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From June 18 - 21, 2026, the 13th Music Days at Hundsmarktmühle will take place under the artistic direction of Cornelia Herrmann. Under the motto “Mask Games”, the audience can look forward to a diverse program featuring four concerts and a youth workshop at the idyllic Hundsmarktmühle on Lake Fuschl. “There will be chamber music from different eras and cultural traditions that – also in connection with pantomime – unfolds its narrative power and transports the audience to other worlds,” describes Cornelia Herrmann this year's program.

Five concerts are available to choose from:

To open the Music Days at Hundsmarktmühle on Thursday, June 18, the ensemble “The Erlkings” will perform. The musicians dedicate themselves to art songs of the Romantic era and translate them into a modern sound language with great sensitivity. Through unusual instrumentation and sensitive English translations of the song lyrics, they open new pathways to songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms.
Under the title “Hidden Worlds”, the concert on Friday, June 19 will include two piano trios for piano, violin, and cello. In Beethoven's so-called “Ghost Trio,” sound images of mysterious phenomena emerge. In contrast, Shostakovich's Piano Trio in E minor is a deeply moving work created in memory of a deceased friend and also reflects the internal conflicts of the composer.
Young talents from the region will be the focus of the afternoon workshop on Saturday, June 21, again in cooperation with the Musikum Hof and Musikum Salzburg.

Referring to the Commedia dell’Arte, the evening concert “Pulicinella & Arlecchino” will take place on Saturday, June 20. Alongside “Danse macabre” by Saint-Saëns and the “Suite Italienne” by Stravinsky, Mozart's rarely performed “Music for a Pantomime” will also be heard. The renowned Austrian director Markus Kupferblum will stage this work of the Commedia dell’Arte.
In conclusion, the audience can look forward to the matinée on Sunday, June 21 under the title “Masquerade of Souls.”
In addition to excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet” by Prokofiev, “Bunraku” for solo cello, a work by Toshiro Mayuzumi that leads into the world of traditional Japanese puppet theater Bunraku, will be performed.
Cornelia Herrmann sets a striking contrast with Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major, in which the two alter egos, Florestan and Eusebius, reflect the multi-layered inner world of the composer.


Thu, June 18: Opening concert `The Erlkings´, 7:00 PM
Fri, June 19: Concert `Hidden Worlds´, 7:00 PM
Sat, June 20: Youth Workshop, 3:00 PM
Sat, June 20: Concert `Pulicinella & Arlecchino´, 7:00 PM
Sun, June 21: Matinée `Masquerade of Souls´, 11:00 AM


Info about program and tickets: musiktagehundsmarktmuehle.com

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