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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

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Kosmos Beethoven
Kosmos Beethoven: die Klavierkonzerte II
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Kirill Gerstein

Participants

  • Kirill Gerstein piano
  • Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concertos No. 1 in C major op. 15

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
No. 5 in E flat major op. 73 ‘Emperor’

 

The previously announced pre-concert introduction has been canceled. The Casals Forum will open one hour before the concert begins, at 6:45 p.m.

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Kosmos Beethoven
Kosmos Beethoven: die Klavierkonzerte III
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Kirill Gerstein

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concertos No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, and No. 4 in G major, Op. 58


Änderungen vorbehalten.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Mittwochskonzerte
Leipziger Sehnsucht - Petar Pejčić
H. Aavik, K. Aavik, Bevilacqua, Pejčić, Shaham

Participants

  • Petar Pejčić cello
  • Karolina Aavik Piano and Harpsichord
  • Hans Christian Aavik violin
  • Clarissa Bevilacqua violin
  • Noga Shaham viola

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Suite No. 1 in G Major for Solo Cello, BWV 1007

Ana Sokolović (*1968)
Vez for Solo Cello

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Song without Words for Cello and Piano, Op. 109

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

  1. Allegro brillante
  2. In Modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente.
  3. Scherzo. Molto vivace — Trio I — Trio II
  4. Allegro ma non troppo

Subject to change

Tickets
24 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Luka Coetzee, Violoncello
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Luka Coetzee cello
  • Anna Naretto piano

Programme

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Sonata in C major for cello and piano, Op. 65

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19

Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
Gypsy Airs for chamber orchestra, Op. 20
 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€


Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Wassili Wohlgemuth, Viola
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Wassili Wohlgemuth viola
  • Anna Naretto piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Suite No. 5 in C minor for cello, BWV 1011

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Märchenbilder for viola and piano, Op. 113

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Lachrymae for viola and piano, Op. 48
 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€


Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saa, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Pauline van der Rest, Violine
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Mana Oguchi piano

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata No. 5 in F major for violin and piano, Op. 24, ‘Spring Sonata’

Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
Sonata for Violin and Piano

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
Poème élégiaque for Violin and Piano, op. 12
 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Jinzhu Li, Violine
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Jinzhu Li violin
  • Rie Kibayashi piano

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Sonata No. 2 in D major for violin and piano, Op. 94bis

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
‘Caprice d'après l'Étude en forme de Valse de Saint-Saëns’ for violin and piano
 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Clara Yuna Friedensburg, Violoncello
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello
  • Anna Naretto piano

Programme

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata No. 2 in F major for cello and piano, Op. 99

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Sonata No. 3 for solo cello, Op. 25

Clara Schumann (1819-1899)
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€

 

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Masters in Performance
Guido Sant'Anna, Violine
Final recitals by Bachelor’s and Master’s students

Participants

  • Guido Sant’Anna violin
  • Jacopo Giovannini piano

Programme

Georges Enescu (1881-1955)
Impressions d'Enfance for violin and piano, Op. 28

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Tzigane for violin and piano

Cláudio Santoro (1919–1989)
Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Gypsy Capriccio in D minor for violin and piano

 

Day ticket Saturday
50€

Day ticket Sunday
50€

Subject to change.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2025/2026 Concerti Brillanti
CONCERTI BRILLANTI III
M. Shaham, Yoon, Zeller, Itai Navon, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Participants

  • Michael Shaham violin
  • Sul Yoon cello
  • Arne Zeller cello
  • Itai Navon piano
  • Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Programme

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Piano Concerto in A-major BWV 1055

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Cello concerto D-major

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
„From Jewish Life“

Intermission

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Violin Concerto in style of Vivaldi

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
La Campanella
 

Subject to change.

Tickets
30 / 40 / 50 €