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Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K8

HERZBLUT

Fernandes, Kanneh-Mason

Participants

  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
  • Plínio Fernandes Guitar

Programme

Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
Sonata

Leo Brouwer (*1939)
Sonata “The Magic Space”

Rafael M. Arcaro
Élegie à une mémoire oubliée

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Siete canciones populares españolas

 

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Tickets
35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

ZEITSPRUNG

Avital, Jost, Kremerata Baltica, Schmidt

Participants

  • Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
  • Avi Avital mandolin
  • Kremerata Baltica
  • Christian Jost director

Programme

Heinrich Biber (1644–1704)
Battalia

Johann S. Bach (1685–1750)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (version for mandolin and strings)

Christian Jost (*1963)
“Seasons” for violoncello and string orchestra (world premiere)

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K10

SERENADE & SARKASMUS

Helmchen, Kremerata Baltica, Kremer, Nakariakov, Van der Rest

Participants

  • Sergei Nakariakov trumpet
  • Pauline van der Rest violin
  • Martin Helmchen piano
  • Kremerata Baltica
  • Gidon Kremer conducting & violin

Programme

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K. 239 “Serenata notturna”

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

Alisson Krussmaa (*1929)
New composition - Title to be announced

 

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35 / 45 / 65 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K11

GLOBAL GROOVES

CelloFellos: Cheng, Disselhorst

Participants

  • Bryan Cheng cello
  • Leonard Disselhorst cello

Programme

Leonard Disselhorst (*1976)
Kingfisher, The Drift, Jasmine Ode

Tigran Hamasyan (*1987) & Howard Shore (*1946)
Toichis Mountains

Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Such Sweet Thunder

Herbie Hancock (*1940) & Bobby McFerrin (*1950)
Turtle Shoes

Mariano Mores (1918–2016)
Taquito Militar

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Nightclub

Traditional medley of Romanian themes

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 BB 68

Milena Dolinová & Kryštof Mařatka (*1972)
Čsardáš III

 

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Tickets
35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K12

GRENZGÄNGER

hr-Bigband, Partyka, Philippe

Participants

  • Bruno Philippe cello
  • hr-Bigband
  • Ed Partyka director

Programme

Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Selected Works

Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
Concerto for Violoncello and Wind Orchestra

 

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Tickets
30 / 40 / 50 €
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K28

Best of BB

BartolomeyBittmann

Participants

  • BartolomeyBittmann

Programme

Following the huge success of their latest award-winning album *z e h n* (German Record Critics’ Award),
BartolomeyBittmann focus their new program
“Best of BB” on the essence of their compositional work to date.
In the four programs created since then, the original compositions of
this progressive duo are characterized by strong emotional contrasts:
Meridian (2013) — finding a connecting thread, a musical path.
Neubau (2015) — the idea of creation through collaborative composition.
Dynamo (2019) — the dramatic element in music and performance.
z e h n (2022) — continuity and the embodiment of a philosophy.
The musical range of “Best of BB” extends from powerful rock riffs
and virtuosic, racing unison passages to intimate grooves and sensitive
melodic lines. The focus is always on the search for the acoustic
foundation of their classical instruments.
Matthias Bartolomey - cello
Klemens Bittmann - violin & mandola
www.bartolomeybittmann.at

 

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Tickets
35 / 45 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K13

NEW WORLD

Berlin Academy of American Music, Fenyő, Keast, Martin

Participants

  • Mihaela Martin violin
  • László Fenyö cello
  • Berlin Academy of American Music
  • Garrett Keast director

Programme

Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
An Outdoor Overture

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”

Anna Clyne (*1980)
Shorthand

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
An American in Paris

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Overture to the operetta “Candide”

 

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Tickets
35 / 45 / 65 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K14

ERZÄHLUNGEN

Duval, Genisson, Han, Isserlis, Shih, Soulez-Lariviére

Participants

  • Pierre Genisson clarinet
  • Irène Duval violin
  • Sào Soulez Larivière viola
  • Steven Isserlis cello
  • Anna Han piano
  • Connie Shih piano

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Trio, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer Trio”, Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Three Romances, Op. 94, Fairy Tales, Op. 132

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Trio in D minor, Op. 120

 

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Tickets
35 / 45 / 65 €
Großen Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Kronberg Festival - K15

ILLUMINATION

Bendix-Balgley, Ensemble Resonanz, Minasi, Prohaska

Participants

  • Anna Prohaska soprano
  • Noah Bendix-Balgley violin
  • Ensemble Resonanz
  • Riccardo Minasi director

Programme

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Les Illuminations, Op. 18

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Elegy

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

 

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Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival

SCHICKSAL

Altstaedt, Ensemble Resonanz, Minasi

Participants

  • Nicolas Altstaedt cello
  • Ensemble Resonanz
  • Riccardo Minasi director

Programme

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

 

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