Geburtstagskonzerte
Four great artists with especially close ties to the Kronberg Academy celebrate milestone birthdays in 2026: Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Antje Weithaas, and Christian Tetzlaff.
We — and above all our Kronberg Young Soloists — are giving them concerts shaped entirely according to their wishes. The stage thus becomes a festive space for making music together: inspired across generations and filled with the spirit of the Kronberg Academy.
The three birthday concerts celebrating Gidon Kremer can be found under FreundschaftsSpiele.
Current events
ALL FOR KREMERATA BALTICA
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Passacaglia
Valentin Silvestrov (*1937)
Five Pieces
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Moz-Art à la Haydn
Victor Kissine (*1953)
Swan Time
Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Rag-Gidon-Time
Georgs Pelēcis (*1947)
Blooming Jasmine
Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
For Manfred
Andrius Žlabys (*1977)
From “Kaleidoscope”
Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
Hay que caminar
Dmitry Stepanovich (1751–1825)
String Quartet “Gidon Kremer Portrait”
Alexander Bakshi (*1952)
Shostakovich Concerto for Two Violins
Alexander Wustin (1943–2020)
Pour Gidon
Andrei Pushkarev (*1974) & Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
Yellow Button
Subject to change
KREMER.MIDORI.MAISKY: KLASSIKER UND KLANGSPRENGSTOFF
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Midori violin
- Mischa Maisky cello
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919–2008)
Suite
Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931)
The Tightrope Walker
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Du bist die Ruh, D 776, Op. 59 No. 3
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
Sonata, Op. 69
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Quintet
Subject to change
GIDON'S SHORT CUTS - ENCORE!
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Midori violin
- Alina Ibragimova violin
- Kronberg Young Soloists
- Kremerata Baltica
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Concerto No. 10 in B minor, Op. 3
Alexander Raskatov (*1953)
5 Minutes from the Life of W. A. M.
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Rondo in A major, D 438
Raminta Šerkšnytė (*1975)
This too shall pass
Leonid Desyatnikov (*1955)
The Russian Seasons
Georgs Pelēcis (*1947)
Blooming Jasmine
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”
Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
A Little Daneliade
Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer (*1963) & Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen
Victor Kissine (*1953) & Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The concerts are held on the occasion of Gidon Kremer’s 80th birthday.
Subject to change