Spannungen

Spannungen
Concert in the hall of Kraftwerk Heimbach in 2018
GenreChamber music
BeginsJune
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Inaugurated1998 (1998)
FounderLars Vogt
LeaderChristian Tetzlaff
Websitewww.spannungen.de

Spannungen ("Tensions" or "Voltages") is an annual summer festival for chamber music in Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded by pianist Lars Vogt in 1998. It is subtitled Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach (Music in the Heimbach power plant). Performances take place over one week in the power station Kraftwerk Heimbach. Many of the concerts with friends and colleagues were recorded live, broadcast by Deutschlandfunk and recorded for label Avi.