vielklang Festival Tübingen

vielklang — Classical Music with an Educational DNA

The vielklang Festival is one of the youngest, yet already firmly established classical festivals in Baden-Württemberg. It is characterized not by sheer concert density, but by an unusual combination of top-tier concerts and music education work: Renowned artists from around the world meet young emerging talents, and the audience experiences not only finished performances but also rehearsal processes, workshops, and educational performances.

sing!@tübingen — The Young Voices

The heart of the educational work is sing!@tübingen — a project for children aged 8 to 12. Over several weeks leading up to the festival, the participating children rehearse a classical opera production with professional musical direction. During the festival week from September 6 to 12, 2026, the opera performance runs every weekday — and on September 12, the highlight: a concert with a professional orchestra where the children combine their voices with trained musicians. This model is unusual — most classical festivals reduce education to school concerts and children's workshops; at vielklang, it plays a leading role.

FYM — Film Music Composition for Young People

Another cornerstone is FYM (Filmmusik Young Movement) — a composition workshop for young people aged 13 to 18. Participants write their own film scores for given silent film sequences during the festival, are mentored by professional composers, and perform the results at the festival's end. FYM has already produced several composers who now work professionally for film and TV.

Master Classes and Historically Informed Performance Practice

In addition, vielklang offers masterclasses for string quartets (often with amateur and semi-professional ensembles), workshops on historically informed performance practice, and a choir and orchestra project for adult amateurs. These offerings make the festival a workshop — not just a series of concerts.

Concerts with Top Artists

The public concert program for 2026 runs at various venues in Tübingen — Stiftskirche, Hohentübingen Castle, Tübingen Concert Halls. It mixes internationally renowned soloists and ensembles with the festival's emerging talents. The exact concert program for 2026 will be published on vielklang.org — tickets via the official festival website and tuebingen-info.de.

Tübingen — The University City as a Festival Backdrop

Tübingen is one of Germany's most beautiful university cities. The old town with Hohentübingen Castle, the Stiftskirche, the Neckar river with its punting boats — all this provides a backdrop that uniquely shapes the festival. vielklang consciously uses these spaces: concerts in historic halls, rehearsals at the festival office at Ebertstraße 23, encounters in the city center's cafés.