Goldmund Festival Kloster Irsee
International Chamber Music Festival in the Swabian Kloster Irsee
About Goldmund Festival Irsee
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The Goldmund Festival was launched in 2025 as a new platform for chamber music in Southern Germany. The initiators are the four musicians of the Goldmund Quartet: Florian Schötz and Pinchas Adt (violin), Christoph Vandory (viola), and Raphael Paratore (cello). The venue is the impressive Kloster Irsee, a former Benedictine monastery on the edge of the Allgäu region – today the Swabian Conference and Education Centre of the district of Swabia.
Format: A Packed Weekend
Unlike the large summer academies, the Goldmund Festival focuses on a single, very densely programmed weekend. Over three days, an opening concert, a matinee, a themed concert, a 'Late Night Folk Songs' soirée, a Stradivarius presentation series, and a finale with songs and string quartet are offered – complemented by monastery tours and an exhibition of historical instruments from Tarisio Fine Instruments.
Program Profile and Guests
Artistic direction: the Goldmund Quartet itself, playing on instruments from the collection of Florian Leonhard / Tarisio (Stradivarius and contemporaries). Invited guests include tenor Julian Prégardien, pianist Anna Gebhardt, and guitarist Carlotta Dalia. The program is supplemented by its own children's and outreach format: on May 16, 2026, there will be a children's concert in Memmingen, hosted by Julian Janssen ('Checker Julian' from KiKA).
Kloster Irsee – The Venue
Kloster Irsee is located between Kaufbeuren and Memmingen in the Ostallgäu region. The baroque monastery complex – library, festival hall, former monastery church – offers acoustically and atmospherically exceptional concert halls. Travel by shuttle from Kaufbeuren train station can be booked through the festival office; overnight stays are possible directly at the monastery or in the surrounding towns.
District of Swabia as Patron
The festival is supported by the district of Swabia, underscoring the district's commitment to promoting classical music and education in Swabia. In spring 2026, the district of Swabia confirmed the continuation of the festival and set the last weekend of June 2026 as the date.
Goldmund Festival Irsee — edition 2026
2nd Edition of the Goldmund Festival
Following the successful premiere in 2025, the Goldmund Festival will continue from June 26 to 28, 2026, at Kloster Irsee. The Goldmund Quartet curates a packed weekend with five concerts, a Stradivarius presentation, an instrument exhibition, and monastery tours – supplemented by a children's concert on May 16, 2026, in Memmingen.
The festival is supported by the district of Swabia together with the Goldmund Quartet. Tickets and passes are available online via goldmundfestival.com and Eventim-Light.
Programme Goldmund Festival Irsee 2026
2026 Schedule
Friday, June 26, 2026
- 7:30 PM – Opening Concert with the Goldmund Quartet: String Quartets by Joseph Haydn, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Franz Schubert
Saturday, June 27, 2026
- 11:00 AM – Matinee with pianist Anna Gebhardt, guitarist Carlotta Dalia, and the Goldmund Quartet
- 12:00 PM – Kloster Irsee Monastery Tour
- 3:30 PM – Lecture on Antonio Stradivari and his Contemporaries, supplemented by an exhibition of historical instruments from Tarisio Fine Instruments
- 5:00 PM – Kloster Irsee Monastery Tour
- 7:30 PM – Paganini Soirée: Works by the 'Devil's Violinist', including Carlotta Dalia on guitar
- 9:30 PM – Late Night Folk Songs: joint concert evening dedicated to international folk traditions
Sunday, June 28, 2026
- 11:00 AM – Closing Matinee with tenor Julian Prégardien, pianist Anna Gebhardt, and the Goldmund Quartet: Song cycles by Robert Schumann and string quartet by Johannes Brahms
Advance Children's Concert
- May 16, 2026 – Children's concert in Memmingen, hosted by Julian Janssen ('Checker Julian', KiKA)
Highlights Goldmund Festival Irsee 2026
- 2nd edition of the festival – Opening on June 26, 2026, in the festival hall of Kloster Irsee
- Star guests: Tenor Julian Prégardien, guitarist Carlotta Dalia, pianist Anna Gebhardt
- Paganini Soirée and 'Late Night Folk Songs' on Saturday
- Stradivarius lecture with instrument exhibition (Tarisio Fine Instruments)
- Children's concert on May 16, 2026, in Memmingen with 'Checker Julian'
Prices Goldmund Festival Irsee 2026
- Single tickets: approx. €20–€35 (concession seats from €10)
- Day pass: from €20
- Festival pass: from €40, various categories up to approx. €100
Sales directly via goldmundfestival.com as well as via Eventim/Eventim-Light and at all Eventim advance booking offices.
Practical information — Goldmund Festival Irsee
Getting There
By train to Kaufbeuren (10 km), from there take the festival shuttle (registration via [email protected]) or a taxi. By car via the A7 (Memmingen) or A96 (Munich–Lindau). Parking is available directly at the monastery.
Accommodation
Accommodation is available at Kloster Irsee itself (Swabian Conference and Education Centre) or in the surrounding towns of Kaufbeuren and Marktoberdorf.
Tickets
Single concerts approx. €20–€35, day passes from €20, festival passes from €40 (various pass categories up to approx. €100). Sales via goldmundfestival.com as well as Eventim and Eventim-Light.
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