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
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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
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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)

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

Franz Selig bass
Gerold Huber piano
Christian Gerhaher recitation

Wolf: Michelangelo-Lieder
Shostakovitch: Suite Op 145

Helmuth Kiesel
“Hugo Wolf’s Mörike”

Lecture (in German)

Julia Kleiter soprano
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Gerold Huber piano

Wolf: Mörike-Lieder

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

Christiane Karg soprano
Gerold Huber piano

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

Nikolaus Bachler & Händl Klaus
im Gespräch

Christian Gerhaher baritone
Gerold Huber piano

Schubert: Schwanengesang

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

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.

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

Closing Concert
Konstantin Krimmel bass
Gerold Huber piano

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

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

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
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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
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4 Wheel Drive

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

Baptiste Trotignon piano
& Thomas Enhco piano

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

The Jakob Manz Project

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

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.

Michael Maar
“Heute bedeckt und kühl”

Great diaries from Samuel Pepys to Virginia Woolf

opening reading

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

Thomas Mann in his diaries

reading & talk

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

Lecture & reading

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

reading

Reiner Stach
The Literary Workshop:
Franz Kafka’s diaries

lecture & reading

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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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

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

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

Timothy Chooi violin
Julien Quentin piano

Alexandros Stavrakakis bass
Mikhail Arkadiev piano

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

Ilya Gringolts violin
Julien Quentin piano

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

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

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

Julia Hagen cello
Julien Quentin piano

James Ehnes violin
Julia Hagen cello
Mao Fujita piano

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

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

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

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

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

James Ehnes violin
Julien Quentin piano

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

Mao Fujita piano

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

Daniil Trifonov piano

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”

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

Brahms: Thun sonata
& piano quartet No 3 C minor

Boris Brovtsyn violin
& Friends

Schumann: Piano quartet E flat major et al.

Janine Jansen violin
& Friends

Strauss: Metamorphoses for string septet et al.

Benjamin Appl baritone
Martynas Levickis Accordion
“Melting Pots”

Lieder by Mahler, Weill, Gershwin et al.

Simply Quartet string quartet
Lukas Sternath piano

Dvorák: Piano quintet A major et al.

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

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

A weekend with Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer presents:
Georgijs Osokins piano

Gidon Kremer violin
Giedre Dirvanauskaite cello
Georgijs Osokins piano

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

Nils Landgren Festival

with Nils Landgren, Anne Sofie von Otter & Friends

Opening concert Tue, 26th March / Wed, Thu & Sat one concert daily / Fri no concert / closing concert Sun, 31st March / day of departure Mon, 1st April

FESTIVAL-PACKAGE
Arrival Tuesday, 26th March / Departure Monday, 1st April
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