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

  • 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

    The “European Jazz Festival” is the annual highlight of Elmau's jazz calendar. This year's festival is curated by Siggi Loch, who as a music manager, producer and founder of the ACT label has had a significant influence on the jazz scene over the last few decades. On the six days of the festival, he will bring together formations from his "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic" concert series in Elmau's atmospherically lit concert hall: big names in jazz, top-tier groups, and newcomers from the international young jazz scene.

    Patronage: Andrea Zietzschmann, Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker

    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

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  • 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 89 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 91 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    11 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Joerg Steinmetz
    ©
    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 111 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 94 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 96 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 116 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.

  • 16 - 21

    Nov 25

    Photo: Wikipedia
    ©
    Literature Festival

    Literature Festival

    China is at a turning point - politically, economically, and ideologically. Readings, lectures, and discussions serve to develop a multi-layered picture: from classical wisdom & teachings and revolutionary schools of thought to the challenges of the present. Formative moments in the history of Chinese literature and philosophy are covered, but it is the current tensions and upheavals that give the subject such relevance. In a time of rapid change, historical analysis is combined with the pressing question of where the path will lead.

    in German

  • 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 promising career alongside established musical personages. The program, 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 Verbier 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

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    5 nights, arrival Sun, 23 November
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  • 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 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    23 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Fabrice Uminglia
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Kevin Chen piano

    1st prize Anton Rubinstein Competition 2023

    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: Satoshi Aoyagi, Connie Shih
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Steven Isserlis cello
    Connie Shih piano

    chamber music

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    24 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Fabrice Umiglia, Elian Bachini, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

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

    Clara Schumann: Piano trio et al.

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    25 Nov

    2025

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Clara-Jumi Kang violin
    et al.

    chamber music

    11:00 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

  • Wednesday

    26 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Elian Bachini, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Bruce Liu piano

    Brahms: Violin sonata
    Fauré: Piano quartert No 1 C minor

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    26 Nov

    2025

    Photo: PR, Joerg Reichardt, Tim Cavadini
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Clara-Jumi Kang & James Ehnes violin
    Sào Soulez Larivière viola
    Bruno Delepelaire cello
    Lucas Debargue & Alexandra Dovgan piano

    Chopin: Piano trio
    Schostakowitsch: Piano quintet

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 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 96 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 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Clara Evans, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Sào Soulez Lariviere viola
    Julien Quentin piano
    et al.

    Britten: Lachrymae
    Schumann: Märchenbilder
    Schostakowitsch: Viola sonata C major

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Hideki Shiozawa, Sasha Gusov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Mischa Maisky cello
    Alexandre Kantorow piano
    et al.

    Bach: Cello suite No 1 G major
    Brahms: Piano quartet C minor

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: B Elovega, Bartek Barczyk, Volkov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes & Clara-Jumi Kang violine
    Sào Soulez Larivière & Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
    Bruce Liu & Alexandra Dovgan piano

    Chamber music

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 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 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 11 - 18

    Jan 26

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

    7st Chamber Music Week

    The Chamber Music Week has been at the heart of Schloss Elmau's cultural program at since the 1950s. This festival week was particularly shaped by the Amadeus Quartet and the composer Benjamin Britten, who visited Elmau many times and even premiered several works here. This year, to mark the 50th anniversary of Britten's death in 2026, some of Britten's key works will also be represented in the concerts of the 71st Chamber Music Week alongside the chamber music repertoire of Classical and Romantic greats Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms.

    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

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  • Sunday

    11 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Kalpesh Lathigra
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    13 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    13 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    14 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    14 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Konzert

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    15 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    15 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Konzert

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    16 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    Bach: Sonaten Nr. 1 & 3 für Violine und Klavier
    Beethoven: Violinsonate A-Dur "Kreutzersonate"

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    16 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    17 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    17 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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 F major
    Rachmaninoff: Cello sonata G minor

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 6 - 12

    Apr 26

    Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    4. Daniel Hope-Woche

    5. Daniel Hope-Woche

    After Easter, star violinist Daniel Hope will be performing his fifth Music Week at Schloss Elmau. The internationally acclaimed musician, presenter and programme maker has invited numerous friends to Schloss Elmau. The programme includes chamber music concerts and jazz in the bar.
    with Daniel Hope & Friends (Joscho Stephan et al.)

    Program:
    Mon, 6 April opening concert
    Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat further concerts (Wednesday no concert)
    Fri, 10 April 9:30 pm late night jazz
    Sun, 12 April day of departure

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