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

  • 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 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.

    with Lucas Debargue, Kevin Chen, Alexandra Dovgan & Bruce Liu (piano), James Ehnes, Clara Jumi Kang & Augustin Dumay (violin), Sào Soulez Larivière (viola), Steven Isserlis (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
    Sat, 29 November 5:30 pm closing concert
    Sun, 30 November day of departure

    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

  • 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

    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: Xiomara Bender, Elian Bachini, Satoshi Aoyagi
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay & Clara Jumi Kang violin
    Blythe Engstroem viola
    Steven Isserlis & Joel Marosi cello
    Lucas Debargue & Kevin Chen piano

    Chamber music

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 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

  • 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 98 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 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Friday

    28 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Andrej Grilc
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    Augustin Dumay & Clara Jumi Kang violin
    Blythe Engstroem viola
    Steven Isserlis & Joel Marosi cello
    Lucas Debargue & Kevin Chen piano

    Bach: Cello suite No 1 G major
    Chamber music

    17:30 Concert Hall 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • Saturday

    29 Nov

    2025

    Photo: Benjamin Ealovega, Bartek Barczyk, Clara Evens
    ©
    Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau

    James Ehnes violin
    Sào Soulez Larivière viola
    Bruce Liu piano

    Chamber music

    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 98 seats for hotel guests available

  • 11 - 18

    Jan 26

    Photo: PR, Giorgia Bertazzi, Sim Canetty-Clarke
    ©
    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 (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
    Sat, 17 January 5:00 pm closing concert
    Sun, 18 January day of departure

    BOOKING OPTIONS:

    COMPLIMENTARY NIGHT
    when booking 7 nights and more, arrival Sun, 5 January)
    incl. concert tickets, breakfast, Spa, Yoga and more
    book your room here!

    Shorter stay possible

  • Monday

    12 Jan

    2026

    Photo: Sasha Gusov, Marco Borggreve
    ©
    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

  • Tuesday

    24 Mar

    2026

    Photo: Marco Borggreve, Anoush Abrar
    ©
    Classical

    Gautier Capuçon cello
    Nikolai Lugansky piano

    Debussy: Cello sonata D minor
    Brahms: Cello sonata E minor Op 38
    Rachmaninoff: Cello sonata G minor Op 19

    20:30 Concert Hall 100 seats for hotel guests available
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