The Dresden Music Festival is dedicated to the fields of tension in music and society under the motto "SCHWARZWEISS" from 18 May to 18 June 2023. Between war and peace, pandemic and regained freedom, artistic director Jan Vogler and his team have put together a diverse programme of 63 events at 22 venues in Dresden. In the 46th festival year, special attention will be paid to the piano, which will be celebrated in 18 concerts and all its facets with the focus on "Keyboard Games". The centrepiece of this festival within the festival is the cycle of Beethoven symphonies in Franz Liszt's transcription for piano, interpreted by Louis Lortie and highly talented soloists from his piano class.