Klangbilder - music in combination with fine art, culinary diversity and relaxation in the dreamlike surroundings of the Lilienberg above Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Untersee.

KLANGBILDER at the Lake Constance Chamber Music Festival
A delight for all the senses on the Lilienberg, Ermatingen

The quality, creativity and atmosphere of the small but exquisite Lake Constance Chamber Music Festival will inspire and offer a weekend full of music in combination with visual arts, culinary variety and relaxation in the dreamlike surroundings of the Lilienberg above Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Untersee from August 29 to 31, 2025.

Music can create and trigger images. This year's festival is dedicated to precisely this phenomenon under the motto "Sound Images". Each of the three evening concerts presents musical works in combination with an artistic-visual realization.

Mussorgsky's piano cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition", for example, will be performed with a live video projection of Kandinsky's congenial translation of the music into his own formal language. Masked figures, bright colors and swirling musical notes by Swiss Art Brut artist Adolf Wölfli, which directly inspired the composer, dance across the screen to Richard Dubugnon's piano sextet "Rundtanz". And in the final concert, artist Maryleen Schiltkamp draws inspiration from Shostakovich's second piano trio in her live music painting project. The painting is created on the canvas in sync with the musical movement and the sound colors. The concert hall becomes a studio!

Other colorful works such as the Septet for Trumpet, Strings and Piano op. 65 by Saint-Saëns, César Franck's Piano Quintet, Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio and works by Boccherini, W.F. Bach, Schubert and others complete the program. The festival ensemble consists of renowned international musical greats such as the Swiss Piano Trio (Angela Golubeva, violin; Franz Ortner, cello; Martin Lucas Staub, piano), Sergio Azzolini, bassoon, Markus Graf, trumpet, Rustem Monasypov, violin, Ivona Krapikaite, viola, Paul Marleyn, cello, Richard Dubugnon, double bass as well as Kateryna Tereshchenko and Christian Staub, piano.

A public workshop for bassoon with Sergio Azzolini and a matinée also present young musical talents who inspire with their virtuosity - the talent promotion of the Lake Constance Chamber Music Festival.

Nestled in a well-tended park with a view of the lake, the Lilienberg is a place where relaxation and culture are ideally combined. Guests stay in stylish accommodation, enjoy excellent cuisine on the lakeside terrace or in the elegant restaurant, swim in the indoor pool or discover the charming landscape and interesting cultural sites on day trips.


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