SCHLOSS ELMAU Events Calendar

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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

  • 22 - 30

    Nov 25

    Photo: Leopold Fiala
    ©
    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 promising career alongside established musical personages. The program, 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 Verbier Festival.

    with Lucas Debargue, Kevin Chen, Alexandra Dovgan & Bruce Liu (piano), James Ehnes, Clara Jumi Kang & Augustin Dumay (violin), Sào Soulez Larivière (viola), Steven Isserlis & Mischa Maisky (cello) et al.

    Program:
    Sat, 22 November 5:30 pm opening concert
    Sun, 23 – Sat, 29 November 11:00 am & 5:30 pm two concerts daily


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  • Saturday

    22 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Volkov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Opening concert
    Alexandra Dovgan piano

    “Prélude, choral e fugue” FWV 21
    Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor
    et al.

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    23 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Fabrice Uminglia
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Kevin Chen piano

    1st prize Anton Rubinstein Competition 2023

    Chopin: Variations on Mozart’s “Là ci darem la mano” et al.
    Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Sunday

    23 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Tim Cavadini, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Lucas Debargue piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Mozart: Piano concerto E flat major K 449
    Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    24 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Satoshi Aoyagi, Connie Shih
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Steven Isserlis cello
    Connie Shih piano

    chamber music

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    24 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Fabrice Umiglia, Elian Bachini, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay violin
    Joel Marosi cello
    Lucas Debargue & Kevin Chen piano

    Robert Schumann: Violin sonata
    Clara Schumann: Piano trio

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    25 Nov

    2025

    Photo: PR, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Clara-Jumi Kang violin
    Sunwook Kim piano

    chamber music

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    25 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Satoshi Aoyagi, Nicholas Brodard
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Steven Isserlis cello
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Haydn: Cello concerto No 2 D major
    Beethoven: Symphony No 7 A major

    17:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    26 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Elian Bachini, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay violin
    Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
    Bruno Delepelaire cello
    Lucas Debargue & Julien Quentin piano

    Brahms: Violin sonata
    Fauré: Piano quartert No 1 C minor

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    26 Nov

    2025

    Photo: PR, Joerg Reichardt, Tim Cavadini
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes & Clara-Jumi Kang violin
    Sào Soulez Larivière viola
    Bruno Delepelaire cello
    Lucas Debargue & Alexandra Dovgan piano

    Chopin: Piano trio
    Schostakowitsch: Piano quintet

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    27 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Christopher Koestlin
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Bruce Liu piano

    Beethoven: “Moonlight Sonata”
    Chopin: Impromptus (selection)
    Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole
    et al.

    11:00 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    27 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Leopold Fiala
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Beethoven: Coriolan Overture C minor
    Beethoven: Violin concerto D major

    17:30 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Clara Evans, PR
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Sào Soulez Lariviere viola
    Julien Quentin piano

    Britten: Lachrymae
    Schumann: Märchenbilder
    Schostakowitsch: Viola sonata C major

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Hideki Shiozawa, Sasha Gusov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Mischa Maisky cello
    Alexandre Kantorow piano
    et al.

    Bach: Cello suite No 1 G major
    Brahms: Piano quartet C minor

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Andrej Grilc, Bartek Barczyk, Volkov
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes & Clara-Jumi Kang violine
    Sào Soulez Larivière & Blythe Teh Engstroem viola
    Mischa Maisky Violoncello
    Bruce Liu & Alexandra Dovgan piano

    Mozart: Piano quartet G minor K.478
    Schumann: Piano quintet

    11:00 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Nicholas Brodard
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Closing Concert
    Alexandre Kantorow piano
    Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
    Gábor Takács-Nagy conductor

    Beethoven: Piano concerto No 4 G major
    Beethoven: Symphony No 4 B major

    17:30 Concert Hall 96 seats for hotel guests available

  • 11 - 18

    Jan 26

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

    7st Chamber Music Week

    The Chamber Music Week has been at the heart of Schloss Elmau's cultural program at since the 1950s. This festival week was particularly shaped by the Amadeus Quartet and the composer Benjamin Britten, who visited Elmau many times and even premiered several works here. This year, to mark the 50th anniversary of Britten's death in 2026, some of Britten's key works will also be represented in the concerts of the 71st Chamber Music Week alongside the chamber music repertoire of Classical and Romantic greats Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms.

    with Ian Bostridge (tenor), Daniel Lozakovich (violin), David Fray (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin) et al.

    Program:
    Sun, 11 January 5:00 pm opening concert
    Mon, 12 – Sat, 17 January 11:00 am & 5:00 pm two concerts daily
    Sun, 18 January day of departure

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  • Sunday

    11 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Kalpesh Lathigra
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    13 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Tuesday

    13 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    14 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Wednesday

    14 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Konzert

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    15 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Matinee

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Thursday

    15 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Daniel Breidt
    ©
    76. Chamber Music Week

    Konzert

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    16 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    Bach: Sonaten Nr. 1 & 3 für Violine und Klavier
    Beethoven: Violinsonate A-Dur "Kreutzersonate"

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    16 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    17 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    11:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    17 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
    ©
    71st Chamber Music Week

    Daniel Lozakovich violin
    David Fray piano

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    7 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Nikolaj Lund, PR
    ©
    Classical

    Alexej Gerassimez & Emil Kuyumcuyan percussion
    Lucas & Arthur Jussen piano duo

    Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story“
    Works by Fazil Say, Steve Reich et al.

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    14 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Catherine Dokken
    ©
    Classical

    Jean-Guihien Queyras cello
    Javier Perianes piano
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Queyras plays with “fiery elegance and (...) virtuosity that is only available to the greats” (Harald Eggebrecht, SZ)

    Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op 73
    Schubert: Sonata A minor “Arpeggione“
    De Falla: 7 canciones populares españolas
    Piazzolla: Grand Tango

    17:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 19 - 22

    Mar 26

    Photo: Alexandre Isard
    ©
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    A weekend with Chilly Gonzales

    Finally! Grammy-winner, pianist, composer and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to the concert hall in Elmau, where he takes a seat at the grand piano for two of his legendary evenings. He is playing two different programmes with a selection from his three "Solo Piano" albums.

  • Thursday

    19 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Alexandra Isard
    ©
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    Chilly Gonzales piano
    "Solo Piano I-III" - part 1
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Chilly Gonzales combines "musical genius with wit" (SZ)

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    21:00 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Finally! Grammy-winner, pianist, composer and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to the concert hall in Elmau, where he takes a seat at the grand piano for two of his legendary evenings. He is playing two different programmes with a selection from his three "Solo Piano" albums.

  • Saturday

    21 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Alexandra Isard
    ©
    Modern Classical / Jazz

    Chilly Gonzales piano
    "Solo Piano I-III" - part 2
    Why you must attend this concert:
    Chilly Gonzales is "a gifted live performer who plays his trump cards in concert and improvisation"(NDR)

    Due to high demand, hotel guests can only be guaranteed a concert visit with prior reservation.

    17:00 Concert Hall 94 seats for hotel guests available
    Details

    Finally! Grammy-winner, pianist, composer and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to the concert hall in Elmau, where he takes a seat at the grand piano for two of his legendary evenings. He is playing two different programmes with a selection from his three "Solo Piano" albums

  • Tuesday

    24 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Anoush Abrar
    ©
    Classical

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Nikolai Lugansky piano

    Debussy: Cello sonata D minor
    Brahms: Cello sonata F major
    Rachmaninoff: Cello sonata G minor

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available

  • 6 - 12

    Apr 26

    Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
    ©
    5. Daniel Hope-Woche

    5. Daniel Hope-Woche

    After Easter, star violinist Daniel Hope will be performing his fifth Music Week at Schloss Elmau. The internationally acclaimed musician, presenter and programme maker has invited numerous friends to Schloss Elmau. The programme includes chamber music concerts and jazz in the bar.
    with Daniel Hope & Friends (Joscho Stephan et al.)

    Program:
    Mon, 6 April opening concert
    Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat further concerts (Wednesday no concert)
    Fri, 10 April 9:30 pm late night jazz
    Sun, 12 April day of departure

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