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Concerts & projcets

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!

Current event

2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
“Sounds of Home” - Amira Abouzahra
Abouzahra, Carmeli, Homoki, Zeller

Participants

  • Amira Abouzahra violin

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.

Subject to change

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
CHOPIN, FRANCK & SCHUMANN – LEIDENSCHAFT UND MÜHELOSE VIRTUOSITÄT
Jinhyung Park

Participants

  • Jinhyung Park piano

Programme

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Fantasy in C major, Op. 17

INTERMISSION

César Franck (1822–1890)
Prélude, Choral et Fugue

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58

 

Tickets plus fees are available at the box office and in advance at www.eventim-light.com

 

Organizer: International Piano Forum Frankfurt

Contact: Email office(at)german-piano-award.com or phone: +49 69 79534 82 0

Subject to change

Tickets
25 / 30 / 35 / 40 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
KLASSISCHES VERGNÜGEN
Katzenberger, Nietert, Rhein-Main-Philharmoniker Frankfurt am Main

Participants

  • Kristian Katzenberger horn
  • Rhein-Main-Philharmoniker Frankfurt am Main
  • Reinhard Nietert director

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony No. 60 in C major “Il distratto”

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 “Linz Symphony”

 

 

Tickets plus fees available at the box office and in advance at www.frankfurtticket.de

 

Subject to change

Organizer: RhMPhil Music UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Kronberg im Taunus

Tickets
40 / 50 / 60 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K1
FANTASIE & MUT
hr-Sinfonieorchester, Leleux, Montero

Participants

  • Gabriela Montero piano
  • Francois Leleux director
  • hr-Sinfonieorchester

Programme

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
Symphony No. 2 “Symphonic Fantasy”

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival
IRONIE & ILLUSION
hr-Sinfonieorchester, Leleux, Montero

Participants

  • Edgar Moreau cello
  • Francois Leleux director
  • hr-Sinfonieorchester

Programme

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L 86

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical Symphony”

 

Subject to change

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K3
C WIE COURAGE
Hecker, Helmchen, Helmerson, Maintz

Participants

  • Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
  • Frans Helmerson cello
  • Jens Peter Maintz cello
  • Martin Helmchen piano

Programme

Sarvenaz Safari (*1984)
“C wie …”

Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008

György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Sonata, Op. 28

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op.38

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Sonata in C major, Op. 119

 

The concert is dedicated to Emanuel Feuermann, Jacqueline du Pré and Mstislav Rostropovich.

 

Subject to change

Tickets
35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K4
STRAHLKRAFT
Lyniv, Moser, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Participants

  • Johannes Moser cello
  • Oksana Lyniv director
  • Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Programme

Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
Concerto in D minor

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K5
WUNDER & WEGE
Hampson, Lyniv, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Participants

  • Thomas Hampson Baritone
  • Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Oksana Lyniv director

Programme

Yuri Laniuk (*1957)
Elegy for Large Orchestra (Message to A. G.) (world premiere)

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Peer Gynt Suites No. 1, Op. 46 and No. 2, Op. 55

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K6
VERSPIELT
Kim, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Lim, Várdai

Participants

  • Ji Young Lim violin
  • István Várdai cello
  • Min Kim director
  • Korean Chamber Orchestra

Programme

Jisoo Lee (*1969)
Jindo Arirang (Theme on Traditional Korean Folk Music)

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G 482

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62

Christoph W. Gluck (1714–1787) & Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Melody from “Orfeo ed Euridice”

Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
Carmen Fantasy

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Serenade in E major, Op. 22

 

Subject to change

Tickets
35 / 45 / 65 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K7
FÜR CASALS
Hoffman, Im, Mun, M. Shaham, N. Shaham, Swensen

Participants

  • Anna Im violin
  • Michael Shaham violin
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Nicholas Swensen viola
  • Gary Hoffman cello
  • Chloe Jiyeong Mun Piano

Programme

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
From Jewish Life, B 54

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Pablo Casals (1876–1973)
Rêverie

Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Requiebros

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111

 

Subject to change

Tickets
35 / 45 / 65 €