Since 1997, the stars of the classical music scene and promising young artists have been guests in Heidelberg in the spring. The core of the festival is the meeting of people through music. The artists, the audience and the festival team are in lively exchange. In 2022, the Musikfestival celebrated its 25th birthday.
Each festival edition is unique. Each year, new programmatic focal points are set, inviting a change of perspective and a reconsideration of supposedly old familiarities.
Since the beginning of the 2022/23 season, Igor Levit has been Co-Artistic Director of the Musikfestival alongside Artistic Director Thorsten Schmidt. Together, they are pursuing the goal of further promoting the Musikfestival as a platform for up-and-coming artists and for format development. They define it as a space for discourse and the exchange of ideas. Collaboration with other cultural partners, the inclusion of current communication possibilities in the digital sphere and ecologically sustainable program development are at the heart of the collaboration.
The next edition of the Musikfestival will take place from March 14 - April 19, 2026.