Gustav Mahler Music Weeks

Not much more than a wooden shed, its front windows opening onto a lovely valley and distant forests. A stove to protect against the bitter cold, a piano, a chair, a table: This is Gustav Mahler's composing cottage near the idyllic Alpine village of Toblach, where the composer wrote several of his greatest works. The busy conductor, who only took time to compose during his summer holidays, never found the peace he needed here. Pure relaxation bef...