Thursday, June 24, 2021

ARD Radio Festival 2021 slated for June 26-September 17 broadcast

 


For 12 weeks, ARD Kulturwellen will present music, cabaret, novels hot off the press, and in-depth discussions. All offers are also available in the free ARD Audiothek app.

Every day from 8 p.m. to midnight you can look forward to a diverse range of concert highlights, operas, talks, readings, cabaret, and jazz on ARD Kulturwellen .

Elbphilharmonie, Ruhrtriennale, Bayreuth Festival: summer festivals on the radio. The focus is on live broadcasts and recordings of the major summer festivals: a glamorous start to the ARD radio festival with the Waldbühne concert by the Berlin Philharmonic is planned. 

The opening of the Rheingau Music Festival and the opening of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival will also be live - with the pianist Hélène Grimaud , among others- and the opening of the Bayreuth Festival will be broadcast. 

The listeners can also look forward to top-class concerts from the Beethovenfest in Bonn, this year with the Vienna Philharmonic, recordings from the Munich Opera Festival and the Ruhrtriennale, as well as a new production of Don Giovanni from Salzburg. The music Aeterna orchestra and choir play there under the direction of Teodor Currentzis. Further highlights are the concerts with the jazz stars Michael Wollny and Till Brönner.

For additional information, schedule data, and the ARD Audiothek  app, consult: https://www1.wdr.de/ard/radiofestival/ueber-uns-134.html