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First the grand season opening in Berlin, then it’s time to pack the suitcases: this has been the way the Berliner Philharmoniker have launched their concert season for many years. As always, the orchestra first appears at two festivals – the Salzburg Festival and the Lucerne Festival. This year, the tour then continues to Paris and Luxembourg. Under the direction of chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, the Berliner Philharmoniker will present Mahler’s Ninth and Brahms’s First Symphony to European audiences. The programme also includes Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Oboe Concerto, performed by Albrecht Mayer, the orchestra’s principal oboist. On our blog, we offer lots of behind-the-scenes insights into the 2025 festival tour.
Behind the music: Albrecht Mayer
On tour with the Berliner Philharmoniker, principal oboist Albrecht Mayer faces a special challenge: Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Oboe Concerto.
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Behind the music: Yun Zeng
On this year’s festival tour, Yun Zeng enchants audiences in several solo passages with the unique sound of his instrument.
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Impressions from the 2025 Festival Tour
Here you can find all the highlights from the 2025 Festival Tour in Salzburg, Lucerne, Paris, and Luxembourg.
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“Upbeat”: Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9
How does Kirill Petrenko approach a symphony as complex and emotional as Mahler’s Ninth? Watch and see!
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Love at second sight: Gustav Mahler and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Mahler’s music now features so regularly in the programmes of the Berliner Philharmoniker that it is all too easy to forget that this has not always been the case.
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Brahms’s long road to the symphony
“I shall never write a symphony,” Brahms once declared. Discover why he did – even if it took him 15 years.
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