Gustav Mahler Music Weeks

Gustav Mahler Music Weeks Toblach 2026



The 45th Gustav Mahler Music Weeks will take place in Toblach from 11 July to 5 September 2026 under the theme “The Beginning.” Alongside long-standing Artistic Director Josef Lanz, Dirk Kaftan will shape the festival programme for the first time.



Highlights include concerts by the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, and the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, as well as performances by promising young international artists. The programme is complemented by lectures, a symposium, the traditional hike to Gustav Mahler’s composing hut, and special encounters with guests such as Massimo Cacciari and Reinhold Messner.



The concerts take place in the Gustav Mahler Hall of the Grand Hotel Cultural Centre Toblach, surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of the Dolomites.



Programme 2026:



11 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate

Michael Francis, Chief Conductor



13 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Trio Orelon – Judith Stapf (violin), Arnau Rovira i Bascompte (cello), Marco Sanna (piano)



14 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Windkraft – Ensemble for Contemporary Music

Michael Cede (flute), Kasper de Roo (conductor)



15 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Korossy Quartet with Valentin Magyar (piano)



16 July 2026 | 3:30 pm | Hall of Mirrors

Lecture: Paul Naredi-Rainer – “Ab Initio… On Beginnings in the Arts”

16 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Sepski Botond & Valentin Magyar, piano



17 July 2026 | 3:30 pm | Hall of Mirrors

Lecture: Sybille Werner

17 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Beethoven Orchestra Bonn (Orchestra in Residence)

Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Dirk Kaftan (conductor)



18 July 2026 | 3:30 pm

Lecture: Massimo Cacciari

18 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Dirk Kaftan (conductor)



21 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento

Michele Mariotti (conductor), Hasmik Torosyan (soprano)



22 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Julian Kainrath (violin) & Anton Gerzenberg (piano)



23 July 2026 | 6:00 pm | Kulturkeller

Lecture Concert with Alexandra Segal (piano)



25 July 2026 | 6:00 pm

Mahler Orchestra Toblach

Sybille Werner (conductor), Verena Kronbichler (mezzo-soprano)



26 July 2026 | 8:00 pm | Grand Hotel Park

Toblach Wind Band

Sigisbert Mutschlechner (conductor)



1 August 2026 | 6:00 pm

Music Academy of the German National Academic Foundation



8 August 2026 | 6:00 pm

Bavarian State Youth Orchestra

Ustina Dubitsky (conductor)



5 September 2026 | 6:00 pm

Gustav Mahler Academy

Philipp von Steinaecker (conductor)