
Salzburg Easter Festival
- Venue
- Large Festival Hall 
 Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg
 
 Horse Riding School / Felsenreitschule
 Hofstallgasse 1, 5020 Salzburg
 
 Mozarteum University, Solitär
 Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg
 
 Mozarteum Foundation, Great Hall
 Schwarzstraße 28, 5020 Salzburg
- Dates
- from 27th March to 6th April 2026 
- Rates
- from € 288.00 to € 713.00 - € 18.00 handling fee once per booking 
 For booking please contact Christine Dirnberger per e-mail or telephone: +43 662 / 88 32 11-25.
- (as of May 2025 – subject to alterations) 
Program 2026
The Easter Festival 2026 will take place from Saturday, 27th March to Monday, 6th April 2026
Friday, 27 March 2026
6.00 pm, Horse Riding School
 DAS RHEINGOLD - Premiere
 New Production
 Opera in Four Scenes (1869) by RICHARD WAGNER
 Text by the composer
 with Christian Gerhaher, Gihoon Kim, Thomas Atkins, Brenton Ryan, Leigh Melrose, Thomas Cilluffo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
  
Saturday, 28 March 2026
3.30 pm, Mozarteum Foundation, Great Hall
 CHAMBER CONCERT I - Tradition and Openness
 Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov & Peter Tchaikowsky
 with Cornelia Gartemann, Christoph von der Nahmer, Martin von der Nahmer, Stephan Koncz, Knut Weber and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
 
 7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 CHORAL CONCERT I - HAYDN
 JOSEPH HAYDN "Die Schöpfung" (Hob XXI.2) Ein Oratorium
 with Daniel Harding (conductor), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Andrew Staples, Konstantin Krimmel, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Sunday, 29 March 2026
3.30 pm, Mozarteum University, Solitär
 CHAMBER CONCERT II - Farewell to a Beautiful World
 Music by Alexander Glasunov & Johannes Brahms
 with Roxana Wisniewska, Harry Ward, Joaquin Riquelme Garcia, Solene Kermarrec, Andraz Golob, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
 
 7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT - BRAHMS / BERLIOZ
 JOHANNES BRAHMS - Konzert für Violine, Violoncello und Orchester a-Moll op. 102, Doppelkonzert
 HECTOR BERLIOZ - Symphonie fantastique op. 14, Episode de la vie d'un artiste, symphonie fantastique en cinq parties
 with Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Noah Bendix-Balgley, Bruno Delepelaire, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Monday, 30 March 2026
3.30 pm, Mozarteum Foundation, Great Hall
 CHAMBER CONCERT III: Counterpart Mozart & Salieri
 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Antonio Salieri
 with Johanna Pichlmair, Eva Rabchevska, Tobias Reifland, Kyoungmin Park, Moritz Huemer, Laszlo Gal, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
 
 7.00 pm, House for Mozart
 PLANET(WANDERER) - Dance
 Austrian premiere
  
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 CHORAL CONCERT II - MAHLER
 GUSTAV MAHLER - 8. Symphonie in Es-Dur für Soli, Knabenchor, zwei gemischte Chöre und Orchester
 with Kirill Petrenko, Jaquelyn Wagner, Golda Schultz, Liv Redpath, Beth Taylor, Fleur Barron, Benjamin Bruns, Gihoon Kim, Le Bu, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Bachchor Salzburg, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
6.00 pm, Horse Riding School
 DAS RHEINGOLD
 New Production
 Opera in Four Scenes (1869) by RICHARD WAGNER
 Text by the composer
 with Christian Gerhaher, Gihoon Kim, Thomas Atkins, Brenton Ryan, Leigh Melrose, Thomas Cilluffo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
  
Thursday, 2 April 2026
7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 BE PHIL ORCHESTRA - MOAZRT / DVORAK
  
Friday, 3 April 2026
3.30 pm, Mozarteum University, Solitär
 CHAMBERCONCERT IV - Between Crisis and Awakening
 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Dmitri Schostakowitsch
 with Hande Küden, Angelo De Leo, Joaquin Riquelme Garcia, Solene Kermarrec, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
 
 7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 CHORAL CONCERT II - MAHLER
 GUSTAV MAHLER - 8. Symphonie in Es-Dur für Soli, Knabenchor, zwei gemischte Chöre und Orchester
 with Kirill Petrenko, Jaquelyn Wagner, Golda Schultz, Liv Redpath, Beth Taylor, Fleur Barron, Benjamin Bruns, Gihoon Kim, Le Bu, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Bachchor Salzburg, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Saturday, 4 April 2026
3.30 pm, Mozarteum Foundation, Great Hall
 CHAMBER CONCERT V - About Animals and Humans
 Music by Giuseppe Cambini, Luciano Berio, Georg Friedrich Haas, Leos Janacek
 with Jelka Weber, Dominik Wollenweber, Andraz Golob, Stefan Schweigert, Johannes Lamotke
 
 7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 ORCHESTRACONCERT - BRUCH / BERLIOZ
 MAX BRUCH - Konzert für Violine und Orchester g-Moll op. 26
 HECTOR BERLIOZ - Symphonie fantastique op. 14
 Episode de la vie d'un artiste, symphonie fantastique en cinq parties
 with Tugan Sokhiev, Janine Jansen, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Sunday, 5 April 2026
7.00 pm, Large Festival Hall
 CHORAL CONCERT I - HAYDN
 GUSTAV MAHLER - 8. Symphonie in Es-Dur für Soli, Knabenchor, zwei gemischte Chöre und Orchester
 with Kirill Petrenko, Jaquelyn Wagner, Golda Schultz, Liv Redpath, Beth Taylor, Fleur Barron, Benjamin Bruns, Gihoon Kim, Le Bu, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Bachchor Salzburg, Berliner Philharmoniker
  
Monday, 6 April 2026
6.00 pm, Horse Riding School
 DAS RHEINGOLD
 New Production
 Opera in Four Scenes (1869) by RICHARD WAGNER
 Text by the composer
 with Christian Gerhaher, Gihoon Kim, Thomas Atkins, Brenton Ryan, Leigh Melrose, Thomas Cilluffo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
  






