During this year's festival tour with the Berliner Philharmoniker, principal oboist Albrecht Mayer took on a special challenge: Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Oboe Concerto. It is a work that pushes all participants to their limits – technically, physically, and musically. In our video, Albrecht Mayer explains how he prepared for this challenge, what it is about the piece that makes him feel like a snake charmer, and why he is grateful to Kirill Petrenko for “ruining his summer.”