The südtirol festival merano.meran is proud to present a rich variety of finest performances including classical and baroque music, jazz and world music, chamber and vocal music and concert films
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Wednesday16.08. 2023
21:00
Merano - Terme Square
pre festival
Anne-Sophie Mutter . The Club Concert
Music ON SCREEN - Film on Terme Square
Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Club Concert
Vivaldi, Gershwin, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Copland, Williams
Saturday19.08. 2023
21:00
Merano - Terme Square
Music ON SCREEN - Film on Terme Square
Bayerisches Staatsorchester . Kirill Petrenko . Jonas Kaufmann
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (act 1)
Monday21.08. 2023
21:00
Merano - Terme Square
pre festival
Daniil Trifonov . The Magics of Music
Music ON SCREEN - Film on Terme Square
Daniil Trifonov . The Magics of Music
A portrait film by Christopher Nupen.
Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Ravel, Trifonov
Thursday24.08. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Robert Schumann: Overture Manfred op. 115
Robert Schumann: Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 54
Johannes Brahms: Symphony n. 3
Saturday26.08. 2023
20:30
Cermes - Castle Baslan
young artists portrait
Barbican Quartet London
(Castle Baslan)
"Folklore"
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet op. 20/2
Dobrinka Tabakova: The Ear of Grain
Béla Bartók: String Quartet n. 4
Sunday27.08. 2023
20:30
Castle Scena
young artists portrait
Barbican Quartet London
(Castle Schenna)
"Manifesto on Love"
Anton Webern: Fünf Sätze op. 5
Leos Janacek: String Quartet n. 2
Robert Schumann: String Quartet op. 41/3
Tuesday29.08. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Helena Munktell: Breakin Waves (Bränningar) - Symphonic Picture op. 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor op. 43 for piano and orchestra
Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 43
Wednesday30.08. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
colours of music
Joja Wendt (piano)
Stars on 88: virtuosity, charm & brillant piano entertainment
Thursday31.08. 2023
20:30
Merano - Parish Church
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas and motets BWV 73, BWV 230, BWV 160, BWV 111
Max Reger: Eight Sacred Songs op. 138
Thursday31.08. 2023
20:30
Merano - Parish Church
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas and motets BWV 73, BWV 230, BWV 160, BWV 111
Max Reger: Eight Sacred Songs op. 138
Friday01.09. 2023
20:30
Marlengo - Parish Church
mystica
Simone Vebber (organ)
Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846): Six Variations on a Theme of Corelli op. 56
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) (arr. Max Reger): Legend no. 2 "Saint Francis of Paola walking on the waves"
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933): Trois impressions op. 72
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Fugue in A flat minor WoO 8 (1856)
Max Reger (1873-1916): Sonata for organ no. 2 D minor op. 60
Simone Vebber (1983): Five small oniric scenes for double bass and organ (premiere - commissioned work of the südtirol festival merano . meran )
Saturday02.09. 2023
11:00
Merano - Pavillon des Fleurs
matinée classique
Rafal Blechacz (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no. 2 in C minor BWV 826
Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80
Karol Szymanowski: Variations in B flat minor op. 3
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor op. 58
Sunday03.09. 2023
20:30
Lana - Parish Church Lana di Sotto
vox humana
Norwegian Soloists' Choir & Grete Pedersen
Richard Strauss: German Motet op. 62
Edvard Grieg: 2 Psalms
J. C. Bach: Motets, Norwegian Folk Songs
Monday04.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Evengelical Church
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin BWV 1041
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin BWV 1042
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite n. 3 in D major BWV 1068
Tuesday05.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F major for 3 violins and strings RV 551
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for violin BWV 1041
André Previn: Nonet
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto n. 3 BWV 1048
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Concerto für violin op. 5/2
Wednesday06.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Theatre
colours of music
Joel Lyssarides Trio (Stockholm)
Stay Now: magical moments of sensitive jazz
Thursday07.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Richard Wagner: Overture Tristan and Isolde
Robert Schumann: Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 54
Anton Bruckner: Symphony n. 4 op. 68
Friday08.09. 2023
20:30
Parcines - Parish Church
Knut Nysted: Resurerexit for organ, op. 68
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Lamentationes
Anton Heiler: Ecce lignum crucis - Meditation für Orgel
William Albright: An Alleluia super round
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat mater
Saturday09.09. 2023
11:00
Merano - Pavillon des Fleurs
matinée classique
Notos Quartet (Berlin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet KV 493
William Walton: Piano Quartet
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet op. 47
Sunday10.09. 2023
20:30
Prissiano - Castel Katzenzungen
vox humana
Apollo5 (London)
Byrd, Monteverdi, Gjeilo, Debussy, Whitacre, Finzi, Gershwin, Elton John, Traditionals
Monday11.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Theatre
open theatre
Georg Gratzer & Klemens Bittmann
Telemannia
Jazz by Telemann, John McLaughlin, Morricone, Piazzolla
Tuesday12.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Anatoly Lyadov: Baba Yaga op. 56
Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for violin and orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony n. 2 op. 27
Wednesday13.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
colours of music
Franui Musicbanda . Andreas Schett
STRG F Volksmusik
Music by Franui: freely inspired by Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Bartók and many others
Thursday14.09. 2023
20:30
San Leonardo Val Passiria - Parish Church
Songs of Exile
Friday15.09. 2023
20:30
Castle Tirol
classic
Daniel Hope & Friends
"Irish Roots"
Irish traditionals, Roseingrave, Purcell, Scarlatti, Kusser, Geminiani, Oswald, Vivaldi, O'Carolan, ....
Saturday16.09. 2023
11:00
Merano - Pavillon des Fleurs
Richard Strauss: String sextet op. 85 "Capriccio"
Joseph Haydn: String quartet op. 77/1
Johannes Brahms: String sextet op. 18
Sunday17.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Parish Church
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers op. 37 VI-XI
Arvo Pärt: The Deer's Cry, Dopo la vittoria, Kontakion, Ikos, Molitva
Monday18.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for piano and trumpet
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings op. 48
Tuesday19.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Palais Mamming
barocco
Anastasia Kobekina (Violoncello)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for violoncello BWV 1007
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for violoncello BWV 1009
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for violoncello BWV 1011
Vladimir Kobekin: Summer evening with a cuckoo, Narrenschiff
Peteris Vasks: Pianissimo
Giovanni Sollima: Fandango
Wednesday20.09. 2023
20:30
Merano - Kursaal
"Midnight Sun"
Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Jean Sibilius: Karelia Suite
Kristjan Järvi: Aurora, Midnight Sun
Peteris Vasks: Lonely Angel
Liis Jürgens: The Dream of Tabu-tabu
Igor Strawinsky: Firebird
classic
The symphonic programme is the centre piece of the südtirol festival merano . meran. Here the performance starts already on the subtropical Kurhaus esplanade where festive music is playing while you are walking over the red Kurhaus carpet toward the magnificent Kursaal. The Kursaal is one of the most beautiful concert halls in the Alps which is also why renowned musicians and top music ensembles have been gathering here for over three decades to write musical history.
barocco
The liaison of südtirol festival merano . meran and baroque music has existed ever since the beginnings of the festival. In the year 2000, in the course of his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, John Eliot Gardiner performed in the Municipal Parish Church together with the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir; he played Bach cantatas for the Archiv record label of the Deutsche Grammophon. Cecilia Bartoli also visited the südtirol festivall with her Vivaldi programme. Today an entire concert series, held in the most suggestive locations of Merano and environs, is dedicated to barocco.
colours of music
The presence of jazz and world music during the südtirol festival merano . meran opens up new doors for a variety of exciting musical landscapes. The musical programme offered in the art-nouveau style Theatre and the Kursaal ranges from international and alpine folk to tango and rock 'n' roll. Also the night concerts are an integral part of südtirol festival, hosting world stars such as Giora Feidman, Friedrich Gulda, Roger Hodgson, Nigel Kennedy, Ute Lemper, Noa, Michael Nyman or Bobby McFerrin.
matinée classique
Refined chamber music in outstanding ambience: on Saturday morning the südtirol festival merano . meran offers the ideal way to start the weekend. Then the Pavillon des Fleurs or, in case of high demand, the nearby Kursaal host matinées and musical readings. Some of the performers so far: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bruno Ganz, the Emerson, Haagen and Tokyo String Quartet, Fazil Say, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the guitar legend Pepe Romero and the outstanding violinist Daniel Hope.
mystica
Passionate music
Mysterious, touching and devotional: Magical, religious and spiritual sounds in the churches of the Merano area.
vox humana
Voices put in perspective: this concert line is dedicated to a-cappella music performed by leading music ensembles from across the world. This is a unique opportunity to experience vocal music in the most impressive locations of Merano and environs, such as the Hall of Knights in Tirol Castle, the Hall of Tableaus in Schenna Castle or the Parish Church in Lana with its spectacular Schnatterpeck altar belonging to one of the main art treasures of South Tyrol’s late Gothic period.
young artists portrait
Young ensembles and soloists present different programs at attractive venues and come in conversation with the audience.
Soirees in Tirol Castle
Every Thursday in mid-summer the ancestral castle of the Counts of Tyrol is brought to life, opening up its doors for music from all the world. The Soirees celebrated their debut in 1990, in occasion of the 850th anniversary of Tirol Castle. Ever since, all major music ensembles have performed here. Today, the Soirees offer all kinds of musical styles, ranging from medieval music to jazz. The premises are unique due to their extraordinary acoustics: the concert hall is set in a free-hanging wooden structure, creating a sound quality, similar to that of a string instrument.
