CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

2 MAI - 9 MAI 27

A Musical Journey through Europe

2 to 9 May 2026

The Chamber Music Festival 2027 will once again become an alumni gathering of the Kronberg Academy: outstanding international musicians who studied at the Kronberg Academy come together to reconnect or meet for the first time.

They celebrate through what connects them most deeply: making music together. This time, the festival takes audiences on a journey through Europe — to Hungary, Italy, Austria, Norway, Poland, and Russia.

A celebration of encounters, diversity, and musical connection.

Category
Location
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

UNGARN

Programme

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV 25 “Gypsy Trio”

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Contrasts, Sz. 111 BB 116

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody

György Kurtág (*1926)
From “Játékok”

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

ITALIEN

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Duetti

Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Italian Serenade in G major

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major, G 448 “Fandango”

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

ÖSTERREICH

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost Trio”

Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19

Erich W. Korngold (1897–1957)
Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15

 

Subject to change

Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

RUSSLAND

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
String Quartet No. 1, TH ii/30

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Suite for Variety Orchestra

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste”

 

Subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

POLEN

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Serenade in D major, Op. 8

Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Suite, Op. 71

Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
Variations on a Theme by Paganini

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8

 

Subject to change

Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

NORWEGEN

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Andante con moto, EG 116

Ragnhild Hemsing (*1988)
Vetra Chamber Suite

Johan Svendsen (1840–1911)
String Octet in A major, Op. 3

 

Programme subject to change

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival

FRANKREICH

Alumni & Friends

Programme

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Introduction et Allegro

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata

Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Scaramouche, Op. 165b (version for clarinet and piano)

Erik Satie (1866–1925)
Gnossienne No. 1

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 41

 

Subject to change


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