listen­ing closely is a cham­ber music fest­iv­al that puts the art of listen­ing at its centre. Foun­ded by the inter­na­tion­ally renowned com­poser Thomas Larch­er, it con­nects music­al tra­di­tion with con­tem­por­ary innov­a­tion and cre­ates space for dis­cov­er­ies.

From 21 to 29 May 2025, the third edi­tion invites you to Wat­tens and Inns­bruck. Mas­ter­pieces by Beeth­oven and Debussy are show­cased along­side world premi­eres by Nava Hem­yari and Wolfram Schurig. Rare instru­ments such as the Salt­erio and Nyck­el­harpa provide unique son­ic exper­i­ences. Inter­na­tion­al stars like Steven Osborne, Gio­vanni Ant­onini, and Mar­gret Köll will meet loc­al tal­ents such as sax­o­phon­ist Andreas Mader. New ven­ues and pub­lic mas­ter­classes expand the fest­iv­al pro­gramme.

Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR con­trib­utes to a bet­ter inter­na­tion­al per­cep­tion of “listen­ing closely” through supra-region­al press work.