Rheingau Musik Festival

The Rheingau Musik Festival ( short RMF) takes place every year since 1988 in the region between Wiesbaden and Lorch (Rheingau ). The festival began as a private initiative by Michael Herrmann, the director of the festival is to this day, and other music lovers who were keen to revive the musical life in the Rhine- Main area.

History and present of the festival

First venue was the Eberbach Monastery, which is still one of the main venues of the festival. Standen in the first year only 19 concerts on the program, so grew over the years the number of events and the venues steadily. Meanwhile, the Rheingau Music Festival is one of the leading music festivals in Germany and transformed each year from June to September with over 170 concerts at 50 different venues in the Rheingau a large concert stage.

Despite the focus on " Classical Music " have also jazz, cabaret and literary wine tasting their place in the program. Each year, various topics are set, which are like the composer anniversaries or portraits of composers once or will be retained as a series over several festival vintages - this includes, for example, the theme " In tones broader literature ", where the music and literary texts or letters connected to each other be brought. Even the symphonic works of composers such as Bruckner, Schubert and Shostakovich is devoted an entire series of events.

World-renowned soloists and orchestra guesting on architecturally significant venues, next to the monastery Eberbach, other landmarks of the Rheingau: Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Vollrads, courtyard and wine hall of Schloss Reinhartshausen, the Kurhaus Wiesbaden as well as many smaller churches and old wineries serve the festival as venues.

The RMF is mostly financed privately and uses only small government grants. Sponsors do about half of the funding, while the other half is supported by the proceeds from the tickets. The RMF initiated in 1994 the Rheingau Music Prize, which is awarded annually since then.

Tatiana Princess of Metternich - Winneburg was one of the founding members of the festival, presented the east wing of Schloss Johannisberg as a concert hall available, which was called after the death of her husband Prince von Metternich - hall, and was chairman of the board until her death in 2006. director of administration for a time was Alfred helix.

Following the music festival a "daughter - event series" with readings takes place every year since 1993 in the fall, the Rheingau Festival of Literature, which is always completed with the presentation of the Rheingau Prize for Literature. For the festival -free winter months from January to April, the series " Concert & Brunch" in the wine hall of Schloss Reinhartshausen Kempinski Eltville - Erbach was introduced.

Other venues in the Rheingau Music Festival

  • Eibingen, Abbey of St. Hildegard
  • Eltville, Langwerth of Simmer'nsches Rentamt
  • Eltville, public domain Rauenthal
  • To Knyphausen Erbach, Weingut Baron
  • Frankfurt, the Alte Oper
  • Florsheim am Main, St. Gallus
  • Geisenheim, Parish Church of Holy Cross ( Rheingau Cathedral )
  • Had Home, Winery Balthasar Ress
  • Kelkheim, Rettershof
  • Kiedrich, St. Valentinus
  • Kiedrich, Weingut Robert Weil
  • Lorch, St. Martin
  • Martinsthal, Winery Diefenhardt
  • Mittelheim, of St. Giles
  • Oestrich-Winkel, St. Martin
  • Oestrich-Winkel, Weingut Fritz Allendorf
  • Schlangenbad Park Hotel
  • Wiesbaden, ESWE Atrium
  • Wiesbaden, Kurhaus
  • Wiesbaden, Luther Church
  • Wiesbaden, Market Church
  • Wiesbaden- stone woman, St. George and Catherine

Portrait of the Composer

On the initiative of Walter Fink out represents the Rheingau Musik Festival in the composer's portrait annually a composer before, which manifests itself in a lecture recital itself and its music is listed as an example. The modern ESWE atrium was initially an architecturally appropriate space, but as the number of interested parties grew, the lecture concerts were moved to Schloss Johannisberg. Initially, chamber music has been performed, later more concerts were added, partly in other venues, sometimes sounded composer's music in the context of other music. Since 2006, large- scale works are listed. Some composers played or directed itself

Others

A former event director is Alfred spiral, the current Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

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