Festival Tour 2019: Salzburg, Lucerne, Bucharest

After the inaugural concerts of our new chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, we start our traditional festival tour. This year, we are performing at the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival and the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest. We will be presenting two programmes: Alban Berg’s “Lulu” Suite with soprano Marlis Petersen as the soloist, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Rundfunkchor Berlin (in Salzburg and Lucerne) and the George Enescu Philharmonic Choir (in Bucharest). The soloists are Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, Benjamin Bruns and Kwangchoul Youn. The second programme sees violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performing Schoenberg’s Violin Concerto followed by Peter Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

03 Sep 2019

Second concert in Bucharest with Patricia Kopatchinskaja as the soloist

This concert was the last of our violinist Laurentius Dinca, who is retiring after 35 years with the Berliner…

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03 Sep 2019

Beethoven’s Ninth from the perspective of first concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa

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31 Aug 2019

Bucharest by night

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(Photo: Stephan Rabold)

30 Aug 2019

Beethoven’s Ninth in the Grand Palace Hall

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30 Aug 2019

Bucharest: double bass player Martin Heinze on Beethoven’s Ninth

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30 Aug 2019

Reception at the residence of the German ambassador and a concert with Laurentius Dinca

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30 Aug 2019

A walk around Bucharest

...with Stephan Rabold

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30 Aug 2019

Beethoven’s Ninth from the perspective of horn player Andrej Žust

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29 Aug 2019

A stroll around Lake Lucerne

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29 Aug 2019

Principal flute Emmanuel Pahud on Beethoven’s Ninth

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Standing Ovation

28 Aug 2019

First concert in Lucerne

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28 Aug 2019

Lucerne by night

KKL (above) and Kapellbrücke (beyond)

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28 Aug 2019

Encounter in Lucerne

Soprano Marlis Petersen and percussionist Raphael Haeger talk about Kirill Petrenko

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Andrej Žust and Stefan Dohr
(Photo: Stephan Rabold)

27 Aug 2019

Backstage before the second concert

Just relaxing or totally focused – everybody has his own way of preparing themselves

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kirill Petrenko
(Photo: Stephan Rabold)

26 Aug 2019

Second concert in Salzburg

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is an energetic soloist in Schoenberg’s Violin Concerto. She is joined for the encore by our…

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26 Aug 2019

Salzburg impessions

...by Stephan Rabold

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Marlis Petersen, soprano, and Kirill Petrenko after Berg's Lulu-Suite
(Photo: Stephan Rabold)

25 Aug 2019

First concert in Salzburg

Alban Berg’s “Lulu”-Suite and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the direction of our new chief conductor Kirill Petrenko…

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25 Aug 2019

Salzburg – it’s almost time!

Members of the audience on their excitement about Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)

24 Aug 2019

Open-air concert at the Brandenburg Gate

Before our traditional festival tour, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker gave a free open-air concert at…

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