Culture · May 20, 2026
Cathedral organ: the summer concerts begin
Passau's St Stephen's Cathedral begins its season of daily organ concerts — played on the largest cathedral organ in the world, with almost 18,000 pipes.
St Stephen's Cathedral in Passau is opening the season of its famous midday concerts. From early May to the end of October, the world's largest cathedral organ sounds at midday on weekdays; its roughly 17,974 pipes are distributed across five organ sections within the baroque interior. On selected evenings, longer organ concerts round out the programme and draw on the full sonic power of the instrument. The mighty organ has grown over decades and counts among the most important attractions of the City of Three Rivers. The bright stucco-and-fresco interior of the cathedral, a masterpiece of Italian baroque north of the Alps, provides the perfect setting. The concerts are a fixed part of Passau's cultural summer and draw guests from all over the world.
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