Kronberg Festival
Passing on the fire
20 September to 3 October 2024
It’s showtime! Kronberg Academy will once again be rolling out the red carpet for the 2024 Kronberg Festival, where you can experience all that the Academy stands for and what makes its heart beat.
- Twenty-nine glittering concerts full of fireworks!
- Public talks and workshops
- Violin makers’ fair
- VioViva violin making exhibition
With Sir András Schiff, Gidon Kremer, Janine Jansen, Antje Weithaas, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Kirill Gerstein, Martin Helmchen, Alexander Melnikov, Till Fellner, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Nils Mönkemeyer, Armida Quartet, Daniel Sepec, István Vardai, Riccardo Minasi, Anastasia Kobekina, Julia Hagen, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Ensemble Resonanz, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kremerata Baltica, La Stagione Frankfurt, hr-Bigband and many more...
Current events
MOZARTIANA & EROICA - CONCERT PACKAGE
Participants
- Ensemble Resonanz
- Riccardo Minasi conducting
- Stella Chen violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Programme
MOZARTIANA - 18.15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for violin, viola and orchestra KV 364
Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 “Prague”
No intermission
Expected to end at 7:45 PM
EROICA - 20.30
Anton Kraft (1749–1820)
Cello concerto in C major, Op. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
No intermission
Expected to end at 10:00 PM
Subject to change.
MOZARTIANA
Participants
- Ensemble Resonanz
- Riccardo Minasi conducting
- Stella Chen violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for violin, viola and orchestra KV 364
Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 “Prague”
No intermission
Expected to end at 7:45 PM
Subject to change.
EROICA
Participants
- Ensemble Resonanz
- Riccardo Minasi conducting
- Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Programme
Anton Kraft (1749–1820)
Cello concerto in C major, Op. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
No intermission
Expected to end at 10:00 PM
Subject to change.
SUPER-CELLO MIT FEUERFLÜGEL
Participants
- Anastasia Kobekina cello
- Christoph Gotthardt moderation & piano
Programme
An adventure with the super cello Anastasia and his friend Bartolomeo, the piano. Because the passage of time has been disturbed, neither the music nor anything else in the world works. How can this evil spell be broken? Do the earwigs perhaps have any advice?
No intermission
Expected to end at 4:00 PM
Subject to change.
INTIME BRIEFE
Participants
- Armida Quartett
- Alexander Melnikov piano
Programme
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
16.00 Concert introduction
No intermission
Expected to end at 6:20 PM
Subject to change.
JANOSKA ENSEMBLE: ON FIRE!
Participants
- Janoska Ensemble
Programme
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Hungarian Dance No. 1 WoO 1
František Janosek (*1986)
Souvenir pour Elise (based on Beethoven's "Für Elise")
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances “in Janoska style”
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Oblivion
Pablo Ziegler (*1944)
Rojotango
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Concerto for two violins and orchestra in D minor BWV 1043
No intermission
Expected to end at 9:15 PM
Subject to change.
HR-BIGBAND: PORGY & BESS
Participants
- hr-Bigband
- Axel Schlosser trumpet
Programme
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Porgy and Bess (Arr. Miles Davis & Gil Evans)
No intermission
Expected to end at 12:30 PM
Subject to change.
NOTFALLKONZERT
Participants
- Streichquartett des Orchesters im Treppenhaus
Programme
The orchestra in the stairwell responds musically to emergencies of all kinds. In YOUR PERSONAL EMERGENCY CONCERT, every listener can have their own minor or major emergencies treated individually by the staircase string quartet with a classical infusion - or simply take part in this touching concert experience in the audience.
No intermission
Expected to end at 5:15 PM
Subject to change.
STURM UND DRANG
Participants
- La Stagione Frankfurt
- Michael Schneider conducting & recorder
- Daniel Sepec violin
- Nils Mönkemeyer viola
- Anastasia Kobekina cello
Programme
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Double concerto in A minor for recorder and viola TWV 52:a1
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
Violin concerto in A major
intermission
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Cello concerto in g minor RV 416
Viola concerto in g minor RV 495
Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
Symphony in d minor op. 3 No. 5
5:00 PM Concert introduction
Expected to end at 8:30 PM
Subject to change.
FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER: FORTEPIANO!
Participants
- Freiburger Barockorchester
- Gottfried von der Goltz conducting & violin
- Kristian Bezuidenhout piano
Programme
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
Symphony in g minor op. 6 No. 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano concerto No. 17 in G major KV 453
intermission
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major KV 16
Piano concerto No. 9 E flat major KV 271 „Jenamy“
18.30 Concert introduction
Expected to end at 10:20 PM
Subject to change.
Cello Masterclasses
22-30 September
Passion is not the only thing that will be passed on at this year’s Kronberg Festival: at the public Cello Masterclasses, world-renowned cellists will convey their technical expertise, artistic intuition and valuable experience to talented junior musicians. And you can be part of it!
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Vioviva Kronberg
23-28 September
Following its debut two years ago, the VioViva international violin making exhibition will once again become a summit for artisans from across the world. International luthiers, bow makers and strings manufacturers will be given a showcase in Kronberg’s Stadthalle (Municipal Hall), with its doors open to experts and enthusiasts alike.
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