Carinthia's Carinthian summer 2025: Culture highlights at a glance!

Carinthia's Carinthian summer 2025: Culture highlights at a glance!

Sirnitz, Österreich - The Carinthian summer 2025 stands at the door and promises a rich cultural experience in Carinthia. In a few weeks, on June 28, 2025, the festival starts with a world literary world premiere: "Zöglinge" by Schenja Berkowitsch, a piece read by Birgit Minichmayr. This event takes place at 8:00 p.m. in the Klagenfurt chamber light. Tickets are available for € 35, with reduced places for € 10 against seat reservation. Payment can be conveniently paid by Visa, MasterCard, Diners, American Express or Sofort Transfer. The detailed information about the festival can be found [here] (https://carinthischersommer.at/Programm/).

A highlight of the opening is the concert on July 5, 2025, where Sharon came, Georg Nigl, composer HK Gruber with his work "Fintango" and the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna. The concert begins at 7.30 p.m. in the Villach Congress Center. The day before, visitors await the overture I: "Luce", in which Patric Nolz plays with the Chamber Orchestra Basel. The event will take place on July 3, 2025 in the parish church of Villach.

versatile program and other events

The program of the Carinthian summer includes other important events, including the overture II, which will take place on July 4, 2025. As part of the festival, numerous other important concerts also take place, such as the appearance of Julia Hagen as a festival artist on July 6th. She will play "Himmelhochzwei" with the harpist Anneleen Lenaerts. On the same day, Haydn's "Small Organ Solomesse" is premiered.

A special focus is on the newly introduced “listening around”, a festival in the festival, which includes all 15 string quartets by Dmitri Schostakovich and takes place between July 26 and August 2, 2025. Another cultural enrichment awaits the audience with the performance of Claudio Monteverdis Marienvesper on July 11, 2025 in the parish church of St. Jakob, Villach.

The cozy sounds of the Balkans Paradise Orchestra with their program "Brass.groove.fun" on July 18 and Rudolf Buchbinder's return on July 19 expand the musical offer. The improvisation of Gabriela Montero about Carinthian songs on July 25, 2025 will also be exciting, in the art of sound and regional identity.

sporting events and music festival in Sirnitz

parallel to the cultural events, the "2nd Hinti Cup" in Sirnitz, organized by Martin "Hinti" Hinteregger and his father Franz. This sporting event attracts numerous fans from Germany and Austria and is accompanied by a twilight pint on June 15th in the inn, where the music group "The 3 Wildenrer" ensures entertainment. The first preliminary round games kicked off on June 16 at 3 p.m. on the sports field in Sirnitz. At 6.30 p.m. the beer tapping takes place in the marquee, accompanied by a musical appearance of the "Junge Wernberger".

whether culture or sport, Carinthia offers an extensive program this summer that will captivate both locals and visitors. For more information about the detailed program, you can read here. The Carinthian Summer will certainly be a feast for the senses and promises unforgettable experiences.