffner drums

    A few days after his 60th birthday, Thomas Quasthoff opens the 21st European Jazz Festival in Schloss Elmau and begins his tour through the concert halls – accompanied by the all-stars of German jazz with their favourite jazz classics.
  • Photo: Gregor Hohenberg _ ACT
    21st European Jazztival

    Iiro Rantala piano

    “Intelligence, humour, a lot of sentiment, unpredictable ideas and the finest piano craftsmanship” is what the FAZ certifies. All this can be felt in Rantala's latest album, in which he sets to melancholic and humorous music the year of his homeland from his very personal Finnish point of view.
  • Photo: Foto: Antje Wiech _ ACT, PR
    21st European Jazztival

    Wolfgang Haffner Trio feat. Alma Naidu
    “Haffner plays Haffner”

    Alma Naidu, vocals | Simon Oslender, hammond orgel | Christopher Dell, vibraphone | Wolfgang Haffner, drums

    During the jazz week in Burghausen Wolfgang Haffner heard the young Munich singer Alma Naidu and was blown away by her performance. At the jazz festival in Schloss Elmau she can now be experienced as a special guest: Haffner plays Haffner – Alma sings.
  • Photo: PR
    21st European Jazztival

    Shalosh
    “Onwards and Upwards”

    Gadi Stern, piano, keys | David Michaeli, bass | Matan Assayag, drums

    Different styles combine the musicians with furious passion: the volume of rock and the danceability of electronic music meets the sensitivity of studied jazz musicians. The name of the band: SHALOSH, Hebrew for “three”.
  • Photo: Joerg Steinmetz _ ACT
    21st European Jazztival

    Michael Wollny Trio

    Michael Wollny, piano | Christian Weber, bass | Eric Schäfer, drums

    The concert hall at Schloss Elmau would be inconceivable without Michael Wollny: Germany's most sought-after jazz pianist has already recorded several CDs here – so it's a must that Wollny also makes a date at the 21st Jazz Festival.
  • Photo: PR
    21st European Jazztival

    Daniel García Trio
    “Travesuras”

    Daniel García, piano, keys | Reinier Elizarde “El Negrón”, bass | Michael Olivera, drums

    “Flamenco and jazz are brothers,” says pianist Daniel García, one of the currently most exciting voices of the new Spanish jazz scene. With this he sums up what “Travesuras” tells us: García delves deeply into the music of his homeland and combines these influences with the vocabulary of the modern jazz piano trio.
  • Photo: Michael Wilson
    21. European Jazztival

    Brad Mehldau piano

    Where all German top jazz musicians are represented, this American cannot be missing: Brad Mehldau returns to the Elmau stage, already for the second time this year. After his highly acclaimed classical concert with Lied singer Ian Bostridge in February, he is now back to the roots again, solo jazz piano.
  • Photo: PR
    21st European Jazztival

    Florian Weber Quartet

    Ralph Alessi, trumpet | Florian Weber, piano | Jesper Bodilsen, bass | Ziv Ravitz, drums

    Florian Weber is regarded as one of the most interesting pianists of modern jazz. The Süddeutsche Zeitung sees him as an exceptional pianist “with a fresh, original tone” who has “interesting and exciting things to tell”. The praise is an expression of a successful career, in the course of which he has established himself as a permanent fixture. High time to experience him at Schloss Elmau.
  • Literature Week

    Friedrich Hölderlin
    A hymnical overture to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birthday in March 2020

    “What is all that men have done and thought over thousands of years compared with a moment of love?“

  • Photo: Peter-Andreas Hassiepen_Hanser Verlag
    Literature Week

    Rüdiger Safranski
    presents his
    biography about Hölderlin
    “Hölderlin – Komm!
    Ins Offene, Freund!”

  • Photo: 1911_Thomas Dashuber, Suhrkamp Verlag
    Literature Week

    Jens Harzer
    reads
    Friedrich Hölderlin
    “Hyperion”

    Introduction: Daniela Danz, lyric poet

  • Photo: Gabriele Brandstetter, PR
    Literature Week

    Discussion with
    Gabriele Brandstetter Professor of Dramatics
    Luigi Reitani Publisher of the Italian edition of Hölderlin's works
    Gerald Wildgruber literary scholar

    On the infinity of love in Friedrich Hölderlin's works

  • Photo: Peter-Andreas Hassiepen, Jurgen Bauer, PR
    Literature Week

    Discussion with
    Rüdiger Safranski philosopher and autor
    Dieter Thomä professor of philosophy
    Gerald Wildgruber literary scholar

    About Hölderlin's longing for the unity of being, for perfection and completion.
    About his striving for absoluteness and totality in the experience of beauty.
    On the question of religiosity, philosophy and aesthetics in Friedrich Hölderlin's work as cornerstones of his thought, experience and poetry.

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    Literatur & Übernachtung

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  • Photo: 2211_BR, Suhrkamp Verlag
    Literature Week

    Friedrich Hölderlin
    A hymnical overture to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birthday in March 2020

    “What is all that men have done and thought over thousands of years compared with a moment of love?“
    Programme:
    Rüdiger Safranski presents his new biography of Friedrich Hölderlin “Hölderlin – Komm! Ins Offene, Freund!” (publication date autumn 2019)
    Jens Harzer reads from “Hyperion” by Friedrich Hölderlin
    Daniela Danz reads poetry by Friedrich Hölderlin
    et al.

    Further events to be announced soon.
  • Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    11th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    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.

  • Photo: Mikhail Krutman
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Opening concert
    Lukas Geniušas piano

    Schubert: Four Impromptus, Prokofjew et al.

    The young Russian-Lithuanian pianist can look back on a number of awards and distinctions – including silver medals at the Chopin and Tchaikovsky competitions and a “Diapason d'Or” for his latest Prokofiev album. Now he opens the Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: David Ausserhofer, Julien Mignot_neu
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Anastasia Kobekina cello
    Julien Quentin piano

    Prokofjew: Cello Sonata, Tschaikowsky et al.

    Anastasia Kobekina was first trained in Moscow, then at the Kronberg Academy, among others, and is regarded as one of the most promising European cellists. Recently awarded the bronze medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, she has prepared a Russian program for her recital at Elmau.
  • Photo: Nikolaj Lund, Nicolas Brodard
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Marc Bouchkov violin
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto E minor, Mozart & Haydn

    Another Kronberg Academy graduate and Tchaikovsky Prize winner 2019 (2nd place), Marc Bouchkov takes over the solo part in the first orchestra concert of this year's festival. The programme includes Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, which the composer appropriately finalised at the foot of the Taunus.
  • Photo: PR, Dan Carabas
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    María Dueñas violin
    Itamar Golan piano

    Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata F major et al.

    Not only since she was admitted to Boris Kuschnir's highly gifted class in 2017, it has become clear that seventeen-year-old María Dueñas is one of the absolute Rising Stars of her generation. The Violin Sonata in F major, published by Yehudi Menuhin long after Mendelssohn's death, can be heard, among others.
  • Photo: Igor Studio, PR
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Pablo Ferrández cello
    Itamar Golan piano

    Brahms: Sonata No 2 F Major & Schostakowitsch

    At the age of 28, Pablo Ferrández is already one of Europe's young cellists to be heard regularly at Schloss Elmau. He has received many awards and plays regularly with large orchestras. Now he returns to the stage of Schloss Elmau with pianist Itamar Golan.
  • Photo: PR, Mikhail Krutman
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Benny Tseng violin
    Lukas Geniušas piano

    Franck: Violin Sonata, Ysaÿe et al.

    Violinist Benny Tseng has set himself a demanding programme from the second half of the 19th century for his debut at Schloss Elmau. At the age of 25, he has already released two albums with Deutsche Grammophon and can look back on an impressive list of awards.
  • Photo: Igor Studio, Klaus Rudolph
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Pablo Ferrández cello
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 C major & Mozart

    Pablo Ferrández has chosen one of the most demanding cello concertos – Haydn's C major Cello Concerto – for his orchestral evening with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Another opportunity to prove his vitruosity. Mozart's penultimate Symphony in G minor will then be heard.
  • Photo: PR, Igor Studio, Simon Fowler
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Benny Tseng violin
    Pablo Ferrández cello
    George Li piano

    Schostakowitsch: Piano trio No 2 E minor
    Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano trio No 1 D minor

    They are all in their twenties and come from Taiwan, Spain and the USA: a highly talented trio that will interpret Mendelssohn's first Piano Trio in D Minor, among others, of which Robert Schumann said: “It is the master trio of the present; a beautiful composition that will still delight grandchildren and great-grandchildren in years to come”.
  • Photo: Simon Fowler, Jean-Baptiste Milot
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Marc Bouchkov violin
    María Dueñas violin
    Máté Szücs viola
    Anastasia Kobekina cello
    Lukas Geniušas piano
    George Li piano

    Schostakowitsch: Piano Quintet G minor et al.

    Also on this evening, a group of promising young musicians can be experienced on stage with chamber music: first Rachmaninov's Suite for two pianos, then Shostakovich's impressive piano quintet, a late work by the composer.
  • Photo: Lars Borges_Sony Classical
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Benjamin Appl baritone
    Itamar Golan piano
    et al.

    Schubert: “An den Mond” and other Lieder for baritone & string quartet
    Barber: “Dover Beach” et al.

    From a “Rising Star” and “New Generation Artist” the baritone Benjamin Appl has secured himself a firm place amongst the top young singers. On this evening he sings songs by Schubert, Duparc and Barber, with piano or with members of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.
  • Photo: Gregory Favre_Decca, Ulrike Myrzik
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Nelson Freire piano
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 F minor
    Mozart: “Jupiter-Symphony”

    Nelson Freire, once a child prodigy of the Brazilian music world, has been one of the great internationally successful pianists for decades. He is considered a Brahms and Chopin specialist and works with top orchestras and partners such as Martha Argerich.
  • Photo: PR, Julien Mignot
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Máté Szücs viola
    Julien Quentin piano

    Schubert: „Arpeggione“, Schostakowitsch: Viola Sonata

    Since 2011 Máté Szücs has been the first solo viola player of the Berlin Philharmonic, but also loves to emphasize the special possibilities of his instrument as a soloist. The programme includes Schubert's famous Arpeggione Sonata and Shostakovich's last deeply moving composition, the Viola Sonate Op 147.
  • Photo: Gregory Favre_Decca
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Nelson Freire piano

    Brahms: Ballades for piano, Debussy et al.

    During the Verbier Week, Nelson Freire is the grand seigneur at the piano, alongside the exclusively young up-and-coming musicians, and inspires the next generation through his playing. Freire has known almost 70 years of success and is regarded as one of the great pianists of all time.
  • Photo: Simon Fowler
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    George Li piano

    Haydn: Sonata Es major Hob. XVI:52, Chopin & Ravel

    In his mid-twenties, George Li is still at the beginning of his career, but it could not have been more successful: numerous young talent awards, the silver medal of the Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015 and an exclusive artist for Warner since 2017. In this recital, he will demonstrate his extraordinary musical maturity.
  • Photo: Lars Borges, Thomas Straub
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Final Concert
    The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Benjamin Appl baritone
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Arias from “The Magic Flute”,
    “Don Giovanni” & “Così fan tutte”
    Beethoven: Beethoven: Symphony No 6 “Pastorale”

    To crown this year's Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau, baritone Benjamin Appl and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under Gábor Takács-Nagy will perform Mozart arias from the “Magic Flute” and Beethoven's “Pastorale”, among others. The 6th Symphony marks the beginning of Beethoven's year 2020.

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  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Alessandro Moggi
    Classical

    Thomas Oliemans baritone
    Malcolm Martineau piano

    Beethoven: “An die ferne Geliebte”, Brahms et al.

    Beethoven's song cycle “An die ferne Geliebte” and a selection from Brahms' “Schöner Magelone” will be on the programme when the Dutch baritone makes his debut in Schloss Elmau with the great accompanist Malcolm Martneau.
  • Photo: Nikolas Müller
    Jazz

    Julian Wasserfuhr trumpet
    Jörg Brinkmann cello
    Roman Wasserfuhr piano
    “Relaxin' in Ireland”

    Even as a teenager, Julian Wasserfuhr was regarded as the greatest German trumpet talent since Till Brönner. Together with his brother Roman at the piano they form an inseparable duo. Their (soul) kinship and intimacy are beneficial for playing together. Whether with trumpet or flugelhorn, Julian creates atmospheric sound spaces with his warm tone. His brother Roman, with his accentuated, radiant piano playing, is no less involved in the fresh, yet mature and airy sound of the band. Die ZEIT found the music of the brothers “amazingly unusual”, the Süddeutsche Zeitung praised Julian Wasserfuhr's “magical tone”.
  • Photo: Jim Rakete, Irène Zandel
    Literatur & Klassik

    Axel Milberg reading
    Klenke Quartett string quartet
    “Alles geschenkt?”

    A remarkable Christmas program – texts by Kleist, Keyserling, Hacke, Waggerl and O'Henry read by Axel Milberg in combination with works for string quartet by Beethoven and Mendelssohn performed by the Klenke Quartet.

    Actor Axel Milberg will read thoughtful and entertaining texts from Heinrich von Kleist to Axel Hacke on the eve of the third Advent Sunday. The Klenke Quartet plays Mendelssohn and Beethoven. This event is part of the nationwide initiative “Beethoven with us”, which heralds the Beethoven anniversary.
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  • Photo: PR, Irène Zandel, Benjamin Kirsch
    Klassik

    Nina Reddig violin
    Nils Mönkemeyer viola
    Julian Arp cello

    Bach: Goldberg variations BWV 988 for string trio

    Rarely does another version open up so many new levels and approaches as Dmitri Sitkovetsky's arrangement of Bach's “Goldberg Variations” for string trio. The three voices open up even more possibilities for differentiation and give a different view of this varied, great composition.
  • Photo: Hayrapet Arakelyan
    Modern Classical

    Alexej Gerassimez percussion
    SIGNUM saxophone quartet saxophone quartet
    “Starry Night”

    A musical journey to the stars with music from Gustav Holst to John Williams

    Five young musicians explore sound worlds that no human being has ever entered before. The multi-percussionist Alexej Gerassimez and the SIGNUM saxophone quartet, all award-winning stars of the young classical music scene, tear boundaries full of relish: between concert and performance, between styles and genres, between composition and improvisation with familiar classics to John Williams and rock music hits.
  • Photo: Marco Borggreve, Caroline Doutre
    Classical

    Nicolas Altstaedt cello
    David Kadouch piano

    Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango, Barber et al.

    Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, one of the great cellists of his profession, returns to Schloss Elmau together with his ideally-matched piano partner, the French pianist David Kadouch – this time with cello repertoire from the beginning of the 21st century until today.
  • Photo: Marcus Schröpfer
    Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband
    “JRBB Still! Still! Still!”

    Christmas songs arranged for Bigband

    Cold feet? Hot soles!
    Anything but “Still!” will probably be at the Christmas concert with the Jazzrausch Bigband, which has already recorded this program in summer in Schloss Elmau on CD and now presents it here for the start of the holidays.
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    Reading

    Shenja Lacher
    reads
    “Weihnachten in meiner Kindheit”
    by Dylan Thomas

    Framed by Christmas poems

    The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas remembers the glorious Christmas of his childhood: back when the world was still magical, the family was sitting comfortably together, and he threw snowballs through snow-blown roads with his friends Dan and Jack. He talks about jelly and crackers and mistletoe – and about the fact that Christmas always has its own special magic during childhood.
  • Photo: PR, C.H.Beck
    Book presentation

    Ilija Trojanow
    presents
    “Mein Leben oder die Geschichte meiner Experimente mit der Wahrheit”
    by Mahatma Gandhi

    Published by Ilija Trojanow

    Gandhi's autobiography – newly edited by Ilija Trojanow. One of the most important political and spiritual manifestos of the 20th century.
  • Photo: Laurence Chaperon, Harald Krichel
    Discussion

    Monika Grütters Minister of State for Culture and Media
    Ilija Trojanow Author
    Talking about
    The Collector of Worlds and the Art of Love for one's Homeland
    The Search for Identity in an Ever More Homeless World

  • Photo: Florian Emberger, Karl Gabor
    Jazz

    Nils Landgren trombone
    Joel Lyssarides
    piano

    Nils Landgren's Christmas concerts are already legendary and fill the big concert halls up and down the country. This year he travels deep into the Bavarian winter with a small cast – for an intimate jazz concert with Joel Lyssarides at the piano.
  • Photo: Neda Navaee
    Classical

    Lilit Grigoryan piano

    Chopin: Nocturne No 13, Sonata No 3 B minor et al.

    “This Armenian artist is a ray of hope in the field of exchangeable pianism,” the trade press says of the young pianist Lilit Grigoryan – high time for her debut in Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: Vincent Beaume
    Classical

    Daniel Sepec violin
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

    Beethoven: String Trios Op 9 No 1 & 2

    It is hard to imagine a better string trio: with the world-renowned violist Tabea Zimmermann, the versatile violinist Daniel Sepec, at home from the Baroque to the Modern, and the outstanding cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras. With Beethoven's string trios, the three musicians herald the composer's great anniversary year.
  • Photo: Dirk Messner
    Jazz/Pop

    Max Mutzke vocals
    MIKIs Takeover! Ensemble

    “Colors” is the name of Max Mutzke's new album and in Schloss Elmau we have already experienced the vast diversity of his skills. This time Max Mutzke is with MIKIS Takeover! Ensemble, a rousing group of extremely versatile musicians – with a programme of old and new songs.
  • Photo: Sara Wilson
    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    & friends


    incl. champagne reception 17.30 in the lobby

    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. Now, the Dutch star violinist will take care of a brilliant year-end at Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: 2412_Sascha Kletzsch
    Swing

    Echoes of Swing

    Colin T. Dawson, trumpet, vocals
    Chris Hopkins, alto saxophone
    Bernd Lhotzky, piano
    Oliver Mewes, drums

    exklusively for hotel guests

    For 20 years the “Echoes of Swing” have been the absolute pinnacle of European swing – and have been performing in Schloss Elmau for just as long. This year, the four musicians will provide the atmosphere and a full dance floor during the New Year's Eve party, and on 1 January for a cheerful first afternoon of the New Year.
  • Photo: Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Julian Prégardien tenor
    Kristian Bezuidenhout piano

    Schubert: “Die schöne Müllerin”

    The popular young tenor Julian Prégardien and the renowned pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, an early music specialist, can be experienced with Schubert's famous song cycle, the "Schönen Müllerin".
  • Photo: Harald Hoffmann_Decca
    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    Mischa Maisky cello
    & friends

    Star violinist Janine Jansen has been a regular guest at Schloss Elmau for years and has invited Mischa Maisky and other musician friends to Schloss Elmau for this summit meeting of chamber music.
  • Photo: AFP, Frank Peter
    Presentation

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    The Nobel Laureate for Economics talks about the need for a new order in the global economy

    Udo Philipp, moderation, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

    Lecture in English

  • Chamber Music Week

    66th Chamber Music Week

    The 66th Chamber Music Week is dedicated to the cello. Star cellists, outstanding young cellists and excellent chamber music ensembles will illuminate the entire panorama of their instrument in numerous concerts and discussions.

  • Photo: Felix Broede, Kirk Edwards
    Chamber Music Week

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Yuja Wang piano

    Chopin: Cello Sonata, Franck: Cello Sonata

    To kick off the 66th Chamber Music Week, star cellist Gautier Capuçon and the impressive Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, who lives in America, have put together a French Romantic programme.
  • Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi, Andrej Grilc
    Chamber Music Week

    Tanja Tetzlaff cello
    & SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet
    “BACHianas”

    Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango, Popper & Bach

    This extraordinary chamber music formation, consisting of the dynamic young saxophone quartet and the renowned cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, plays works from baroque to tango.
  • Photo: PR , Frank Grimm
    Chamber Music Week

    Harald Eggebrecht presentation

    “Wie aus einem Ochsen eine Nachtigall wird” –
    Kurze Reise durch die Welt des Violoncellos

    presentation with sound examples
  • Photo: PR, Gina Gorny
    Chamber Music Week

    Daishin Kashimoto violin
    Alena Baeva violin
    Gareth Lubbe viola
    Claudio Bohórquez cello
    Erica Piccotti cello
    Yeoleum Sun piano

    Arensky: String Quartet No 2 A minor,
    Brahms: Piano Quintet

    Arensky's quartet has found its way into this chamber music week because of its special instrumentation with two cellos. Brahms is also on the programme, played by first-class musicians who have come together especially for this concert.
  • Photo: Uwe Arens, wildundleise
    Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Müller-Schott cello
    Robert Neumann piano

    Brahms: Cello Sonata No 2 F major,
    Beethoven & Schumann

    Daniel Müller-Schott is highly praised by the press as one of the world's most sought-after cellists, for his "intense expressivity" and his "outstanding technique" (New York Times). At his side is the young, aspiring pianist Robert Neumann.
  • Photo: Uwe Arens, Simona Bednarek
    Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Müller-Schott cello
    Aris Quartett string quartet

    Schubert: String Quintet

    After the Matineekonzert, Daniel Müller-Schott can be heard together with the young, award-winning Aris Quartet. The musicians play Schubert's deeply moving string quintet.
  • Photo: Simona Bednarek
    Chamber Music Week

    Aris Quartett string quartet

    Schumann: String Quartet No.1 A Minor & Haydn

    The young Aris Quartet, which was trained by Günther Pichler, Primarius of the Alban Berg Quartet, among others, is among the young high-flyers on the concert scene in recent years. In addition to Haydn, Schumann's first string quartet will also be heard.
  • Photo: SZ, Sammy Hart
    Chamber Music Week

    Harald Eggebrecht presentation

    “Im Zeichen Don Quixotes” –
    Die Vielfalt des Violoncellos und seiner überragenden Spieler

    In his second lecture, the Munich journalist Harald Eggebrecht talks about the great masters of the cello from Pablo Casals, Gregor Piatigorksy and Emanuel Feuermann to the present day.
  • Photo: Maro Borggreve, Felix Broede
    Chamber Music Week

    Maximilian Hornung cello
    Herbert Schuch piano

    Dvorak: Sonatine, Mahler et al.

    Impressive musicality and instinctive stylistic confidence characterize the cellist Maximilian Hornungs. He forms a trusted team with the renowned pianist Herbert Schuch. They play, amongst other works, Dvo?ák's Sonatine and Mahler's "Songs of a travelling journeyman", here transcribed from voice to cello.
  • Photo: Franz Hamm
    Chamber Music Week

    Frans Helmerson cello
    Brannon Cho cello
    Julia Hagen cello
    Aurélien Pascal cello
    Bruno Philippe cello
    Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

    Cello duos & trios by Villa-Lobos, Popper et al.

    Kronberg Academy @ Schloss Elmau

    The Kronberg Academy - the international talent forge of the cellists - must not be missed in the chamber music week dedicated to the cello. The first of the three Academy concerts will be given by its Professor Frans Helmerson, one of the most respected teachers, together with some of his current and former students.
  • Photo: Mat Hennek_DG
    Chamber Music Week

    Sascha Maisky violin
    Mischa Maisky cello
    Lily Maisky piano

    An evening of chamber music with the Maisky family: Star cellist Mischa Maisky and his musical children can be heard in various formations, in duo and piano trio, with whom he has played and recorded numerous concerts and CDs - also in Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: PR
    Chamber Music Week

    Veriko Tchumburidze, Louis Vandory, Sofiko Tchumburidze, Valerie Steenken violin
    Lilya Tymchyshyn, Cristina Cordero viola
    Benedikt Sinko, Jakob Stepp cello

    Strauss: Capriccio for String Sextet
    Enescu: String Octet,

    in cooperation with Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

    Enescu's impressive string octet is presented by a string ensemble of promising up-and-coming string players from the Musikhochschule München with the highly interesting Georgian violinist Veriko Tchumburidze as primaria.
  • Photo: Juventino Matteo
    Chamber Music Week

    Long Night of the Cello

    Kian Soltani
    Brannon Cho
    Julia Hagen
    Maciej Kulakowski
    Aurélien Pascal
    Bruno Philippe
    Erica Piccotti
    Alexander Warenberg
    Special Guests: Mischa Maisky, Frans Helmerson et al.

    Works for cello ensemble from Vivaldi
    to Piazzolla and Bach Cello Suites

    Kronberg Academy @ Schloss Elmau

    The young cellist Kian Soltani has had a rapid career in recent years. Now he is in charge of a "Long Night of the Cello" with cello friends from the Kronberg Academy and surprise guests.
    With interval
  • Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, PR, Kaupo Kikkas
    Chamber Music Week

    Stephen Waarts violin
    Maciej Kulakowski cello
    Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano

    Tschaikowsky: Piano Trio et al.

    Kronberg Academy @ Schloss Elmau

    Stephen Waarts and Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, promising musicians of the young generation, are also students at the Kronberg Academy. Together with Maciej Kulakowski they conclude the week with Tchaikovsky's large-scale piano trio.
    With interval
  • Classical

    Renaud Capuçon violin

    For three days, Schloss Elmau will be playing world-class classical music in all its variety of forms: Star violinist Renaud Capuçon can be heard in two concerts - a solo evening and an orchestral concert with the Lucerne Festival Strings. On Sunday, the great Elisabeth Leonskaja will dedicate herself to Schubert's piano trios as one of the most subtle Schubert interpreters with equally worthy partners.

  • Photo: Simon Fowler_Warner Classics
    Classical

    Renaud Capuçon violin

    The French star violinist Renaud Capuçon will be performing in Schloss Elmau on two consecutive concert evenings: First with a recital and the following day with the Chamber Orchestra Festival Strings Lucerne and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons".
  • Photo: Simon Fowler, Dennis Yulov
    Classical

    Renaud Capuçon violin
    Festival Strings Lucerne
    chamber orchestra

    Vivaldi: Four Seasons

    The French star violinist Renaud Capuçon will be performing in Schloss Elmau on two consecutive concert evenings: First with a recital and the following day with the Chamber Orchestra Festival Strings Lucerne and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons".
  • Photo: Anna-Lena Ahlström, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Liza Ferschtman violin
    Jakob Koranyi cello
    Elisabeth Leonskaja piano

    Schubert: Piano Trios No. 1 & No. 2

    World class for decades: Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja returns to Schloss Elmau and dedicates herself to Schubert's two great piano trios with her chamber music partners, the sought-after violinist Liza Ferschtman and the Swedish-Hungarian cellist Jakob Koranyi.
  • Photo: Stephan Rumpf, Piper Verlag, privat
    Presentation

    Rachel Salamander
    Marie Luise Knott
    on

    Hannah Arendt
    “Wir Juden –
    Schriften 1932 bis 1966”

    Collection of essays by Hannah Arendt on the political significance of Jewish identity and her essays on the development of Zionism, Palestine and Israel.
  • Piano Summit

    Piano Summit

    Outstanding pianists of different generations can be experienced on this long weekend: Martha Argerich, the Grand Dame of the piano, and the young German-Italian pianist Sophie Pacini, start things off. The young star pianist and ECHO Classic Prize winner Jan Lisiecki can be heard on Saturday.

  • Photo: Marco Borggreve_DG, Susanne Krauss _ sw
    Piano Summit

    Martha Argerich piano
    Sophie Pacini piano

    Chopin, Mozart, Liszt, Beethoven

    First Martha Argerich was a patron and mentor of the young Sophie Pacini. This became a musical friendship between two artists. Now the cross-generational duo of a great master and a sought-after young musician can be experienced in Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: Christoph Koestlin
    Piano Summit

    Jan Lisiecki piano

    Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Bach & Chopin

    The young exceptional Canadian pianist has been an integral part of the major international concert stages for years. Now the ECHO Classic Prize winner and exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon can be heard in Schloss Elmau with Mendelssohn, Bach and Chopin.
  • Photo: Simon Pauly
    Modern Classical

    Martin Grubinger Percussion
    & Friends

    The internationally acclaimed multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger inspires worldwide with his boundless virtuosity and his breathtaking shows. The Austrian has rendered outstanding services to the establishment of percussion as a solo instrument in concert.
  • Photo: Uwe Ahrens neu
    Classical

    Les Vents français
    François Leleux oboe
    Paul Meyer clarinet
    Radovan Vlatkovic horn
    Gilbert Audin bassoon
    Éric Le Sage piano

    Mozart & Beethoven: quintets for piano and winds

    The members of this quintet feature prominently among the elite of the international wind scene, and are also united in the ensemble "Les Vents Français", with pianist Éric Le Sage, sought-after chamber musician and regular piano partner of Leleux and Meyer. The programme includes Mozart's piano quintet, about which the composer himself considered "the best thing I have written in my life".
  • Photo: Peter-Andreas Hassiepen, Hanser Literaturverlage
    Author's reading

    Raoul Schrott
    „Eine Geschichte des Windes oder von dem deutschen Kanonier der erstmals die Welt umrundete und dann ein zweites und ein drittes Mal“

    Storms, shipwrecks, cannibals: the adventurous story of a circumnavigator that no one can tell like Raoul Schrott.

    What an adventure! Hannes from Aachen was the first to travel all around the world. 500 years ago he set off for the Spice Islands with Magellan's fleet. And thus into the completely unknown. Mutinies. Shipwrecks. Fights, cannibalism. In the end only one ship returned. Only 18 sailors survived, among them "Juan Aleman". That he set off for a second and even a third circumnavigation of the world is all we know of him. Raoul Schrott has travelled after this minor character of world history: He gives him a whole life full of voluptuous and almost tangible details.
  • Photo: Julia Wesely
    Classical

    Janoska Ensemble

    Ondrej Janoska & Roman Janoska, violin
    František Janoska, piano
    Julius Darvas, bass

    Genuine art always transcends boundaries, as these native Bratislava artists prove. Three brothers Ondrej, František and Roman Janoska together with their Konstanz-born brother-in-law Julius Darvas: their musical creations combine their original classical subject in harmonic accord or colourful contrast with other genres - from jazz and Latin to pop music. But the result is not a mix of styles, but a creative synthesis: the "Janoska Style".
  • Classical Weekend

    “Mozart Momentum 1785/1786”
    a weekend with Leif Ove Andsnes & menbers of the
    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    With “Mozart Momentum 1785/1786”, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes explore two particularly remarkable years in the history of classical music. In Schloss Elmau the musicians dedicate themselves to Mozart's chamber music and piano works of the years 1785/1786.

  • Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
    Classical Weekend

    Mozart Momentum @ Schloss Elmau

    Leif Ove Andsnes piano
    Matthew Truscott violin
    Joel Hunter viola
    Frank-Michael Guthmann cello

    Mozart: Kammermusik und Klavierwerke

  • Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
    Classical

    Mozart Momentum @ Schloss Elmau

    Leif Ove Andsnes piano
    Matthew Truscott violin
    Joel Hunter viola
    Frank-Michael Guthmann cello

    Mozart: Kammermusik und Klavierwerke

  • Photo: Gediminas Zilinskas
    Classical

    Martynas Levickis accordion
    & Mikroorkéstra

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    The Latvian accordionist Martynas Levickis captivates both listeners and critics with his musicality, charisma and dynamic performances. Founded in 2015, the Mikroorekéstra consists of promising Latvian musicians. Levickis directs it in various projects, either from the accordion or conducting, including his own lively arrangement of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" - here for accordion and chamber orchestra.
  • Photo: Aiga Ozolina
    Classical

    Martynas Levickis accordion

    Bach & other works for accordion solo

    Levickis' virtuosity and versatility in classical and contemporary repertoire changes the way we perceive the instrument. He was the first accordionist to be signed to Universal Music Decca Classic, and his debut album climbed straight to the top of the official classic album charts in the UK. Now it's well on the way to winning over audiences in Germany as well.
  • Photo: 2302_Albrecht Fuchs, rbb, C.Kampf
    Author's reading & discussion

    Denis Scheck
    Anne-Dore Krohn
    “Schecks Kanon”

    The 100 most important works of world literature From “War and Peace” to “The Adventures of Tintin.”

  • Photo: Adrien H. Tillmann
    Jazz

    Oded Tzur Quartet

    Oded Tzur, tenor saxophone
    Shai Maestro, piano
    Petros Klampanis, bass
    Ziv Ravitz, drums

    "If music has the potential to tell stories, saxophonist Oded Tzur proves himself one of the jazz world's premier storytellers" (Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz). Tel Aviv saxophonist Oded Tzur has enchanted the jazz world since his first album release in 2015. His penetrating playing is praised by the specialist press just as much as he is counted among the "great musical thinkers of our time" (Jazzecho).
  • Photo: Dario Acosta
    Classical

    Yefim Bronfman piano

    Brahms: Sonata F minor, Beethoven & Debussy

    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. At Schloss Elmau he will present Brahms' monumental piano sonata in F minor.
  • Photo: Markus Kirchgessner, Julia Stix
    Classical

    Franui Musicbanda
    Alexander Kluge film maker
    “Lamenti – die Seelen bleiben niemals ruhig”

    A workshop with film and Bandamusik

    Important moments for music in people's lives are births and weddings and triumphs, but above all death. Mourning needs music. The lament, a form of music founded by Claudio Monteverdi, belongs to the oldest genres of music. Following on from the literary-musical evening with Hans Magnus Enzensberger at Schloss Elmau a year ago, Alexander Kluge and his film team with the Musicbanda have decided to open a workshop at this creative location and to try out and create something new with the means of film and music on the themes of lamento, band music and minute operas. On the last evening, the artists will present the best of their work in the concert hall at Schloss Elmau.
  • Photo: Irène Zandel
    Two decades of Pop

    Gustav Peter Wöhler
    & Band

    “Love is the Drug”

    Gustav Peter Wöhler gehört seit Jahren zu den bekannten Gesichtern der deutschen Theater-, Kino- und Fernsehszene. Seit über 20 Jahren aber ist er auch mit seiner Band auf Tour und schlägt, nicht selten mit mitreißenden, eigenwilligen Arrangements, Brücken zwischen Stars und One-Hit- Wondern, Klassikern und persönlichen Entdeckungen.
  • Photo: Irène Zandel
    Classical

    William Youn piano

    Schubert Sonata C minor D 958 et al.

    Schubert's C Minor Sonata is the first of the three last great piano sonatas from the year of Schumann's death in 1828. For Schumann they were located "where the imagination is filled by the sad 'very last' of the idea of near divorce". The speciality of William Youn from Munich - who is gradually recording all of Schubert's piano sonatas for SONY at Schloss Elmau - is to bring such a programme full of deep emotion to the audience.
  • Photo: Eva Vermandel, George Garnier, Jean-Baptiste Millot
    Classical

    Alina Ibragimova violin
    Doric String Quartet
    Cédric Tiberghien piano

    Chausson: Sonata for violin, piano & string quartet

    Audiences and critics around the globe are enthusiastic about the quartet, founded in 1998 and based in London. They have joined forces with the outstanding violinist Alina Ibragimova and the ideally-matched pianist Cédric Tiberghien for the original formation of Chausson's concerto.
  • Photo: Alexandra Isard
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    Chilly Gonzales piano

    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 one of his legendary evenings.
  • Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke, Marco Borggreve
    Classical

    Gerald Finley bass-baritone
    Julius Drake piano

    French and American songs

    The Canadian bass baritone and the British pianist Julius Drake are among the best that can currently be heard in lieder singing. On all international stages at home, in opera as well as in Lied, the two can now be heard with French and American songs.
  • Photo: Morgan Roudaut, Jean Baptiste Milot
    Jazz

    Frank Woeste piano
    Baptiste Trotignon piano

    Frank Woeste, living in Paris and firmly rooted in the French jazz world, likes to improvise on his compositions with pianist colleagues. Woeste comes to Schloss Elmau together with the award-winning Baptiste Trotignon, who has already taken a seat at our Steinway with jazz and as a Lied accompanist.
  • Photo: Julien Mignot
    Classical

    Vilde Frang violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Nicolas Altstaedt cello

    Beethoven: String Trios (I)

    Who could interpret Beethoven's String Trios, the composer's most demanding early works, more successfully than these three soloists with a heart beating violently for chamber music: the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the British violist Lawrence Power and the Franco-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt!
  • Photo: Julien Mignot
    Classical

    Vilde Frang violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Nicolas Altstaedt cello

    Beethoven: String Trios (II)

    Who could interpret Beethoven's String Trios, the composer's most demanding early works, more successfully than these three soloists with a heart beating violently for chamber music: the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the British violist Lawrence Power and the Franco-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt!
  • Photo: Hamza Djenat
    Jazz

    Yaron Herman piano

    There is something magical in the history of the Israeli pianist Yaron Herman. After an aspired career as a basketball player, which was ended by an injury, he started playing the piano at the age of 16. A meteoric rise to become one of the most respected pianists of his generation follows, leading his listeners into a realm of innovation and joy.
  • Photo: PR, Elly Martin, Peter-Andreas Hassiepen
    Discussion

    Michael Krüger
    Martin Michael
    Rüdiger Safranski
    “Classics!“

    A discussion about literature and life

  • Photo: Uwe Arens, Peter Hönnemann
    Jazz

    Avi Avital mandolin
    Omer Klein piano

    Bach & Jazz compositions and improvisation by Avi Avital and Omer Klein

    Avi Avital is a successful soloist in the classical world, Omer Klein is a jazz player and bandleader. They share their homeland Israel, they are musicians of the same generation and both are at home in the world with their music. Far away from any genre limitations, they are always exploring the possibilities of their instruments, radiating creativity and joy of playing between Bach and Jazz.
  • Photo: Felix Broede, Irène Zandel
    Classical

    Veronika Eberle violin
    Nils Mönkemeyer viola

    Mozart: duos for violin and viola, Bach et al.

    The duo is the smallest genre of string chamber music. Mozart's works were often written not for the concert hall, but for the living room or the salon. Artistically and technically, however, they are highly demanding and require experienced musicians - and are therefore in the best of hands with the successful soloists Veronika Eberle and Nils Mönkemeyer.
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