Press releases
Here you find the latest press releases:
27 February 2025
The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2025
From 5 July to 31 August 2025, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF) will focus on the music metropolis of Istanbul and the pianist Fazıl Say. The programme also includes a special anniversary: Germany's largest classical music festival is celebrating its 40th edition!
August 31st, 2024
Istanbul becomes the city focus of the SHMF 2025
Centuries-old bazaars next to modern skyscrapers, prayer chants against the roar of a metropolis of 16-million metropolis, music by Johann Sebastian Bach next to Anatolian folklore: Istanbul is a vibrant place of exciting contrasts. In the coming festival summer, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF) is dedicating a special focus to the city on the Bosporus.