NordArt — SHMF: Nils Landgren meets Festival Orchestra

Two Festivals in One Hall

What is happening here in the Carlshütte in Büdelsdorf is a premiere for two of Schleswig-Holstein's cultural heavyweights: NordArt, one of the largest international exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF), one of Germany's most important classical music festivals, will share the same stage for two evenings — the monumental industrial hall of the former Carlshütte in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district.

The Four on Stage

• Nils Landgren — Swedish star trombonist who has navigated between jazz, funk, and classical music for decades. Known for his signature red trombone and his funk unit, but equally adept in acoustic chamber formats.
• Vincent Peirani — French accordion virtuoso, one of the celebrated representatives of modern jazz accordion.
• Michael Wollny — German pianist, Echo Jazz award winner, a boundary-crosser between jazz, classical modernism, and experimental improvisation.
• Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra under Teddy Abrams — the American conductor is the chief of the Louisville Orchestra and a guest resident artist of the SHMF 2026.

The Carlshütte as a Concert Venue

The Carlshütte in Büdelsdorf is a former iron foundry founded in 1827 — Schleswig-Holstein's oldest industrial facility. Since 1999, the site has served as an exhibition space for NordArt, which runs annually from June to early October. The enormous halls with their raw industrial architecture, high ceilings, and unusual acoustics are temporarily transformed into concert halls for the SHMF concerts — a spectacular fusion of contemporary art, classical music, and industrial culture.

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival — Context

Founded in 1986 by Justus Frantz and Leonard Bernstein, the SHMF fills around 200 venues between the North and Baltic Seas every summer — barns, churches, industrial halls, and concert halls. The concept: top-tier music in unconventional spaces, often far from the metropolises. The NordArt evening is among the most tightly booked program items of the year — the monumental hall is usually sold out for both performances.

Büdelsdorf — on the Outskirts of Rendsburg

Büdelsdorf is a town of around 10,000 inhabitants in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, located immediately northwest of the city of Rendsburg. The Carlshütte site — now a cultural area and NordArt location — is the town's defining point of identification.