The Berliner Philharmoniker’s winter concert season
Our programme from December to 3 April 2027 The Berliner Philharmoniker’s winter concert season Our programme from December to 3 April 2027

Opening Concert of the Biennale

The opening of our Biennale with Hindemith’s symphony Mathis der Maler, Messiaen’s Les Offrandes oubliées and a world premiere by Sarah Nemtsov.

Kirill Petrenko conducts Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

The Missa solemnis is one of Beethoven’s most personal works – a passionate affirmation of faith and humanity.

Kirill Petrenko conducts Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre”

Following performances at the Salzburg Easter Festival, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker bring Die Walküre to Berlin in concert.

Marek Janowski conducts Bruckner’s Eighth

Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony, built from vast spans and immense accumulations of tension.

Maxime Pascal makes his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker

Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ – a Christmas oratorio poised between operatic drama and quiet devotion.

Jakub Hrůša and Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang with Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 1, plus Dvořák’s Nocturne and Brahms’s Serenade No. 1

François-Xavier Roth conducts Strauss, Berlioz and Boulanger

Strauss’s Metamorphosen, scenes from Roméo et Juliette and Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène

Sakari Oramo and Vilde Frang

Vilde Frang is the soloist in Britten’s Violin Concerto; the programme also includes the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Phantoms and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.

Markus Poschner and Christian Gerhaher

Christian Gerhaher with Mahler and Diepenbrock, plus Schubert’s “Great” Symphony in C major

Lahav Shani and Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich is the soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Lahav Shani conducting a programme that also includes Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Piano recital with Mitsuko Uchida

From Haydn and Mozart to Schoenberg and Kurtág, culminating in Schubert’s Sonata in A major

Piano recital with Bertrand Chamayou

Messiaen’s piano cycle Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus

Organ matinee with Alma Bettencourt

Organ works by Widor, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn, Franck and Liszt

Baroque Christmas music with Les Accents

Scarlatti’s Cantata per la notte del Santissimo Natale and Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”

Beethoven cycle with Quatuor Ébène

In the 2026/27 season, we’ve reserved our entire quartet series for Quatuor Ébène’s Beethoven cycle.

Berliner Barock Solisten & Daishin Kashimoto

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and works by his contemporaries

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Lisa Batiashvili with Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, plus Wennäkoski’s Verdigris and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Alina Ibragimova with Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and two Romances, plus Symphony No. 7

Philharmonic String Quartet

Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Quartet, plus works by Schubert and Brahms

Quatuor Ébène

The second concert in Quatuor Ébène’s Beethoven cycle features the String Quartets op. 18 no. 6 and op. 132.

World

Värttinä blends songs from the Finnish-Karelian musical tradition with pop and folk influences to create a distinctive sound of their own.