SEA & MUSIC
26 October to 5 November 2027
A musical journey where
East meets West
Japan & Korea
aboard the Explora III
Three ways to discover this journey
Ten days full of music, a route through two countries, a ship built for experiences like these. This is where your Sea & Music 2027 journey begins.
This is Sea & Music
For more than 25 years we have been hosts on journeys for people who love music. Many of our guests we have had the privilege of accompanying on many journeys, and of giving them experiences that exist in this form only once. The voices that follow probably describe our work better than we could ourselves.
Doing what you love.
“I love the sea, I love sea voyages, I love the smell, I love this slow, relaxing motion. It is fantastic to play here and to do what you love.”
Kirill Kobantschenko
First violin, Vienna Philharmonic
Experiencing the unforgettable.
“Sea & Music is always an unforgettable experience, for us as music lovers and avid travellers, it's a dream come true.”
Sea & Music guests, Mexico
Creating connections.
“The best thing for us musicians is that we have contact with our audience. I want to hear, how did you like that?”
Matthew Hunter
Viola, Berlin Philharmonic
Discovering something new.
“I find it wonderful that you can travel like this and experience a surprise every day, being able to discover something unexpected.”
Dominique Meyer
former Director of the Vienna State Opera
Meeting in person.
“It is so beautiful that you can meet people so closely here, the audience meets you on equal terms, mutually.”
Marlis Petersen
Soprano, Sea & Music 2024
A Letter from Michaela & Florian
Dear friends of travel and music,
Sea & Music has always been more to us than a cruise, and more than going to concerts. What it is really about is creating connections: between artists and guests, between music and place, between cultures and people.
For 2027, that idea takes us to Japan and Korea. It is a journey we have dreamed of for a long time, a Sea & Music experience shaped by the meeting of East and West, by extraordinary places, and by that intimate musical atmosphere which has always distinguished our voyages.
We are especially glad to introduce the musicians who will join us: Maxim Vengerov gives this journey its artistic foundation from the very first day. Alongside him you can look forward to the Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka and her radiant voice, the Korean violinist Bomsori, whose sound on a 1725 Guarneri del Gesù has few equals, the Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz, the Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki and the Chinese cellist Chu Yi-Bing. Together with the Japanese cellist Mikio Unno we have also brought an orchestra into being for the first time, one that will exist for this single voyage only: the Sea & Music Orchestra, formed of members of Japan's leading orchestras.
Among the special moments of this journey is an exclusive concert by Maxim Vengerov in the venerable Higashi-Hongan-ji Temple in Kyoto, one of the largest wooden structures in the world, followed by musicians on traditional Japanese instruments. It is an encounter it would be hard to imagine more intensely, between Western and Eastern musical traditions, between concert hall and sacred place. Encounters like these are what Sea & Music is made of.
Sea & Music 2027 is a carefully curated journey through Japan and Korea aboard the Explora III, with cultivated travel, outstanding music and unforgettable encounters.
We look forward to presenting this extraordinary journey to you. For questions and personal advice we are always here for you, simply write to us at info@ms6.at.
Michaela & Florian
and the team at MS6 Travel & Music
