Sonya Yoncheva and Marc Heller(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Zubin MehtaEaster Festival 2019 in Baden-Baden
Giuseppe Verdi's “Otello” is the focus of our 2019 Easter festival, with the Berliner Philharmoniker playing under the baton of Zubin Mehta. The main characters are sung by Stuart Skelton (Otello), Sonya Yoncheva (Desdemona) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Iago), directed by Robert Wilson. “You are driven by your demon and I am that demon” gloats Iago in Otello. These words are the inspiration for many of the programmes of the “Master Concerts” series, in which chamber ensembles from the Berliner Philharmoniker and other members of the orchestra will appear. Two orchestra concerts with symphonic repertoire are conducted by our chief conductor designate Kirill Petrenko, one with violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and one with pianist Lang Lang. Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi's Requiem with, among others, Elīna Garanča.Sonya Yoncheva and Marc Heller(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Zubin Mehta
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
The Philharmonic wind ensemble
Sarah Willis
Konrad, the mascot of the German National Youth Orchestra, always gets the best seat!
Father and child, part 1: Dominik Wollenweber and his son Janós played in the oboe group.
Father and child, part 2: Emma and Stanley Dodds desking in the violin group.
Special challenge for the principal horn: Playing his solo seated between Stefan Dohr and Sarah Willis...
The Philharmonic Octet
Sarah Willis talking to conductor Hermann Bäumer, who used to be a member of our trombone group, before taking on his other successful career.
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Raphael Haeger
Rapahel Haeger (playing the piano in this ensemble), Martin Stegner(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Manfred Preis
Raphael Haeger
Esko Laine 
(Photo: Stefan Stahnke)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Martin Deeley)
Team "Vocal Heroes" in Baden-Baden. A big thank you to everybody supporting this project!
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Zubin Mehta(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Woodwinds
Celli
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Encore from Darius Milhaud's "Jeux" together with principal clarinet Andreas Ottensamer.
Tchaikovsky 5
Principal horn Stefan Dohr plays his solo...
...and receives well-deserved applause!
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Ulrich Wolff
Martin Heinze
Sonya Yoncheva (Desdemona) and Stuart Skelton (Otello)(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
View into the orchestra pit
Stage manager Michael Frohloff
Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Michael Karg
Dominik Wollenweber
Václav Vonášek
Julia Gartemann
(Photo: Lucie Jansch)
Stuart Skelton (Otello) and Sonya Yoncheva (Desdemona)
Noah Bendix-Balgley(Photo: Lucie Jansch)
Ludwig Quandt
Zubin Mehta
Rüdiger Liebermann
The bassoons
(Photo: PR BPhil)
(Photo: PR FSH BB)