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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

Year
Month
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
NOMINEES IN CONCERT
15th International German Piano Award 2026

Programme

Anyone who performs under such a prestigious title at a young age has already travelled a remarkable path of consistent work and artistic development. Whose artistic signature will ultimately be crowned with the International German Piano Award?

The programme will be announced at a later date.

Tickets plus fees available from July at www.ipf-frankfurt.com/tickets/ or via the ticket hotline +49 69 79 53 48 20.

 

Subject to change.

Organizer: International Piano Forum Frankfurt

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Geburtstage
ANTJE WEITHAAS - 60 - AUS DEM INNERSTEN
Hecker, Larivière, Okamoto, Orchestra comprising friends, colleagues and students of Antje Weithaas and the Kronberg Academy, conducted by Weithaas

Participants

  • Seiji Okamoto violin
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
  • Orchestra comprising friends, colleagues and students of Antje Weithaas and the Kronberg Academy, conducted by Weithaas
  • Antje Weithaas director

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished”

 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
FINALISTS IN CONCERT
15th International German Piano Award 2026

Programme

 

The award ceremony is drawing noticeably closer. In 45-minute piano recitals, the two finalists each offer a focused insight into their artistic signature and interpretative depth. In this decisive phase, personality, maturity, and vision come into sharper focus — another step on the path towards the presentation of the International German Piano Award.

The programme will be announced at a later date.

Tickets plus fees available from July at www.ipf-frankfurt.com/tickets/ or via the ticket hotline +49 69 79 53 48 20.

 

Subject to change.

Organizer: International Piano Forum Frankfurt

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
GRAND­PRIX­KONZERT
15th International German Piano Award 2026

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

This work calls for a finely nuanced touch, stylistic clarity and a sense of balance between formal rigour and inner drama. With musical maturity and attentive interplay, Beethoven’s sound world unfolds with compelling presence.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

This composition demands tonal breadth, sweeping arcs of tension and the ability to combine virtuosity with deep emotion. In radiant sonority and lyrical intensity, his music unfolds with moving expressive power.

The Grand Moment:
Announcement of the prizewinner.

 

Tickets plus fees available from July at www.frankfurtticket.de or via the ticket hotline +49 69 13 30 400.

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Organizer: International Piano Forum Frankfurt

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 FSS Janoska Ensemble
THE FOUR SEASONS IN JÁNOŠKA STYLE
Jánoška Ensemble, Kronberg Young Soloists

Participants

  • Jánoška Ensemble
  • Kronberg Young Soloists

Programme

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has been one of the best-known works in music history for more than 300 years. The Jánoška Ensemble has brought this work into the 21st century with newly composed passages, joining forces with the young string players of the Kronberg Academy to combine Baroque splendour with improvisation, rhythmic freedom, and virtuoso joy in performance.

The result is a fresh and lively interpretation that approaches the original with respect while being full of energy, spontaneity, and surprising moments.

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 FSS Janoska Ensemble
JÁNOŠKA: VIRTUOSOS
Jánoška Ensemble

Participants

  • Jánoška Ensemble

Programme

Virtuoso masterpieces for violin and piano are at the heart of this programme. The Jánoška Ensemble presents works by Paganini, Kreisler, Liszt, Waxman, and other composers in its own distinctive voice — the Jánoška Style.

Technical brilliance, improvisational freedom, and profound musicality merge in an interpretation that is spontaneous, passionate, and marked by the highest virtuosity.

 

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 FSS Janoska Ensemble
JÁNOŠKA MEETS KRONBERG YOUNG SOLOISTS
Jánoška Ensemble, Kronberg Young Soloists

Participants

  • Jánoška Ensemble
  • Kronberg Young Soloists

Programme

The Jánoška Ensemble meets the young soloists of the Kronberg Academy. This joint concert features both characteristic works by the Jánoška Ensemble and classical pieces developed together with improvisational elements. The improvisations emerge in the ensemble’s signature Jánoška Style.

The result is an inspiring dialogue between experience and the next generation, shaped by technical excellence, joy in performance, and a shared passion for music.

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
A guest at the Casals Forum
CHOR /CELLO/LYRIK AN(WEITER)KOMMEN
Hofmann, Junge Kantorei, Kramer, Lipstein, Mann

Participants

  • Manuel Lipstein cello
  • Torsten Mann keys
  • Samual Kramer Poetry
  • Junge Kantorei
  • Jonathan Hofmann director

Programme

The Junge Kantorei invites you to a special concert evening: the choir’s a cappella sounds meet the evocative cello music of Manuel Lipstein, accompanied by selected readings by philosopher and poet Samuel Kramer. Together, they open up a space in which music and words make the Advent season tangible from different perspectives.

Tickets plus fees, available at www.junge-kantorei.de/kartenreservierung

 

Subject to change.

Organizer: Junge Kantorei e. V.

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Concerti Brillanti
Concerti Brillanti: FEUER, FANTASIE, FOLKLORE
Abouzahra, Isaacs, Kruithof, Neubauer, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Participants

  • Amira Abouzahra violin
  • Oliver Neubauer violin
  • Brian Isaacs viola
  • Benjamin Kruithof cello
  • Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Programme

Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Concerto in the Style of Antonio Vivaldi in C major

Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
Andante e Rondo ungarese

Max Bruch (1838–1920)
Kol Nidrei in D minor, Op. 47

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Las cuatro estaciones porteñas

 

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2026/2027 Führungen
Führung durch das Casals Forum

Programme

The guided tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Each tour can accommodate 20–25 participants.

Meeting point for all guided tours: Beethovenplatz 1.

 

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