If you are looking for a rewarding music experience in a culturally rich setting, join us in Eisenstadt, Austria – the city of Joseph Haydn! Unquestionably one of the most exciting features of the festival is rehearsing and performing in amazing and historically significant venues like the Esterházy Palace, the Bergkirche, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna--which helps bring classical music alive for today’s musician. We will work hard but you will also have time to enjoy exploring Eisenstadt, going to Vienna, optional day trips, music concerts, and more. I’m confident you will find this a life-changing experience.
You will fly to Vienna’s International Airport for arrival on Thursday, July 22. Festival staff will meet you at the airport on that day and bring you to Eisenstadt on festival provided buses.
Registration will open August 15, 2026. Come join us!
Auf Wiedersehen,
Cathy Griffin, Richard Zielinski and the CMF Staff
51st Classical Music Festival July 22-August 2, 2027
The resident atmosphere of the Classical Music Festival sets the program apart from the typical European "tour."
Participants live in Eisenstadt, where Franz Joseph Haydn served the Hungarian nobility for more than thirty years. There is an opportunity to truly get to know this quaint town which fostered the genius of Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt and others. In no time at all, participants are calling Eisenstadt their "home away from home."
Eisenstadt has served as the capital of the federal province of Burgenland since 1925 and with only 13,250 residents it is the smallest provincial capital in Austria. This charming burgh is situated on the southern slopes of the picturesque Leitha Mountains and is surrounded by a great number of vineyards.
