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.

  • 1 - 30

    Nov 23

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

  • Thursday

    2 Nov

    2023

    Photo: John Kentish, Anna Tena
    ©
    Classical

    Ksenija Sidorova accordion
    SIGNUM saxophone quartet
    “Anima”

    Works by Bach, Stravinsky, Piazzolla, Gershwin et al.

    When the accordion joins the saxophones, all the sounds are produced in a very natural way: by supplying air, by breathing. The Latin word “anima” stands for breath as well as for the spirit and the soul. In their new project ANIMA, Latvian star accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and the SIGNUM saxophone quartet literally breathe new breath into the music with their very personal interpretation!

  • Saturday

    4 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Dario Acosta
    ©
    Classical

    Ksenija Sidorova accordion

    Works by Piazzolla et al.

    The Latvian “Princess of the accordion” with classical compositions and folk music.

  • Saturday

    11 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Hoffmann, Bertazzi
    ©
    Classical

    Frank Peter Zimmermann violin
    Martin Helmchen piano

    Brahms: Sonata Op 120 No 1 (orig. for clarinet) et al.

    Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of the leading violinists of our time, praised for his distinctive tone and deep musicality. Together with Martin Helmchen, one of the most important pianists of the younger generation, he has recorded the highly acclaimed CD recordings of all Beethoven violin sonatas in recent years. The two artists present a programme around Brahms' sonata originally composed for clarinet and piano.

  • 14 - 19

    Nov 23

    Photo: Egbert Krupp
    ©
    24th European Jazztival

    24th 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..

    with 4 Wheel Drive (Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Wolfgang Haffner & Lars Danielsson), Baptiste Trotignon et al.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    Arrival Tuesday, 14th November 2023
    Departure, Sunday 19th November 2023
    Book your room now!

    Opening concert Tue Di, 14th November, 15th-18th November two concerts per evening, final concert Sat, 18th November, day of departure Sun, 19th November

  • Wednesday

    15 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Stephen Freiheit
    ©
    24th European Jazztival

    4 Wheel Drive

    Nils Landgren, trombone & vocals
    Michael Wollny, piano
    Lars Danielsson, bass & cello
    Wolfgang Haffner, drums

  • Thursday

    16 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Franz Galo, Frank Loriou_Sony Music
    ©
    24th European Jazztival

    Baptiste Trotignon piano
    & Thomas Enhco piano

  • Friday

    17 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Mats Bäcker, Emil Nils Nylander
    ©
    24th European Jazztival

    Benjamin Koppel sax
    Jacob Karlzon piano
    Scott Colley bass
    Magnus Öström drums

  • Saturday

    18 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Thomas Kiehl
    ©
    24th European Jazztival

    The Jakob Manz Project

    Jakob Manz, alto sax
    Hannes Stollsteimer, piano & keys
    Frieder Klein, bass
    Paul Albrecht, drums

  • 19 - 24

    Nov 23

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Literature Days

    Literature Days “Diaries”
    Media of self-assurance

    There are few things more private than a diary. No other form of writing is as subjective, none conveys a similarly fresh impression of what has just been experienced. The history of this special kind of autobiographical writing stretches from antiquity to public Internet blogs. It shows the change in the way humankind sees itself in relation to history.

    Opens 19 Nov 5:00 pm | 20 – 23 Nov two events daily | Ends 23 Nov
    Readings, talks & lectures in German

  • Sunday

    19 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Bruno Maar
    ©
    Literature Days

    Michael Maar
    “Heute bedeckt und kühl”

    Great diaries from Samuel Pepys to Virginia Woolf

    opening reading

    Literary scholar Michael Maar has read diaries from four centuries. Why do people write diaries and why do they like reading them so much?

  • Monday

    20 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Peter Köhn, Wallstein Verlag
    ©
    Literature Days

    Hanjo Kesting
    “Bin der Letzte, der überhaupt weiß, was ein Werk ist”

    Thomas Mann in his diaries

    reading & talk

    The publicist and author Hanjo Kesting approaches the life and work of the great writer, who summed up his life with the words: “There has seldom been such an interweaving of agony and splendour”.

  • Tuesday

    21 Nov

    2023

    Photo: privat, PR
    ©
    Literature Days

    Franziska Thun-Hohenstein
    “Mein ,Ich‘ ist in Gefahr”

    Lecture & reading

    Georgij Efron, son of the poet Marina Zwetajewa, and Stepan Podlubnyj – two young Russians deal in their diaries with the ideology of their time in the Russia of the 1930s and 40s.

  • Wednesday

    22 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Matthias Bothor
    ©
    Literature Days

    Christian Brückner reads from
    Samuel Pepys’ diary
    from 17th century London

    reading

    The famous speaker and actor Christian Brückner reads from the diary of Samuel Pepys, which has long been a classic of English literary history.

  • Wednesday

    22 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Jürgen Bauer, PR
    ©
    Literature Days

    Reiner Stach
    The Literary Workshop:
    Franz Kafka’s diaries

    lecture & reading

    The literary scholar and Kafka biographer finds in the diaries unsparing self-analyses as well as cinematically accurate portrayals of experiences and encounters – with a great sense of humour.

  • 25 - 3

    Nov - Dec 23

    Photo: Sammy Hart
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    14th 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 big career and great established musicians in 15 solo, chamber music and orchestral concerts together with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy.

    FESTIVAL- PACKAGE
    Arrival on 25th Nov. / Departure on 3rd Dec.
    Book your room now!

    Two concerts daily, opening concert Sat, 25 November in the evening, final concert Sat, 2 December in the evening, day of departure Sun, 3 December

  • Saturday

    25 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Nikolai Lugansky piano

    Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op 22, Études-Tableaux Op 33 (excerpts), Préludes Op 23 (excerpts)
    Wagner/Liszt: Isolde's Liebestod

  • Sunday

    26 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Kaupo Kikkas, Julia Wesely
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Nikolai Lugansky piano
    Ilya Gringolts violin
    Julia Hagen cello

    Schubert: Piano trio E flat major D.897 “Notturno”
    Brahms: Piano trio No 1 B major Op 8

  • Sunday

    26 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Ulrike Myrzik
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Mao Fujita piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Piano concerto No 12 A major K.414
    Beethoven: “Quartetto serioso” Op 95 in the version for string orchestra

  • Monday

    27 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Den Sweeney, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Timothy Chooi violin
    Julien Quentin piano

  • Monday

    27 Nov

    2023

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Alexandros Stavrakakis bass
    Mikhail Arkadiev piano

    Mussorgsky: "Songs and Dances of Death" et al.

  • Tuesday

    28 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Kaupo Kikkas, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Ilya Gringolts violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 D minor Op121 et al.

  • Tuesday

    28 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Lisa Mazzucco, Thomas Straub
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Pablo Sáinz-Villegas guitar
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Rodrigo: “Concierto de Aranjuez”
    Beethoven: Symphony No 7 A major Op 92

  • Wednesday

    29 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Julia Wesely, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Julia Hagen cello
    Julien Quentin piano

  • Wednesday

    29 Nov

    2023

    Photo: PR, Eiichi Ikeda, Julia Wesely
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Julia Hagen cello
    Mao Fujita piano

    Schubert: Piano trio No 2 E flat major D.929

  • Thursday

    30 Nov

    2023

    Photo: Lisa Mazzucco, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Pablo Sáinz-Villegas guitar
    James Ehnes violin
    Members of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Boccherini: Guitar quintet
    Paganini: “Cantabile”
    Piazzolla: “Histoire du Tango”

  • Thursday

    30 Nov

    2023

    Photo: PR, Ulrike Myrzik
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Alexandros Stavrakakis bass
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Tschaikowsky: Arias
    Beethoven: Symphony No 3 E flat major Op 55 “Eroica”

  • 1 - 31

    Dec 23

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

  • Friday

    1 Dec

    2023

    Photo: PR, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    Brahms: Violin sonata No 3 D minor Op 108 et al.

  • Friday

    1 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Eiichi Ikeda
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Mao Fujita piano

    Grieg: Lyric pieces Op 43
    Séverac: Cerdaña (Cinq etudes pittoresques)
    Liszt: Piano sonata B minor S.178

  • Friday

    1 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Sue Taylor
    ©
    Book presentation

    Timothy Garton Ash
    “Europa – Eine persönliche Geschichte”
    Why you must attend this event:
    „Timothy Garton Ash is one of the world's most influential political publicists.“ (Joachim Gärtner, ARD TTT)

    in German

    DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK

    Timothy Garton Ash is a passionate European. Even before 1989, he refused to accept the division of the continent, and he fought against Brexit until the very end. Now he is writing his own personal history of Europe. He tells of friends like Václav Havel, recalls the fall of the Berlin Wall and provides an analysis of recent history. The attack on Ukraine shows how urgently we need a free and united continent – no one embodies this idea more convincingly than Timothy Garton Ash.

  • Saturday

    2 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Dario Acosta
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Daniil Trifonov piano

  • Saturday

    2 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Russian National Orchestra, Nicolas  Brodard
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Mikhail Pletnev piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Piano concerto No 24 C minor K.491
    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 A major Op 90 “Italian”

  • Saturday

    9 Dec

    2023

    Photo: scholzshootspeople, Ira Weinrauch
    ©
    Classical

    Sabine Meyer clarinet
    Alliage Quintett saxophone quintet
    “Winterzauber”

  • Tuesday

    26 Dec

    2023

    Photo: Georg Stirnweiß
    ©
    Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband
    Roman Sladek trombone, bandleader
    “Alle Jahre wieder!”

    Christmas songs especially arranged for the Jazzrausch Bigband

    LISTEN IN HERE!

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

  • Thursday

    28 Dec

    2023

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

    Joy Denalane
    & Max Herre vocals
    “MIKIs Takeover!”-Ensemble

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

  • Friday

    5 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Harald Hoffmann_Decca
    ©
    Classical

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

    Bach: Goldberg variation for string trio

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

  • 7 - 14

    Jan 24

    Photo: Marco Borggreve_Decca
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    69th Chamber Music Week

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

    Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Timothy Ridout, Daniel Blendulf, Martynas Levickis, Boris Brovtsyn, Benjamin Appl, Chiaroscuro & Simply Quartet et al.

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    Arrival on 7th Jan.
    Departure on 14th Jan.
    Book your room now!

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

  • Sunday

    7 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Lukas Beck_Wiener Konzerthaus, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    Timothy Ridout viola
    Daniel Blendulf cello
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Brahms: Thun sonata
    & piano quartet No 3 C minor

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Boris Brovtsyn violin
    & Friends

    Schumann: Piano quartet E flat major et al.

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    & Friends

    Strauss: Metamorphoses for string septet et al.

  • Tuesday

    9 Jan

    2024

    Classical

    Chiaroscuro Quartet string quartet

    Mozart: String quartet C major K.465 “Dissonance Quartet”
    Schubert: String quartet A minor D.804 “Rosamunde”

  • Wednesday

    10 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Lars Borges_Sony Classical, Gediminas Zilinskas
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Benjamin Appl baritone
    Martynas Levickis Accordion
    “Melting Pots”

    Lieder by Mahler, Weill, Gershwin et al.

  • Saturday

    13 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Wolfgang Franz, Simon Buchou
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Simply Quartet string quartet
    Lukas Sternath piano

    Dvorák: Piano quintet A major et al.

  • Saturday

    13 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Vilde Frang & Annabelle Meare violin
    Lawrence Power viola
    Torleif Thedéen cello
    Alessio Bax piano

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

  • Friday

    26 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Dario Acosta
    ©
    Classical

    Yefim Bronfman piano

    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.

  • 1 - 4

    Feb 24

    Photo: Angie Kremer Photography
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    A weekend with Gidon Kremer

  • Thursday

    1 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Gribu Vasaru
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    Gidon Kremer presents:
    Georgijs Osokins piano

  • Saturday

    3 Feb

    2024

    Photo: Angie Kremer Photography
    ©
    Classical Weekend

    Gidon Kremer violin
    Giedre Dirvanauskaite cello
    Georgijs Osokins piano

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

    The great violinist Gidon Kremer has been a guest at Schloss Elmau for many decades.

  • Saturday

    2 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Eiichi Ikeda
    ©
    Classical

    Mao Fujita piano

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

  • Friday

    8 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Vincent Beaume
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Sepec violin
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

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

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

  • Saturday

    9 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Vincent Beaume
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Sepec violin
    Tabea Zimmermann viola
    Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

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

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

  • 1 - 7

    Apr 24

    Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope is a world-renowned violinist and the artistic director of two orchestras and the Frauenkirche Dresden, as well as an author, presenter, filmmaker, host of his own television show and much more. He has once again curated a week of live music for Schloss Elmau, during which he will perform with his musical friends in numerous chamber concerts.

    Opening concert Monday, 1st April / Tuesday & Thursday one evening concert / Wednesday no concert / Friday one evening concert & a special event / closing concert Saturday, 6th April / day of departure Sunday 7th April

    FESTIVAL-PACKAGE
    Arrival Monday, 1st April / Departure Sunday, 7th April
    Book your room now!

  • Monday

    8 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Chris Singer
    ©
    Classical

    Jörg Widmann clarinet
    Lisa Batiashvili violin
    Denis Kozhkuhin piano

  • Wednesday

    1 May

    2024

    Photo: Johannes Ritter, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger Flöte, Leitung
    Franziska Hölscher Violine, Leitung
    & Friends

    Vivaldi: „Die Vier Jahreszeiten“ & Flötenkonzerte

  • Thursday

    2 May

    2024

    Photo: Henning Ross, Irène Zandel
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger Flöte, Leitung
    Franziska Hölscher Violine, Leitung
    & Friends

    Kammermusik

  • Sunday

    19 May

    2024

    Photo: Julien Mignot, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Belcea Quartet string quartet
    Quatuor Ébène
    string quartet

    Mendelssohn: String octet
    Enescu: String octet

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