International Percussion Festival
Hanover, Germany
19th - 23rd August 2026
The program for the next festival will be published in April.
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Your question has not been answered? Please contact us with your request at: info@ueberschlagfestival.de
Exhibition: During the festival, companies and instrument makers will be exhibiting their instruments in the festival centre.
For percussionists, we offer the Überschlag Camp before the festival. International instructors specialising in rudiments, solo, marimba, orchestral percussion and timpani will be on hand to work with you individually. Enormous input from morning to night! Interested? More information will be available from March 2026.
Philipp Kohnke Artistic Director |
Percussionist at the State Opera Hanover | Lecturer at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg
Jannik Fröhlich General Management |
Culture Manager| Percussionist
Saskia Röpe Head of Production
Event Manager
Kyra Gödecke Head of Production
Event Manager
Moritz Wappler Dramaturgy & Production
Percussionist Orchester im Treppenhaus | Culture Manager
Martin Mutschler Dramaturgy
Independent Dramaturge | Co-Lead Young Opera Stuttgart
Philipp Baier Graphic Design
Creative Director State theatre Hanover
Eva-Maria Kösters Music Education
Freelance music educator| ENSEMBLE SOZUSINGEN
Theresa Etzold Music Education
Freelance music educator
For general questions or suggestions about the festival, please send us an e-mail to: info@ueberschlagfestival.de
For booking enquiries, please contact: booking@ueberschlagfestival.de
For press material or press enquiries, please contact: press@ueberschlagfestival.de
Would you like to support our non-profit organization with a donation?
These are our bank details:
beyond music e.V.
IBAN: DE24 4306 0967 1268 4657 00
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank
We will be happy to provide you with a donation receipt.
We would like to thank our funders and partners, without whom our festival would be unthinkable.
