The Musikfest Bremen
The Musikfest Bremen offers music lovers a wide range of world-class concerts from August to September.
»Many of the programmes and line-ups that audiences can experience at the Musikfest Bremen cannot be heard or seen anywhere else in Germany. Early music is presented alongside contemporary works, orchestral pieces alongside chamber music, opera alongside jazz and world music.
We work with established stars as well as young artists worth discovering, and with their guest appearances and productions, we provide insights into the latest developments in the international music scene.«
Thomas Albert Intendant Musikfest Bremen
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Special Concert: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Special Concert: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Programme: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 25 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major »Eroica« After their successful […]
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Félicien Brut, Thibaut Garcia & Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Félicien Brut, Thibaut Garcia & Lucienne Renaudin Vary
Programme: Music by Luigi Boccherini, Leonard Bernstein, Edith Piaf, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Richard Galliano et al. With Félicien Brut on the accordion, Thibaut Garcia on the guitar […]
Ida Nielsen & The Funkbots feat. Zap Mama
Ida Nielsen & The Funkbots feat. Zap Mama
Programme: »Empowering Women's Groove« Danish bassist, singer, songwriter and band leader Ida Nielsen has made funk her own. So brilliantly in fact, that she was a […]
The breathtaking Collective & Cappella Mariana
The breathtaking Collective & Cappella Mariana
Programme: »La nobiltà di Milano«: Music by Francesco Rognoni, Agostino Soderini, Giuseppe Gallo and Giovanni Paolo Cima After reigning over Milan for centuries, the Sforza family […]
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Petersburger Nacht
Petersburger Nacht
Programme: Music by Vincenzo Manfredini, Niccolò Piccinni und Domenico Cimarosa Tsarina Catherine II became the official sovereign of Jever in 1793, where the princes of Anhalt, […]
Kosmos Mozart
Kosmos Mozart
Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466, Symphonies No. 11 in D major and No. 28 in D major K. […]
Drei auf einen Streich
Drei auf einen Streich
Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major K. 563 Gideon Klein: String Trio Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C minor Op. 9/3 The internationally […]
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Happy Birthday, IYSO!
Happy Birthday, IYSO!
Programm: Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky: »Romeo and Julia« (Fantasieouvertüre nach Shakespeare) Shafi Badreddin: »Rhapsodie pathétique« David Amram: Triple Concerto Noam Sheriff: »Akeda« Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's […]
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Arp-Schnitger-Festival I: Aus der Thomaskirche
Arp-Schnitger-Festival I: Aus der Thomaskirche
Programme: Johann Hermann Schein: Excerpts from »The Fountain of Israel« (Fontana d’Israel) and »Opella nova. Ander Teil Geistlicher Konzerten« Samuel Scheidt: »Wir glauben all an einen […]
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots
Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: »Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots« (sacred singspiel) K. 35 Mozart was a child prodigy who grew up to be a musical genius […]
Klänge vom Polarkreis
Klänge vom Polarkreis
Programme: Einojuhani Rautavaara: »Cantus Arcticus« Op. 61 »Arctic Suite«: Music by Henning Sommerro, Selim Palmgren, Jean Sibelius, Ola Gjeilo, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Edvard Grieg Jean Sibelius: […]
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Premiere: Utopia
Premiere: Utopia
Programme: Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F major Op. 102 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 G Major With the founding of Utopia in 2022, […]
Arp-Schnitger-Festival II: Bach – Händel – Vivaldi
Arp-Schnitger-Festival II: Bach – Händel – Vivaldi
Programme: Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D minor BWV 527, Organ Concerto in A minor BWV 593 (after Vivaldi RV 522) and other […]
Viva Vivaldi
Viva Vivaldi
Programme: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor RV 129, Concerto for organ and violin in D minor RV 541 (excerpts), Cantata »Cessate, omai cessate« RV […]
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Musikalischer Salon I
Musikalischer Salon I
Programme: »To be or not to be – a Shakespeare Evening« Round number two for the music salons, a combination of song recital and readings in […]
Impressions Parisiennes
Impressions Parisiennes
Programme: Baptiste Trotignon: Ces Messieurs Francis / Gabriel / Maurice Francis Poulenc: C. FP 122/1, Fêtes galantes FP 122/2, Fancy FP 174 and Les chemins de […]
Arp-Schnitger-Festival III: Ghielmi erforscht Bach
Arp-Schnitger-Festival III: Ghielmi erforscht Bach
Programme: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Vater unser im Himmelreich SwWV 309 Dieterich Buxtehude: Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott BuxWV 199, Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV 161 Georg […]
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Bach & Beyond
Bach & Beyond
Programme: »Bach & Beyond«: music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Francesco Tristano Johann Sebastian Bach is a cornerstone and continuous source of inspiration for Francesco Tristano. […]
Arp-Schnitger-Festival IV: Juwel in neuem Glanz
Arp-Schnitger-Festival IV: Juwel in neuem Glanz
Programme: Georg Böhm: Praeludium, Fuga & Postludium in G minor Dieterich Buxtehude: Te Deum laudamus BuxWV 218 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita diversa sopra »Ach, was soll […]
Schlossmusik auf Gödens
Schlossmusik auf Gödens
Programme: Maurice Ravel: Jeux d’eau, Op. 30, Sonatine Op. 40 Gabriel Fauré: Mazurka in B major Op. 32, Barcarolle No. 9 in e Minor op. 101, […]
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Unsophisticated!
Unsophisticated!
Programme: Songs by Kandace Springs, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder et al. (arrangements: Vince Mendoza) Not every singer can claim that Prince, who died in 2016, was […]
Arp-Schnitger-Festival V: Vergnügte Ruh
Arp-Schnitger-Festival V: Vergnügte Ruh
Programme: Johann Sebastian Bach: sinfonia from »Gott soll allein mein Herze haben« BWV 169, cantatas »Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust« BWV 170 and »Ich habe genug« BWV […]
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Family Concert: Poseidon und die Plastiksee
Family Concert: Poseidon und die Plastiksee
Programm: »Poseidon und die Plastiksee« – a musical environmental fairytale for children ages 10 and up: opera collage for 4 singers, piano and percussion with music […]
Arp-Schnitger-Festival VI: Wege zu Bach
Arp-Schnitger-Festival VI: Wege zu Bach
Programme: Johann Christoph Bach: Cantata »Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig«, Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata »Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland« BWV 61 and further works […]
The Dragon of Wantley
The Dragon of Wantley
Programme: John Frederick Lampe: »The Dragon of Wantley« (semi-staged) The Boston Early Music Festival, North America’s leading Early Music institution, has rescued another baroque opera from […]
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New York Tango Trio
New York Tango Trio
Programme: Music by Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano as well as chansons by Michel Legrand, Barbara et al. When it comes to accordion, Richard Galliano is […]
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Die Zauberflöte
Die Zauberflöte
Programme: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: »The Magic Flute« K. 620 (grand opera in two acts, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder) (semi-staged) 1996: the Musikfest Bremen, Mozart’s singspiel »Zaide« […]
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Vivaldi Reloaded
Vivaldi Reloaded
Programme: Antonio Vivaldi: »The Four Seasons in Janoska Style« The members of the Janoska Ensemble are classically trained, but they are so active in the international […]
Von Heldinnnen und Helden
Von Heldinnnen und Helden
Programme: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 Richard Wagner: final aria of Brünnhilde from »Götterdämmerung« Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy from »Die Frau ohne Schatten« and […]
Palestrina 500 – Pärt 90
Palestrina 500 – Pärt 90
Programme: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli Arvo Pärt: »Solfeggio«, »Nunc dimitis«, Magnificat, »Dopo la vittoria« and »The Woman with the Alabaster Box« Big birthdays […]
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Pianistischer Überflieger
Pianistischer Überflieger
Programm: Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major D 959 Claude Debussy: »Des pas sur la neige« and »La cathédrale engloutie« from »Préludes« (volume […]
Mozart’s Requiem
Mozart’s Requiem
Programme: František Ignác Tůma: Stabat Mater Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor K. 626 Mozart composed his unfinished requiem in 1791, the last year of […]
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Risikofreude!
Risikofreude!
Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47 The British Aurora Orchestra and […]
Von Trauer und Hoffnung
Von Trauer und Hoffnung
Programme: Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Requiem in F minor C 8 as well as music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer »Access to the light through the voice« is […]
Feldeinsamkeit
Feldeinsamkeit
Programme: Songs by Johannes Brahms and contemporaries Besides his symphonies, string quartets and piano music, Johannes Brahms was a prolific composer of Lieder throughout his career. […]
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Zu neuen Ufern
Zu neuen Ufern
Programme: Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony in one movement George Gershwin: »By Strauss« and »Summertime« Kurt Weill: »Youkali« and »Lost in the Stars« Erich Wolfgang Korngold: »Glück, […]
New African Jazz
New African Jazz
Programme: An Afropolitan singer-songwriter musical journey interweaving personal stories with modern jazz and African groove Raised between Illinois in the US and Zambia in Africa, Somi […]
Il Concerto Segreto
Il Concerto Segreto
Programme: Madrigals by Luzzasco Luzzaschi as well as music by Luca Marenzio, Claudio Monteverdi and Francesca Caccini Under the reign of the d’Este family, the north […]
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