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Composer in Residence
Musikfest Berlin
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What a career! Brett Dean spent 14 years as a violist with the Berliner Philharmoniker before leaving to concentrate full-time on his highly successful career as a composer. He now returns to his former orchestra as Composer in Residence. To launch his residency, Brett Dean himself takes the podium for a programme of richly imaginative sound worlds: In Conversations with Schumann, he explores the composer’s intricate inner life. And once I played Ophelia is a moving portrait of Hamlet’s beloved, while Beggars and Angels draws its musical tension from the contrast between earthly and celestial beings. An arrangement of Debussy completes the programme.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Brett Dean conductor
Jennifer France soprano
Programme
Brett Dean
Conversations with Schumann
Jennifer France soprano
Brett Dean
And once I played Ophelia
Jennifer France soprano
Interval
Claude Debussy
La Cathédrale engloutie (orch. Colin Matthews)
Brett Dean
Beggars and Angels
Additional information
Duration ca. 1 hour and 30 minutes (incl. 20 minutes interval)
In cooperation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
24 to 77 €
Introduction
19:15
with Brett Dean , guest: Dr. Nicole Restle
Series G: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
24 to 77 €
Introduction
19:15
with Brett Dean , guest: Dr. Nicole Restle
Series E: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
24 to 77 €
Introduction
18:15
with Brett Dean , guest: Dr. Nicole Restle
Series H: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Background
“I tossed my tailcoat into the audience and said ‘Adieu!’”
A conversation with composer Brett Dean
While Brett Dean played viola in the Berliner Philharmoniker for 14 years, he was also composing and improvising in Kreuzberg clubs. He left the orchestra in 1999 to focus on his international career as a composer. For the 2026/27 season, Brett Dean will be Composer in Residence with his former orchestra.
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