World
Klezmer, Hora and love songs with She’Koyokh and Çiğdem Aslan
Chamber Music Hall
Romantic Soundscapes with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music Hall
Originalklang
Il pomo d’oro & Jakub Józef Orliński
Main Auditorium
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts Mendelssohn, Mozart and Haydn
Main Auditorium
Haydn meets the market
When Joseph Haydn first set foot on English soil at five o’clock in the afternoon on 1 January 1791, a new year as well as a new chapter in life began for him. The date was significant not only for Haydn, but for the musical world as a whole: it marked a cultural turning point that rewrote the rules of the concert industry.
Gustav and Alma Mahler
Should she really accept his offer of marriage? At twenty-two, Alma was an extraordinarily beautiful and charismatic woman. Mahler was a social climber from the provinces.
Behind the music: Luiz Felipe Coelho
Violinist Luiz Felipe Coelho takes us on a tour of his home city, São Paulo. It was here, as a teenager, that he first heard the Berliner Philharmoniker: he and his sister had sneaked into a concert conducted by Claudio Abbado.
How do they get the grand piano onto the stage?
In our series “The unanswered question”, we answer everything you’ve always wanted to know about the Berliner Philharmoniker – from what happens on stage and behind the scenes to the orchestra in general. This time: How do they get the grand piano onto the stage?
Andrés Orozco-Estrada to conduct concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic in place of Iván Fischer
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Iván Fischer have mutually agreed that the concerts on 5 to 7 November will not take place under his direction.
New edition of the Soloists series: Klezmer Concerto
First concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley releases klezmer album
Sara Glojnarić awarded the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize
At the Karajan-Akademie’s concert on 31 October 2026, the composer will be honoured. Her new work, “can you play a song with a f*cking beat?! :))”, will also receive its world premiere that evening.
