The full splendour of the Baroque is brought to life at the opening of the festival in Graz’s Palais Attems, enveloping us in musical highlights through the artistry of the Palais Attems Court Chapel, the HIB.art.Chor and others.
Light also needs shadow, and so the masterful Arnold Schoenberg Choir fills the parish church of Pöllau with some of the most moving choral works of both worlds: music by Brahms, Schumann, Ligeti, Pärt and others.
Never did the struggle between light and darkness sound more magical than in Mozart’s hands. The magnificent wind players of Zefiro transform Eggenberg Palace into a majestic stage for his world-famous opera.
The Styrian Klezmer Orchestra and the singing Rebbetzin Lea Kalisch take us on a journey through the Big Apple, New York, in the Golden Twenties—the sparkling beacon of hope for Jewish immigrants.
On many paths from darkness to light, the excellent British a cappella ensemble Voces8 guides us through four centuries and the most moving choral works in music history.
Darth Vader challenges Harry Potter to a duel as Ursina Braun and her six cellists storm the Minoriten Hall with John Williams’ thrilling Hollywood adventures.
Christoph Steiner delights young audiences aged 6 and above with the brilliant Papageno gang and the coolest cast far and wide in Mozart’s magical operatic adventure The Magic Flute.
Body and sound move us in Styriarte’s new music-theatre production, created in cooperation with the Munich Biennale. In the sunken realm of the Aztecs, we explore together the mystique of ritual martial arts.
Haydn’s string quartets shine in every colour throughout an entire day, performed by two award-winning ensembles. Gregor Seberg mischievously peeks into the master’s soul.
A thrilling new soundtrack for Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s 1926 silent film masterpiece Faust, created for us by theatre guru Jed Wentz and pianist Olga Pashchenko.
Experience Franz Schubert as a soul-diver with tenor Daniel Johannsen and a virtuosic piano trio, before enjoying a picnic in the park along Schubert’s more popular paths.
During his lifetime, Robert Stolz was a dazzling superstar. Eddie Luis and Die Gnadenlosen bring the glorious maestro of melody back to the stage of his hometown, Graz.
Pianist and poetic virtuoso Ragna Schirmer introduces us to the astonishing work of the blind keyboard virtuoso Maria Theresia Paradis – performing her own music alongside that of her contemporaries.
We follow rising star Patrick Hahn, the Festival Orchestra, the Camerata Styria, and outstanding soloists into the most powerful vision of the Creation story ever composed.
Keyboard virtuoso Bernd Glemser takes us on a virtuosic ascent to the summit with Beethoven’s most famous works: the Moonlight Sonata and the Symphony of Fate.
Birgit Minichmayr immerses herself in the dreamlike night poetry of Eichendorff and Goethe, entering a romantic dialogue with the sound poetry of the Schumanns and Mendelssohns, performed by the young Confringo Piano Quartet.
Something round and brown has landed on the little mole’s head: Christoph Steiner brings the delightful picture book about the most embarrassing thing in the world to life with imaginative flair.
The breathtaking drama of Mozart’s Requiem is brought to its full glory by Michael Hofstetter, the Festival Orchestra, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, and outstanding soloists in the magnificent parish church of Stainz.
Classical star Kristina Miller performs, together with her jazz trio, a fresh rendition of Oscar Peterson’s legendary 1968 concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
We let ourselves be enchanted by the multifaceted soundscapes for traverso, viola da gamba, and lute composed for Louis XIV. François Lazarevitch and his Musiciens de St. Julien illuminate the Eggenberg solar system with them.
Who could more brilliantly reimagine Mussorgsky’s fantastic Pictures at an Exhibition than the sound magician Cameron Carpenter on the magnificent organ in the Stefaniensaal?
Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 hits us with full force, driven by the energy and passion of many young musicians under the direction of the extraordinary Mei-Ann Chen.
On a walk through the Grazer Stadtkrone, we immerse ourselves in over 400 years of refined musical beauty from the glorious era of the Graz Castle under Archduke Karl II.
The second chapter of our organ expedition also entices with breathtaking Baroque hidden gems. Organ whisperer Peter Waldner brings them to life with music from Hassler to Haydn.
The legendary sound of the Beatles is packed with incredible radiance and star appeal - so much so that Elisabeth Fuchs, together with Monika Ballwein, the Camerata Styria, and the Festival Orchestra, can break all boundaries.
Maria Köstlinger brings the unparalleled poetry of H. C. Artmann to the stage, accompanied by Viennese music in the iconic sound world of the magnificent Divinerinnen.
Marcelo Nisinman, his bandoneon, and fellow musicians transport us to the vibrant streets of Buenos Aires and to the Godfather of Tango Nuevo, Astor Piazzolla.
Tatar star violinist Alfia Bakieva and traverso flutist Annie Laflamme conjure the colourful light spectacles of Venice on the stage of the Helmut List Hall. Music by Antonio Vivaldi.
Jordi Savall takes up his viola da gamba once more and, together with his closest collaborators, immerses us in the full sensuality of music around 1600—the birth of the musical Baroque.
Rhythm and light come together in a sparkling celebration for one of the world’s most beautiful concert halls: STUDIO PERCUSSION graz and the light art collective OchoReSotto pay tribute to the Stefaniensaal.
The opening measures of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum evoke the power of European culture for the festival finale - embodied like no other by music magician Jordi Savall and his ensembles.
Michael Hell will flood the Minoritensaal with the most beautiful pastoral songs from Telemann to Händel in a radiant and masterly performance on the recorder, the harpsichord and the organ, and will crown the evening with Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto.
Together with the Camerata Styria, excellent singers under the baton of Maestro Michael Hofstetter, we will be intoxicated with fantastic highlights from Handel's absolute masterpiece Messiah.
The young star conductor Nil Venditti impresses us with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and the fast-paced Sports Show Suite by Shostakovich's favourite student Galina Ustvolskaya.
Master pianist Bernd Glemser lures us into the beauties of Weber's Concerto in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, while principal conductor Mei-Ann Chen brings out the best in Weber's Freischütz Overture and Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.
Devil violinist Lina Tur Bonet is back to fill the magnificent Minoritensaal with a baroque masterpiece somewhere between Bach in Leipzig and Vivaldi in Venice.
Haydn's magnificent sound paintings of nature, the Symphony No. 6 ‘Le Matin’ and the Symphony No. 59 are conducted by Wolfgang Redik on the violin. In between, Giovanni Bottesini's sinfully heavy second double bass concerto sparkles from the virtuoso hands of Dominik Wagner.
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon created 'Dance Card' as a tribute to the lyricism and passion of music, and Principal Conductor Mei-Ann Chen immerses us in Rachmaninov's breathtaking 'Symphonic Dances'.
We revel in the beautiful sounds of the Baroque with the oboe magician Alfredo Bernardini from Rome and another European journey in splendour, this time to Bach, Telemann, Fux and Fasch.
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer envelops us from the podium in Edvard Grieg's famous Peer Gynt Suites. This incomparable work of romantic magic culminates in a profound dance with one's own shadow by clarinet genius David Orlowsky.
Conductor Ingmar Beck surprises us at the end of the season with baroque visions of fire, water, earth and air. Violinist Alexandra Tirsu counters with Oscar winner Rachel Portman's touching dream journey through the elements.
Accompanied by Arianna Savall and Hirundo Maris, we embark on a musical journey from Catalonia to Scandinavia, immersing ourselves in the magic of the pre-Christmas season. En route, we are treated to a selection of traditional seasonal songs, ranging from charming melancholy to contemplative joy.
When Diknu Schneeberger and Christian Bakanic arrange gypsy swing and Balkan jazz into a groovy adventure, it sounds intimate and fiery. In their quartet, they perform their colourful original compositions with a virtuoso interplay.
Piano duo Tereza a Johannes Gugg invite us on a four-handed journey through the most exciting episodes of Romanticism. This captivating love affair brings Dvořák's Slavonic Dances to life, alongside Smetana's Moldau and much more.
Schubert would have loved this! With Andreas Teufel on the harmonica, Daniel Fuchsberger on the contra guitar and Peter Hudler on the arpeggione, Franz Schubert's iconic soundscape is brought back to life.
