Program
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Presence
Whitsun Festival Baden-BadenThe SWR Symphonieorchester returns to its origins. The PRESENCE Festival is dedicated to groundbreaking works of modernity since Ludwig van Beethoven. In 2022 the focus will be on the composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. Members of the orchestra can also be experienced in jazz and chamber music programs.
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La Capitale d'été
Summer Festival Baden-BadenBaden-Baden was once nicknamed the "Summer Capital of Europe". Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, joins the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in harking back to the Romantic era and to Johannes Brahms, who adopted Baden-Baden as his home, and his neighbour and friend Clara Schumann.
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The World of John Neumeier
Dance Festival Baden-BadenJohn Neumeier and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden are linked by an artistic friendship that has lasted a quarter of a century. In this festival, the Festspielhaus is now laying the city of Baden-Baden at the feet of the choreographer and long-time Hamburg ballet director. His world has a fine address here.
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La Grande Gare
Autumn Festival Baden-BadenThe Baden-Baden Autumn Festival will be dedicated to Europe’s musical heritage. In 2022, in the place where the Orient Express once entered the old Baden-Baden railway station, conductors Thomas Hengelbrock and Teodor Currentzis will devote themselves to central works of European music theater.
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Takeover
The young festivalWhat will the festival of the future look like? What interests young adults in culture in 2022? How great are the threshold fears, how great is the curiosity about their own creativity? The new festival Takeover wants to address all of this. Young adults grab house, technology and stage and start with the future already today.
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Easter Festival Baden-Baden
Berliner PhilharmonikerIn 2022, the Easter Festival with the Berliner Philharmoniker will be devoted to central works by Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Igor Stravinsky. Only in Baden-Baden can the orchestra be heard in a staged opera production, this year in The Queen of Spades. The Festival will be rounded out with symphony concerts, a gala, and chamber music.