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First concertmaster Daishin Kashimoto and violist Matthew Hunter stand in front of the Royal Albert Hall in London and smile for the camera.
Picture: Stephan Rabold

Travel has been part of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s DNA from the very beginning. Just a few days after the orchestra had formed in 1882, the musicians set off on their first tour. To this day, concert tours are an important aspect of the orchestra’s life.

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Fixed points in the tour calendar at the beginning of each concert season include guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival and one other venue. In addition, there is a major November tour, which usually takes the orchestra overseas, and the Europakonzert, which takes place every year on 1 May at a culturally significant venue and is followed by further concerts in the host country. The benefits and appeal of the tours are many. For example, the continuous work on the tour programme is an opportunity for the Berliner Philharmoniker and its chief conductors to work together in a particularly concentrated manner. No less important for the musicians is the encounter with their global audience.

Impressions of the last tours

Reisegruppe Berliner Philharmoniker, Erkennungszeichen: gelbe Fahne. | Picture: Rob Davidson
Taking photos in Central Park | Picture: Luisa Aha
Violinist Dorian Xhoxhi on the road in London. | Picture: Stephan Rabold
Whenever possible, they travel by train or bus. Cellist Knut Weber and piccolo flutist Egor Egorkin. | Picture: Stephan Rabold
The European concert takes our musicians to special venues, such as the Sagrada Família in Barcelona in 2023. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
Every two to three years, they travel to Asia: Japan is already a second home, but the Berliner Philharmoniker also regularly visit other countries. Here, violinist Alessandro Cappone climbs the steps between the red tori. | Picture: Monika Ritterhaus
Japan is a kind of second home for many musicians, such as solo clarinettist Wenzel Fuchs. | Picture: Monika Rittershaus
In exchange with local musicians: violinist Angelo di Leo. | Picture: Katja Frei
Performances at Carnegie Hall in New York are always something special. Here most recently in 2022 with chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. | Picture: Stephan Rabold
A round of lightning chess before the performance: double bass player Edicson Ruiz and Alejandro Carreño Godoy. | Picture: Monika Ritterhaus
Tours bring the musicians to the best concert halls, such as the Philharmonie de Paris. Violist Martin von der Nahmer playing in. | Picture: Monika Ritterhaus
Also a premiere: as a guest in the idyllic concert hall in Evian-les-Bains. | Picture: Stephan Rabold

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Christian Gerhaher baritone (Wotan)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Donner)
Thomas Atkins tenor (Froh)
Brenton Ryan tenor (Loge)
Leigh Melrose baritone (Alberich)
Thomas Cilluffo tenor (Mime)
Patrick Guetti bass (Fafner)
Le Bu bass-baritone (Fasolt)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sarah Brady soprano (Freia)
Jasmin White contralto (Erda)
Louise Foor soprano (Woglinde)
Yajie Zhang mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Jess Dandy contralto (Floßhilde)

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

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On tour
Mozarteum, Large Hall, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Chamber Concert I “Tradition and Openness”

Philharmonisches Streichsextett Berlin:
Cornelia Gartemann violin
Christoph von der Nahmer violin
Julia Gartemann viola
Martin von der Nahmer viola
Knut Weber cello
Stephan Koncz cello

Works by
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
String Sextet in A major

Piotr Tchaikovsky
String Sextet in D minor, op. 70 ‟Souvenir de Florenceˮ

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano
Andrew Staples tenor
Konstantin Krimmel bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Joseph Haydn
The Creation Hob. XXI:2

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On tour
Solitär, Mozarteum, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Chamber Concert II “Farewell to a Beautiful World”

Roxana Natalia Wisniewska Zabek violin
Harry Ward violin
Joaquín Riquelme García viola
Solène Kermarrec cello
Andraž Golob clarinet

Works by
Alexander Glasunow and Johannes Brahms

Alexander Glasunow
Rêverie orientale

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley violin
Bruno Delepelaire cello

Works by
Johannes Brahms and Hector Berlioz

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, op. 102

Noah Bendix-Balgley violin, Bruno Delepelaire cello

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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

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On tour
Mozarteum, Large Hall, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Chamber Concert III “Counterpart Mozart & Salieri”

Johanna Pichlmair violin
Eva Rabchevska violin
Tobias Reifland viola
Kyoungmin Park viola
Moritz Karl Huemer cello
László Gál french horn

Works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K. 407

Antonio Salieri
Fugue for String Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593

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On tour
SZENE Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Late Night Concert I “Music from Five Centuries”

Blechbläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker:
Guillaume Jehl trumpet
Tamás Velenczei trumpet
Sarah Willis french horn
Olaf Ott trombone
Jesper Busk Sørensen trombone
Stefan Schulz trombone
Alexander von Puttkamer tuba
David Guerrier trumpet
Bertold Stecher trumpet
Jonathon Robert Ramsay trombone

Franz Schindlbeck drum

Works by
William Byrd, Richard Wagner, John Dowland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edward Elgar, Anselmo Aieta, Astor Piazzolla, Ángel Villoldo and Dmitri Shostakovich

William Byrd
Earl of Oxford’s March (arr. Elgar Howarth)

Richard Wagner
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen: Overture (arr. Klaus Wallendorf)

John Dowland
The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres (arr. Olaf Ott)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzenˮ (arr. Olaf Ott)

Edward Elgar
Elegy, op. 58 (arr. David Guerrier)

Anselmo Aieta
Astor Piazzolla
Ángel Villoldo
South American Tango Suite (arr. Joshua Davis)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Suite for variety orchestra, arr. Daniel Drage and Mogens Andresen)

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jacquelyn Wagner soprano (Sopran I)
Golda Schultz soprano (Sopran II)
Liv Redpath soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Beth Taylor contralto (Alt I )
Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano (Alt II)
Benjamin Bruns tenor (Tenor )
Le Bu bass (Bass | Pater Profundus)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Pater Ecstaticus)
Bachchor Salzburg choir
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor choir

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Christian Gerhaher baritone (Wotan)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Donner)
Thomas Atkins tenor (Froh)
Brenton Ryan tenor (Loge)
Leigh Melrose baritone (Alberich)
Thomas Cilluffo tenor (Mime)
Patrick Guetti bass (Fafner)
Le Bu bass-baritone (Fasolt)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sarah Brady soprano (Freia)
Jasmin White contralto (Erda)
Louise Foor soprano (Woglinde)
Yajie Zhang mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Jess Dandy contralto (Floßhilde)

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

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Konzertreise
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Be Phil Orchestra Salzburg Easter Festival
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Jonathan Kelly oboe
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Yun Zeng french horn
Daniele Damiano bassoon

Works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvořák

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchester in E flat major K., Anh. 9

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

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Solitär, Mozarteum, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Chamber Concert IV “Between Crisis and Awakening”

Hande Küden violin
Angelo de Leo violin
Joaquín Riquelme García viola
Solène Kermarrec cello

Works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D major, K. 575 “First Prussian Quartet”

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, op. 117

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jacquelyn Wagner soprano (Sopran I)
Golda Schultz soprano (Sopran II)
Liv Redpath soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Beth Taylor contralto (Alt I )
Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano (Alt II)
Benjamin Bruns tenor (Tenor )
Le Bu bass (Bass | Pater Profundus)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Pater Ecstaticus)
Bachchor Salzburg choir
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor choir

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”

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On tour
Mozarteum, Large Hall, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Chamber Concert V “About animals and humans”

Stefan Hoskuldsson flute
Dominik Wollenweber oboe
Andraž Golob clarinet
Stefan Schweigert bassoon
Johannes Lamotke french horn
Andraž Golob Bass Clarinet
Matic Kuder clarinet

Works by
Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Luciano Berio, Pavel Haas and Leoš Janáček

Giuseppe Maria Cambini
Quintetto Concertante No. 1 in B flat major

Luciano Berio
Opus Number Zoo (Version for Wind Quintet)

Pavel Haas
Wind Quintet, op. 10

Leoš Janáček
Mládí (Jugend)

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Janine Jansen violin

Works by
Max Bruch and Hector Berlioz

Max Bruch
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Janine Jansen violin

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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

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Abstrakte Luftaufnahme von glatten, fließenden Sanddünen oder Bergkämmen mit dramatischen Lichtern und Schatten, die ein monochromes, strukturiertes Landschaftsmuster in Schwarz-, Weiß- und Grautönen erzeugen.

On tour
SZENE Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival: Late Night Concert II “Borderline experiences”

Cornelia Gartemann violin
Allan Nilles viola
Ludwig Quandt cello
Hendrik Heilmann piano
Simon Rössler drums
Franz Schindlbeck drums
Jan Schlichte drums

Works by
Arnold Schoenberg and Dmitri Shostakovich

Arnold Schoenberg
String Trio, op. 45

Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for variety orchestra (arr. for piano trio and percussion by Oriol Cruixent)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 141 (arr. for piano trio and percussion by Victor Derevianko and Mark Petarsk)

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller soprano
Andrew Staples tenor
Konstantin Krimmel bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Joseph Haydn
The Creation Hob. XXI:2

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Christian Gerhaher baritone (Wotan)
Gihoon Kim baritone (Donner)
Thomas Atkins tenor (Froh)
Brenton Ryan tenor (Loge)
Leigh Melrose baritone (Alberich)
Thomas Cilluffo tenor (Mime)
Patrick Guetti bass (Fafner)
Le Bu bass-baritone (Fasolt)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sarah Brady soprano (Freia)
Jasmin White contralto (Erda)
Louise Foor soprano (Woglinde)
Yajie Zhang mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Jess Dandy contralto (Floßhilde)

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

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On tour
Schloß Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria

Europakonzert

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Gautier Capuçon cello

Works by
Joseph Haydn, Igor Stravinsky, Piotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven

Joseph Haydn
Overture in D major, Hob. Ia:7

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite (revised version from 1949)

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra in A major, op. 33

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36

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On tour
Musikverein, Wien

Guest performance Vienna

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Gautier Capuçon cello

Works by
Igor Stravinsky, Piotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite (revised version from 1949)

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra in A major, op. 33

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36

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A spacious, modern concert hall with black walls and rows of seats. A grand piano stands in the centre of the wooden stage and is illuminated by ceiling lights. The steps and seats are designed in simple, minimalist lines.

On tour
Isarphilharmonie, München

Guest performance Munich

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Gautier Capuçon cello

Works by
Igor Stravinsky, Piotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite (revised version from 1949)

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra in A major, op. 33

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36

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On tour
Carmen Würth Forum, Reinhold Würth Saal, Künzelsau

Guest performance Künzelsau

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Gautier Capuçon cello

Works by
Igor Stravinsky, Piotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite (revised version from 1949)

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra in A major, op. 33

Gautier Capuçon cello

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36

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