Year: 2025

Another summer full of music – Opening concert II of the Rheingau Music Festival 2025

Sun. June 22, 2025 | 7 p.m. | Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal | Beatrice Rana, piano; MDR Radio Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu, conductor

The summer of music in the Rheingau has begun again. The picturesque landscape and wine region stretching along the right bank of the Rhine, from Wiesbaden to the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein, is once again the backdrop for the Rheingau Music Festival, founded in 1988 by Michael Herrmann, the festival’s artistic director. From June 21 to September 6, 2025, there will be 154 concerts at 27 venues in Wiesbaden and the Rheingau.

The Opening Concert II took place in the magnificent Friedrich von Thiersch Hall of the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden. “Une barque sur l’océan in F-sharp minor from Miroirs M. 43” by auMrice Ravel (1875-1937) and his Concerto for Piano

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The “Supergau” festival – interaction between art and environmental protection in rural areas

Damour&The Good – Soundcheck at the festival location Superstadl/Foto: Susi Schmalz

From May 23 to June 1, 2025, the Oberpinzgau in the province of Salzburg became a space, a landscape, where art was to find completely new spaces. Forests and meadows, mountains and lakes, national park valleys, especially the Habachtal valley, villages and hay barns became a stage for ten days. The numerous events, which also focused on the interaction between environmental protection and art, were well attended.

For over a year, international artists explored the Pinzgau region, the westernmost region of the province of Salzburg, did research, Continue reading “The “Supergau” festival – interaction between art and environmental protection in rural areas”