Daniel Harding conducts Berlioz’s “Roméo et Juliette”
Although love is the all-encompassing theme in [Romeo and Juliet], there are many more emotional states to experience: a gloriously festive atmosphere, the hatred of a family feud and, of course,...
View ArticleSanttu-Matias Rouvali and Alice Sara Ott
The London [Telegraph] described pianist Alice Sarah Ott as the “hottest new talent in classical music”. She now makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Ravel’s vibrant,...
View ArticleIván Fischer and Anna Vinnitskaya
Overwhelming virtuosic, magnificently colourful, sometimes Romantic, sometimes avant-garde: such is Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with which the internationally acclaimed pianist Anna...
View ArticleWorks by Mozart and Haydn with Adam Fischer and Julia Lezhneva
He has conducted an acclaimed [Ring] in Bayreuth, is a guest of the foremost symphony orchestras and an honorary member of the Wiener Staatsoper – and yet: Adam Fischer is still considered one of the...
View ArticleJanine Jansen plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
[The New York Times] attests that the violinist Janine Jansen has “a kind of radiant modesty”, and indeed: even in moments of utmost virtuosity, her performances captivate with introspection and...
View ArticleEmmanuelle Haïm conducts Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks”
In Handel’s famous [Music for the Royal Fireworks], Baroque music shows its most magnificent side. In this concert, the work will be conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, who in energetic performances...
View ArticleFrançois-Xavier Roth and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Pierre-Laurent Aimard is one of the foremost musicians of our time – a “thinker at the piano” ([The Washington Post]). Together with François-Xavier Roth, general music director of the city of Cologne,...
View Article“Late Night” concert with François-Xavier Roth
Most of Edgard Varèse’s works are witty miniatures. But at the time of their creation nearly a hundred years ago, they embodied a tangible revolution – with new forms of composition and a hitherto...
View ArticleZubin Mehta conducts Strauss and Beethoven
In this concert, Zubin Mehta and the Berliner Philharmoniker present musical tales of heroes. On the one hand, there is the knight Don Quixote, who in his fanciful imagination experiences exciting...
View ArticleZubin Mehta conducts Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
The Berliner Philharmoniker and their honorary member Zubin Mehta are travelling to Japan – with Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Zubin Mehta confesses to feeling particularly close to this mammoth work....
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