The anticipation is already building: the dates and initial program details for
the Audi Summer Concerts 2023 have been fixed. The concerts will take place
from June 23 to mid-July 2023 in Ingolstadt. Advance ticket booking is now open
for two concerts: a performance by the Signum Quartet from Bremen and a
special collaboration between the Audi Young Persons’ Choral Academy and
Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The dates have also been set for the popular
open-air concerts in Ingolstadt's Klenze Park: Audi would be delighted to see
you there on June 30, July 1, and July 2.
In a rich calendar of Audi cultural engagement, the Audi Summer Concerts are
an undisputed highlight: With their top-quality performances of classical music
and experimental formats, the concerts are well known and loved in the Ingolstadt
region and beyond. In 2023, the Audi Summer Concerts will take place in
Ingolstadt from June 23 to mid-July. There will be a diverse program for young
and old alike, featuring symphony concerts, chamber music, children’s concerts,
and much more besides. The popular open-air event in Klenze Park will also be
back, this time with three concerts.
Audi is not a sponsor of the summer concerts, but the organizer – and therefore
an innovative promoter of cultural life in Ingolstadt. The summer concerts are
designed as a festival for the whole family. As well as being part of the Audi ArtExperience
cultural initiative, they form part of the corporate citizenship activities of
the Four Rings brand. Audi sees its role as being a good neighbor in the cultural
sector, as elsewhere, with social engagement in the city and the region.
“Between Arcadia and Anarchy” and “Scenes from Goethe’s Faust”
The definitive festival program is still in the works and the full schedule will
be announced in the spring. However, two highlights have already been
confirmed: On June 25, 2023, the Signum Quartet from Bremen will be
performing at the Audi museum mobile. “Between Arcadia and Anarchy”
is the motto of the evening. Part one will feature classic works from the likes
of Schubert, Mozart, and Stravinsky, while part two – titled “Rock Lounge” –
will have tunes from rock bands such as Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Radiohead.
There will also be an experimental flavor to proceedings on July 7 when the
Audi Young Persons’ Choral Academy will team up with the Duisburg Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Auditorium (Festsaal) of Ingolstadt Municipal Theater to perform
Robert Schumann’s “Scenes from Goethe’s Faust” – accompanied by video
visualizations created by director Michael Sturminger, who has been responsible
for the “Everyman” production at the Salzburg Festival since 2017.
The co-production by Audi Summer Concerts and Duisburg Philharmonic
Orchestra signals the direction in which the summer concerts are heading.
In future, the organizers want to focus increasingly on producing their own
concerts so as to give the festival a special character. The musical direction
for the evening will be in the hands of Principal Conductor Axel Kober, who
regularly directs large operatic productions at prestigious venues such as
the world-famous Bayreuth Festival. Soloists will include Franz Josef Selig
as Mephisto, Kerstin Avemo as Gretchen, and Michael Nagy as Faust.
Audi-sponsored soloist from Ukraine
A special feature of this summer’s festival is the participation of the young
violinist Daniil Gonobolin from Ukraine. With the help of Audi sponsorship,
he is studying at the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra’s Karajan Academy.
At Audi Summer Concerts 2023, he will be performing with the Georgian
Chamber Orchestra at the open-air event in Klenze Park. His education is
being funded out of the proceeds from the fund-raising campaign at Audi
Summer Concerts 2022. All revenue from ticket sales in 2022 were allocated
to Ukrainian relief causes. In addition to the support for Gonobolin, a donation
was made to Ingolstadt’s Simon Mayr School for Song and Music, which had
developed a special program to support up to 30 Ukrainian refugee children in
the school year 2022/23.
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