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

  • 3 - 6

    Jul 25

    Photo: ÜVA_András Schiff_Nadja Sjöström
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    Building Bridges

    Building Bridges – Sir András Schiff presents young pianists

    The famous pianist Sir András Schiff presents young pianists at the beginning of a great career. Even after graduating from a renowned music academy, it is not easy for young musicians to position themselves successfully on the music market. Regardless of talent and technical excellence, there is usually a lack of performance practice and important networks. This is where Sir András Schiff's mentoring programme Building Bridges comes in, with which he has been providing targeted and sustainable support for young pianists since 2014.

    BOOKING OPTIONS

    FESTIVAL PACKAGE
    3 nights (arrival Thu, 3 July)
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

  • Thursday

    3 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Peter Fischli_Lucerne Festival
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    Building Bridges

    Sir András Schiff piano

    solo recital

    20:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    4 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Wojciech Grzedzinski
    ©
    Building Bridges

    Sir András Schiff presents
    Chloe Mun Piano

    Winner of the Concours de Genève (2014), the International Busoni Competition (2015) & Member of Building Bridges 2024/2025

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    4 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Irène Zandel
    ©
    Building Bridges

    Sir András Schiff presents
    Schaghajegh Nosrati Piano

    Winner of the second prize at the International Bach Competition Leipzig (2014) & Alumna of Building Bridges 2015/2016

    20:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    5 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Neda Navaee
    ©
    Building Bridges

    Sir András Schiff presents
    Tomoki Park Piano

    Concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Suntory Hall, at the Rheingau Music Festival & Alumnus of Building Bridges 2023/2024

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    5 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Nadja Sjöström
    ©
    Building Bridges

    Sir András Schiff
    duos with Chloe Mun, Schaghajegh Nosrati & Tomoki Park

    20:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    9 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Lucas & Arthur Jussen piano duo
    Why you must attend this concert:
    One of the most sought-after piano duos of our time brings a breath of fresh air to classical music

    Grieg: Peer Gynt-Suite No 1 for 4 hands
    Schubert: Rondo A major for 4 hands
    Rachmaninov: Six Morceaux Op 11 for 4 hands

    20:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Dutch duo Lucas & Artur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time and are a breath of fresh air in the world's biggest concert halls. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their great refinement of sound and their gripping interpretations, they are celebrated by press and audience alike. “It's like driving two BMWs at the same time,” said conductor Michael Schønwandt about the two pianists after a joint concert.

  • Thursday

    10 Jul

    2025

    Photo: Maurice Haas, Julie Mignot
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    Classical

    Belcea Quartet string quartet
    Quatuor Ébène string quartet
    Why you must attend this concert:
    The two best string quartets in the world united in an octet

    Mendelssohn: String octet
    Enescu: String octet

    20:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Two world-class string quartets: the Quatuor Ébène and the Belcea Quartet are among the best string quartets ever. For this concert, they unite to form an octet and interpret two of the great works for this instrumentation – Mendelssohn's youthful work full of luminous melodic ideas and the darkly glowing, dense work by the nineteen-year-old Romanian Enescu.

  • 31 - 4

    Aug - Sep 25

    Photo: Markus Jans
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    Classical

    Piano Summit with Víkingur Ólafsson

    This piano summit brings three outstanding pianists to Schloss Elmau. The highlight and finale will be the concert by Icelandic piano star Víkingur Ólafsson. After his mammoth project of the Goldberg Variations, which he performed 88 times last season – including three times at Schloss Elmau – he will now devote himself to the triad of Ludwig van Beethoven's last three piano sonatas in this concert.

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    FESTIVAL PACAKGE
    arrival Sun, 31 August
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

  • Wednesday

    3 Sep

    2025

    Photo: Markus Jans
    ©
    Classical

    Víkingur Ólafsson piano

    Beethoven: Sonata E major Op 109
    Sonata A flat major Op 110
    Sonata C minor Op 111

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 6 - 12

    Oct 25

    Photo: Gregor Hohenberg_Sony
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    Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

    4th Lied Festival
    Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

    Christian Gerhaher invites to his fourth Lied-festival. Together with his long-time piano partner Gerold Huber and numerous guests, he will illuminate the fascinating cosmos of the Lied in song recitals, lectures and master classes.
    With Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Michael Volle (baritone) and other guests

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights and more, arrival Sun, 5 October
    incl. event tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • 11 - 16

    Nov 25

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
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    26. European Jazztival

    26. European Jazztival

    Schloss Elmau has been a meeting place for the international jazz scene for over 25 years. The “European Jazztival“ is the annual highlight and brings together big stars, first-class formations and the young international jazz scene over five festival days in the atmospherically illuminated concert hall, surrounded by a unique natural setting.

    100 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Opening concert Tue, 11th Nov 20.30, 12th–15th Nov two concerts per day, departure day Sun, 16th Nov

  • 22 - 30

    Nov 25

    Photo: Leopold Fiala
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    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 great career alongside established musical personalities. The programme, 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 festival.

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights and more, arrival Sun, 23 November
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

    98 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Two concerts daily, opening concert Sat, 22 November in the evening, final concert Sat, 29 November in the evening, day of departure Sun, 30 November

  • 11 - 18

    Jan 26

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

    7st Chamber Music Week

    The Elmau Chamber Music Week has been at the heart of the cultural programme at Schloss Elmau since the 1950s. The Amadeus Quartet and the composer Benjamin Britten, whose 50th anniversary of death will be celebrated in 2026, have had a special influence on this festival week and brought it a great artistic flourish.He, the composer and performer Britten and his special relationship with Schloss Elmau, forms the central theme of the Chamber Music Week 2026, which will also feature great chamber music works by Mozart, Schubert and Shostakovich.

    with Ian Bostridge, Christian Tetzlaff u.a.

    Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Opens Sun, 11 Jan 5:00 pm | Mon, 12 – Sat, 17 Jan two concerts daily | day of departure Sun, 18 Jan

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
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