The Schloss Elmau Experience
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THE SCHLOSS ELMAU EXPERIENCE 1/2021 Schloss Elmau is an alpine sanctuary of THE DESTINATION breathtaking beauty 3300 feet above sea level at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains, just 90 miles from Munich, 40 miles from Innsbruck and a short drive from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. View from Sonnenhügel onto the Wetterstein range, Schloss Elmau and Elmauer Alm Schafreiter with a view of the eastern Karwendel ridge Disocver new books in a CLASSICAL MUSIC, JAZZ & phenomenal bookstore and FOOD FOR THOUGHT experience concerts by some of the greatest artists of our time. Soiernspitze Grigory Sokolov 12 June 2021 Eibsee lake with a view of Zugspitze Enjoy the freedom of choice between two hotels in one: ABUNDANCE OF SPACE a Cultural Hideaway & Luxury Spa dating from 1916 and completely rebuilt in 2007 and a Luxury Spa Retreat built for the G7 Summit in 2015. Both hotels offer spectacular views of the untouched surroundings, amenities open to all, and throughout, a liberating sense of understatement and privacy in spacious rooms and suites blending subtle oriental influences with timeless italian elegance and precious natural materials from around the world. Luxury Spa Retreat Luxury Spa & Cultural Hideaway CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS APRIL – JUNE HIGHLIGHTS JULY – SEPTEMBER Wolfgang Haffner Trio Gautier Capuçon Alice Sara Ott Anna Depenbusch Pablo Sáinz Martin Stadtfeld Villegas Avi Avital 3 April | Sa | 17:00 8 May | Sa | 17:00 CORPUS CHRISTI 19 Juni | Sa | 17:00 5 – 9 July 4 August | We | 17:00 18 August | We | 17:00 Wolfgang Haffner Trio Martin Stadtfeld piano 3 June | Th | 17:00 Pablo Sáinz Villegas guitar MASTERCLASS GAUTIER CAPUÇON Avi Avital mandolin Alice Sara Ott piano Jazz Händel, Brahms Anna Depenbusch vocals & piano & Sonidos de América trio band Public masterclasses and concerts Miloš Karadaglić guitar Benjamin Appl baritone Thomas Reif violin “One woman, one piano and nothing else. Classical/World Gautier Capuçon cello Classical/World Christian Wenxiao Zheng viola, ASCENSSION DAY Pure pleasure.” Samuel Parent piano Gerhaher 13 May | Th | 17:00 Cello-Studenten of the Fondation 5 August | Th | 17:00 Sebastian Klinger cello, Pop/Singer-Songwriter Janine Jansen Nabil Shehata double bass 30 August – 5 September Omer Klein Trio Louis Vuitton Michael Maar author & critic Schubert: Trout quintet & Lieder Alexej Gerassimez percussion 5 June | Sa | 17:00 “Die Schlange im Wolfspelz. LIED FESTIVAL 22 July | Th | 17:00 CHRISTIAN GERHAHER “Firebird” – Variations and Interludes Thomas Quasthoff vocals Das Geheimnis großer Literatur” After the great success of the first on Igor Stravinsky’s famous piece Wolfgang Meyer guitar Martynas Levickis accordion Moderation: Ijoma Mangold Lied Festival in September 2019, Christian Jazz/Modern Classical Shawn Grocott trombone SIGNUM saxophone quartet Author’s reading & talk Gerhaher will curate his second Lied Jazz “Hommage à Astor Piazzolla” Festival at Schloss Elmau. Nesrine Modern Classical Cassandra 6 June | Su | 17:00 with Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber, Steen Anna Lucia Richter, Isabelle Faust, Zeruya Shalev Jean-Guihen Queyras et al. “Schicksal” Moderation: Rachel Salamander Author’s reading & talk Daniel Hope 7 & 10 April | We & Sa | 17:00 Open Air Concert DANIEL HOPE 21 August | Sa | 17:00 Daniel Hope violin Open Air at the Elmauer Alm Julia Okruashvili piano Traditional and new folk music Elgar, Schnittke, Copland et al. 15 May | Sa | 17:00 with alpine flair Instead of the “Daniel Hope Week”, Nesrine vocals & cello & Band 20 – 27 June 7 August | Sa | 17:00 Moderation: Franziska Eimer Daniel Hope will give two recital concerts. Jazz/World WEEK OF THE ROMANTIC ERA Cassandra Steen vocals & Band The “Daniel Hope Week” has been 25 August | We | 17:00 postponed to 18 – 24 October 2021. 19 May | We | 20:30 A whole week of concerts, discussions Pop/Singer-Songwriter and lectures to illuminate the fascinating Eckart Runge cello Soumik Datta sarod panorama of the Romantic period in music. 10 August | Tu | 17:00 Jacques Ammon piano Anna Lucia Richter 17 April | Sa | 17:00 & Ensemble with Janine Jansen, Juliane Banse, Gerald Finley bass baritone “Roll over Beethoven” Pierre Colombet violin “One of the biggest new music Igor Levit Christoph Poppen, the Sitkovetsky Trio, Julius Drake piano Classical/Rock-Pop Raphaël Merlin cello talents in Britain” (Vogue) Hyung-ki Joo piano Mojca Erdmann, Benjamin Appl et al. Schubert: Schwanengesang Indian music for the Yoga Summit 2021 23 & 24 July Ravel, Brahms Lied/Aria Recital Dieter HIGHLIGHTS IGOR LEVIT Concert instead of the 12th Verbier 23 July | Fr | 17:00 Kosslick Grigory Sokolov 21 June | Mo | 17:00 Festival @ Schloss Elmau, Igor Levit pianist Janine Jansen violin Annett Louisan which cannot be held as planned. & Florian Zinnecker music journalist 10 – 13 June & String septet Next Verbier Festival @ Schloss Elmau: GRIGORY SOKOLOV in conversation about their joint new 27 Nov – 5 Fec 2021 Strauss: Metamorphoses 10 June | Th | 20:30 book “Hauskonzert” Grigory Sokolov presents: 25 June | Fr | 17:00 24 July | Sa | 17:00 Alexandra Dovgan piano Janine Jansen violin Igor Levit piano Schumann, Chopin Denis Kozhukhin piano Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No 3 “Eroica” Isabelle “I predict a great future for her …” Faust Grigory Sokolov on Alexandra Dovgan 29 & 30 June | Tu & We | 17:00 29 July | Th | 17:00 GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 12 June | Sa | 20:00 FOR HIS 200TH BIRTHDAY Davide Enia: “Finsternis” 7 September | Tu | 17:00 Grigory Sokolov piano From the “Éducation sentimentale” Robert Dölle in a production Bernhard Schlink by Nora Schlocker Chopin, Rachmaninow to “Lehrjahre der Männlichkeit”. 26 August | Th | 17:00 “Abschiedsfarben” Guest appearance with kind permission Simone Kermes Thomas Lettow reading Dieter Kosslick Author’s reading & talk of the Residenztheater Munich. 16 June | We | 17:00 Elisabeth Edl translation former director of the Berlinale David WHITSUN HOLIDAYS Benjamin Constant: “Adolphe” Wolfgang Matz literary scholar “About magic moments and the future Orlowsky 22 May | Sa | 17:00 Jens Harzer reading 14 August | Sa | 17:00 of cinema.” Erich Wolfgang Skwara translation Simone Kermes vocals Annett Louisan vocals & Band Author’s reading & talk 24 April | Sa | 17:00 Gianluca Geremia theorbe Reading & presentation “Kitsch” – Big hit covers from “Hello” David Orlowsky clarinet 28 August | Sa | 17:00 “Eternity”, Lied/Aria Recital to “Bitter Sweet Symphony” David Bergmuller lute Alexander Gorkow Pop/Singer-Songwriter Purcell, Dowland et al. 23 May | Su | 17:00 author & culture journalist “Der Junge muss an die frische Luft” “Die Kinder hören Pink Floyd” This is a selection of concerts Caroline Link Oscar-winning director Moderation: Rachel Salamander and events. Our complete culture Julius Weckauf young actor Author’s reading & talk programme is availabe online via Film screening & talk www.schloss-elmau.de/kulturkalender CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS SEPTEMBER – JANUARY The King’s Singers Quatuor Ébène Franui Axel Brad Mehldau Milberg 11 September | Sa | 17:00 21 – 26 November 9 – 17 January 2022 Brad Mehldau piano JAPANESE LITERATURE DAYS 68TH CHAMBER MUSIC WEEK Ian Bostridge tenor A literary journey through time to Japan: Focus string quartet 13 November | Sa | 17:00 Mehldau: The Folly of Desire et al. from Sei Shōnagon’s “Pillow Book” This week, the world’s top string quartet Lied/Aria Recital (from the age of 16) The King’s Singers a cappella ensemble from 1000 AD to Bashō’s “Paths through players will congregate at Schloss Elmau “Finding Harmony” the Hinterland” to present-day Japan to spotlight the “supreme discipline” of 2 October | Sa | 17:00 Bach, Byrd et al. in literature & film. chamber music in numerous concerts and Lucas Jussen piano with Doris Dörrie, Sibylle Canonica, listening experiments. Arthur Jussen piano Axel Milberg, Japanese literature experts with the Quatuor Ébène, Artemis Quartett, Classical Evelyn Schulz & Ursula Gräfe et al. Belcea Quartet, Schumann Quartett, Armida Quartett & Sabine Meyer et al. and the Trio Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer/Mischa Maisky (16 Jan). Nils Landgren Martha Argerich Daniel Hope Martin Fröst 18 – 24 October DANIEL HOPE WEEK The world-renowned violinist Daniel Hope will perform five chamber music concerts with friends as well as members of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Denis Scheck Michael Wollny Gidon Kremer 16 – 21 November 22ND EUROPEAN JAZZTIVAL Sheku “SCANDINAVIA” Kanneh-Mason Schloss Elmau, the gathering ground of the international jazz scene for over 20 27 November – 5 December years now, presents some of Scandinavia’s 12TH VERBIER FESTIVAL @ foremost musicians and formations at SCHLOSS ELMAU this year’s Jazztival. Martin T:son Engstroem, founder of with Nils Landgren, Rymden (Bugge the Verbier Festival, presents outstanding Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund, Magnus Öström), young artists and great musicians in 24 – 28 October Mathias Eick, Tord Gustavsen, recitals, chamber music and orchestra BOOK FAIR DAYS Joel Lyssarides et al. concerts. as well as Michael Wollny and Johanna After the Frankfurt Book Fair, the literary with Martin Fröst, Lucas Debargue, Summer as special guests from Germany. critics Ijoma Mangold, Denis Scheck Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the Verbier Festival & Insa Wilke present important literary Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Mischa Maisky novelties und hold discussions with Reinhard Goebel et al. guest authors. This is a selection of concerts and events. Our complete culture 30 August – 5 September programme is availabe online via Lied Festival Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber www.schloss-elmau.de/kulturkalender Geroldsee lake with a view of Mount Wörner and Tiefkar Peak Between Eckbauer and Wamberg, with a view of Dreitor Peak Cultivate your relaxation and attention Nicole Bongartz YOGA UNLIMITED skills in daily classes, Yoga Retreats and the Annual Yoga Summit led by outstanding teachers of the most effective yoga disciplines. YOGA SUMMIT 16 – 21 May Discover which yoga style suits you best, or deepen your practice and knowledge of yoga with some of the most renowned yoga teachers, including Patricia Thielemann, Dr. Patrick Broome, Barbra Noh, Pradeep Teotia, Karl Straub and Anna Trökes. Each day begins with a meditation session and a yoga class.