MUNICH VIOLIN DAYS
02.05. 2026 – 17.05.2026
After Cremona, Munich is the city with the highest density of violin making workshops.
Every three years, 24 workshops, comprising 22 violin makers and 2 bow makers, present their latest handmade violins, violas and bows at the Munich Violin Days exhibition. This extraordinary event has become an integral part of Munich’s cultural life. It attracts an enthusiastic specialist audience from near and far.
What makes it unique is that it is a hands-on exhibition: violins, violas, cellos and bows can be played and tried out by the visitors during the exhibition hours. We also offer concerts, played on instruments and bows of the exhibition, lectures about violin making topics and sound checks, where instruments are played in short passages, so the instruments can be compared directly.
Our sincere thanks go to Mrs Anne-Sophie Mutter for taking on the patronage!
Exhibition
The Exhibition will take place from 02.05. – 17.05. 2026 in the Mars-Venus-Saal of
Bavarian National Museum
Prinzregentenstraße 3
80538 Munich
www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de
opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Mondays and 01.05.26 closed
admission price for museum and exhibition: 7 € reduced admission price 6 €, Sundays 1 €
You can also meet the violin and bow makers during the exhibition hours: 3 Makers will always be there to answer your questions and help you if you like to try out the instruments.
Concerts
The musicians play on instruments and bows from the exhibition: They change instruments and bows several times during the concert so that the audience can hear the instruments in comparison:
Diogenes Quartett : Thursday, 30.04.2026 7.30 p.m.
program: J. Haydn op. 76/4 , L.v. Beethoven op. 95, J.Brahms c-moll
Prof. Kirill Troussov,Violin: Saturday 02.05.2026,7.30 p.m.
program: L.v. Beethoven, Sonate Nr. 3, J.Brahms, Sonate Nr.3, P.Sarasate „Zigeunerweisen“
Emiko Yuasa,Viola: Wednesday, 06.05.2026,7.30 p.m.
program: R.Schumann „Dichterliebe“ op. 48, J. Brahms, Sonate op 120/1, Stücke für Viola solo
Prof. Maximilian Hornung,Cello : Saturday, 09.05.2026, 7.30 p.m.
program: J.S. Bach: Cellosuiten Nr. 2 – 4
Violinissimo Erding : Wednesday, 13.05.2026,7.30 p.m.
program: A. Vivaldi „Die 4 Jahreszeiten“,E. Elgar Streicherserenade, CYCLE von C. Büsel (2025)
Goldmund Quartett: Saturday, 16.05.2026, 7.30 p.m.
program: W.A. Mozart, Divertimento KV 138, J. Haydn op 33/2, F. Schubert Quartett Nr. 10 D87, Alpine Folk Songs
Sound checks
During the sound checks, you can hear the instruments directly in comparison. Here, all instruments of a particular type are played one after the other in short passages so that the audience can compare them directly.
VIOLIN SOUNDCHECK with Prof. Kirill Troussov, violin: Saturday, 02.05.2026, 3-4 p.m.
VIOLA SOUNDCHECK with Emiko Yuasa, viola Saturday, 16.05.2026, 3-4 p.m.
CELLO SOUNDCHECK with Prof. Maximilian Hornung, cello: Saturday, 09.05.2026, 3-4 p.m.
During the sound checks, the exhibition is closed.
Lectures
Lectures on string technology, violin making and tonewood offer an interesting insight into the work of violin and bow makers.
Lectures will be held in German.
Violin and Bow makers
See all violin and bow makers here
We look forward to seeing you at the MUNICH VIOLIN DAYS!
