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

    Sep 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

  • Saturday

    2 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Ray Tarantino
    ©
    Modern Classical

    Ludovico Einaudi piano
    Concert I

    Duration of concert ca. 60 minutes

    BOOK YOUR STAY:
    Arrival Thursday, 31 August
    Departure Sunday, 3 September or later

    Due to high interest, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a seat at the event if they book in advance.

    17:00 Concert Hall 13 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The celebrated composer and pianist fills large stadiums and stages worldwide. With his fascinating soundscapes, which oscillate between minimalist clarity and rushing fullness, he always leaves his audience entranced – whether in the sold-out Royal Albert Hall or on the huge Berlin Waldbühne. The Italian star also comes to Schloss Elmau with great pleasure to work, compose, make music and record CDs. For him, Elmau is, he said, “a paradise” and a “dream place.” What luck to see him in 2023 with 2 concerts at once!

  • 3 - 8

    Sep 23

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    Dance Retreat

    Let’s Swing & Dance Retreat
    5 nights for the price of 4

    Dancing makes you happy and keeps you young!
    Dancing had a long tradition in Schloss Elmau, for which we have found a new format after a long break. At the first Dance Retreat from 4 to 8 September, you can learn new dance steps and develop existing skills with a professional dance teacher on four days, each with a thematic focus (e.g. waltz, swing, Latin, etc.). The exact course programme for each day will be announced later.

    DANCE RETREAT PAVKAGE
    Arrival Sunday, 3rd September / Departure Friday, 8th September
    Book your room now!

    Details

    Daily from Monday to Thursday:
    Dance class 90 – 120 minutes incl. break in the late afternoon.
    21:00 – 23:00 Dance evening with live music in the Al Camino Bar

    For course planning purposes, please indicate when booking whether you are coming as a couple or travelling alone.
    Subject to changes.

    By booking the Dance Retreat Package you are automatically registered for the dance classes. The dance classes are exclusively reserved for Dance Retreat participants.
    All hotel guests are welcome to attend the dance evenings (from 12 years, no registration required, limited seating in the bar in favour of a larger dance floor).

  • Sunday

    3 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Ray Tarantino
    ©
    Modern Classical

    Ludovico Einaudi piano
    Concert II

    Duration of concert ca. 60 minutes

    BOOK YOUR STAY:
    Arrival Sunday, 3 September
    Departure Wednesday, 6 September or later

    Due to high interest, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a seat at the event if they book in advance.

    21:00 Concert Hall 37 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The celebrated composer and pianist fills large stadiums and stages worldwide. With his fascinating soundscapes, which oscillate between minimalist clarity and rushing fullness, he always leaves his audience entranced – whether in the sold-out Royal Albert Hall or on the huge Berlin Waldbühne. The Italian star also comes to Schloss Elmau with great pleasure to work, compose, make music and record CDs. For him, Elmau is, he said, “a paradise” and a “dream place.” What luck to see him in 2023 with 2 concerts at once!

  • Wednesday

    6 Sep

    2023

    Photo: L. Rinkens
    ©
    Reading & talk

    “You don't have to write, but you have to know how to.” – Reading & talk on the occasion of Wolf Wondratschek's 80th birthday

    “Alles schläft im Holz, sagt die Musik. Alles Empfinden sind Gleichungen, sagt die Mathematik. Seid alle mal still, sagt die Poesie.” (Selbstbild mit russischem Klavier, Roman von Wolf Wondratschek)
    in German

    20:30 Pavillon Retreat 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    9 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Peter Rigaud_Shotview
    ©
    An evening with Ferdinand von Schirach

    An evening with Ferdinand von Schirach

    in German
    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a seat at the event if they book in advance.

    20:30 Concert Hall 90 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    “Der Spiegel” called Ferdinand von Schirach a “great storyteller”, the New York Times an “extraordinary stylist” and the Daily Telegraph described him as “one of the most distinctive voices in European literature”. His books have sold millions of copies, his plays are among the most successful dramas of our time. Now Ferdinand von Schirach can be experienced for the first time with an evening at Schloss Elmau.

  • 24 - 1

    Sep - Oct 23

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg, Sony Music
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    3rd Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    After the great success of the first two Lied-festivals in 2019 & 2021, Christian Gerhaher invites to his third Lied-festival. Together with his long-time piano partner Gerold Huber and numerous guests, he will illuminate the fascinating cosmos of the Lied in recitals, introductions and master classes.
    with Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber, Julia Kleiter, Franz-Josef Selig, Magdalena Kožená et al.

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights
    Arrival Sunday, 24th September / Departure Sunday, 1st October
    Book your room now!

  • Sunday

    24 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Julia Wesely, Merav Maroody
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Opening Concert
    Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
    Ohad Ben-Ari piano

    Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis & Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire L. 64
    Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi (Book Two)

    20:30 Concert Hall 76 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Eine der führenden Mezzosopranistinnen der Welt eröffnet mit Pianist Ohad Ben-Ari die Liedwoche mit einem französischen Programm.

  • Monday

    25 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Royal Academy of Music
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Masterclass I
    Christian Gerhaher unterrichtet Student:innen der Royal Academy of Music London
    James Cheung Klavier

    10:00 Concert Hall 79 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    25 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Marion Knöll
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Franz Selig bass
    Gerold Huber piano
    Christian Gerhaher recitation

    Wolf: Michelangelo-Lieder
    Shostakovitch: Suite Op 145

    17:00 Concert Hall 77 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Franz-Josef Selig, einer der renommiertesten Bassisten, und Gerold Huber präsentieren Michelangelo-Vertonungen.

  • Tuesday

    26 Sep

    2023

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Helmuth Kiesel
    “Hugo Wolf’s Mörike”

    Lecture (in German)

    11:00 Pavillon Retreat 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    26 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg, Frank Schemmann
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Julia Kleiter soprano
    Christian Gerhaher baritone
    Gerold Huber piano

    Wolf: Mörike-Lieder

    17:00 Concert Hall 77 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die herausragende Lied- und Konzertsopranistin Julia Kleiter und Christian Gerhaher widmen sich Hugo Wolfs Vertonungen von Gedichten des Lyrikers Eduard Mörike.

  • Wednesday

    27 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Royal Academy of Music
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Masterclass II
    Christian Gerhaher unterrichtet Student:innen der Royal Academy of Music London
    James Cheung Klavier

    10:00 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    27 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Gisela Schenker
    ©
    Liedwoche Christian Gerhaher

    Christiane Karg soprano
    Gerold Huber piano

    Mahler: „Frühlingsmorgen“, „Ich atmete einen linden Duft“, „Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen“ und weitere Lieder von Mahler

    17:00 Concert Hall 77 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die international gefragte Sopranistin Christiane Karg und ihr langjähriger Klavierpartner Gerold Huber widmen sich an diesem Abend Gustav Mahlers Liedern.

  • Thursday

    28 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Markus Jans, Gerald Kerkletz
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Nikolaus Bachler & Händl Klaus
    im Gespräch

    11:00 Pavillon Retreat 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    28 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Christian Gerhaher baritone
    Gerold Huber piano

    Schubert: Schwanengesang

    17:00 Concert Hall 49 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die 14 Vertonungen auf Gedichte von Heine, Rellstab und Gabriel Seidl zählen zu den letzten Kompositionen Schuberts. Sie wurden erst postum zu einem Liederzyklus mit dem Titel "Schwanengesang" zusammengefasst.

  • Friday

    29 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Royal Academy of Music
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Konzert der Student:innen der Royal Academy of Music
    Christian Gerhaher
    James Cheung Klavier

    16:00 Concert Hall 53 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die Student:innen präsentieren die mit Christian Gerhaher in den Masterclasses (Mo & Mi 10.00) erarbeiteten Werke. Am Klavier begleitet werden sie von James Cheung.

  • Friday

    29 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Monarca Studios, Felix Broede
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Vera-Lotte Boecker Sopran
    Sarah Tysman Klavier
    Warum Sie dieses Konzert besuchen sollten:
    Geistreich, gewitzt und auf der Bühne ein Großereignis: Vera-Lotte Boecker ist „Sängerin des Jahres 2022“ (Opernwelt)

    Crumb: Apparition
    Schumann: Maria Stuart-Lieder op. 135 et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 53 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    „Geistreich, gewitzt und auf der Bühne ein Großereignis: Vera-Lotte Boecker ist ‚Sängerin des Jahres 2022'“ (Opernwelt). Klavierpartnerin der Sopranistin ist an diesem Abend die erstklassige Pianistin Sarah Tysman.

  • Saturday

    30 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Felix Broede
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Matinee
    Christian Gerhaher Bariton
    & Gerold Huber Klavier
    „Holliger: Lunea“
    Im Anschluss:
    Christian Gerhaher im Gespräch mit
    Händl Klaus Librettist von Holligers „Lunea“

    Holliger: „Elis“ – Drei Nachtstücke für Klavier
    Wolf: „Abendbilder“ (nach Nikolaus Lenau)
    Holliger: Lunea – 23 Sätze von Nikolaus Lenau

    11:00 Concert Hall 53 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Die Oper „Lunea“ des schweizer Komponisten und Dirigenten Heinz Holliger (*1939) behandelt die Persönlichkeit des österreichischen Dichters Nikolaus Lenau (UA: 2018). Der Oper voran ging 2013 eine Vertonung von 23 Notizen aus Lenaus Notiztagebuch, die Holliger eigens für Gerhaher schrieb.

  • Saturday

    30 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Guido Werner
    ©
    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher

    Closing Concert
    Konstantin Krimmel bass
    Gerold Huber piano

    Schubert: „Prometheus“, „Fahrt zum Hades“, „Nachtstück“, „An den Mond“ und weitere Lieder

    17:00 Concert Hall 53 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Der gefragte junge Bariton Konstantin Krimmel ist bereits national und international im Lied, Konzert- und Opernfach unterwegs.

  • Saturday

    30 Sep

    2023

    Photo: Nikolaj Lund
    ©
    Liedwoche Christian Gerhaher

    Christiane Karg soprano
    Gerold Huber piano

    Lieder von Strauss, Georg Kreisler et al.
    Im Anschluss: Schlager & Karaoke

    Einlass: 21.00 | First come, first serve (keine Anmeldung möglich)

    Kein Ticketkontingent für Bewohner der Region

    21:30 Al Camino Bar

  • 1 - 31

    Oct 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

  • Saturday

    7 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Andrej Grilc
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Ottensamer clarinet
    Stephan Koncz cello
    Christoph Traxler piano

    “The Clarinet Trio Anthology” – works for clarinet, cello & piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    11 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Sofie Knijff
    ©
    Jazz

    Brad Mehldau piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The great American pianist Brad Mehldau is the benchmark of jazz piano

    LISTEN IN HERE!

    21:00 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    "A Star Is Born" was the headline of a major German newspaper in the late 1990s, when Brad Mehldau gave one of his first concerts in Europe. Since then, the versatile and highly creative keyboard-magician has unfolded an unprecedented international career, establishing himself as a bandleader and composer alike. His solo evening in Schloss Elmau will certainly not be a "back to the roots", as the rate at which Brad Mehldau reinvents himself is without equal.

  • Thursday

    12 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Michael Wilson, Equinox Publishing Ltd
    ©
    Book presentation & talk

    Book presentation Brad Mehldau
    “Formation: Building a Personal Canon”
    & talk with Deitmar Müller-Elmau

    in English

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    14 Oct

    2023

    Photo: T. Sorvillo, L. Gudagnini
    ©
    Classical

    Giorgi Gigashvili piano

    Brahms: 3 Intermezzi Op 117
    Schumann: Kreisleriana Op 16

    17:00 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    18 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Severin Koller
    ©
    23rd European Jazztival

    Shake Stew
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The award-winning band with energetic beats “brings something cultish to contemporary jazz”. (German Record Critics' Award)

    Lukas Kranzelbinder, double bass, e-bass, guembri, bandleader
    Astrid Wiesinger, alto sax
    Johannes Schleiermacher, tenor sax, flute
    Mario Rom, trumpet
    Oliver Potratz, bass
    Niki Dolp, drums, percussion
    Herbert Pirker, drums, percussion

    LISTEN IN HERE!

    21:00 Concert Hall 176 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Brilliant wind instruments make their way through seething rhythms. The drums are doubled, the bass as well. The trumpeter and the two saxophonists jubilate. The rapid playing of the Austrian-German septet is unmistakably located in the here and now. The unspoken magic words are magic and energy. It takes a double album, at least. Shake Stew “brings something cultic to current jazz, an enrichment”. (Evaluation of the jury of the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik)

  • Saturday

    21 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Bailey Davidson
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Hope violin & moderation
    & Friends
    Irish Roots – traditional Irish music from four centuries

    Daniel Hope, violin & moderation
    Simos Papanas, violin
    Nicola Mosca, cello & harp
    Emanuele Forni, lute
    Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord
    Michael Metzler, percussion & bagpipe

    TRAILER to Daniel Hope's TV documentation “Celtic Dreams”

    17:00 Concert Hall 39 seats for hotel guests available

  • 22 - 27

    Oct 23

    Photo: Simon Tolman_Schloss Elmau
    ©
    Book Fair Days

    Book Fair Days
    with Anne-Dore Krohn, Ijoma Mangold, Denis Scheck
    & Insa Wilke

    After the Frankfurt Book Fair, the literary critics Anne-Dore Krohn, Ijoma Mangold, Denis Scheck & Insa Wilke present important literary novelties und hold discussions with guest authors.

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    arrival Sunday, 22 October
    departure Friday, 27 October
    Book your room now!

    Concert Hall 44 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Kick-off with the Quartet of Critics on Sunday, Oct. 22. Four book launches with guest authors on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Departure on Friday, Oct. 27

  • Saturday

    28 Oct

    2023

    Photo: Simon Fowler
    ©
    Classical

    George Li piano

    Schumann: Arabeske; Davidsbündlertänze
    Stravinsky: Three pieces from „Pétrouchka“

    17:00 Concert Hall 80 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

  • 2 - 4

    Nov 23

    Classical

    Ksenija Sidorova accordion
    SIGNUM saxophon quartet
    "Anima"

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

    17:00 Concert Hall 130 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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
    Claudio Constintini piano
    Alexander Sitkovetsky violin

    Pieces by Piazzolla, Angelis and Voitenko

    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 130 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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.

    17:00 Concert Hall 30 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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!

    Concert Hall 33 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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

    17:00 Concert Hall 94 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    16 Nov

    2023

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

    Baptiste Trotignon piano
    & Thomas Enhco piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    17:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    21:30 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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

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

    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

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

    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

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

    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

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

    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

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

    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!

    19 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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

    17:30 Concert Hall 92 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    17:30 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    27 Nov

    2023

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

    Timothy Chooi violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    27 Nov

    2023

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Alexandros Stavrakakis bass
    Mikhail Arkadiev piano

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

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    29 Nov

    2023

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

    Julia Hagen cello
    Julien Quentin piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    17:30 Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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”

    11:00 Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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”

    17:30 Concert Hall 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    11:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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

    21:00 Pavillon Retreat 46 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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”

    17:30 Concert Hall 88 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    9 Dec

    2023

    Photo: scholzshootspeople, Ira Weinrauch
    ©
    Classical

    Sabine Meyer clarinet
    Alliage Quintett saxophone quintet
    “Winterzauber”

    17:00 Concert Hall 49 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    28 Dec

    2023

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

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

    17:00 Concert Hall
    Details

    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

    16:30 Concert Hall 86 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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!

    70 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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

    17:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: PR
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Boris Brovtsyn violin
    & Friends

    Schumann: Piano quartet E flat major et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    8 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Chamber Music Week

    Janine Jansen violin
    & Friends

    Strauss: Metamorphoses for string septet et al.

    17:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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”

    17:00 Concert Hall 70 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    17:00 Concert Hall 94 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    26 Jan

    2024

    Photo: Dario Acosta
    ©
    Classical

    Yefim Bronfman piano

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

    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.

  • Friday

    2 Feb

    2024

    Klassik

    Gidon Kremer violin
    & Kremerata Baltica

    21:00 Concert Hall 50 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The great violinist Gidon Kremer has been a guest at Schloss Elmau for many years. Together with his Kremerata Baltica, he is celebrating two premieres this weekend. "Hommage à Piazzola" is the title of his first evening. Together with the young cellist Ivan Karizna and the drummer and arranger Andrei Pushkarev on vibraphone, various original compositions and arrangements by Astor Piazzolla are on the programme.

  • Saturday

    3 Feb

    2024

    Klassik

    Gidon Kremer violin
    & Kremerata Baltica

    Kancheli: Klaviertrio "Middelheim"
    Schubert: Klaviertrio Nr. 2

    17:00 Concert Hall 50 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    The great violinist Gidon Kremer has been a guest at Schloss Elmau for many years. Together with his Kremerata Baltica, he is celebrating two premieres this weekend. "Hommage à Piazzola" is the title of his first evening. Together with the young cellist Ivan Karizna and the drummer and arranger Andrei Pushkarev on vibraphone, various original compositions and arrangements by Astor Piazzolla are on the programme.

  • Saturday

    2 Mar

    2024

    Photo: Eiichi Ikeda
    ©
    Classical

    Mao Fujita piano

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

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 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.

    21:00 Concert Hall 70 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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.

    17:00 Concert Hall 70 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    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.

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