From July 17 to 19, 2026, the fifth Schubert Festival took place in the compressor hall of the Hansa Coking Plant industrial monument, in cooperation with the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur, featuring three concerts and a lecture by Prof. Michael Stegemann. Thanks to the funding provided by the RAG-Stiftung the International Schubert Competition Dortmund was once again able to hold the festival with three concerts featuring its prize winners and other artists.
Opening Concert
Liederabend with Giacomo Schmidt & Jong Sun Woo
Fr, 17. July 2026 | 19:30h
Kompressorenhalle Kokerei Hansa
Program:
Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D 795
Giacomo Schmidt, Baritone
Jong Sun Woo, Piano
Piano Recital: Schubert & Liszt
Maximilian Kromer
Sa, 18. July 2026 | 19:30h
Kompressorenhalle Kokerei Hansa
Program:
Franz Schubert: Valses Nobles D 969, 1-3
Schubert/Liszt: Sei mir gegrüßt, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Ständchen
Franz Schubert: Valses Nobles D 969, 4-6
Franz Schubert: Sonate Es-Dur, D 568
Franz Schubert: Valses Nobles D 969, 7-9
Franz Liszt: Soirées de Vienne Nr. 4, 6, 9
Franz Schubert: Valses Nobles D 969, 10-12
Franz Schubert: Wanderer Fantasie D 760
Maximilian Kromer, Piano
18:00h: Free lecture with Prof. Michael Stegemann: “Schuberts Virtuosity”
Closing Concert
Erika Geldsetzer, Geunpyo Park, Gustav Rivinius, Fanyu Zeng
Sun, 19. July 2026 | 11:00h
Kompressorenhalle Kokerei Hansa
Program:
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 B flat major, op. 99
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 E flat major, op. 100
Erika Geldsetzer, Violin
Gustav Rivinius, Violoncello
Geunpyo Park, Piano
Fanyu Zeng, Piano
The Schubert Fest
Founded in 2017, the International Schubert FestDortmund is an event hosted by the International Schubert Competition Dortmund in cooperation with the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur. The Schubert Fest takes place biennially, falling in the years between the editions of the International Schubert Competition Dortmund.
The compressor hall of the “Kokerei Hansa” serves as an atmospheric backdrop, providing an ideal and unique venue for the festival. While the program is not exclusively focused on Franz Schubert, his compositional oeuvre—particularly his many hidden treasures that are rarely performed—remains at the heart of the festival’s programming. This intimate and deeply personal music by Schubert, combined with the massive machinery inside the compressor hall, turns every concert into a unique experience.
The cooperation with the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur has enabled exciting further development, so that the three-day “International Schubert Fest Dortmund” is now regularly held together in the years between competitions under the motto “Classical Music Meets Coking Plant” (Klassik trifft Kokerei). By holding the Schubert Festival in the competition-free years, it has been possible to create a top-tier platform for prize winners to network and exchange ideas with other artists. The combination of these two event formats ensures the sustainable establishment of a very special cultural event in Dortmund.
You can find more information about the Kokerei Hansa here on the website of the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur.
We would like to sincerely thank the partners and sponsors of the Schubert Festival Dortmund for their support:
Main Supporter
Cooperation Partners & Sponsors
