The südtirol festival merano . meran is proud to present a rich variety of finest performances including romantic, classical and baroque music, jazz and world music, chamber and vocal music. The 41th edition will take place in 2026.
The programme for 2026 will be published in January. Ticket sales start on March 15.
Programme 2025: please scroll down!
Antonín Dvorák: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in B minor op. 104
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade op. 35
Alessandro Scarlatti: "La Maddalena Pentita" - Oratorio for 3 voices and instruments
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet n. 3 in B flat major op. 67
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet n. 3 in D major op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet n. 21 in D major K 575
Germaine Tailleferre: String Quartet
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Margareth Sutherland: Haunted Hills (1950)
Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 1 in B-flat minor op. 23
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony n. 6 in D major op. 60
DOLOMITES
Philip Glass: Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 1 "Tirol"
Rachel Portman: "Dolomites , pale mountains" - World première (commissioned by the südtirol festival merano)
Astor Piazzolla: The Four Saisons of Buenos Aires
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude BWV 854
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano op. 90
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita n. 6 BWV 830
Franz Schubert: Sonata for piano D 566
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano n. 30 op. 109
Sergej Rachmaninoff: Vespers op. 37
Dmitri Shostakovitch: String Quartet n. 3 in F major op. 73
Franz Schubert: String Quartet n. 15 in G major D 887
Richard Wagner: Ouverture "Tannhäuser"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 3 in C minor op. 37
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony n. 7 in A major op. 92
Together with African Music
Peter Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for piano and orchestrar n. 2
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird (1945)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano in B-flat major op. 11
Robert Muczynski: Fantasy Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano op. 26
Johannes Brahms: Trio for piano, clarinet and violoncello in A minor op. 114
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for violoncello n. 4 in E flat major BWV 1010
Suite for violoncello n. 5 in C minorl BWV 1011
Suite for violoncello n. 6 in D major BWV 1012
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 2 in Bmajor op. 19
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 1 in C major op. 15
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 4 in G major op. 58
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 3 in C minor op. 37
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 5 in E flat major op. 73
RENDEZVOUS
Leonard Bernstein: Music for String Quartet . A quiet girl
Steven Sondheim: Send in the Clowns
George Gershwin: Lullaby
Leonard Bernstein: Some other time . A simple song
Nils Landgren & Johannes von Ballestrem: Improvisation
Sting: Shadows in the rain . Fragile
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV 1043
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro op. 47
Edward Grieg: Holberg Suite in G major op. 40
Ernest Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano and strings op. 21
TWENTY!
Gibbons, Pärt, Smith, Gjeilo, Mendelssohn, Shaw, Elgar, Bach, Rusby, Folds, Paul Simon, Gershwin, ...
TWENTY!
Gibbons, Pärt, Smith, Gjeilo, Mendelssohn, Shaw, Elgar, Bach, Rusby, Folds, Paul Simon, Gershwin, ...
Bach in Space
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and NASA images of planets, galaxies and the universe
Georg Friedrich Handel: The Messiah HWV 56 - Part 2
Georg Friedrich Handel: Utrecht Te Deum HWV 278
BEST OF BB
progressive rock riffs, intimate grooves sensitive cantilenas
ANAM
Wilson, Verdelot, Walker, Pott, Smith, Dahlgren, McGlynn, Jennies, Campbell & Scottish Traditionals
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra RV 419
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello: Symphony op. 1/5
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra RV 416
Igor Stravinsky: "Suite Italienne"
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for violoncello and strings Wq 170
Arcangelo Corelli (arr. Linus Roth & Petrit Ceku): Sonata "La Follia" in D minor op. 5/12
Antonio Vivaldi (arr. Linus Roth & Petrit Ceku): "The Four Seasons"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 20 in D minor K 466
Jean Sibelius: Symphony n. 2 in D major op. 43
The symphonic programme has been at the heart of the südtirol festival merano . meran from the very beginning. The concert experience begins on the subtropical promenade: accompanied by festive music, you enter the elegant Kurhaus via a red carpet and then reach the magnificent Kursaal. The südtirol festival merano . meran is thus housed in one of the most beautiful concert halls in the Alps - and this is another reason why world-class orchestras, classical music stars and top ensembles have been performing here for four decades.
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.
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 and hosting world stars such as Cameron Carpenter, Tommy Emmanuel, Giora Feidman, Egberto Gismonti, Martin Grubinger, Friedrich Gulda, Roger Hodgson, Daniel Hope, Nigel Kennedy, Gidon Kremer, Ute Lemper, Bobby McFerrin, Noa, Michael Nyman, Joja Wendt, Joe Zawinul.
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, Hagen and Tokyo String Quartet, Fazil Say, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the guitar legend Pepe Romero and the outstanding violinist Daniel Hope.
Mysterious, touching and devotional: Magical, religious and spiritual sounds in the churches of the Merano area.
A feast for the voice: The südtirol festival merano . meran dedicates this concert series to a cappella music and invites top ensembles from all over the world. If you want to enjoy vocal music in a very special atmosphere, these südtirol festival merano . meran concerts are just the thing for you. After all, this series takes place in extraordinary concert venues in the Merano region, such as the large Knights' Hall at Tyrol Castle, the Painting Hall at Scena Castle, Castel Katzenzungen or the parish church in Niederlana with its impressive Schnatterpeck altar, which is one of the most important art treasures of South Tyrol's late Gothic period.
Young ensembles and soloists present different programs at attractive venues and come in conversation with the audience.
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.
