Salzburg

Salzburg’s further homage to Kurtág let down by utterly misconceived Mozart

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [7] – ‘Hommage à Kurtág’: Bartók, Kurtág, and Mozart: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Olga Pashchenko (piano). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 25.8.2026. (MB)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Reto Bieri (clarinet) and Olga Pashchenko (piano) © SF/Marco Borrelli

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An outstanding and moving centenary tribute to György Kurtág at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [4] – ‘Hommage à Kurtág’: Brahms, Kurtág, R. Schumann, and Ligeti: Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet), Stefan Dohr (horn), Kirill Gerstein (piano). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 22.8.2026. (MB)

Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Kirill Gerstein (piano) and Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet) © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Disappointment elsewhere but much to relish in Hadelich’s Brahms Violin Concerto in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [3] – Brahms: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2026. (MB)

Violinist Augustin Hadelich, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Christian Thielemann © SF/Marco Borrelli

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A handsome centenary tribute to Hans Werner Henze at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [2] – Henze, Der Prinz von Homburg (concert performance): Soloists, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 20.8.2026. (MB)

Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg at the Salzburg Festival © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Stunning realisation of Messiaen’s visionary Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [5] – Messiaen, Saint François d’Assise: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (chorus director: Jozef Chabroň), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 23.8.2026. (MB)

Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival © SF/Monika Rittershaus

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Currentzis, Grigorian and Tetelman overcome Carrizo’s choreographic oddities in Salzburg’s Carmen

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2026 [1] – Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Utopia Choir (chorus master: Vitaly Polonsky), Salzburg Bach Choir (chorus master: Michael Schneider), Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor (chorus masters: Wolfgang Götz, Regina Sgier), Utopia Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 8.8.2026 and streamed on STAGE+ on 9.8.2026. (JPr)

Eurudike De Beul (Don José’s Mother), Jonathan Tetelman (Don José) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Micaëla) © SF/Thomas Aurin

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