Get to know the painter Norbert Bisky in our video interview. Here, he reveals what it means to create a production with contemporary art in a historic theater.

Sit back, relax and enjoy an all-round successful festival evening!

Every concert at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele is a special experience – but this season we want to spoil you not only with culturally, but also with culinary delights.

The Dachverband Tanz awards the German Dance Prize 2024 to choreographer, dancer and director Sasha Waltz. Waltz is recognized by the jury »for her international charisma, her commitment to the structures of the independent dance scene and, above all, for her artistically unique and genre-spanning body of work« with the most important German prize for dance.

For the 300th anniversary of the »Johannespassion«, we are looking forward to a version that invites you to sing along. Elina Albach's condensation into a solo Passion invites an intensive reflection on the Passion and its setting and makes it an interactive singing experience.

Enjoy the Ludwigsburg Festival in more ways than one: with our subscriptions and combination tickets at reduced prices!

Whether you are a dance fan, jazz lover, classical music lover or curious about unusual concert formats – we have the right subscription for you.

The Supervisory Board of the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele elected a new artistic director at its meeting on March 6. In future Lucas Reuter will take over responsibility. The 40-year-old has been artistic director of the artistic season at the Forum am Schlosspark Ludwigsburg, which he will continue to be responsible for the time being.

Look forward to 300 years of the »Johannespassion« in a very special format for tenor, percussion, organ and harpsichord!

The Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele are looking for support for promotional activities and the parking at the »Monrepos Open Air«.

Subscriptions and Comfort Package: we have some special offers for the 2024 festival season!

Enjoy an extraordinary festival evening: On request, our team will reserve a table in a restaurant within walking distance of the venue for selected events.

We invite you to get to know us, our Palais and our current program at our open day on February 24. and our current program.

On Monday, February 26, our advance ticket sales for all events of the 2024 festival season will start – and on Saturday, February 24 , you can already visit our Palais Grävenitz and choose tickets for the best seats and receive a discount of receive a 10 percent discount.

Ticket sales for the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival begin on February 26. Ludwigsburg Palace Festival 2024. This year, we are once again presenting outstanding artists outstanding artists and are looking forward to a diverse program.

Our ticket team is back from the summer break. From Monday to Friday our ticket office in Palais Grävenitz is open for you from 10-15 pm - we are looking forward to your visit!

In 2024, the internationally renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra will will be our guest in Ludwigsburg and, among other things, present its exciting, participatory concert project »Welcome Home!« on June 24, 11:30 am.

On November 30, you can meet our team at the Ludwigsburg Christmas market with cookies, mulled wine, punch and music!

Our advance booking is up and running! Tickets and subscriptions are already available for eight outstanding program items of the 2024 season, which is dedicated to two major themes of our time, democracy and humanity.

We are looking for support in ticketing and customer management (CRM)! For our ticket office in the historic Palais Grävenitz we are looking for a person (m/f/d) who has the distribution of tickets under control and and develops new digital strategies with us and is available as a contact person for our audience.

As of 15. January 2024 we are looking for a Project Manager (m/f/d) for Artistic Planning & Production.

For eight outstanding program points of the 2024 season, the fall and Christmas presale begins on Thursday, November 9, where one-way tickets, attractive subscriptions and additional packages are already available. Give yourself or your loved ones the gift of a great preview of musical festival delights! Bookable at the ticket office from Mon to Fri, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as well as online and at all Easyticket sales points. The 2024 season covers the period from June 1 to July 20, 2024.

Strengthening cultural life, networking with cultural practitioners and creating future perspectives. With these goals in mind, independent cultural institutions in Ludwigsburg formed an alliance this summer.

After the festival season, we collected all the broadcast dates to listen to our concerts (again).

The ticket office at Palais Grävenitz is closed for the whole month of August. Our team is still available by telephone and will be happy to advise you with the purchase of tickets for the concerts in Wolfegg.

In 2023, Ryan McAdams will take over the musical direction of the Ludwigsburg Festival’s »Monrepos Open Air«. Learn more about the concert and what the American conductor, who is conducting a concert with fireworks for the first time, is most looking forward to

Bach’s famous B minor Mass in the Friedenskirche, a romantic piano program in the Ordenssaal and a multi-faceted sound journey across classical, modern and pop in Bad Imnau: this week, Ensemble CONTINUUM, Alexandre Kantorow and »Spark« await you. This week’s Frei Luft Musik features violinist and pianist Gregor Huebner and friends

Due to illness Carlo Vistoli unfortunately had to cancel. The evening with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin will be performed by Filippo Mineccia.

This year, the Schlossfestspiele will once again live up to its mission as the festival of the whole of Baden-Württemberg. Exceptional music awaits you in Wertheim, Bad Imnau and Bietigheim.

The soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan returns to the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele in 2023 in her dual artistic role. Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele in her dual artistic role. Get to know the Canadian artist exclusively on our Digital Stage.

 2023 we present Johann Sebastian Bach in all his facets. In the new video on the Digital Stage, our dramaturge Maria-Luisa Villena Ossa will tell you more about his life, the diversity of his works, and how the artists will perform his music on the stage of the Ludwigsburg Festival in five different concerts this year. stage of the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele.

We celebrate the 100th birthday of György Ligeti this week at the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele with two outstanding project!

Lear more about the concert of the SWR Vokalensemble under the Yuval Weinberg and how Elisabeth Schilling combines music and dance in «Hear Eyes Move« on our digital stage in the video by Hannah Duffek, dramaturge at the Ludwigsburg Festival.

We would like to get to know our audience better and invite you to participate online in our survey in cooperation with Heilbronn University!

The open air music takes place today in the Protestant city church at the market place.

The Tanztheater Wuppertal invites you to the public dress rehearsal of Pina Bausch’s »Vollmond«! The two performances at the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele were sold out so quickly that we are now opening the final rehearsal on June 8 at 8 pm for you.

With our kick-off event on May 5, all curious people are cordially invited to shake the marketplace with a joint »Dabke Community Dance«.

The Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele are looking for support for promotional activities and the parking at the »Monrepos Open Air«.

On April 22, we were present for the fourth time this year from 10 am to 4 pm at Modehaus Oberpaur. In addition to shopping and strolling in the department store, you could win tickets from us, purchase ticktes or simply get information about our program. These were successful afternoons and we would like to thank Modehaus Oberpaur for the great cooperation!

Join us on April 20 at the Stuttgart Music Library and get to know our managing director Gabriele Zerweck. The conversation with Lorenzo Petrocca and Beate Straka is, of course, all about music – and you can experience one of their favorite pieces live!

Before we start the new festival season on May 11 2023 with the »Fest Spiel Ouvertüre«, the overture of the past year closes our »nachgehört« series. In the Forum am Schlosspark Oksana Lyniv conducted the emotional opening concert under the motto »No More War« with Mozart’s Piano Concerto and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

There are sure to be a few question marks before your visit to a concert. What do I want to listen to? What do I have to wear? And how do I behave during the event? Here you can read step by step what you need to know before visiting us – and where your worries may be completely unfounded.

Are you contributing to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and would like to inspire others to do the same? Then share your knowledge at the »17 Goals Camp« at Kunstzentrum Karlskaserne! Institutions and initiatives from business, science and culture, as well as citizens, can present their work, exchange ideas and develop new formats.

For his work as a Cultural initiator and manager Jochen Sandig, director of the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in January 2023.  Berlin’s Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey presented him with the Cross of Merit on ribbon on behalf of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The Festival ticket office will open for you as usual in 2023. From Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. we are looking forward to your visit at the Grävenitz Palace. Outside the opening hours, you will of course receive online, by phone or at Easyticket for the festival season 2023. We look forward to your visit!

We wish you happy Holidays and a good start into the new year! From December 24 to January 8 our ticket office will take a short break for the holidays, until then you can still buy the last Grävenitz to buy the last Christmas presents. Online you can book tickets for the Schlossfestspiele 2023 during the holidays. As of January 9, we will be back and look forward to your visit.

What does everyday life at the Ludwigsburg Festival look like? During the city stories of the Ludwigsburg Museum, our artistic director Jochen Sandig will take you takes you behind the scenes of one of the most traditional festivals in Baden-Württemberg. In the monthly lecture series »City Histories,« experts will introduce unique places, fields of work and institutions in Ludwigsburg. On October 12, the stately rooms of the historic building and learn more about the vision for our celebration of the arts, democracy and sustainability.

What is worth preserving? What is forward-looking and what should Ludwigsburg take with it into its future? With these questions, artists Thomas Rustemeyer, Bruno Jacoby and Julian Warner invite Ludwigsburg residents to collect objects, ideas, melodies or anecdotes for a »memory of the future« as part of the ÜBER:MORGEN festival. In the course of the exhibition, the urban society fills the memory with personal answers to questions about the future and creates a communal and walk-in show depot

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The ninth festival week starts on Friday, July 1 at 6:00 p.m. with the »Frei Luft Music« on the Ludwigsburg market square – this time with the Stuttgart band BRTHR. Afterwards at 8:00 pm the concert »Purcell Mendelssohn Mayer« will take place in the Forum am Schlosspark. On this evening, the ensemble reflekor positions the forgotten composer Emilie Mayer in a row with her great colleagues. On Sunday, July 3 at 7:00 p.m. you can hear the baritone Georg Nigl together with Olga Pashchenko on the fortepiano in an evening of »Vanitas« songs by with works by Beethoven, Schubert and Rihm in the Ordenssaal at the Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg.

Tickets for your favorite events can be purchased online, at the ticket office in Palais Grävenitz or at the respective box office. We look forward to your visit!

Interested in diverse and queer issues? Fancy movement and dance? The »3RD BOX WORKSHOP« at the beginning of July allows for a safe and playful exploration of gender and gender identities and prepares for the visit of »THE 3RD BOX« on 10 July on a deeper level. We welcome registrations until 1 July.

You can experience two special concerts from the past season in the next few days: The Oberon Trio and Barbara Hannigan with the Festival Orchestra. On 19 June, the chamber music concert with works by Clara Schumann, Julia Purgina and Franz Schubert will be broadcast as »Concert Document of the Week« on Deutschlandfunk at 21:05. Shortly afterwards, on 20 June at 00:40, they can watch the rousing concert by Barbara Hannigan and the Festival Orchestra retrospectively.

A great week of dance: on June 17, 18 and 19 we will bring »Das Frühlingsopfer«, danced by the École des Sables from Senegal, one of Pina Bausch’s most important works to Ludwigsburg. This evening of dance will be the German premiere of the duet »common ground[s]« by Germaine Acogny, founder of the École des Sables, and Malou Airaudo, one of the first dancers at the Tanztheater Wuppertal. 

On Friday, June 17 at 6 p.m., »Frei Luft Musik« will once again take place at Ludwigsburg’s Marktplatz – this time with Quelle SURprise.

Tickets for »Pina Bausch Sacre« can be purchased online, at the ticket office in Palais Grävenitz or at the box office in the Forum at the Schlosspark. We look forward to a moving weekend!

Artistic Director Jochen Sandig will bring his production of Brahms’ »Deutschem Requiem« on June 9 and 10, both at 8 p.m., at the Stuttgart Liederhalle. With »Human Requiem Brahms« the audience is directly involved in the action and experiences the deep and experience the profoundly human message of the Requiem with all their senses. On Friday June 10 at 6 p.m., the young singer-songwriter still sane will play the »Frei Luft Musik« on the Ludwigsburg marketplace. With the concert evening »The Unfinished Revolution« on June 11 at 8 p.m. in the Forum am Schlosspark we set a sign for democracy and peace. The Belarusian conductor Vitali Alekseenok and the orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele combine Schubert’s 7th Symphony with poetry poem settings by Belarusian composers. On June 12 at 7 p.m. dancer Edivaldo Ernesto and pianist and composer Hauschka enter into a dialogue of dance and music.

Tickets for your favorite events can be purchased online, at the ticket office at Palais Grävenitz or at the respective box office. We are looking forward to your visit!

The Belarusian activists Maria Kalesnikava, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Veronika Zepkala have been awarded this year’s International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen for their services to the unity of Europe. In her speech, Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock referred to the laureates as «the most courageous women in Europe«. As the «Festival of the Arts, Democracy and Sustainability« we are very happy about this news and welcome this important sign for freedom and democracy.

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The pianopoet Malakoff Kowalski will play on Saturday, May 28 at 8 p.m. in the his own compositions between jazz and classical music from his new album »Aphorisms«. In addition, Kowalski will present in his concert excerpts from his piano suite »Onomatopoetika« (2020) and the album »My First Piano« (2018). The concert will additionally be acoustically transferred to the cour d’honneur of the Ludwigsburg Residence Palace. At the subsequent Meet & Greet you can experience Malakoff Kowalski directly.

For the production «Human Requiem Brahms«, which will take place on June 9 and 10, 2022 in the Stuttgart Liederhalle we are still looking for children who would enjoy participating in this unusual performance of unusual performance of Brahms’ famous Requiem.

Falvetti’s rousing baroque oratorio «Il diluvio universale«, which retells the the Old Testament flood, will be performed on May 26 at 8 p.m. at the Forum am Schlosspark. On May 26 and 27 at 8 p.m., you can look forward to an an interactive concert by the Mandelring Quartet. quartet: the audience decides by vote which piece will be played. On our Digital Stage you can already select the nine works for the »À la carte« concert from which you can choose and find your favorites! Also this Friday at 6 p.m. the »Frei Luft Musik« will take place at Ludwigsburg’s market square – this time with the singer Viktoriia Vitrenko and pianist pianist Olga Wien. The Accademia del Piacere is with »Diálogos Flamencos Barroco« on 28. May at 8.00 p.m. in the old Kelter Bietigheim to guest. The multinational, documentary music theater »The Common Stories« deals with the reconciliation of warlike conflicts in the in the Balkans and Rwanda and will be performed on May 28 at 8 p.m. and May 29 at 7 p.m. at the Karlskaserne. In addition, with a panel titled »The Meaning of Remembering« and and a reading by Judence Kayitesi an interesting supporting program will be offered – more information can be found here. With the poetic piano recital by Malakoff Kowalski on May 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the Ordenssaal will conclude the fourth Festival week of the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele.

The tickets for your favorite events can be purchased at the the box office in the Forum am Schlosspark or at the red square kiosk »k67« in the Festival Center, which is open Thursdays to Sundays from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m., purchase them. We look forward to your visit!

Also this weekend the the festival center will be played in a variety of ways. Do not miss the open-air concert by the U.S.-based Kronos Quartet on Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. in the castle courtyard. Its program, «50 for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire« will include works by Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Missy Mazzoli as well as several European premieres by contemporary composers. The concert will also feature local string quartet ensembles with whom the Kronos Quartet has worked in master classes on previous days.

On May 22 at 5 p.m., the young pianist Filippo Gorini will perform Bach’s Art of Fugue in the Ordenssaal. This concert will also be broadcast acoustically in the courtyard of the Ludwigsburg Residenzschloss. During the subsequent Meet & Greet you can meet the young pianist, who is already one of the outstanding talents of his generation. 

The tickets for «Kronos for Future« and «Art of Fugue« can be purchased conveniently at the red square kiosk « k67« in the Festival Center, which is open Thursdays through Sundays from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for you. We look forward to your visit!

The third week of the festival is dedicated to dance: Sasha Waltz & Guests will perform the choreographic opera «Dido and Aeneas« on May 20, 21 and 22 May at the Forum am Schlosspark. After the Friday«Free Air Music« with Tabea Booz & Band, another open-air concert will take place on Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. with Kronos Quartet will take place at the Festspielzentrum. Bach’s «Art of the Fugue« will be performed on by the young pianist Filippo Gorini on Sunday, May 22, at 5 p.m. in the will be performed.

Tickets for your favorite events can be purchased at the box office in the Forum am Schlosspark or at the red square kiosk »k67« in the Festival Center, which is open Thursdays which is open Thursdays to Sundays from 16:00 to 20:30. We are pleased about your visit!

On Sunday, May 15 at 5 p.m., we cordially invite you to the »Dabke Community Dance« in our festival center in the castle courtyard. The traditional circle dance Dabke is danced in the eastern Mediterranean region at holidays, family celebrations or for travelers. The dancer and choreographer Medhat Aldaabal and the percussionist Ali Hasan look forward to a moving togetherness. Also interested people without previous knowledge are welcome! Put on comfortable shoes and dance along!

All of in general, we recommend that you travel by public transport. If you are traveling to us by car, please note: During the Ludwigsburger Pferdemarkt (May 13 to 16; set-up already from May 9) parking at the Bärenwiese is limited. As an alternative you can use the Akademiehofgarage or the Rathausgarage, which are located in the immediate vicinity of the to the Forum am Schlosspark. In addition, the Ludwigsburg City Council is expecting expects many visitors on the open Sunday, May 15, 2022. Please make with the parking guidance system of the city of Ludwigsburg before you arrive and and allow sufficient time to find a parking space.

The 2022 season kicks off on May 5 at 8 p.m. with the »Fest Spiel Ouvertüre« with conductor Oksana Lyniv, pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï and our Festival Orchestra at the Forum am Schlosspark. This will be followed on May 6 by two musical highlights: The Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine will perform at 6 p.m. at »Frei Luft Musik« on Ludwigsburg’s market square. At 8 p.m. the classical greats Isabelle Faust, Sol Gabetta, Kristian Bezuidenhout as well as the Basel Chamber Orchestra under the musical direction of Giovanni Antonini will be guests at the Forum am Schlosspark.

 Joseph Haydn, Claude Debussy or rather Jean Rivier? On May 26 and 27, the choice is yours! For »À la carte« the Mandelring Quartet has selected nine works that were not only groundbreaking in the history of the string quartet, but also represent key works in its long success story. In three rounds you can choose between three works at a time. In preparation, you can now listen to the audio samples that compiled by Mandelring violist Andreas Willwohl on our Digital Stage. Pick your favorites and vote on May 26 or 27!

With our subscription packages »Beethoven hoch drei«, »Tanz and Ritual« and »Welt im Wandel« you can look forward to a unique of three productions from the 2022 festival season and benefit from a 20% discount on your purchase. Select the subscription that suits youand book it through the Ludwigsburg Festival ticket office.

On September 9, 2022, we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s »Speech to the German Youth« and we ask ourselves: What would actually be a speech from the youth today? What wishes, goals and criticism would young voices of the present want to articulate? The emergence of such a speech the Ludwigsburg Festival would like to give time and space to the creation of such a speech in the coming months. Members of the Youth Community Council have already declared their willingness to participate in this project. A next meeting for the development of a »speech of the youth« will take place on Monday, April 25, 4 pm. A great opportunity to exchange ideas with other young people and to collect first ideas. Sign up for this up to 22. April by mail to: Education@schlossfestspiele.de We are looking forward to meet more interested young people who want to contribute their voice and work together on a »Youth Speech«!

With The new Corona Ordinance of the State of Baden-Württemberg of April 3, 2022. the previous contact restrictions at cultural events will fall. Since we care about your health, we would like to encourage you to continue to wear a medical mouth and nose covering indoors. In order to ensure the safest possible attendance at events, we also ask that you observe general hygiene rules such as sneezing and coughing etiquette, and, if possible, to keep a distance of 1.50 meters from other guests and our staff, and in the event of symptoms of illness such as fever, cold, cough, etc. to stay at home . Thank you for your support!

We are pleased to present our complete program for the 2022 season, which is now on pre-sale. With 80 events and over 50 productions in the period from May 5 to July 16, the Schlossfestspiele Schlossfestspiele is entering the tenth decade of its existence. Here you can find the program calendar with ticket sales.

Soon it will finally be time! From Monday, March 28, the complete program of the 2022 festival season will be on sale. You can look forward to a concerts and dance productions with international guests, as well as innovative guests as well as innovative formats, among others in the urban space. Visit our Calendar starting March 24 and note your favorite events. We look forward to seeing you!

Four school classes from Ludwigsburg and the surrounding area are given the opportunity to Our project »Mini Mal Mut« gives four school classes from the Ludwigsburg area the opportunity to experience music in a new way. In experiment with sounds, their voices and their bodies and develop their own and develop their own pieces together with music teachers, which will be performed on Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 6 p.m. in the Musikhalle Ludwigsburg.

From June 3 to 5, the 18th International Street Music Festival will take place in cooperation with the Ludwigsburg Festival. Over the weekend, the entire grounds of the Blühende Barock will become a unique stage for over 40 international musicians. Visitors of the street music festival can vote for their favorite act and the bands and musicians with the most votes will play on Sunday at 9.30 p.m. at the big concert on the main stage.

Until March 15, musicians can apply for the festival at www.strassenmusikfestival.de to apply for the festival. The Ludwigsburg Festival will also be sending a music group – more will be revealed on March 24... We are looking forward to a colorful musical program!

Celebrate the Valentine’s Day by giving them a romantic concert evening of the Ludwigsburg Festival! Anyone who buys two tickets for the »Monrepos Open Air« on 16 July as a Valentine's Day gift in our ticket office from 7 to 14 February will receive a voucher for two glasses of sparkling wine on top. A perfect complement to enjoy the long-awaited concert conducted by Alondra de la Parra in front of the dreamlike backdrop at the lakeside castle of Monrepos. We look forward to inviting you to this legendary musical summer evening!

The Ludwigsburg concert of «Einstürzende Neubauten« has been moved for production reasons and will now take place on Tuesday, June 21 at 8 p.m. in the MHPArena in Ludwigsburg. The Stuttgart post-punk band «Die Nerven« will perform with a supporting program. Tickets for this music highlight are still available in our online store and in the ticket office. Tickets that have already been purchased for the concerts scheduled for 2020 or 2021 and are dated accordingly will remain valid.

Perfectly prepared for the next festival season: the new festival bag and the notebook with deer pole motif have recently moved into our festival shop and are waiting to be used. Collect your concert memories, sketches, or autographs in the notebook and easily transport it in the sustainably produced festival bag. With its practical size of 38 cm x 42 cm, it offers enough space for other belongings. You can still get the bag for the special price of 9€ until Christmas. For only 5€ you can enjoy the notebook. For more information on both products, visit our Festival Shop!

To sweeten the winter season, we have started a small craft action: Our colorful posters of the past two seasons shine in a new light with the help of these simple instructions as »festival stars«. Tinker with us!

Exciting news: »The Dying Swans Project«, our co-production with Gauthier Dance, is in the final of the Rose d’Or Awards 2021 in the category »Arts« and as a 3sat broadcast has a chance to win one of the most important awards for TV and audio entertainment in Europe. At the live-streamed award ceremony on November 29th, the 150-member jury will decide on the winning project. Until the award ceremony you can watch the 16 video choreographies on our Digital Stage and of course – cross your fingers!

We are looking for active support in the Artistic Planning & Production as well as in the Dramaturgy: A new project manager (f/m/d) and two trainees (f/m/d) in the Artistic Planning and one trainee (f/m/d) in the dramaturgy.

In early May, Oksana Lyniv opened the 2021 season with the festival orchestra, and now the conductor, who was the first woman to take the podium at the Bayreuth Festival in the summer of 2021, will become music director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in January 2022.

In the series of talks by and with Elisa Erkelenz and David-Maria Gramse, unusual connections of classical music with philosophy, science, (martial) arts and pop are brought to light and thus »the pudel's core« of that genre is explored from a variety of perspectives. The podcast is released on the first of every month and is also available on our Digital Stage.

Unfortunately, Javier Perianes had to cancel his participation in the original concert evening »Zimmermann Perianes Cantilena« at short notice due to illness. For this reason, Tabea Zimmermann has decided to perform an extraordinary solo programme on Thursday, 8 July at 6 pm and 9 pm respectively with the new title »Tabea Zimmermann Solo«.

Over the course of a month, nine young people between the ages of 20 and 30 came together for six online workshops lasting several hours and dealt intensively with diverse gender identities and perceptions through writing tasks, movement sequences and free exchange. A filmic insight into the work can be seen on the Digital Stage.

In the film »Saz - The Key of Trust«, the instrumentalist Petra Nachtmanova follows the traces of the saz. Hardly represented in books, the history of this Persian or Ottoman-Turkish instrument is a mystery. At the »Saz Musik Fest« on 18 June, she will present her journey from Bosnia to Iran, recorded on film, and will play songs from there together with guests.

Originally scheduled for 11 May 2020, the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung is now bringing the award ceremony for Tabea Zimmermann forward. On 15 June, her more than 30 years of work will be honoured. She will use the prize money to establish a new foundation. We congratulate the prize-winner, who will also be a guest in Ludwigsburg on 8 July!

The »Piano City« concept developed by pianist Andreas Kern will move to the digital in 2021 to celebrate the house music tradition also and especially in these times. If you enjoy playing the piano, we look forward to your contribution on Instagram or Facebook - at whatever level and in whatever genre! For more information, click here.

The year 2021 is still marked by the Corona effects, but also by digital, hybrid and, last but not least, numerous live events. Unlike last year, we were able to cover the entire festival period from 6 May to July 11 as well as the autumn dates in September and October with a total of 37 events! In addition to this we were able to present a triad of music, art installation and dance in the fall. We are grateful and happy and look back on a successful year.

The STEGREIF.orchestra invites you to an exciting new new format: In the digital 360° audiowalk you can follow individually routes to listen to Mozart’s musical and political diversity. For this you need a smartphone, headphones and sturdy shoes. From May 28 the project is available on the Digital Stage.

In a new scenic film project, the »Human Requiem« becomes an examination of the current consequences of Corona. Directed by Jochen Sandig and musically conducted by Gijs Leenaars, the Rundfunkchor Berlin offers hope and comfort in difficult times with Brahms' »Ein deutsches Requiem«. 

The Ludwigsburg Festival is launching the 2021 season with new momentum digitally. After the prelude with the »Fest Spiel Overtüre«, we now continue with a project by the STEGREIF.orchester: #bfree. Starting on 8 May on the digital stage. We look forward to your virtual visit!

What concerns you and the people from your city? Where do you experience moments of wakefulness, anger or happiness in public space? Searching for poetic moments in society, the workshop »Spoken Moments Poetry« is pursuing a digital concert experiment for collective success. Interested people from the age of 13 can register now.

The Ludwigsburg Festival opened the 2021 season with the »Fest Spiel Overture« and presented the digital audience with Oksana Lyniv, Anna Larsson, Christian Elsner and the Festival Orchestra. In cooperation with ARTE Concert, the opening concert was livestreamed on May 6 at 8pm and is now available on-demand on our Digital Stage until early November. We look forward to your virtual visit!

April 16 brings 16 new releases: The media »Dying Swans Project« by Gauthier Dance comprises 16 solo choreographies, each with a different signature. The stage version of this project will take place during this year's Ludwigsburg Festival. Visit our Digital Stage and enjoy these digital masterpieces!

Are you between 17 and mid-20s and interested with diverse and queer topics? Then sign up now for the workshop »Somewhere in Between« with director and choreographer Gary Joplin. In May and June you will spend three weekends exploring diverse identities and orientations. You can find the detailed announcement here.

We would like to recommend two events that you can enjoy digitally: The »St. John Passion« in a production of Podium Esslingen and the video clips of the »Dying Swans Project«.

Originally Edivaldo Ernesto was going to give an insight into his »Depth Movement« technique at the Tanz- und and Theaterwerkstatt Ludwigsburg in May. Due to Corona, his workshop cannot take place as planned. We are looking for an alternative date.

In the short program of last year's Ludwigsburg Festival, the performance of the Mandelring Quartet with Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 and 15 was a particular highlight. On 8 March 2021, the concert recording will be broadcast by SWR 2. Perfectly the Mandelring Quartet presents Shostakovich's incomparable art between lyrical pain, pointed sharpness and smug grotesqueness.

The founder of contemporary »African Dance« has been committed for decades to the deepening and spreading of African Dance. Since the 1960s, Germaine Acogny has been realizing and manifesting her vision, enriching the african - and eventually the international - dance world as a dancer, teacher and mentor. The Biennale Danza Festival now honours her life's work with the Golden Lion. In anticipation of this year's »Sacre« project, we congratulate her!

Einstürzende Neubauten have cancelled their »The Year of the Rat Tour« for 2021. The concert planned for May 16, 2021 in Ludwigsburg has been postponed to July 9, 2022.

At the moment it is not yet foreseeable under which conditions the performances of the 2021 Ludwigsburg Festival can take place. Therefore the presale of the 2021 programme is not expected to start until April. If you would like to be informed about the start date, please sign up for our newsletter to be notified by e-mail.

With »I can't breathe«, the dancer touched not only the visitors of the Ludwigsburg Festival. His renewed performance at the Romaeuropa Festival in September also convinced the jury of the Italian Danza&Danza Awards. We congratulate Edivaldo Ernesto for the award as best dancer 2020!

With the aim of contributing to an open and sustainable society oriented towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the Ludwigsburg Festival 2020 set off into a new decade. The fact that social cohesion can also be created virtually is also demonstrated by Alondra de la Parra with her project »The Impossible Orchestra«.

During the nationwide lockdown to contain the Corona pandemic, the Ludwigsburg Festival ticket office will also have to close.

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were also launched by former German President Horst Köhler, among others. Since the 2020 season, he and his wife Eva Luise Köhler are the patrons of the Ludwigsburg Festival. Horst Köhler has shared his thoughts on this in a foreword.

The Ludwigsburg Festival has launched its advance ticket sales for the 2021 season with seven program highlights and a redesigned website with Digital Stage.

Michael Rauter's online installation »Pixelsinfonie«, which is based on Ludwig van Beethoven's 6th symphony »Pastorale« and celebrated its widely acclaimed online premiere at the Ludwigsburg Festival on 18 June, can be seen again on our website.

We will have to continue living with the pandemic for a while, let's embellish the new everyday life as best we can. For example, with a (non medical) masks in the colours of the Ludwigsburg Festival.