Hitzacker, Germany
Kuss Quartett and dancers from Hamburg Ballett bring together Haydn's "Seven Last Words" and a new ballet choreography, alongside the world premiere of Shlomowitz's Five Bagatelles, in the closing concert of the Sommerliche Musiktage.
Antje Weithaas, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen perform Dvořák, Haydn, Kurtág and Schubert at the VERDO concert hall in Hitzacker.
Six pianists share the stage for an evening spanning Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Debussy - with Igor Levit and Markus Becker joined by four rising talents, including a world premiere of Neumann's own sonata.
Igor Levit, Dongping Wang, and Roman Borisov each take the piano in this chamber afternoon featuring Chopin, Haydn, Godowsky, and Crawford-Seeger.
Three pianists perform works by Ravel, Schumann, and Haydn in an intimate chamber concert. Markus Becker, Séverine Kim, and Robert Neumann present a repertoire spanning from neoclassicism to Romanticism.
Three prize-winning young pianists - Roman Borisov, Robert Neumann and Dongping Wang - share a lunchtime recital of Haydn, Beethoven, Reger and Ravel.
A piano-focused debut marathon in Hitzacker: Igor Levit and Markus Becker play Brahms for four hands, while young pianist Séverine Kim presents works by Haydn, Scarlatti and Debussy.
Four vocal stars and pianist Jan Philip Schulze celebrate Haydn in a programme that ranges from his canzonettas and cantatas to unexpected popular-music detours.
Cellist Giovanni Sollima opens the festival in Hitzacker with a wide-ranging programme that pairs his own compositions and Haydn improvisations with folk traditions, and puts the nearly forgotten baryton centre stage.
(9 days)
The 81st edition of the Hitzacker Summer Music Days - a classical music festival in a picturesque setting.
