Hitzacker, Germany
(9 days)
The 81st edition of the Hitzacker Summer Music Days - a classical music festival in a picturesque setting.
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.
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.
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.
Three prize-winning young pianists - Roman Borisov, Robert Neumann and Dongping Wang - share a lunchtime recital of Haydn, Beethoven, Reger and Ravel.
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.