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    to LUDWIGSBURG FESTIVAL
    – International Festival Baden-Württemberg

  • Welcome

    to LUDWIGSBURG FESTIVAL
    – International Festival Baden-Württemberg

  • Welcome

    to LUDWIGSBURG FESTIVAL
    – International Festival Baden-Württemberg

LUDWIGSBURG
FESTIVAL 2026

June 12 – August 5

 

Our upcoming events

Concert SUN 7. June | 15 o'clock
FESTSPIEL PRÉLUDE
Festival by the river
Piano FRI 12. June | 20 o'clock
VSEVOLOD ZAVIDOV
Works by Rachmaninow & Schubert
Ordenssaal
Art SAT 13. June | 17 o'clock
HANN TRIER EXHIBITION
This Year’s Visual World
Old Porcelain Factory
Opera SAT 13. June | 18 o'clock
ORLANDO
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Palace Theater
Opera SUN 14. June | 18 o'clock
FESTIVAL OPENING
»Nabucco«
Forum am Schlosspark
Chamber music TUE 16. June | 11 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music TUE 16. June | 15 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music WED 17. June | 11 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music WED 17. June | 15 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music THU 18. June | 11 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music THU 18. June | 15 o'clock
PUPPENPHILHARMONIE
»Emil & Emily«
Palais Grävenitz
Chamber music THU 18. June | 20 o'clock
MICHAEL BARENBOIM
Nasmé Ensemble
Ordenssaal
Opera FRI 19. June | 20 o'clock
LO SPEZIALE
»The Pharmacist«
Palace Theater
Dance FRI 19. June | 20 o'clock
BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA
»Afanador«
Forum am Schlosspark
Chamber music SAT 20. June | 19 o'clock
HAGEN QUARTETT
The Last Concert
Ordenssaal
Opera SAT 20. June | 19 o'clock
LO SPEZIALE
»The Pharmacist«
Palace Theater
Dance SAT 20. June | 19 o'clock
BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA
»Afanador«
Forum am Schlosspark
Chamber music SUN 21. June | 18 o'clock
PHILHARMONIX
»The Vienna Berlin Music Club«
Forum am Schlosspark
Chamber music SUN 21. June | 18 o'clock
CHEN REISS, SHARON KAM, YAEL KARETH
»Fantasy & Elysium«
Ordenssaal
Opera SUN 21. June | 18 o'clock
LO SPEZIALE
»The Pharmacist«
Palace Theater
Concert TUE 23. June | 19 o'clock
GOETHE-GYMNASIUM
meets LGT YOUNG SOLOISTS
Piano TUE 23. June | 20 o'clock
CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS
Works by Haydn, Schubert, Scarlatti, Couperin & Poulenc
Ordenssaal
Concert WED 24. June | 19 o'clock
GENERATION ZUKUNFTSMUSIK
»Music in Motion«
Orchestra THU 25. June | 20 o'clock
LGT YOUNG SOLOISTS
20 Nations in Musical Dialogue
Ordenssaal
Orchestra FRI 26. June | 20 o'clock
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Manfred Honeck
Forum am Schlosspark
Opera FRI 26. June | 20 o'clock
AMINTA E FILLIDE
Händel in Italy
Palace Theater
Chamber music SAT 27. June | 19 o'clock
ASYA FATEYEVA
»Hope Is a Dangerous Thing«
Palace Church
Piano SAT 27. June | 19 o'clock
PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI
Compositions by Schubert & Brahms
Forum am Schlosspark
Opera SAT 27. June | 19 o'clock
AMINTA E FILLIDE
Händel in Italy
Palace Theater
Orchestra SUN 28. June | 18 o'clock
ANASTASIA KOBEKINA
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Forum am Schlosspark
Concert TUE 30. June | 18 o'clock
MINI X MUT
Original Compositions and Dance Miniatures
Music Hall
Chamber music WED 1. July | 20 o'clock
SCHAROUN ENSEMBLE
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Hans Werner Henze
Ordenssaal
World & Jazz THU 2. July | 20 o'clock
FESTIVAL-NIGHT I
Jazz meets Funk and Electro
Kunstzentrum Karlskaserne
Piano FRI 3. July | 20 o'clock
HAYATO SUMINO
»Chopin Orbit«
Ordenssaal
Opera FRI 3. July | 20 o'clock
DIDONE ABBANDONATA
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra & Francesco Corti
Palace Theater
World & Jazz FRI 3. July | 20 o'clock
FESTIVAL-NIGHT II
From Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro
Kunstzentrum Karlskaserne
Opera SAT 4. July | 18 o'clock
DIDONE ABBANDONATA
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra & Francesco Corti
Palace Theater
Chamber music SAT 4. July | 19 o'clock
AUGUSTIN HADELICH & SEONG-JIN CHO
Compositions by Brahms, Janáček, Beach & Prokofjew
Ordenssaal
Dance SAT 4. July | 20 o'clock
IL POSTO
»Variazioni Verticali«
City Church
Chamber music SUN 5. July | 18 o'clock
SHARON KAM
On the 200th anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber's death
Ordenssaal
Opera SUN 5. July | 18 o'clock
DIDONE ABBANDONATA
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra & Francesco Corti
Palace Theater
Dance SUN 5. July | 20 o'clock
IL POSTO
»Variazioni Verticali«
City Church
Piano THU 9. July | 20 o'clock
YULIANNA AVDEEVA
Works by Bach, Beethoven & Ravel
Ordenssaal
Orchestra FRI 10. July | 20 o'clock
JULIA LEZHNEVA
Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini
Ordenssaal
Opera FRI 10. July | 20 o'clock
LE CINESI
Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles & Andrés Gabetta
Palace Theater
Opera SAT 11. July | 19 o'clock
LE CINESI
Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles & Andrés Gabetta
Palace Theater
Orchestra SAT 11. July | 19 o'clock
IL GIARDINO ARMONICO
Giovanni Antonini
Ordenssaal
Orchestra SUN 12. July | 18 o'clock
JULIA LEZHNEVA
Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini
Ordenssaal
Opera SUN 12. July | 18 o'clock
LE CINESI
Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles & Andrés Gabetta
Palace Theater
Chamber music TUE 14. July | 20 o'clock
LISA BATIASHVILI
Nino Gvetadze & Schumann Quartett
Ordenssaal
Orchestra WED 15. July | 20 o'clock
RAGNHILD HEMSING
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
Ordenssaal
Orchestra THU 16. July | 20 o'clock
JONAS PALM
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
Ordenssaal
Opera FRI 17. July | 20 o'clock
DER FREISCHÜTZ
Musical theatre freely adapted from Carl Maria von Weber
Akademie für Darstellende Kunst
Orchestra FRI 17. July | 21 o'clock
MONREPOS OPEN AIR I
»Une nuit en France«
Monrepos Palace
Opera SAT 18. July | 19 o'clock
DER FREISCHÜTZ
Musical theatre freely adapted from Carl Maria von Weber
Akademie für Darstellende Kunst
Orchestra SAT 18. July | 21 o'clock
MONREPOS OPEN AIR II
»Beethoven at his finest: Passion & Triumph«
Monrepos Palace
Orchestra SUN 19. July | 20 o'clock
MONREPOS OPEN AIR III
»Beauty of Nature«
Monrepos Palace
Piano WED 22. July | 19 o'clock
ALEXANDER VON HEISSEN
1st Prize International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition 2022
Favorite Palace
Piano THU 23. July | 19 o'clock
ALEXANDER VON HEISSEN
1st Prize International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition 2022
Favorite Palace
Opera FRI 24. July | 20 o'clock
DER FREISCHÜTZ
Musical theatre freely adapted from Carl Maria von Weber
Akademie für Darstellende Kunst
Dance FRI 24. July | 20 o'clock
LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO
»Ma Bayadère«
Forum am Schlosspark
Piano FRI 24. July | 20 o'clock
LIYA WANG
1st Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Opera SAT 25. July | 19 o'clock
DER FREISCHÜTZ
Musical theatre freely adapted from Carl Maria von Weber
Akademie für Darstellende Kunst
Dance SAT 25. July | 19 o'clock
LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO
»Ma Bayadère«
Forum am Schlosspark
Piano SAT 25. July | 19 o'clock
LIYA WANG
1st Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Vocal SUN 26. July | 18 o'clock
JONAS MÜLLER
Winner »Musikpreis der deutschen Wirtschaft« 2025
Monrepos Palace
Orchestra SUN 26. July | 18 o'clock
HILARY HAHN & OMER MEIR WELLBER
The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen
Forum am Schlosspark
Chamber music TUE 28. July | 20 o'clock
ELAD NAVON
1st Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Chamber music WED 29. July | 19 o'clock
MOTUS QUARTET
Works by Haydn, Janáček & Beethoven
Favorite Palace
Chamber music WED 29. July | 20 o'clock
ELAD NAVON
1st Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Chamber music THU 30. July | 19 o'clock
MOTUS QUARTET
Works by Haydn, Janáček & Beethoven
Favorite Palace
Opera THU 30. July | 19 o'clock
V01CES//B0D1EZ
Hans Werner Henze on his 100th birthday
Forum am Schlosspark
Opera THU 30. July | 21 o'clock
V01CES//B0D1EZ
Hans Werner Henze on his 100th birthday
Forum am Schlosspark
Vocal FRI 31. July | 20 o'clock
GAECHINGER CANTOREY
300 years of Ludwigsburg City Church
City Church
Chamber music FRI 31. July | 20 o'clock
DMYTRO UDOVYCHENKO
1st Prize Queen Elisabeth Competition 2024
Monrepos Palace
Chamber music SAT 1. August | 19 o'clock
DMYTRO UDOVYCHENKO
1st Prize Queen Elisabeth Competition 2024
Monrepos Palace
Piano SUN 2. August | 18 o'clock
ELIAS ACKERLEY
2nd Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Piano MON 3. August | 20 o'clock
ELIAS ACKERLEY
2nd Prize ARD Music Competition 2025
Monrepos Palace
Orchestra WED 5. August | 20 o'clock
FESTIVAL FINALE
María Dueñas & European Union Youth Orchestra
Forum am Schlosspark
Orchestra SAT 12. September | 19 o'clock
NOA WILDSCHUT
Württembergische Philharmonie & Christian Erny
Wolfegg (Allgäu region)
Chamber music SUN 13. September | 11 o'clock
ASYA FATEYEVA (Wolfegg)
»Hope Is a Dangerous Thing«
Wolfegg (Allgäu region)
Chamber music SUN 13. September | 17 o'clock
ASYA FATEYEVA (Wolfegg)
»Hope Is a Dangerous Thing«
Wolfegg (Allgäu region)

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