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.

  • 9 - 15

    Nov 26

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
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    27th European Jazztival

    27th European Jazztival

    The “European Jazztival” is the annual highlight of Elmau’s jazz program. Over six festival days, major jazz stars, outstanding ensembles, and exciting newcomers transform the atmospherically illuminated concert hall into a vibrant meeting place for the jazz scene. Alongside Europe’s top musicians from Germany, England, Sweden, Norway, and Poland, artists from the USA and Israel will also be performing on the Elmau stage this year.

    with Brad Mehldau (piano solo), 4 Wheel Drive (Nils Landgren, trombone | Michael Wollny, piano | Lars Danielsson, bass | Wolfgang Haffner, drums), Emma Rawicz (sax) & Gwilym Simcock (piano), Sullivan Fortner Trio, Nitai Hershkovits (piano solo), Till Brönner (trumpet) & Dieter Ilg (bass) et al.

    Program:
    Mon, 9 November 8:30 pm opening concert
    Tue, 10 – Sat 14 November 5 pm & 9.30 pm two concerts per evening
    Sun, 15 November day of departure

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    FESTIVAL PACAKGE – COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 6 nights
    arrival Mon, 9 November
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Other dates of stay possible

  • 15 - 20

    Nov 26

    Photo: Max Beckmann
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    Literature Festival

    Literaturtage –
    Schreiben in schweren Zeiten

    in German

  • 21 - 29

    Nov 26

    Photo: Leopold Fiala
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    17th Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Martin T:son Engstroem, founder and director of the renowned Verbier Festival in the Swiss Alps, presents outstanding artists at the beginning of their careers alongside established musical personalities. The program, which includes 15 solo, chamber music, and orchestral concerts, is curated by Blythe Teh Engstroem, co-artistic director of the festival.

    with Sergei Babayan, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Olli Mustonen & Ekaterina Bonyushkina (piano), Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Marc Bouchkov & Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) et al.
    as well as the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra & Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor)

    Program:
    Sat, 21 November 5:30 pm opening concert
    Sun, 22 – Sat, 28 November 11:00 am & 5:30 pm two concerts daily

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    ONE COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 5 nights, arrival Sun, 22 November
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
    Book your room here!

    Option to extend stay: arrival Sat, 21 November
    Other dates of stay possible

  • Saturday

    21 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Opening Concert
    Sergei Babayan piano
    "SONGS – A Tribute to the Lied"
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “One of the greatest pianists of our time.” (Bachtrack)

    Schubert: "Der Müller und der Bach," "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," "Erlkönig," et al.
    Songs by Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, et al.

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

    "He has long been celebrated for the 'quiet beauty and emotional fire' (The Times) of his interpretations. As an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, he boasts a growing discography of award-winning recordings. Le Figaro praises his 'incomparable touch, his perfectly harmonious phrasing, and his breathtaking virtuosity.' As Le Devoir (Montreal) aptly put it: 'Sergei Babayan is a genius. Period.'"

  • Sunday

    22 Nov

    2026

    Photo: PR
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Ekaterina Bonyushkina piano

    Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy
    Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 120 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    22 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Peter Adamik, Leopold Fiala
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Marc Bouchkov violin
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 G-major K.216
    Haydn: Symphony No 26 D minor Hob. I:26 “Lamentatione”

    17:00 Concert Hall 117 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    23 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Efremoff Studio
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Radu Ratoi accordion

    11:00 Concert Hall 120 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    24 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Agnieszka Biolik, Kaupo Kikkas
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Marc Bouchkov & Boris Brovtsyn violin
    Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
    Daniel Blendulf cello
    Sergei Babayan piano
    Radu Ratoi akkordion

    Shostakovich: Five Pieces Op 97 for two violins and piano (arr. for accordion)
    Mozart: Piano Quartet E flat Major K.493

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    24 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Laura Malmivaara, Leopold Fiala
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Olli Mustonen piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Beethoven: Piano concerto No 3 C Minor
    Mozart: Symphony No 38 D Major K.504 “Prague”

    17:00 Concert Hall 117 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    25 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Outi Törmälä
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Olli Mustonen piano

    Beethoven: Piano Sonata A major Op 2 No 2
    Schumann: Waldszenen
    Mustonen: Sielulintu (Soul Bird)
    Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 7 Op 83

    17:00 Concert Hall 120 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    26 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Lotta Aberg
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Lilja Haatainen violin
    Julien Quentin piano

    Tartini: Devil’s Trill Sonata
    Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 1 D major
    Sibelius: Humoresques
    Saint-Saëns: Rondo capriccioso et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 120 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    26 Nov

    2026

    Photo: B. Ealovega, Nicolas Brodard
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Haydn: Piano concerto No 11 D major Hob XVIII:11
    Beethoven: Symphony No 2 D Major

    17:00 Concert Hall 117 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    27 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
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    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Pierre Génisson clarinet
    Boris Brovtsyn violin
    Olli Mustonen piano et al.

    Mustonen: “Minä Elän” – Four Poems after Aleksis Kivi arr. for clarinet & piano
    Mozart: Quintet E flat Major K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon
    Bartók: “Contrasts” for violin, clarinet and piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    28 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Ollie Ali, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor
    and
    Boris Brovtsyn & Gábor Takács-Nagy violin
    and members of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

    Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 C Major
    Mendelssohn: Octet for eight strings

    11:00 Concert Hall 117 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    28 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Jake Turney, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Haydn: Cello Concerto No 2 D Major
    Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No 3 A Major “Scottish”

    17:00 Concert Hall 117 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    28 Nov

    2026

    Photo: Sue Taylor
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    Buchvorstellung & Gespräch

    Timothy Garton Ash
    „Europa in 7 1/2 Kapiteln“
    Warum Sie diese Veranstaltung besuchen sollten:
    Timothy Garton Ash als einer einer der bekanntesten europäischen Historiker stellt sein neues Buch vor.

    in German

    20:30 Bibliothek Silentium 100 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Zu lange war Europa ein Thema für Sonntagsreden, nun steht es im Zentrum geopolitischer Debatten. Wie kann sich unser Kontinent gegen die imperialistischen Großmächte behaupten? Timothy Garton Ash zeigt, was Europa besonders macht: seine politische Verfassung als Staatenbund, der kein Bundesstaat sein will, seine säkulare Gesellschaft, die auf eine tief religiöse Vergangenheit zurückblickt, sein Einfluss auf den ganzen Globus, der freilich auf den Kolonialismus zurückgeht. Europa setzt sich aus vielen Teilen zusammen, spricht in unterschiedlichen Sprachen und bringt ganz verschiedene Erfahrungen zusammen: Sollten wir das nicht als Stärke begreifen, wenn es um die großen Linien der Weltpolitik geht?

  • 4 - 6

    Dec 26

    Photo: ÜVA AiR 2 Igor Levit_Peter Rigaud
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    Artist in Residence 2026

    Igor Levit - Artist in Residence 2026

    Igor Levit is considered one of the most innovative and versatile pianists worldwide. The New York Times calls him one of the "most important artists of his generation," while the Süddeutsche Zeitung describes him as a "stroke of luck" for the concert scene. He consistently places his art in the context of societal events, understanding it as inseparably linked to them. As Artist in Residence in 2026, Levit shapes this year's concert program at Schloss Elmau with six piano recitals. For his first double evening, he focuses on selected Beethoven sonatas.

    BOOK PACKAGE HERE!
    Stay from Fri, 4 – Sun, 6 Dezember
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more

    Further dates with Igor Levit:
    Fri, 24 & Sat, 25 April 2026
    Fri, 11 & Sat, 12 September 2026

  • Friday

    4 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Peter Rigaud
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    Artist in Residence 2026

    ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2026
    Igor Levit piano

    Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 1 F minor Op 2 No 1
    Piano Sonata No 23 F minor Op 57 “Appassionata"
    Piano Sonata No 24 F sharp major Op 78

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed admission to concerts if they register in advance. However, there is no reserved seating.

    20:30 54 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    5 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Felix Broede
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    Artist in Residence 2026

    ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2026
    Igor Levit piano

    Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 4 E flar major Op 7
    Piano Sonata No 26 E flat major Op 81a “Les Adieux”

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed admission to concerts if they register in advance. However, there is no reserved seating.

    17:00 42 seats for hotel guests available

  • 11 - 12

    Dec 26

    Photo: Inge Prader
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    Daniel Hope Christmas

    Hope for Christmas
    A Festive Weekend with Daniel Hope, Friends & Orchestra

    One weekend, two highlights: On Friday, accordionist Martynas Levickis opens the festive weekend with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and seasonal readings. On Saturday evening, Daniel Hope leads the second concert, featuring Vivaldi’s baroque splendor and atmospheric Christmas songs from around the world for violin, voice, and orchestra.

  • Friday

    11 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Gediminas Zilinskas, Christian Schoppe
    ©
    Daniel Hope Christmas

    Christmas with Daniel Hope & Friends
    Martynas Levickis accordion
    Serena Sáenz vocals
    Belgrade Chamber Orchestra
    Daniel Geiss conductor
    Why you must attend this concert:
    An opening to the weekend with ‘the amazingly talented Martynas Levickis’ (The Independent), featuring voice and orchestra

    Texts about Christmas in german
    Excerpts from Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons” et al.

    20:30 97 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    12 Dec

    2026

    Photo: PR, Daniel Waldhecker
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    Daniel Hope Christmas

    Christmas with Daniel Hope & Friends
    Martynas Levickis accordion
    Serena Sáenz vocals
    Belgrade Chamber Orchestra
    Daniel Geiss conductor
    Why you must attend this concert:
    On the second evening, star violinist Daniel Hope takes over as both host and performer, guiding the audience into the festive spirit

    Vivaldi: Concerto for two Violins & Overture to the Opera "Olimpiade"
    Strauss: “Morgen” for soprano, violin & orchestra
    “A Child Is Born” and other Christmas songs from around the world

    20:30 95 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    19 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©

    Konzert

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    21 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©

    Konzert

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    23 Dec

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©

    Konzert

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 10 - 17

    Jan 27

    Photo: Schloss Elmau
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    72nd Chamber Music Week

    72nd Chamber Music Week
    Beethoven

    Chamber Music Week has been at the heart of Schloss Elmau’s cultural program since the 1950s. The 72nd edition, marking the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, places a special focus on his great chamber music works: the cello sonatas with Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi, the violin sonatas with Viktoria Mullova, and the string quartets performed by the young and award-winning Leonkoro Quartet.

    With Viktoria Mullova (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Leonkoro Quartet (string quartet), and others.

    Ablauf:
    So, 10. Januar 20.30 Opening concert
    Mo, 11. – Sa, 16. Januar 11.00 & 17.00 two concerts daily

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    ONE COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 5 nights in the Hideaway or 6 nights in the Retreat, arrival Sun, 10 January
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, spa, yoga and more
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  • Thursday

    4 Feb

    2027

    Photo: Liudmila Malofeeva
    ©
    Classical

    Alexander Malofeev piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    “He doesn't play notes, he creates emotional realities that are so enchanting and intense that they take your breath away.” (Der Standard)

    Works by Louis Couperin, Tschaikowsky, Prokofiev et al

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 19 - 20

    Feb 27

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
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    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Beethoven: Violin sonatas

  • Friday

    19 Feb

    2027

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Beethoven: Violin sonatas

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    20 Feb

    2027

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Classical

    Janine Jansen violin
    Denis Kozhukhin piano

    Beethoven: Violin sonatas

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
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