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Jordi Savall’s recording of Mozart’s “Jupiter Symphony” was praised for its arrestingly fresh view of a well-loved classic. Savall, one of the most influential pioneers of the world of historically informed performance practice, brings decades of experience with earlier repertoire to his Mozart interpretations. With this work, the Catalan conductor, gambist, researcher, and regular guest of our “Originalklang” series makes his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. The programme opens with Jean-Philippe Rameau’s festive orchestral suite from the opera Naïs and Christoph Willibald Gluck’s groundbreaking ballet music Don Juan.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Jordi Savall conductor
Programme
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Naïs, Suite arranged by Jordi Savall
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Juan, Ballet
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours and 15 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
19:15
Series D: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
19:15
Series K: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
39 to 111 €
Introduction
18:15
Series C: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
The Visionary
Portrait of Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall, viol player and conductor, is exceptional from every point of view. Almost single-handedly, he brought the viol back to international popularity. He has uncovered countless lost renaissance and baroque treasures, founded three famous early music ensembles, and is in demand as a teacher and as a composer. During the current season, audiences can meet Jordi Savall in all these capacities, including his debut as a conductor with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Biography
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall is a visionary, a thinker, and a revolutionary – one of the icons of historically informed performance and a leading exponent of the viola da gamba. As the artistic director of the original-instrument ensembles Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, and La Capella Reial de Catalunya – all founded together with the soprano Montserrat Figueras – he has rediscovered forgotten sounds spanning many centuries: works from the Renaissance and the French Baroque, music from Galicia, Algeria, Italy, the Sephardic Jewish tradition, and the Arab world. Born in 1941 in northern Catalonia, this exceptional musician has reached audiences of all ages through his extensive concert activities, more than 230 recordings, and his award-winning contribution (honoured with the César for Best Original Score) to Alain Corneau’s film Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World).
Through his own label, Alia Vox, Savall releases lavishly produced editions that tell stories of distant times and places – of Emperor Charles V, the conquest of Constantinople, Don Quixote, Joan of Arc, Christopher Columbus, or the history of slavery. In recent years he has also ventured into repertoire extending to Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Jordi Savall and his ensembles have been frequent guests of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Philharmonie since 2011. This season brings two major debuts: today’s concert marks his first appearance as a conductor with the Berliner Philharmoniker, followed by his debut with the Karajan Academy on 11 January 2026.
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