Flashback

Highlights from previous stARTfestivals

Relive some of the most memorable moments from previous stARTfestival editions.

Highlights 2026

125 years of Bayer Brass Orchestra at the Erholungshaus © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Cameron Shahbazi & Sophia Muñoz at Friedenskirche Monheim. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Family concert with the artist collective Kopffarben at the Erholungshaus. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Chamber Orchestra Vienna – Berlin & Gautier Capuçon at the Erholungshaus. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Guido Sant’Anna & Plínio Fernandes at Schloss Morsbroich. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Joshua Williams and Jazzrausch Big Band at the Erholungshaus. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Robert Kreis at the Scala Club. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Brooklyn Rider at the Erholungshaus. © Tobias Becker/Bayer Arts and Culture

Festival opening "Caribbean Night" with Palito Aché at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Carte blanche for Anthony Roth Costanzo at Friedenskirche Monheim. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Iris Berben and Bayer Philharmonic Orchestra at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Joshua Williams & Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Graphic opera "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Grigori Frid at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Tõnu Kaljuste at Knechtsteden Monastery Dormagen. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

GRACES – A choreography by Silvia Gribaudi at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald /Bayer Arts and Culture

David Orlowsky & Bayer Wind Orchestra at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Ute Lemper at the Erholungshaus. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Andreas Martin Hofmeir and Joshua Williams. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Tamar Beraia, Giorgi Gigashvili, Bar Avni and Tobias Feldmann at the Erholungshaus. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Patricia Kopatchinskaja at the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Fatma Said at the historic Wartburg at Bayer's Weimar site. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Piano concert by Beatrice Berrut with the audience lying down on stage at the Erholungshaus. © Bayer Arts and Culture

Anthony Roth Costanzo & l’arte del mondo at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Fatma Said & Bar Avni with the Bayer Philharmonic at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

German Brass and Bayer Wind Orchestra at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

John Neumeier and Federal Youth Ballet at the Erholungshaus. © Hanne Engwald/Bayer Arts and Culture

Family concert of the Bayer Philharmonic featuring Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Erholungshaus © Bayer Arts and Culture

Choreography by Philippe Kratz at Altenberger Cathedral in Odenthal © Bayer Arts and Culture

Nico and the Navigators at the Erholungshaus © Bayer Arts and Culture