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.

  • 25 - 3

    Nov - Dec 23

    Photo: Sammy Hart
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    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.
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    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

  • 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

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    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.
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    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
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  • 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.

  • Saturday

    15 Jun

    2024

    Photo:  Egbert Krupp_Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Classical

    Grigory Sokolov piano

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

    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.

  • 23 - 29

    Jun 24

    Photo: Casper David Friedrich
    ©
    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.

    Two events daily, opening concert Sun 23 June in the evening, final concerrt Sat 29 June in the evening, day of departure Sun, 30 June