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Master Concerts Wiesbaden

In the new season, you can once again look forward to top-class concerts at the master concerts in the festive Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal in the Kurhaus. Experience musical magic moments in imperial splendor!

View into the hall
The master concerts take place in the Kurhaus.

Season 2024/2025

  • April 26, 7 p.m.: Chocolat
    Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Vianne Rocher
    Harald Krassnitzer, Francis Reynaud
    Les Manouches Du Tannes:
    Valentin Butt, accordion & musical direction
    Roland Satterwhite, violin
    Matthew Adomeit, bass
    Yasir Hamdan, guitar
  • April 27, 7 p.m.: Family Ties
    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, violoncello
    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
  • May 25, 7 pm: South American fire for the season finale
    Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano
    Neojibá - Youth Orchestra of Bahia
    Ricardo Castro, conductor

Season 2025/2026

In the 2025/26 season, the Master Concerts will once again present outstanding artists who will provide first-class musical enjoyment at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden in eight varied subscription concerts and three unique special concerts. For the coming concert season, a wide variety of international orchestras and ensembles have been invited to bring the broad spectrum of classical music to life - from grand symphonies and rich brass sounds to radiant boys' choir singing.

  • November 27, 8 p.m.: Romantic winter dreams
    8 pm Olga Scheps, piano
    Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
    Sergey Smbatyan, conductor
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor op. 13 "Winter Dreams"

  • December 21, 2025, 7 pm: Christmas with the Regensburger Domspatzen
    Regensburg Cathedral Spatzen
    Benjamin Appl, baritone
    Christian Heiß, cathedral conductor
    Christmas motets as well as Christmas chorales and traditional songs by Johann Sebastian Bach, Engelbert Humperdinck, Michael Praetorius and others

  • January 1, 2026, 3.30 pm: New Year's concert between elegance and ecstasy
    Anastasia Kobekina, violoncello
    hr symphony orchestra
    Vitali Alekseenok, conductor
    Bedřich Smetana Overture "The Bartered Bride"
    Friedrich Gulda Cello Concerto
    Zoltán Kodály Dances from Galánta
    Maurice Ravel La Valse M. 72

  • January 21, 2026, 8 pm: I Got Rhythm
    Hayato Sumino "Cateen", piano
    George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations
    Works from "The Great American Songbook"

  • March 14, 2026, 7 p.m.: Rushing Rhythms
    Gabriela Montero, piano
    Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
    Andrey Boreyko, conductor
    Alberto Ginastera Dances 1, 2 & 4 from the ballet "Estancia"
    Gabriela Montero Piano Concerto No. 1 "Latin Concerto"
    Hector Berlioz Symphony fantastique op. 14

  • April 12, 2026, 7 pm: Best of Brass
    Brass players of the Berliner Philharmoniker
    Sarah Willis, horn & moderation
    Works by Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Dmitri Shostakovich,
    Franz Schubert, Edward Elgar and others

  • May 10, 2026, 7 pm: Two times five
    Lukas Sternath, piano
    Potsdam Chamber Academy
    Kerem Hasan, conductor
    Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major op. 73
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67

  • May 28, 2026, 8 pm: Irish Roots
    Daniel Hope, violin
    Ensemble AIR:
    Simos Papanas, violin
    Nicola Mosca, violoncello & harp
    Emanuele Forni, lute
    Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord
    Michael Metzler, percussion
    Irish traditionals and baroque music by Thomas Roseingrave, Henry
    Purcell, James Oswald, Turlough O'Carolan and others

Three special concerts:

  • December 6, 2025, 7 pm: 40 years of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
    The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - the Christmas special
    Works by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Pyotr Tchaikovsky as well as old and
    new Christmas hits

  • February 22, 2026, 7 pm: Allow me, Kästner!
    7 pm Walter Sittler, recitation & acting
    Lea-Marie Sittler, singing
    The sextants
    A literary-musical revue with Lea-Marie & Walter Sittler & Die
    Sextants

  • May 31, 2026, 7 pm: Chocolat!
    New edition due to high demand
    Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Acting
    Harald Krassnitzer, Acting
    Les Manouches Du Tannes
    A literary comedy with drama and music by Django Reinhard

The next master concert:

Schlachthof Cultural Center, Murnaustraße 1

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