Donaueschingen Music Days canceled
The Donaueschingen Music Days 2020 will not take place. The decision was made by the organizers of the oldest and most traditional festival for contemporary music on Monday evening (12 October) in consultation with the festival management.
In view of the ban on accommodation and the drastically worsening corona infection figures, those responsible were forced to take this step. Visitors can have the tickets they have purchased refunded.
The Donaueschingen Music Days were to take place from October 15 to 18. The program included 29 works, 25 of which were world premieres. The Donaueschingen Music Days are organized by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Donaueschingen in cooperation with the city of Donaueschingen and Südwestrundfunk (SWR).
SWR2 will broadcast a rehearsal recording of the opening concert on Friday, October 16 at 8 pm. The SWR Symphonieorchester, conducted by Titus Engel, will play six orchestral miniatures by Klaus Lang, Mica Levi, Cathy Milliken, Lula Romero, Oliver Schneller and Michael Wertmüller - all compositions for small orchestra that were written under special hygiene conditions in view of the festival.
