Braunschweig Classix Festival

The Braunschweig Classix Festival was an annual classical music festival held in South East Lower Saxony (North Germany), in an area around Braunschweig (Brunswick) located between Hannover (Hanover) and Magdeburg, Wolfsburg and Fürstenberg.

The festival was founded in 1988 by German pianist Hans-Christian Wille as Braunschweiger Kammermusikpodium (KMP).

Diverse Venues such as concert-halls, theaters, historic castles, manor houses, churches and barns are situated in cities such as Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg but also in smaller towns as well as in the countryside.

While maintaining its main focus on classical music some events of jazz and crossover are also included.

Artists that have been presented by Braunschweig Classix include Cecilia Bartoli, Addys Mercedes (Cuba), Mstislav Rostropovich, Juilliard String Quartet, Arcadi Volodos, Lang Lang, Evgeny Kissin, Kenric Tam, Les Tambours Du Bronx, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under James Levine, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta, Philadelphia Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach.