Kronberg Academy

01/06/2026

Der Vorverkauf ist eröffnet! 🎶

✨️Wir starten in die Saison 2026/27 mit dem Kronberg Festival „Courage!“ (22.09.–04.10.2026) – inspiriert von Pablo Casals, dessen 150. Geburtstag wir feiern. Musik als Mut, Haltung und Verbindung. „Im Casals“ geht es danach weiter mit großer Orchestermusik, intensiver Kammermusik und beliebten Reihen wie „FreundschaftsSpiele“, „Lied“, „Klavier Solo“, „Jazz“ und „Bach im Fluss“. Neu dabei: „Chorwelten“.
🎫 Jetzt Tickets sichern – für das Kronberg Festival „Courage!“ und die neue Saison 2026/27. Das Programm findet ihr in der Saisonbroschüre und auf unserer Website.

In den nächsten Tagen stellen wir hier unsere Programmhighlights vor – dranbleiben lohnt sich!

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Ticket sales are now open! 🎶

✨️We launch the 2026/27 season with the Kronberg Festival “Courage!” (22 Sept–4 Oct 2026) – inspired by Pablo Casals, whose 150th birthday we celebrate. Music as courage, conviction and connection. Afterwards, “im Casals” becomes a home of sonic diversity: major orchestral concerts, intimate chamber music and beloved series such as “FreundschaftsSpiele”, “Lied”, “Klavier Solo”, “Jazz” and “Bach im Fluss”. New this season: “Chorwelten”.

🎫 Get your tickets now for the Kronberg Festival “Courage!” and the 2026/27 season – discover the full programme in our season brochure and on our website.

In the coming days, we’ll be sharing our programme highlights here – stay tuned!

01/06/2026

Masterclass in Concert – with Dénes Várjon - Recap 🎹

Dénes Várjon, born in Budapest in 1968, is regarded as a versatile musician: he is an outstanding soloist, a top-class chamber musician, artistic leader of festivals and a sought-after piano teacher. Critically acclaimed recordings and numerous awards bear witness to his sensational technique and deep musicality. The Kronberg Academy is therefore very grateful that Dénes Várjon has been working with them as a lecturer since 2018. This year, too, a masterclass took place under his direction as part of the Chamber Music Festival, featuring works by Brahms and Schubert performed in an intimate concert setting in the Great Hall.

📸 Pictures: Kronberg Academy | Andreas Malkmus

31/05/2026

“Roots”🌿

Hans Christian Aavik’s Wednesday Concert “Roots” traces the musical traditions and influences that have shaped him as an artist. Traditional melodies from Denmark, Germany and Australia are interwoven with 20th- and 21st‑century works, creating a programme that moves between folk character, rhythmic drive and contemporary sound.

Alongside pieces such as “Sonderho Bridal Trilogy Pt. III”, “Waltzing Matilda” and Artur Kapp’s “Estonian Dance”, the evening features Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano, works by Fredrik Sjölin and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, and Jaan Rääts’ Concerto for Chamber Orchestra op. 16 in a version for piano quintet.

On stage are violinist Hans Christian Aavik, Ruslan Talas (Violin), Brian Isaacs (Viola), Petar Pejčić (Violoncello) and pianist Karolina Aavik.

📍 Casals Forum | Carl Bechstein Hall
📅 10 Juni 2026, 7:15 pm
🎫 Tickets via link in bio

31/05/2026

Congratulations on this, Lionel Martin in Brussels!

Congratulations to Lionel Martin, laureate of the 2026 Cello Competition 🏆

🏅 Prize awarded with the support of the Nationale Loterij / Loterie Nationale

📸 Alexandre de Terwangne

29/05/2026

Lessons with Torleif Thedéen - Recap🎶

Torleif Thedéen is one of the leading Scandinavian cellists of his generation, internationally renowned as a soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. A prize winner at major international competitions, including the Pablo Casals International Cello Competition, he is Visiting Professor at the in London and Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music () in Oslo. We are deeply grateful that he visited us to give a series of lessons for students.

Over a career spanning four decades, he has performed with leading orchestras and collaborated with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen and Paavo Järvi.

His award‑winning recordings include the Shostakovich Cello Concertos and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, which received the Edison Prize in 2018.
Thank you very much for these inspiring sessions, ! We look forward to welcoming you back to Kronberg Academy.

📸 Pictures: Kronberg Academy |

29/05/2026

27/05/2026

Folk Serenades – music among friends

Noga Shaham will be performing at next Wednesday’s concert. And as the title suggests – truly amongst friends. Together with fellows and alumni of the Kronberg Academy Michael Shaham, Dmytro Udovychenko​ and Alexander Warenberg, they will be performing “Folk Serenades”. Noga Shaham skillfully stringed together a program for the viola: From an old Italian serenade by Hugo Wolf, through works by Zoltán Kodály and Ernst von Dohnányi, to a serenade by the young violinist and composer Georgii Moroz, which is going to have its world premiere at this upcoming “Mittwochskonzert”.

There are still tickets available – and don’t forget, entry to our Wednesday concerts is free for young people and students up to the age of 27.

📍 Casals Forum Kronberg | Carl Bechstein Hall
📅 3 June 2026, 7:15 pm
🎫 Tickets via link in bio

📷 Ettore Causa

26/05/2026

Beethoven hat uns noch nicht alles gesagt.

Große Musik ist niemals abgeschlossen. Sie bleibt lebendig durch diejenigen, die ihr immer wieder neu begegnen. Beethoven hat die Sprache geschaffen – Kirill Gerstein spricht sie für unsere Zeit.
Über alle sechs Klavierkonzerte hinweg – einschließlich des selten gespielten Konzerts Nr. 0 – zeigen Gerstein und das Chamber Orchestra of Europe Beethoven nicht als historisches Artefakt, sondern als gegenwärtige, sich wandelnde Stimme: unruhig, suchend, offen. Diese Werke erscheinen nicht als Denkmäler, die bewahrt werden müssen, sondern als Gedanken, die formuliert werden wollen – voller Humor, Widerstandskraft und lyrischer Kraft.

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Beethoven hasn’t finished speaking.

Great music is never complete; it remains alive through those who encounter it anew. Beethoven created the language – Kirill Gerstein speaks it for our time. Across all six piano concertos – including the rarely performed Concerto No. 0 – Gerstein and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe present Beethoven not as a historical artefact, but as a living, ever changing voice: restless, searching, open. These works appear not as monuments to be preserved, but as ideas to be argued and shaped – full of humour, resilience and lyricism.

🎟 Konzertpaket mit 20 % Rabatt buchen

📍 Casals Forum Kronberg | Great Hall
📅 17 / 19 / 21 May 2026, 7:45 pm / 7:45 pm / 11 am
🎫 Tickets are on sale

25/05/2026