When does the concert start and how long does it last

The student concert starts on 27.02.2026 at 16:00 and is scheduled until 23:00 including breaks and changes.

Where does the concert take place

In Onoldiasaal, Nürnberger Straße 30, 91522 Ansbach. The hall is part of the Onoldia conference center in a central location.

Is there an admission fee

Admission is free according to the event information. Early arrival is recommended as the hall fills quickly depending on demand.

What is the seating and capacity like

With concert seating, Onoldiasaal offers around 900 seats with good visibility and clear acoustics.

Are there parking options or public transport

Public parking is available in the city center of Ansbach. The location is accessible by public transport. Please plan for travel time.

What music will be played

The Nutcracker Suite op. 71a by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky featuring well-known movements such as march, dance of the sugar plum fairy, trepak, and flower waltz.

Experience the Nutcracker Suite live: Large student orchestra enchants all of Ansbach emotionally

Name: Student Concert: The Nutcracker Suite in Onoldiasaal Ansbach
Start: 2026-02-27T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-28T00:00:00+01:00
Location: Onoldiasaal – Tagungszentrum Onoldia

Nutcracker Suite live: When young string players fill the Onoldiasaal with sound

The student concert in Onoldiasaal Ansbach is dedicated to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite – featuring familiar melodies that shape generations. An afternoon full of musical discoveries, precise orchestration, and palpable live atmosphere.

Sound colors that tell stories

From the miniature overture to the flower waltz, a concert program unfolds that instantly creates images in the mind. The delicate celesta shimmer in the sugar plum fairy, the lively march, the fiery trepak – here, stage performance and sound merge into a concert experience that sparks curiosity and carries the audience's mood.

Large hall, clear acoustics

The modern Onoldiasaal offers space for up to 900 guests at concerts and a generous stage – ideal conditions for differentiated dynamics, clean synchronization of the sections, and a conducting that makes details audible. The architecture supports transparency in sound and makes the orchestration of the suite clearly stand out.

Musical classification with bite

Tchaikovsky's suite op. 71a was created as a concert version before the ballet premiere – featuring movements that also shape film and television. This very familiarity creates ideal connection points for a school orchestra: motivating themes, clearly contoured dances, learnable form developments, and immediately understandable melodies.

Audience close to the action

The proximity to the stage makes every entrance tangible: breath of the string players, entries of the woodwinds, pizzicati of the basses – details that carry the emotion. Those who know the suite hear fresh accents; those who discover it anew experience gripping contrasts between lyrical passages and brilliant tutti sections.

Conclusion

Expect an energetic, yet finely tuned concert with iconic motifs and youthful joy of playing at its center. An appeal to experience the Nutcracker Suite in the live atmosphere of the Onoldiasaal anew – an evening that resonates long after.