VAN Festival Guide 2026
Grafenegg Summer Sounds and Festival
June 11 to August 8, 2026 | August 14 to September 6, 2026
Grafenegg, Austria (Wolkenturm, Auditorium, Rudolf Buchbinder Hall)
The program for the anniversary summer of 2026 is an ambitious one, with artists from the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. The festival brings leading stars of the international music scene to Grafenegg, including Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov, Riccardo Muti and Yuja Wang.
Highlights
- Friday, August 14, 2026, 19:30 Uhr, Wolkenturm
Festival Opening with Philharmonia Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru, Nikola Hillebrand, Nicholas Phan, Germán Olvera, Rudolf Buchbinder, the Wiener Singverein, and the Wiener Chormädchen. Program: works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Carl Orff - Samstag, 22. August 2026, 19:30 Uhr, Wolkenturm
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani, and Rudolf Buchbinder perform works by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonntag, 30. August 2026, 19:15 Uhr, Wolkenturm
“Die tote Stadt“ by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, performed by Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, Axel Kober, Eric Cutler, Camilla Nylund, and Samuel Hasselhorn - Donnerstag, 3. September 2026, 19:00 Uhr, Wolkenturm
Vienna Philharmonic and Tugan Sokhiev perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gustav Mahler.
VAN Festival Guide 2026
A selection of classical music festivals, featuring concert highlights, deep dives and an easy way to plan the things you won’t want to miss.