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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!

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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Charlotte Miles – Eight Meditations: An unbroken line of pain and peace
van der Rest, Talas, Park, Miles, Skanavi, K. Aavik

Participants

  • Charlotte Miles cello

Programme

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
Adagio (II) from String Quintet, D.956 

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (V) from Quatuor pour la fin du temps 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Cavatina (V) from String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1740) 
Sarabande from Cello Suite IV, BWV1010

Caroline Shaw (1982) 
Entr'acte (2011) for String Quartet 

Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025)  
No. 9 ('Pizzicato - Arco') from Ten Preludes for solo cello 

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) 
Silent Woods ('Klid')

Ross Edwards (1943) 
Water Spirit Song (2003) for solo cello

 

Other Participants

Pauline van der Rest, Violine
Ruslan Talas, Violine
Hayang Park, Viola
Ivan Skanavi, Violoncello
Karolina Aavik, Klavier

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
OSTERKONZERT: JOHANNES-PASSION
Davidson, Potter, Van Mechelen, Cutting, Stražanac, Kammler, Kaven, Chor und Orchester Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe
Kleiner Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin
Kronberg Academy on Tour
ESPRESSO-KONZERT
Skanavi, Carmeli

Participants

  • Ivan Skanavi cello
  • Itamar Carmeli piano

Programme

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Prélude op. 2 No. 1
Cello sonata op. 19

Subject to change.

Tickets
14 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Mittwochskonzerte
Jaemin Han – Verklärte Nacht
Han, Yang, Sant’Anna, Swensen, Wohlgemuth, Kruithof

Participants

  • Jaemin Han cello

Programme

J. Cage (1912-1992)
4‘33“ 

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik  

A. Schönberg (1874-1951)
Verklärte Nacht

Further participants
Inmo Yang - violin
Guido Sant’Anna - violin
Nicholas Swensen - viola
Wassili Wohlgemuth - viola
Benjamin Kruithof - cello

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

MittwochsKonzerte as a package.
Here you can book five concerts for the price of four.

Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Frankfurt liest ein Buch
Dirk Kurbjuweit, Catherine Mundt, Lionel Martin, Demian Martin
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €
Beethoven-Platz
Tickets
15 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
Beethoven-Zyklus
„CON UN VIOLINO“ IV
Weithaas, Várjon

Participants

  • Antje Weithaas violin
  • Dénes Várjon piano

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonatas for piano and violin No. 5 in F major op. 24 ‘Spring Sonata’, No. 10 in G major op. 96

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Rückenwind Orchester
Concerti brillanti Intermezzo
Rhee, Wohlgemuth, European Orchestra Academy

Participants

  • Julian Rhee violin
  • Wassili Wohlgemuth viola

Programme

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Simple Symphony op. 4
I. Boisterous Bourrée
II. Playful Pizzicato
III. Sentimental Sarabande
IV. Frolicsome Finale

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Lachrymae op. 48a

intermission

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Violin concerto in D minor, MWV O 3
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Menuetto – Trio
IV. Allegro con spirito

Subject to change.

Tickets
35 €