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In Kronberg stars of today make music with stars of tomorrow; leading contemporary artists give performances with outstanding next-generation musicians. The concerts, public tuition sessions and public rehearsals all provide opportunities for audiences to become stakeholders in these great musical moments. Get close to music and the artists!

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Year
Month
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
“You Can't Be Serious"- Brian Isaacs
Chang, Choi, Isaacs, Kruithof

Programme

Garth Knox (*1956)
Quartet for One
I. Nervous – solo viola
II. Expressivo – cello and viola
III. Gently Sentimental Waltz – second violin, viola & cello
IV. Virtuoso – quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Duo with Two Obbligato Eyeglasses, WoO 32
I. Allegro
II. Minuetto. Allegretto

Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
String Trio in C major
I. Allegretto vivo
II. Scherzo, vivo
III. Andante
IV. Rondo, vivo

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
I. Allegro con brio
II. Allegretto ma non troppo
III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
IV. Larghetto espressivo. Allegretto agitato. Allegro

Additional performers:
Hana Chang, violin
Elli Choi, violin
Benjamin Kruithof, violoncello

 

 

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

Enjoy five Wednesday concerts at a special price of €96. 

Book concert package

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
„Im Spiegel der Zeit“ - Sul Yoon
Lee, Moreau, Shaham, Yoon

Participants

  • Sul Yoon cello

Programme

Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Suite in the Old Style for Cello and Piano, Op. 80

Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Adagio for Cello and Piano

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quartet No. 2

 

Additional performers:
Michael Shaham, violin
Haesue Lee, viola
Jérémie Moreau, piano

 

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

Enjoy five Wednesday concerts at a special price of €96. 

Book concert package

 

Subject to change

Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Bach im Fluss
Bach and Harpsichord: Andreas Staier
Okamoto, Staier

Participants

  • Seiji Okamoto violin
  • Andreas Staier harpsichord

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV 1003

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for solo violin BWV 1003 (arrangement for harpsichord in D minor BWV 964)
Partita No. 4 in D major for solo piano BWV 828

 

In cooperation with Frankfurter Bachkonzerte e. V.

 

CONCERT PACKAGE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE
4-pack „Bach im Fluss“ 176 / 144 / 112 €

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Mit Musik - Miteinander
FINAL WORKSHOP CONCERT
C. Soulez Larivière, S. Soulez Larivière, Lipstein

Participants

  • Maria Ioudenitch violin
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Sebastian Fritsch cello
Tickets
15 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Klavier Solo
Klavier Solo - Mikhail Pletnev
Pletnev

Participants

  • Mikhail Pletnev piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
from “The Well-Tempered Piano”:
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 874
Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 867


Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Kreisleriana op. 16

Intermission

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Excerpts from „Lyrical Pieces“

Collaboration with World Master Pianists and Kawai Pianos 

 

CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
3-concert package “Piano SOLO” 180 / 132 / 84 €

 

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
MittwochsKonzert - Avery Gagliano
The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

Participants

  • Avery Gagliano piano

Programme

The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

This concert is dedicated to Henle Verlag.

 

 

Enjoy five Wednesday concerts at a special price of €96. 

Book concert package

 

Subject to change

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
MittwochsKonzert - Samuel Rosenthal
The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

Participants

  • Samuel Rosenthal viola

Programme

The lineup and program are organized by the students themselves and announced shortly before the concert.

The ticket price for Wednesday concerts includes one drink on the evening of the concert.

 

Enjoy five Wednesday concerts at a special price of €96. 

Book concert package

 

Subject to change

Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
„LIEBER SCHUBERT“ V
Helmchen

Participants

  • Martin Helmchen piano

Programme

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Sonata no. 5 A flat-major D 557
Sonata no. 15 C-major D 840 „Reliquie“
Sonata no. 21 C-minor D 958

Martin Helmchen introduces these pieces personally. This will be half an hour before the beginning of the concert.

Subject to change.

 

Tickets
25 / 35 / 45 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 FreundschaftsSpiele III
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & FRIENDS I
Chang, Dörken, Kruithof, Rhee, Spruit, C. Tetzlaff, S. Tetzlaff

Participants

  • Christian Tetzlaff violin
  • Hana Chang violin
  • Brian Isaacs violin
  • Charlotte Spruit violin
  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Simon Tetzlaff cello
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello
  • Kiveli Dörken piano

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Quartet in G minor for two violins, viola and cello, Op. 20 No. 3

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Excerpts from 44 duets for 2 violins

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Trio No. 2 in G minor for piano, violin and violoncello, Op. 26

Concert without intermission

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 FreundschaftsSpiele III
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF & FRIENDS II
Dörken, Kruithof, Rhee, Soulez Larivière, Spruit, C. Tetzlaff, S. Tetzlaff, Udovychenko

Participants

  • Christian Tetzlaff violin
  • Charlotte Spruit violin
  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Dmytro Udovychenko violin
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello

Programme

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Terzetto in C major for two violins and viola, Op. 74
 

Josef Suk (1929–2011)
Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17

Intermission

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String Quintet in C major, Op. posth. 163 D 956

Subject to change.