The Herrenchiemsee Festival was founded by Enoch zu Guttenberg and was one of the conductor’s many passions. In 2000, he tested the suitability of the Hall of Mirrors in Herrenchiemsee Royal Palace as a concert hall with a seven-day “Bach Festival”. The following year, the Herrenchiemsee Festival was born, which has since developed into an institution in international musical life: a concept festival with an unmistakable profile and the highest artistic standards. The concerts are a unique experience in both artistic and aesthetic terms.
"Artificial Paradises: Dream Landscapes in Music" When Charles Baudelaire published his essay "Les Paradis artificiels" in 1860, he was concerned at first only with a critical confrontation with the (already) fashionable recreational drugs hashish and opium. By...
"With the World - Against the World: Music in Harmony and in Conflict with its Time" The motto of the 2004 festival referred to Ludwig II. Today, the King of Bavaria is the archetype of the cliché of the "unrecognized genius", whom it was left to posterity to...