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.
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.
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15 Feb 2022,
19:30
Musikverein, Wien
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Sir András Schiff piano
Damen des Wiener Singvereins
Works by Johannes Brahms and Josef Suk
16 Feb 2022,
19:30
Musikverein, Wien
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms
18 Feb 2022,
20:00
Cankarjev dom, Gallus hall
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms
19 Feb 2022,
19:30
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, Main Hall
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Witold Lutosławski and Johannes Brahms
09 Apr 2022,
18:00
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Moshe Leiser stage director
Patrice Caurier stage director
Boris Pinkhasovich baritone
Vladislav Sulimsky baritone
Asmik Grigorian soprano
Aigul Akhmetshina mezzo-soprano
Arsen Soghomonyan tenor
Doris Soffel contralto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades, op. 68
10 Apr 2022,
18:00
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
François-Xavier Roth conductor
Albrecht Mayer Oboe d'amore
Works by Igor Stravinsky and Johann Sebastian Bach