The 20th Summer School of the International Mendelssohn Festival will take place from 14 to 27 September 2026. Renowned artists give master classes and concerts in Hamburg, Germany.

Highly talented music students from all over the world come together for two weeks to present their skills in master classes and refine their playing to the highest level under professional guidance.

Our faculty:

Chamber Music:
Fine Arts Quartet
Sebastian Schmidt (Mandelring Quartett)
Matthias Lingenfelder (ehemals Auryn Quartett)
Juhani Lagerspetz
Talich Quartett

Violin:
Sophia Jaffé
Jiyoon Lee
Mark Gothoni
Sebastian Schmidt
Yair Kless
Alexandra Psareva

Viola:
Anna-Kreetta Gribajcevic
Peijun Xu
Boris Faust
Hartmut Rohde

Violoncello:
Arto Noras
Maria Kliegel
Sebastian Klinger

Piano:
Alon Goldstein
Stepan Simonian
Hubert Rutkowski
Annika Treutler

Flute: Patrick Gallois

Clarinet:
Michel Lethiec
Julian Bliss

Saxophone: Asya Fateyeva