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.

  • 26 - 1

    Mar - Apr 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
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    Nils Landgren Festival

    Nils Landgren Festival

    He is one of the most successful European jazz musicians around and one of the world's best trombonists. Now Nils Landgren is curating his own festival at Schloss Elmau and is bringing well-known Scandinavian musicians from jazz and classical music together to perform at his side for five concerts, including the famous Swedish singers Ida Sand and Anne Sofie von Otter.

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    Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    With Nils Landgren, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ida Sand, Fabian Fredriksson, Jeanette Köhn, Mats Bergström, Magnus Lindgren, Ola Gustafson et al.

  • 1 - 7

    Apr 24

    Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
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    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    3rd Daniel Hope Week

    In April, star violinist Daniel Hope will be holding his third music week at Schloss Elmau. For this, the internationally acclaimed musician, program maker and presenter has invited numerous friends to Schloss Elmau and will be performing in chamber music concerts, jazz in the bar and his major project “Los Angeles 1943 – Escape to Paradise” with opera world star Thomas Hampson, among others.FESTIVAL PACKAGE
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    Concert Hall 60 seats for hotel guests available
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    with Daniel Hope, Thomas Hampson, Jacques Ammon, Adrien La Marca, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Benjamin Nyffenegger et al.

  • Monday

    1 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Bailey Davidson
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Opening concert
    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope & Tanja Sonc, violin tbc
    Ryszard Groblewski & Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska, viola
    Benjamin Nyffenegger & Anna Tyka Nyffenegger, cello

    Tschaikowsky: String sextet “Souvenir de Florence” et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    2 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope & Tanja Sonc, violin
    Ryszard Groblewski & Ewa Grzywna-Groblewska, viola
    Benjamin Nyffenegger & Anna Tyka Nyffenegger, cello

    Dvorák: String sextet et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    4 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Jiyang Chen, Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    Thomas Hampson baritone
    “Los Angeles 1943 - Escape to Paradise”

    with Jacques Ammon, piano
    & chamber music ensemble

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    5 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Daniel Hope, violin
    Malin Broman, violin & viola
    Adrien La Marca, viola
    Josephine Knight, cello
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass
    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    Hummel: Piano quintet E flat major
    Bruch: 8 pieces Op 83 et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 99 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    5 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Late Night Jazz with Daniel Hope & Friends

    Valérie Yeng-Seng, vocals
    Daniel Hope, violin
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass

    Jazz & Chanson

    Admission: 21:00 | First come, first serve (no registration possible)

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • Saturday

    6 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daniel Waldhecker
    ©
    Daniel Hope Week

    Closing concert
    Daniel Hope violin
    & Friends

    Timothy Jones, french horn
    Daniel Hope, violin
    Malin Broman, violin & viola
    Adrien La Marca, viola
    Josephine Knight, cello
    Stéphane Logerot, double bass
    Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

    de Falla: Suite populaire espagnole
    Brahms: Horn trio et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    8 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Chris Singer
    ©
    Classical

    Jörg Widmann clarinet
    Lisa Batiashvili violin
    Denis Kozhkuhin piano

    Bartók: Kontraste für Klarinette, Violine und Klavier
    Widmann: Tränen der Musen et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    13 Apr

    2024

    Photo: ARD International Music Competition
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    Classical

    Festival of the ARD Prize Winners
    Concert of winners of the ARD music competition

    In cooperation with the Bayerischer Rundfunk.

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

    Outstanding young talent at Schloss Elmau: at the “Festival of the Prize Winners”, selected prize winners from different years of the ARD International Competition spend a rehearsal period at Schloss Elmau. At the end of the rehearsals, they present themselves in chamber music works.

  • Saturday

    20 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Nadine Poncioni, Raffaele Proell
    ©
    Classical

    Nicholas Ofczarek & Musicbanda Franui
    Thomas Bernhard: “Holzfällen“
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The acting star and the Musicbanda give insights before the official premiere at the Vienna Burgtheater

    Nicholas Ofczarek, recitation
    Musicbanda Franui:
    Johannes Eder (clarinet, bass clarinet)
    Andreas Fuetsch (tuba)
    Patrik Hofer (trumpet)
    Romed Hopfgartner (sopran and alto saxophon, clarinet)
    Markus Kraler (double bass, accordion)
    Angelika Rainer (harp, zither, voice)
    Bettina Rainer (dulcimer, voice)
    Andreas Schett (trumpet, voice, musical direction)
    Martin Senfter (trombone, voice)
    Nikolai Tunkowitsch (violin)
    Composition and musical arrangements: Markus Kraler & Andreas Schett
    Dramaturgy: Andreas Schett

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    When the famous Burgtheater actor Nicholas Ofczarek and the fantastic Austrian Musicbanda Franui bring Thomas Bernhard's novel “Holzfällen“ to the stage, a unique format will be created - with elements of music theater, reading, theater performance and radio play. Nikolaus Ofczarek will speak Thomas Bernhard's sentences in the midst of the Musicbanda, while the Musicbanda will be heard performing a specialty that has made them famous: celebrating funeral marches and funeral music.

  • Friday

    26 Apr

    2024

    Photo: istock, Julien Mignot
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    Dance Evening

    Waltz Weekend
    Julien Quentin, piano

    Two dance evenings in the concert hall with waltzes by famous composers from Chopin to Tchaikovsky, played by Julien Quentin on the piano.

    20:30 Concert Hall

  • Saturday

    27 Apr

    2024

    Photo: Daellenbach, Hall-Tighe, Burgstaller, Liarmkopoulus, Nelsen
    ©
    Classical

    Canadian Brass
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Elmau Debut for one of the world's most famous brass ensembles

    Ashley Hall-Tighe & Joe Burgstaller, trumpet
    Jeff Nelsen, french horn
    Achilles Liarmakopoulos, trombone
    Chuck Daellenbach, tuba

    Works by Bach, Rimski-Korsakow, The Beatles, Traditionals, Dixieland et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The unique success story of one of the most famous brass ensembles in the world has been going on for over 50 years: Canadian Brass. They never cease to amaze audiences with the unexpected possibilities of their instruments and humorous entertainment. The fact that they don't take themselves and their music too seriously and that smiles are definitely welcome is certainly one of the keys to their success.

  • Saturday

    27 Apr

    2024

    Photo: istock, Julien Mignot
    ©
    Dance Evening

    Waltz Weekend
    Julien Quentin, piano

    Two dance evenings in the concert hall with waltzes by famous composers from Chopin to Tchaikovsky, played by Julien Quentin on the piano.

    20:30 Concert Hall

  • Wednesday

    1 May

    2024

    Photo: Johannes Ritter, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger flute, conductor
    Franziska Hölscher violin, conductor
    & Friends

    Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons“, flute concertos et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 99 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    2 May

    2024

    Photo: Henning Ross, Irène Zandel
    ©
    Classical

    Dorothee Oberlinger flute, conductor
    Franziska Hölscher flute, conductor
    & Friends

    Chamber music

    17:00 Pavillon Retreat 59 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    10 May

    2024

    Photo: SWR, C.H. Beck
    ©
    Book presentation

    Norbert Frei
    „Im Namen der Deutschen – Die Bundespräsidenten und die NS-Vergangenheit“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Norbert Freis Buch ist „ein bahnbrechendes Standardwerk“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

    Norbert Frei im Gespräch mit Rachel Salamander

    17:00 Pavillon Retreat 50 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Der Bundespräsident spricht qua Amt “im Namen der Deutschen”, auch und gerade, wenn es um die NS-Vergangenheit geht. Für Theodor Heuss und seine Nachfolger zu Zeiten der Bonner Republik war das immer auch ein Sprechen über die eigene Zeitgenossenschaft. Norbert Frei, einer der renommiertesten Zeithistoriker der Gegenwart, zeigt in seinem mitunter atemverschlagenden Buch, wie dabei die persönliche Vergangenheit beschwiegen und zugleich der Ton für das Reden über Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust in einer Gesellschaft gesetzt wurde, die erst lernen musste, sich ihrer Geschichte selbstkritisch zu stellen.

  • Saturday

    18 May

    2024

    Photo: Sebastian Reiter
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    Techno-Jazz

    Jazzrausch Bigband

    Roman Sladek, trombone, bandleader

    17:00 Concert Hall
    Details

    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.

  • Sunday

    19 May

    2024

    Photo: Julien Mignot, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Belcea Quartet string quartet
    Quatuor Ébène
    string quartet

    Mendelssohn: String octet
    Enescu: String octet

    17:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

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

  • 26 - 30

    May 24

    Photo: Schloss Elmau_Georg Stirnweiß
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    Dance Retreat

    Dance Retreat

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young! Dancing had a long tradition in Schloss Elmau. At this Dance Retreat you can learn new dance steps and develop existing skills with a professional dance teacher on three days, each with a thematic focus.

    SCHEDULE:
    Arrival: Sun, May 26 | Departure: Thu, May 30
    Daily dance classes (Monday to Wednesday)
    Dance parties in the evening (Monday & Wednesday)

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

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    4 nights for the price of 3 (Arrival Sun, 26. May)
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    30 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    What to expect
    Daily dance classes (16.00 - 17.30, Tuesday additionally 10.30 - 12.00) with a professionally trained dance instructor couple of the dance school Wolfgang Steuer. The exact course content will be announced shortly.
    Dance parties in the evening (from 21.30): Monday & Wednesday 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 travelers will be assigned dance partners on site, same sex also possible.
    Private dance lessons can be booked through the cultural office.
    A hotel booking is required to take part in the dance courses.

  • 23 - 28

    Jun 24

    Photo: Casper David Friedrich
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    Week of the Romantic Era

    Week of the Romantic Era

    A whole week of concerts, conversations and lectures to illuminate the fascinating panorama of the Romantic period in music: great musicians and exquisite ensembles bring to life the key themes of Romanticism.

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    arrival Sun, 23 June | departure Sun, 30 June
    from ab 256 € p. p. / night
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    Concert Hall 76 seats for hotel guests available
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    Two events daily, opening concert Sun 23 June in the evening, final concert Sat 29 June in the evening, day of departure Sun, 30 June

  • 28 - 30

    Jun 24

    Photo: Markus Jans, Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Piano Summit

    Piano Summit

    Outstanding pianists of different generations can be experienced in this Piano Summit at Schloss Elmau: Martha Argerich shares a long artistic friendship with Lilya Zilberstein, whose sons, the Gerzenberg Piano Duo, will also be part of the first concert evening. On Thursday, Sergei Babayan will be featured in a piano recital, and finally the exceptional young pianist Mao Fujita, who has had a stellar career and has become an indispensable figure on international concert stages.

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    arrival Sunday, 25 Feb | departure Sunday, 3 March
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  • Friday

    28 Jun

    2024

    Photo: Markus Jans
    ©
    Classical

    Víkingur Ólafsson piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Where it all began: After the grand opening in August 2023, piano star Vikingur Olafsson closes his year-long Bach tour at Schloss Elmau

    Bach: Goldberg Variations

    21:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The 2023/2024 season of this Icelandic piano star is and was all about Bach, whose Goldberg Variations he played 88 times in the world's greatest concert halls. The first concert of this major undertaking took Olafsson to the Elmau Concert Hall in August 2023. He is now returning there for a crowning finale, thus closing the arc of his journey to Bach at Schloss Elmau.

  • Saturday

    29 Jun

    2024

    Photo: Egbert Krupp_Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Classical

    Grigory Sokolov piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    "Among all the pianists who have existed and still exist, Grigory Sokolov is in a category of his own." (Jan Brachmann, FAZ)

    Bach: Four duets BWV 802-805, Partita No2 C-minor BWV 826 and other pieces

    Concert with interval. Concert-experienced children aged 10 and above, who can sit still during the concert, are welcome to attend.

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    21:00 Concert Hall 81 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The unique character of music played live is a crucial aspect of understanding the expressive beauty and compelling honesty of Grigory Sokolov's art. His poetic interpretations, which come alive with mystical intensity in the concert hall, are based on an in-depth knowledge of the repertoire. His programmes span the entire history of music: from transcriptions of sacred polyphony of the Middle Ages and works by Couperin, Rameau and Bach, to the Classical and Romantic repertoire and key compositions of the 20th century. Now Grigory Sokolov returns to Schloss Elmau – with what is sure to be a compelling and impressive concert evening.

  • 3 - 7

    Jul 24

    Photo: Chris Singer
    ©
    Classical

    Georgian Music and Culinary Festival
    curated by Lisa Batiashvili

    Star violinist Lisa Batiashvili invites you to get to know the musical and culinary facets of her native Georgia. She has invited outstanding young musicians from her own foundation and other Georgian artists and friends for concerts of classical music, jazz and Georgian folk music.

    with Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux, Giorgi Gigashvili, Sandro Nebieridze, Ensemble Rustavi et al.

  • Saturday

    3 Aug

    2024

    Photo: Ben Bonouvrier
    ©
    Classical

    Abel Selaocoe cello & vocals

    21:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    14 Aug

    2024

    Photo: Felix Broede, Anita Schmid
    ©
    Classical

    Isabelle Faust
    & Friends
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Elmau visit by an outstanding ensemble led by exceptional violinist Isabelle Faust before her performance at the Salzburg Festival

    Isabelle Faust & Meesun Hong Coleman, violin
    William Coleman, viola
    Julia Hagen, violoncello
    Florent Boffard, piano
    Pascal Moragues, clarinet
    Júlia Gállego, flute
    Georg Nigl, recitation

    Schönberg: Chamber Symphony Op 9 (Edition Anton von Webern)
    Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op 115
    et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall

  • Saturday

    31 Aug

    2024

    Photo: Lukas Beck
    ©
    Jazz

    Thomas Quasthoff Quartett
    Celebrating Thomas Quasthoff's 50th Stage anniversary

    Thomas Quasthoff, vocals
    Simon Oslender, keys
    Dieter Ilg, bass
    Wolfgang Haffner, drums

    17:00 Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • 13 - 15

    Sep 24

    Photo: Kreisau
    ©

    Cancelled

    Krzyzowa-Music @ Schloss Elmau
    The international Chamber Music Festival from Krzyzowa/Poland in Schloss Elmau

    Der Ort Krzyzowa in Polen (deutsch: Kreisau) ging mit dem „Kreisauer Kreis“, der zivilen Widerstandsgruppe gegen den Nationalzozialismus rund um Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, in die Geschichte ein. 2014 wurde an diesem Ort das internationale Musik-Festival "Krzyzowa-Music" gegründet, das nun ihre künstlerische Leiterin Viviane Hagner und weitere Musiker für ein Gastspiel entsendet.

    Concert Hall
    Details

    The small town of Krzyzowa in Poland (German: Kreisau) went down in history with its famous "Kreisauer Kreis" - and is an important place for the resistance, for international meetings, culture and Europe. In 2014 the international music festival Krzyzowa Music was founded. In Schloss Elmau, young promising musicians of the festival can now be experienced with their artistic director Viviane Hagner.

  • Wednesday

    16 Oct

    2024

    Photo: PR
    ©
    World

    Manu Delago Hang & Ensemble

    Manu Delago, handpans & drums
    Georg Gratzer, woodwinds
    Christoph Pepe Auer, woodwinds
    Alois Eberl, trombone & accordion
    Bernie Mallinger, violin
    Jenny Ames, viola
    Clemens Rofner, Bass
    Charly Mair & Chris Norz, Percussion

    The event is only open to hotel guests after prior registration at the Cultural Office on +49 8823 18 260 / kultur@schloss-elmau.de or by SMS to the Hospitality Desk +4917 33 11 22 77

    17:00 Concert Hall 128 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The Swiss instrument Hang, an sounding body with a meditative sound, has made the Tyrolean Manu Delago a star – and a video on YouTube that was clicked almost 5 million times. He is responsible for sold-out houses from India to Mexico, from the USA to Germany. World stars like the Icelandic pop icon work closely with him. Now the Tyrolean musician and composer can be experienced for the first time in Schloss Elmau and presents a splendid interplay of experimental pop, detail-loving electronics and rocky chamber music.

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