Musical Happiness Festival

Immerse yourself in the refined world of chamber music with exceptional concerts in the emblematic places of Lourmarin. From classical repertoire to rarer works, each evening is an invitation to wonder.

2026 program

Thursday 18 June

11:00 - Concert in front of the Three Masks Fountain

• Gioachino Rossini:

Overture to The Barber of Seville for wind quintet
Airs from The Barber of Seville for 2 bassoons Various pieces

19:00 - Gala concert - Fruitière Numérique

• Gioachino Rossini:


Overture to Le Barbier de Séville for wind quintet
Airs from Le Barbier de Séville for 2 bassoons
• W. A. Mozart:
Symphony in G minor KV 550
4th movement Allegro assai
Transcription for 2 violins, viola, viola, cello, cello, cello, cello, double bass and wind quintet •
Paul-Agricole Genin: “Carnaval de Venise” for solo flute and strings • Johann Strauss: “Vergnügunung” for solo flute and strings • Johann Strauss:

“
Vergnügunung” gszug” (Pleasure Train), Polka Rapide op. 281 “Egyptian March” op. 355 “An der Schönen Blauen Donau” (The Beautiful Blue Danube) waltz op. 314
“Tritsch, tratsch” Polka Rapide op. 214

Friday 19 June

20:00 - Concert on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Musical Happiness Festival at the Château de Lourmarin

• Ludwig v. Beethoven:


Trio for piano, flute and bassoon in G major, WoO 37
Allegro - Adagio - Thema Andante con variazioni
• Nadia Boulanger: 3 pieces for cello and piano Tour of the medieval castle • Ludwig v. Beethoven:


Septet in E flat major op. 20 Adagio — Allegro con brio. Adagio cantabile. Tempo di Menuetto. Theme. Andante with Variazioni.
Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace. Andante com moto alla Marcia - Presto.

Saturday 20 June

20:00 - Lourmarin Castle - Concert hall

• Jacques Ibert:

Three short pieces for Allegro wind quintet. Andante. Quite slow - Allegro scherzando.
• Francis Poulenc: Sextet
for piano and winds.
Allegro vivace. Entertainment. Andantino. Finale. Prestissimo.
• Franz Schubert:

Piano quintet in A major D 667 “La Trout”
for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass Allegro vivace. Andante. Scherzo.Presto. Theme with variations. Andantino. Allegro Giusto.

Sunday 21 June

11:00 - Mozart and his heirs at the Château de Lourmarin

• W. A. Mozart:

Oboe quartet in F major KV 370 Allegro. Adagio. Rondeau. Allegretto.
• Alfred Grünfeld:

Vienna Evening op.56 for solo piano
Paraphrase on waltz themes by Johann Strauss from The Bat
• Felix Mendelssohn: String
Quintet No. 2 in B flat major op. 87 Allegro vivace. Allegretto scherzando. Adagio and Lento. Allegro molto vivace.

The musicians 2026:

Matthias Schulz — Flute and artistic director

International soloist and member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra

Marie Isabel Kropfitsch — Violin

First violin of the Munich Symphony Orchestra

Maxim Tzekov — Violin

Hanns Eisler Music School in Berlin

Peter Sagaischek — Viola

Viola solo from the Vienna Volksoper

Josef Hundsbichler — Viola

Member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich

Julia Schreyvogel — Cello

Principal cellist of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Antonia Straka — Cello

Zurich University of the Arts

Yurii Pryriz — Double bass

Contract member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Julia Zulus — Oboe

Member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra

Petra Liedauer — Clarinet

Member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra

David Seidel — Bassoon

Professor at the Oberschützen Institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz - former solo bassoon of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Katharina Paul — Horn

Member of the Tonkünstler Orchester Vienna

Adela Liculescu — Piano

Winner of numerous international competitions, soloist and chamber musician

Waltraud Eigner — Presentation