Brahms Festivals and Special Events

Brahms Festivals and Special Events

Sources for current Festival Information (not exclusive to Brahms's music):

Special Events from 1997 ~ A Brahms Anniversary Year:

Johannes Brahms Museum, Peterstrasse 39, 20355 Hamburg

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe: Johannes Brahms & his Times, Steintorplatz 1, 20099 Hamburg

Hamburg City Tour: "From the Musikhalle to Michel"

Brahms Program Book. A comprehensive program book on concerts and events scheduled in Hamburg for the Brahms-Year 1997.

Brahms Festivals:

Orchestras

March 1997 Ein Deutsches Requiem
Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

March 19, 1997
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Ein deutsches Requiem performed by L'Orchestra symphonique des Jeunes de Bruxelles and the Brussels Choral Society (Marc Collet, Conductor)

May 29-31, 1997 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Brahms Festival,
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Chamber music, symphonies, Lieder, piano solo and duets and lecture/presentations
Contact: Mary I. Ingraham

Chamber Festivals

September 19 - 22, 1996 INT. MUSIKFEST "BRAHMS!..."
Concerts at the Brahms-Museum, Mürzzuschlag am Semmering

January 1997 Brahms Chamber Music Concerts
Six concerts of music by Johannes Brahms at Northwestern University

January 14 -
May 4, 1997 A Celebration of Titans:
Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, at Alice Tully Hall

January 4 -
December 31, 1997 Lieben Sie Brahms?
"Do you love Brahms?" was the motto for a major Music Festival that took place in Hamburg throughout 1997.
Concerts and Lectures coordinated by the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.

April 3 -
May 31, 1997 Brahms Festival in The Hague

September 17 - 21, 1997 BRAHMS! Die Meisterjahre 1877-1885
Concerts and special events at the Brahms-Museum,
Mürzzuschlag am Semmering

September 13 - 17, 2000 Brahms und die Herzogenbergs
Concerts at the Brahms-Museum, Mürzzuschlag am Semmering

Conferences

March 23 - April 17, 1997 "Brahms in den Bädern: Baden-Baden - Wiesbaden - Bad Ischl - Karlsruhe", Baden-Baden
Presented by the City of Baden-Baden with Joachim Draheim and Ute Reimann
Draheim and Reimann produced an illustrated catalogue which can be obtained from the Brahmshaus in Baden-Baden.

April 17-20,1997 Brahms the Contemporary: Perspectives on Two Centuries,
Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA.

June 12 - 14, 1997 Symposium on Brahms Piano Music
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Contact: John Salmon, Director Tel 910-334-5431

July 10 - 13, 1997 Brahms Conference
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
(See Scholars page for selected speakers)

October 22-27, 1997 Internationaler Brahms-Kongress in Gmunden
Under the direction of Otto Biba and Ingid Fuchs
Sponsored by the Österreiche Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft, and the Brucknerbund Gmunden
(See Scholars page for selected speakers)
November 18-22, 1997 "Schubert and Brahms Festival", Washington, D.C.
Presented by the Library of Congress
(See Scholars page for selected speakers)
November 28-29, 1997 "L'oeuvre instrumentale de Brahms: Forme, langage, style", Paris, France
Presented by the Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, with the Goethe Institute, the Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres d'Allemagne, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
(See Scholars page for selected speakers)

Da capo

This list was prepared by Mary I. Ingraham and is provided as a free
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Last updated September 2002

September 19 - 22, 1996	INT. MUSIKFEST "BRAHMS!..." Concerts at the Brahms-Museum, Mürzzuschlag am Semmering
January 1997	Brahms Chamber Music Concerts Six concerts of music by Johannes Brahms at Northwestern University
January 14 - May 4, 1997	A Celebration of Titans: Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, at Alice Tully Hall
January 4 - December 31, 1997	Lieben Sie Brahms? "Do you love Brahms?" was the motto for a major Music Festival that took place in Hamburg throughout 1997. Concerts and Lectures coordinated by the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.
April 3 - May 31, 1997	Brahms Festival in The Hague
September 17 - 21, 1997	BRAHMS! Die Meisterjahre 1877-1885 Concerts and special events at the Brahms-Museum, Mürzzuschlag am Semmering
September 13 - 17, 2000	Brahms und die Herzogenbergs Concerts at the Brahms-Museum, Mürzzuschlag am Semmering

	Johannes Brahms Museum, Peterstrasse 39, 20355 Hamburg
	Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe: Johannes Brahms & his Times, Steintorplatz 1, 20099 Hamburg
	Hamburg City Tour: "From the Musikhalle to Michel"
	Brahms Program Book. A comprehensive program book on concerts and events scheduled in Hamburg for the Brahms-Year 1997.

March 1997	Ein Deutsches Requiem Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
March 19, 1997	Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Ein deutsches Requiem performed by L'Orchestra symphonique des Jeunes de Bruxelles and the Brussels Choral Society (Marc Collet, Conductor)
May 29-31, 1997	Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Brahms Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA Chamber music, symphonies, Lieder, piano solo and duets and lecture/presentations Contact: Mary I. Ingraham

March 23 - April 17, 1997	"Brahms in den Bädern: Baden-Baden - Wiesbaden - Bad Ischl - Karlsruhe", Baden-Baden Presented by the City of Baden-Baden with Joachim Draheim and Ute Reimann Draheim and Reimann produced an illustrated catalogue which can be obtained from the Brahmshaus in Baden-Baden.
April 17-20,1997	Brahms the Contemporary: Perspectives on Two Centuries, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA.
June 12 - 14, 1997	Symposium on Brahms Piano Music University of North Carolina at Greensboro Contact: John Salmon, Director Tel 910-334-5431
July 10 - 13, 1997	Brahms Conference University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (See Scholars page for selected speakers)
October 22-27, 1997	Internationaler Brahms-Kongress in Gmunden Under the direction of Otto Biba and Ingid Fuchs Sponsored by the Österreiche Akademie der Wissenschaften, the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft, and the Brucknerbund Gmunden (See Scholars page for selected speakers)
November 18-22, 1997	"Schubert and Brahms Festival", Washington, D.C. Presented by the Library of Congress (See Scholars page for selected speakers)
November 28-29, 1997	"L'oeuvre instrumentale de Brahms: Forme, langage, style", Paris, France Presented by the Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, with the Goethe Institute, the Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres d'Allemagne, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. (See Scholars page for selected speakers)