Image from the recording studio looking down on the stage of the Philharmonie Berlin. A mircophone is in the foreground.
Picture: Stephan Rabold

Experience the 2025/26 season on radio and television. Around half of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s concerts are broadcast on the radio by Deutschlandfunk Kultur or Radio3. Further broadcasts and concerts on demand are also available on Arte TV and other media.

Dates of the 2025/26 season

The broadcast dates are constantly updated.

Season opening: Kirill Petrenko conducts Brahms, Zimmermann and Schumann 

Fri  29.08.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 19:03
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Kirill Petrenko conducts Brahms, Zimmermann and Dusapin 

Fr 19.09.25: Deutschlandfunk Kultur broadcasts live from 20.00
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François-Xavier Roth conducts “Le Sacre du printemps” 

Sun 21.09.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts from 20:03
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Sir Simon Rattle and Janine Jansen with Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 

Fri 17.10.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20.03
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Andris Nelsons and Benjamin Beilman with Dvořák’s Violin Concerto 

Fri 12.12.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20.03
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New Year’s Eve Concert with Kirill Petrenko and Benjamin Bernheim 

Wed 31.12.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 17:30
Wed 31.12.25: Arte TV Deutschland broadcasts on delay starting at 18:37
Wed 31.12.25: Arte TV Frankreich broadcasts on delay starting at 18:06
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Kirill Petrenko and Janine Jansen with Brahms’ Violin Concerto 

Wed 28.01.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20:03
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Tugan Sokhiev conducts Berlioz’ “Symphonie fantastique” 

Fri 27.02.25: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20:03
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Kirill Petrenko conducts Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” 

Fri 10.04.26: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 18:00
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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony 

Fri 24.04.26 : radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20:03
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Europakonzert: Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker in Eisenstadt 

Fri 01.05.26: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 11:00
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Mahler’s Third with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Joyce DiDonato 

Fri 22.05.26: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20.03
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Semyon Bychkov and Víkingur Ólafsson with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 

Fri 29.05.26: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20.03
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Season finale concert: Kirill Petrenko and Jonas Kaufmann at the Waldbühne

Sat 27.06.26: radio3 (formerly rbbKultur) broadcasts live from 20.03 (concert begins 20:15)
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