Festival
Orchestras from all over the world
Extraordinary artistsThe Grafenegg Festival is the highlight of the season. The Wolkenturm was built for this purpose, and it still makes the greatest impression: large orchestras under the direction of the leading conductors of our time, and the programme includes only the best that the rich repertoire of music history has to offer.
The most beautiful time of the year
The Grafenegg FestivalOver four weekends from mid-August to early September, the Grafenegg Festival 2025 takes place at the various venues in the Schlosspark, the castle’s magnificent grounds.
Festival Weekend 1
14 August – 17 August 2025Festival-Eröffnung
Tonkunstler Orchestra · Katia & Marielle Labèque · Fabien Gabel
POULENC / STRAUSS
European Union Youth Orchestra
Iván FischerEuropean Union Youth Orchestra · Alina Ibragimova · Iván Fischer
ENESCU / TSCHAIKOWSKI / STRAWINSKI
Rudolf Buchbinder
Nikolaj Szeps-ZnaiderSCHUBERT / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN
Festival Weekend 2
21 August – 24 August 2025Tonkünstler-Orchester
Gustavo GimenoTonkunstler Orchestra · Kirill Gerstein · Gustavo Gimeno
TCHAIKOVSKY / DVOŘÁK
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Anne-Sophie MutterRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra · Anne-Sophie Mutter · Vasily Petrenko
WILLIAMS
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily PetrenkoRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra · Bruce Liu · Vasily Petrenko
GRIEG / RACHMANINOW / RIMSKI-KORSAKOW
Festival Weekend 3
28 August – 31 August 2025Tschechische Philharmonie
Gautier CapuçonCzech Philharmonic · Gautier Capuçon · Petr Popelka
DVOŘÁK
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Alexandra DovganTonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich · Alexandra Dovgan · David Afkham
SAINT-SAËNS / BRUCKNER
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
María DueñasNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester · María Dueñas · Alan Gilbert
LINDBERG / BRUCH / MUSSORGSKI
Festival Weekend 4
03 September – 07 September 2025Wiener Philharmoniker
Franz Welser-MöstVienna Philharmonic · Franz Welser-Möst
MOZART / TCHAIKOVSKY
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniel HardingOrchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma · Rudolf Buchbinder · Daniel Harding
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf BuchbinderHong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra · Rudolf Buchbinder · Jaap van Zweden
WAGNER / BEETHOVEN