YCAT Residency Tour - Germany

Building on the success of our 40th Anniversary European Tour, the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) has developed a new initiative pairing intensive creative residencies with extended touring - and the first results can be heard at four concerts in Germany in June 2026.

The inaugural cohort brings together current YCAT artists, violinist Hana Chang and clarinettist Jonathan Leibovitz, with pianist Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula and the Quatuor Agate. The group will spend five days in residence at TauberPhilharmonie Weikersheim, developing substantial chamber programmes and running workshops for school pupils in Wertheim.

Programme 1

Wagner/Favre: Prélude from Tristan and Isolde for piano quartet (10’)  

Ravel: Kaddish for string quartet & clarinet (5’)   

Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle op.37 (arr. for piano quintet & clarinet) (7')    

Strauss/Schönberg: Kaiserwalzer (arr. for Flute, Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet by A. Schoenberg / with Violin instead of Flute) (10’)  

Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet

Programme 2

Mozart:  Kegelstatt Trio in E flat, K.498 for clarinet, viola and piano

Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84 (1920)

The first performances take place across four evenings in late June at venues in Wertheim, Weikersheim and Schloss Leitheim, before the tour continues in October 2026 and returns in spring 2027 for performances at the Reitstadel in Neumarkt.

Tour Dates

25th June, 6:30pm - Schlösschen im Hofgarten, Wertheim

26th June, 7:30pm - TauberPhilharmonie, Weikersheim

27th June, 5:30pm - Schloss Leitheim

28th June, 11am - Schloss Leitheim

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