Thomas Hampson opens Schubert Week with Wolfram Rieger performing the composer’s final songs, known as “Schwanengesang.”
Performance Date: Jan. 18, 2021
On three evenings during the Schubert Week, the Pierre Boulez Saal will welcome young singers to perform Schubert songs.
Performance Dates: Jan. 19-21, 2021
Schubert Week will include a two-day public workshop with students of the Liedakademie of the Heidelberger Frühling Festival, led by Thomas Hampson. The young singers and pianists will present the results of their work in a concert on Saturday afternoon.
Manuel Walser and pianist Jonathan Ware perform during the final weekend of Schubert Week.
Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2021
Ema Nikolovska presents a recital alongside Wolfram Rieger in music by Schubert.
Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2021
Katharina Konradi makes her Pierre Boulez Saal debut performing Schubert’s “Mignon Songs” with Eric Schneider.
Performance Date: Jan. 24, 2021
Jake Arditti joins the Arditti Quartet in music by Hilda Paredes, Salvatore Sciarrino, James Dillon, and Hans Werner Henze.
Performance Date: Feb. 24, 2021
Bogdan Volkov and Pavel Nebolsin perform songs by Tchaikovsky and Desyatnikov.
Performance Date: Feb. 26, 2021
Christoph Prégardien and Julius Drake perform an evening of music by Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf, and Grieg inspired by the writings of Goethe. The showcase will also feature actors reading his poems.
Performance Date: April 10, 2021
The Berlin Staatskapelle String Quartet and soprano Sarah Aristidou perform a program entitled “Ophelia’s Songs.”
Performance Date: April 11, 2021
Zubin Mehta, Mojca Erdmann, and the Boulez Ensemble reunite to perform George Crumb’s “Ancient Voices of Children” in a program that also includes music by Mozart and Stravinsky.
Ian Bostridge performs Schubert’s “Winterreise” alongside Sir Antonio Pappano.
Performance Date: June 15, 2021
