On 2 July 2025, the Berliner Philharmoniker opened its tour of Japan with a concert at Osaka Festival Hall. Gustavo Dudamel conducted, and the soloists were Christina Landshamer and Masumitsu Miyamoto. The programme featured Ludwig van Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont op. 84 and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64. Here are the day’s most memorable moments.