Concerts with the Karajan-Akademie

Thu 01 October 2026, 17:00 Chamber Music Hall

“Carte blanche – Berlin, hör mal!”

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Tickets available on site. No ticket reservation possible.

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Sat 31 October 2026, 19:00 Chamber Music Hall

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Norbert Bisky visual artist

Works by
Arnold Schoenberg and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Arnold Schoenberg
Transfigured Night, op. 4 (version for string orchestra)

Interval

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

as well as a new work by the recipient of the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize

Thu 26 November 2026, 17:00 Freizeitforum Marzahn, Arndt-Bause-Saal

“Carte blanche – Berlin, hör mal!”

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Tickets available on site. No ticket reservation possible.

Sun 24 January 2027, 11:00 Biennale of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium

At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Organ matinee

Wayne Marshall organ
Brass of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Works by
Felix Mendelssohn, Marcel Dupré, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Félix Alexandre Guilmant and Johann Sebastian Bach

Felix Mendelssohn
Paulus, op. 36: Overture (arr. for brass and organ by Richard Gowers)

Marcel Dupré
1. Le Monde dans lʼattente du Sauveur

Sigfrid Karg-Elert
Choralimprovisationen, op. 65: No. 66 “Wunderbarer König” for organ, trumpets, trombones and timpani

Marcel Dupré
Symphonie-Passion for Organ, op. 23: 2nd Movement Nativité

Félix Alexandre Guilmant
March in F major after “Lift Up Your Headsˮ from Handel's Messiah op. 15 No. 2 (arr. for organ and brass by Wolfgang Kessler)

Marcel Dupré
Symphonie-Passion for Organ, op. 23: 3rd Movement Crucifixion

Johann Sebastian Bach
“Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, Cantata, BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. for brass by Chris Coletti)

Marcel Dupré
Symphonie-Passion for Organ, op. 23: 4th Movement Résurrection

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 107 “Reformation”: Introduction, Chorale, Variations and Finale (arr. for brass and organ by Richard Gowers)

Also available in the Biennale package

Sun 07 February 2027, 19:00 Chamber Music Hall

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Reinhard Goebel conductor

Works by
Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Johann Friedrich Fasch and Johann David Heinichen

Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons, op. 8 No. 1–4

Interval

George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in B flat major, op. 3 No. 1 HWV 312a (Dresden Vision)

Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto in B flat major

Johann David Heinichen
Concerto grosso in G major, S. 217

Thu 25 February 2027, 17:00 Chamber Music Hall

“Carte blanche – Berlin, hör mal!”

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Tickets available on site. No ticket reservation possible.

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Thu 11 March 2027, 17:00 Mosaikhalle Berlin-Siemensstadt

»Carte blanche – Berlin, hör mal!«

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Tickets available on site. No ticket reservation possible.

Sun 11 April 2027, 19:00 Composer in Residence
Chamber Music Hall

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Brett Dean conductor
Annika Treutler piano

Works by
Brett Dean, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ludwig van Beethoven and György Kurtág

Brett Dean
Dream Sequence

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major, op. 10

Interval

Brett Dean
Epitaphs for string quintet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: 1st Movement Adagio sostenuto

György Kurtág
...quasi una fantasia..., op. 27 No. 1

Sat 17 April 2027, 10:00 Chamber Music Hall Upper Foyer

Interactive concert: “On the building site: klong‑boom”

Members of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Johannes Berner drums
Laslo Vierk drums
Giordan Cruz choreography and dance
Carley Josephine Marholin choreography and dance
Annechien Koerselman concept, dramaturgy and stage direction
Julia Schnittger stage and costumes

Only available by subscription

Sat 17 April 2027, 11:30 Chamber Music Hall Upper Foyer

Interactive concert: “On the building site: klong‑boom”

Members of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Johannes Berner drums
Laslo Vierk drums
Giordan Cruz choreography and dance
Carley Josephine Marholin choreography and dance
Annechien Koerselman concept, dramaturgy and stage direction
Julia Schnittger stage and costumes

Only available by subscription

Sun 18 April 2027, 10:00 Chamber Music Hall Upper Foyer

Interactive concert: “On the building site: klong‑boom”

Members of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Johannes Berner drums
Laslo Vierk drums
Giordan Cruz choreography and dance
Carley Josephine Marholin choreography and dance
Annechien Koerselman concept, dramaturgy and stage direction
Julia Schnittger stage and costumes

Only available by subscription

Sun 18 April 2027, 11:30 Chamber Music Hall Upper Foyer

Interactive concert: “On the building site: klong‑boom”

Members of the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker
Johannes Berner drums
Laslo Vierk drums
Giordan Cruz choreography and dance
Carley Josephine Marholin choreography and dance
Annechien Koerselman concept, dramaturgy and stage direction
Julia Schnittger stage and costumes

Only available by subscription

Thu 10 June 2027, 17:00 Chamber Music Hall

“Carte blanche – Berlin, hör mal!”

Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker

Tickets available on site. No ticket reservation possible.

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