SCHLOSS ELMAU Events Calendar

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

General information

Dear concert guests,
For hotel guests of Schloss Elmau, admission to all cultural events is included in the resort fee. You can register for the events online via “Book seats” here in the cultural calendar, by phone on +49 8823 18 260 or by text message to +49 1733 1122 77.
Permanent Residents of the region within a radius of 80 km (driving distance) are welcome to purchase tickets, subject to availability (hotels, guesthouses or vacation rentals do not count as a permanent address). Tickets can be purchased online via "Book seats" here in the cultural calendar.
Your culture office team

  • 28 - 3

    Sep - Oct 25

    Photo: Thomas Straub
    ©
    Dance Retreat

    Dance Retreat

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young! Dancing has a long tradition at Schloss Elmau. At this dance retreat, you can learn new dance steps and improve your existing skills over four days in 90-minute group courses under the guidance of expert dance instructors.
    Coaches: Victoria Kleinfelder-Cibis & Andrzej Cibis

    SCHEDULE:
    Arrival: Sun, 28 September | Departure: Fri, 3 October
    Daily dance classes (Monday – Thursday)
    Dance night with live band (Thursday)

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

    “Would you care to dance?” (article from The Daily Telegraph)

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    DANCE RETREAT PACKAGE
    Arrival Sun, 28 September)
    Book package here!

    28 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    What to expect
    Daily dance classes (Mon – Thu: 16.00 – 17.30). Each course is dedicated to one dance
    Dance night (from 21.30): Thursday with live band (no registration required)

    Further information:
    The course level will be adapted to its participants, beginners welcome
    Please indicate for the course planning whether you are coming as a couple or traveling alone. Single travellers will be assigned (possibly same-sex) dance partners in advance upon availability. If the number of participants is uneven, we will contact you in good time.
    A hotel booking is required to take part in the dance courses.

  • Saturday

    4 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Uwe Arens
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Müller-Schott cello
    & Friends

    Brahms: Clarinet quintett
    et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 6 - 11

    Oct 25

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg_Sony
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

    4th Lied Festival
    Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

    Christian Gerhaher invites to his fourth Lied-festival. Together with his long-time piano partner Gerold Huber and numerous guests, he will illuminate the fascinating cosmos of the Lied in song recitals, lectures and master classes.
    With Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Michael Volle (baritone) and other guests

    Program:
    Sun, 5 October day of arrival
    Mon, 6 October 8.30 pm Opening concert
    Tue, 7 – Fri 10 October two events daily
    Fri, 10 October closing concert in the evening
    Sat, 1 October day of departure

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    SUPER SAVER FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    when booking 6 nights and more, arrival Sun, 5 October
    incl. event tickets, half board (breakfast & dinner up to 85 €/p.p), spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • Monday

    6 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Emil Metveev, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Opening Concert
    Julia Lezhneva soprano
    Alexander Melnikov piano

    Rachmaninoff: Works and songs Op 21, 26 & 34

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    7 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg_Sony Music, Marco Borggreve, Marion Köll
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Christian Gerhaher baritone
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Gerold Huber piano

    Brahms: “Regenlied“–Cycle
    Rihm: Stabat Mater (2019) for baritone and viola
    Dedication: to Tabea Zimmermann and Christian Gerhaher in amicable admiration
    Brahms: Violin sonata No 3 G major (version for viola)
    Rihm: „Harzreise im Winter“ for baritone and piano
    Brahms: Two songs Op 91 for baritone, viola and piano

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    8 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Simon Pauly
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Daniel Behle tenor
    Gerold Huber piano

    Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    9 Oct

    2025

    Photo: PR, Thomas Egli
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Matthias Echternach Professor für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie der LMU München
    „Beethoven zwischen lyrischem und dramatischen Gesang – oder warum Wagner so schwer zu singen ist“

    Vortrag mit Gesangs- und stimmphysiologischen Beispielen
    Im Anschluss: Matthias Echternach & Christian Gerhaher im Gespräch

    in German

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    9 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Gisela Schenker, Felix Broede
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Michael Volle baritone
    Sarah Tysman piano

    Schubert. “Der Taucher“ & Songs after Metastasio
    Liszt: 3 Sonetti di Petrarca and other songs

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    10 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Christian Gerhaher baritone
    Gerold Huber piano

    Liederabend

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    14 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Stefan Gloede
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger recorder
    Edin Karamazov lute

    Vivaldi: “The four seasons“ et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 19 - 23

    Oct 25

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Buchmessetage

    Buchmessetage
    mit Anne-Dore Krohn, Ijoma Mangold & Denis Scheck

    In German

  • Sunday

    19 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Christian Werner, Günther Schwiering,Karo Kraemer
    ©
    Buchmessetage

    Das Trio der Kritiker:innen
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
     Die aktuellsten Neuigkeiten direkt von der Frankfurter Buchmesse

    In German

    20:30 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die drei wichtigen Kritiker:innen kommen direkt von der Frankfurter Buchmesse nach Schloss Elmau, um die neuesten Neuigkeiten zu präsentieren: Entwicklungen auf dem Buchmarkt, Skandale, spannende Neuerscheinungen. Nach diesem Abend sind Sie bestens über alles informiert, was die Literaturwelt beschäftigt. Am Ende der Diskussion verraten die drei Kritiker:innen noch ihre ganz persönlichen Geheimtipps.

  • Monday

    20 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Alexander Hornoff
    ©
    Buchmessetage

    Denis Scheck spricht mit der Autorin
    Antje Rávik Strubel über ihren neuen Roman
    „Der Einfluss der Fasane“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Der neue Roman der Gewinnerin des Deutschen Buchpreises 2021

    In German

    Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Der neue Roman der Buchpreisträgerin 2021: Federleicht und messerscharf. An einem frühen Morgen liest Hella Karl, Feuilletonchefin einer großen Zeitung, die Meldung: Der Star der Berliner Theaterszene hat sich das Leben genommen. Sie hat einen folgenreichen Artikel über den gefeierten Mann verfasst – und jetzt wird sie für seinen Tod verantwortlich gemacht. „Der Einfluss der Fasane“ erzählt heiter und packend von einer, die die Kontrolle verliert. Von den Erregungsdynamiken, die sich nicht mehr steuern lassen. Ein leichtfüßiger Roman über schwere Vorwürfe, das Ringen um Worte und über das Unheil von medialen Diskursen.

  • Tuesday

    21 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Karo Kraemer
    ©
    Buchmessetage

    Anne-Dore Krohn spricht mit der Autorin
    Julia Schoch über ihren neuen Roman
    „Wild nach einem wilden Traum“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    „Julia Schoch ist Spezialistin für kleine Sätze mit großer Wirkkraft.“ (FAZ)

    In German

    17:00 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Nach dem großen Erfolg von Julia Schochs „Liebespaar des Jahrhunderts“ präsentiert die Autorin nun den krönenden Abschluss ihrer Trilogie. Mit diesem Roman über eine folgenreiche Liebesbegegnung, der zugleich ein Schlüssel zu Julia Schochs Schreiben ist, vollendet sie ihre außergewöhnliche Trilogie.

  • Wednesday

    22 Oct

    2025

    Photo: Christian Werner
    ©
    Buchmessetage

    Ijoma Mangold spricht mit einem Gastautor
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Ijoma Mangold präsentiert einen prominenten Gastautor.

    In German

    17:00 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    5 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Marrco Borggreve, Andrej Grilc
    ©
    Classical

    Kian Soltani cello
    Benjamin Grosvenor piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “His cello sound has the fuzz and richness of caramel” (The Washington Post)

    Schubert: “Arpeggione”-sonata
    Frangiz Alizadeh: “Habil Sajahy” for cello & prepared piano
    Schostakowitsch: Cello sonata

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

    The fabulous young star Kian Soltani – winner of numerous prizes and chamber music partner of the great Daniel Barenboim, among others – is preparing a concert tour with the young award-winning pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and will play the opening concert at Schloss Elmau. Framed by Schubert and Shostakovich's great cello works, the programme includes a Persian work for cello and prepared piano.

  • 10 - 16

    Nov 25

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
    ©
    26. European Jazztival

    26th European Jazztival
    Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic @ Schloss Elmau
    curated by Siggi Loch

    Schloss Elmau has been a meeting place for the international jazz scene for over 25 years. The “European Jazztival“ is the annual highlight and brings together big stars, first-class formations and the young international jazz scene over six festival days in the atmospherically illuminated concert hall, surrounded by a unique natural setting.

    Program:
    Mon, 10 November 8:30 pm opening concert
    Tue, 11 - Sat, 15 November 5:00 pm & 9:30 pm two concerts daily
    Sat, 15 November 9:30 pm closing concert
    Sun, 16 November day of departure

    FIRST CONCERTS ANNOUNCED!

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 5 nights and more, arrival Tue, 11 November
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • Monday

    10 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Frank Siemers
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Opening Concert
    Vincent Peirani
    “Living Being IV - Time Reflections“
    with Emile Parisien & Friends
    Why you must attend this concert:
    "Vincent Peirani's experiment of blending various styles has succeeded. Music that virtually explodes with energy and joy of playing." (SWR2)

    Vincent Peirani, accordion & akkordina
    Tony Paeleman, rhodes & piano
    Émile Parisien, soprano saxophone
    Julien Herné, bass
    Yoann Serra, drums

    20:30 Concert Hall 94 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    11 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Retel
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Vincent Peirani
    & Emile Parisien
    “Belle Époque”
    Why you must attend this concert:
    One of the most fascinating jazz duos of our time, driven by boundless curiosity and an irrepressible passion for musical adventure

    Vincent Peirani, accordion & akkordina
    Émile Parisien, soprano saxophone

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    11 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Michael Wollny Trio
    “Living Ghosts“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “The consummate piano master“ (Wolfgang Sandner, FAZ) with his new trio programme

    Michael Wollny, piano
    Tim Lefebvre, bass
    Eric Schaefer, drums

    21:30 Concert Hall 118 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Wollny, Schaefer and Lefebvre together create music of exuberant dynamism, boundless variety and utmost urgency. “Living Ghosts“ is a deep flow of thrilling intensity, unexpected twists and depths, a real experience to dive in and away from.

  • Wednesday

    12 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Jair Sfez
    ©
    26th european Jazztival

    Nesrine
    "Kan ya makan" (Once upon a Time)
    Why you must attend this concert:
    "Boundless oriental pop with timeless stories of freedom and fantasy."(Rolling Stones)
    Selected "Global Albums of the Month"(The Guardian)

    Nesrine, e-cello & vocals
    Anissa Nehari, percussions & backing vocals
    Léo Jassef, keys & backing vocals

    21:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    13 Nov

    2025

    Photo: ACT_Tibor Bozi
    ©
    Jazz

    Jakob Manz alto saxophone
    Johanna Summer piano
    “Cameo”
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Two of the most interesting and most acclaimed discoveries in young German jazz as a duo

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    13 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Obidigbo Nzeribe
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Theo Croker Quartet
    “Sketches of Miles“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Unique tribute to Miles Davis by GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter Theo Croker in a quartet

    Theo Croker, trumpet
    Idris Frederick, piano & keyboards
    Eric Wheeler, bass
    Miguel Marcel Russell, drums

    21:30 Concert Hall 118 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    14 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Steven Haberland
    ©
    26. European Jazztival

    Siggi Loch
    „A Life in the Spirit of Jazz“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Siggi Loch provides insights into his life as a music manager and producer and talks about formative encounters and musical experiences

    Reading & Lecture
    in German

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    With over 60 years in the music business, Siggi Loch has shaped and influenced the industry from its beginnings to the present day as a music manager and producer - as the youngest head of a major label, WEA (now Warner Music Europe), and as the oldest founder of the independent jazz label ACT. It is also his love of jazz that runs like a thread through his life. On this morning, Siggi Loch will talk about this love affair and numerous memories from his life.

  • Friday

    14 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Karl Gabor
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Joel Lyssarides piano
    Georgios Prokopiou bouzouki
    “Arcs & Rivers”) Why you must attend this concert:
    Jazz meets Greek bouzouki – featuring two of the most exciting jazz musicians of our time

    17:00 Concert Hall 118 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    15 Nov

    2025

    Photo: ACT_Vera Marzinski
    ©
    26th European Jazztival

    Closing concert
    “30 Jahre e.s.t.”
    Magnus Öström drums
    Dan Berglund bass
    & Friends
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund celebrate the anniversary of their groundbreaking trio with Esbjörn Svensson

    Magnus Öström, drums
    Dan Berglund, bass
    feat.
    Joel Lyssarides, piano
    Magnus Lindgren, saxophone & flute
    Verneri Pohjola, trumpet

    21:30 Concert Hall 118 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Dan Berglund & Magnus Öström are celebrating the anniversary of their groundbreaking trio with Esbjörn Svensson. Berglund and Öström have invited some close musical friends to join them. Together, the musicians have achieved the feat of respecting the compositions of pianist Esbjörn Svensson, who died in 2008, while at the same time giving them a personal touch.

  • 22 - 30

    Nov 25

    Photo: Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    16th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Martin T:son Engstroem, founder and director of the famous Verbier Festival in the Swiss Alps, presents outstanding young artists at the beginning of a great career alongside established musical personalities. The programme, which includes 15 solo, chamber music and orchestral concerts with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy, is curated by his wife Blythe Teh Engstroem, who serves as co-artistic director of the festival.

    with Lucas Debargue, Kevin Chen, Alexandra Dovgan & Bruce Liu (piano), James Ehnes, Clara Jumi Kang & Augustin Dumay (violin), Sào Soulez Larivière (viola), Steven Isserlis (cello) et al.

    Program:
    Sat, 22 November 5:30 pm opening concert
    Sun, 23 - Sat, 29 November 11:00 am & 5:30 pm two concerts daily
    Sat, 29 November 5:30 pm closing concert
    Sun, 30 November day of departure

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights and more, arrival Sun, 23 November
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • Saturday

    22 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Volkov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Opening concert
    Alexandra Dovgan piano

    “Prélude, choral e fugue” FWV 21
    Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor
    et al.

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    23 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Fabrice Uminglia
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Kevin Chen piano

    Chopin: Variations on Mozart’s “Là ci darem la mano” et al.
    Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    23 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Tim Cavadini, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Lucas Debargue piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Piano concerto E flat major K 449
    Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    24 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Xiomara Bender, Elian Bachini, Satoshi Aoyagi
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay & Clara Jumi Kang violin
    Blythe Engstroem viola
    Steven Isserlis & Joel Marosi cello
    Lucas Debargue & Kevin Chen piano

    Chamber music

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    25 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Satoshi Aoyagi, Nicholas Brodard
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Steven Isserlis cello
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Haydn: Cello concerto No 2 D major
    Beethoven: Symphony No 7 A major

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    27 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Christopher Koestlin
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Bruce Liu piano

    Beethoven: “Moonlight Sonata”
    Chopin: Impromptus (selection)
    Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole
    et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    27 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Beethoven: Coriolan Overture C minor
    Beethoven: Violin concerto D major

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Andrej Grilc
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay & Clara Jumi Kang violin
    Blythe Engstroem viola
    Steven Isserlis & Joel Marosi cello
    Lucas Debargue & Kevin Chen piano

    Bach: Cello suite No 1 G major
    Chamber music

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Bartek Barczyk, Clara Evens
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Sào Soulez Larivière viola
    Bruce Liu piano

    Chamber music

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Nicholas Brodard
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Closing Concert
    Alexandre Kantorow piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Beethoven: Piano concerto No 4 G major
    Beethoven: Symphony No 4 B major

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 11 - 18

    Jan 26

    Photo: PR, Giorgia Bertazzi, Sim Canetty-Clarke
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    7st Chamber Music Week

    The Elmau Chamber Music Week has been at the heart of the cultural programme at Schloss Elmau since the 1950s. The Amadeus Quartet and the composer Benjamin Britten, whose 50th anniversary of death will be celebrated in 2026, have had a special influence on this festival week and brought it a great artistic flourish.He, the composer and performer Britten and his special relationship with Schloss Elmau, forms the central theme of the Chamber Music Week 2026, which will also feature great chamber music works by Mozart, Schubert and Shostakovich.

    with Ian Bostridge (tenor), Daniel Lozakovich (violin), David Fray (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin) et al.

    Program:
    Sun, 11 January 5:00 pm opening concert
    Mon, 12 – Sat, 17 January 11:00 am & 5:00 pm two concerts daily
    Sat, 17 January 5:00 pm closing concert
    Sun, 18 January day of departure

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights and more, arrival Sun, 5 January)
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • Saturday

    7 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Nikolaj Lund, PR
    ©
    Classical

    Alexej Gerassimez & Emil Kuyumcuyan percussion
    Lucas & Arthur Jussen piano duo

    Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story“
    Works by Fazil Say, Steve Reich et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    24 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Anoush Abrar
    ©
    Classical

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Nikolai Lugansky piano

    Debussy: Cello sonata D minor
    Brahms: Cello sonata E minor Op 38
    Rachmaninoff: Cello sonata G minor Op 19

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
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