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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

Upcoming tour dates

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Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor

Works by
Edward Elgar and Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, op. 36

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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36

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Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano (replacing Daniil Trifonov)

Works by
Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, op. 15

Víkingur Ólafsson piano (replacing Daniil Trifonov)

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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spoke Zarathustra), op. 30

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Facade of the Frankfurt Opera House at sunset

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On tour
Alte Oper Frankfurt

Guest performance Frankfurt

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Works by
Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Cilea, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma

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Francesco Cilea
L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Umberto Giordano
Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ottorino Respighi
Pini di Roma

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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso”, Scene Turiddu

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: Intermezzo

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: “Recitar ... Vesti la giubba”, Aria of Canio

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ottorino Respighi
Feste romane

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On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Guest performance Baden-Baden

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Works by
Ottorino Respighi, Francesco Cilea, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma

Programme note

Francesco Cilea
L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Umberto Giordano
Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ottorino Respighi
Pini di Roma

Interval

Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso”, Scene Turiddu

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: Intermezzo

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci: “Recitar ... Vesti la giubba”, Aria of Canio

Jonathan Tetelman tenor

Ottorino Respighi
Feste romane

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Ticket sales through the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

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On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Guest performance Baden Baden

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano

Works by
Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor, op. 15

Víkingur Ólafsson piano

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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spoke Zarathustra), op. 30

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jamez McCorkle tenor (Siegmund)
Christopher Maltman baritone (Wotan)
Brindley Sherratt bass (Hunding)
Christina Nilsson soprano (Sieglinde)
Lise Davidsen soprano (Brünnhilde)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Tessa McQueen soprano (Helmwige)
Aviva Fortunata soprano (Gerhilde)
Hedvig Haugerud soprano (Ortlinde)
Natalie Lewis mezzo-soprano (Waltraute)
Xenia Puskarz Thomas mezzo-soprano (Siegrune)
Fleuranne Brockway mezzo-soprano (Roßweiße)
Aytaj Shikhalizada contralto (Grimgerde)
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein contralto (Schwertleite)

Richard Wagner
Die Walküre (scenic performance)

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​Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Le Concert d’Astrée choir
Emmanuelle Haïm conductor
Sabine Devieilhe soprano
Carlo Vistoli countertenor
Eric Ferring tenor
William Thomas bass

George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Lahav Shani conductor
Martha Argerich piano

Works by
Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev and Modest Mussorgsky

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C major, op. 26

Martha Argerich piano

Interval

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Golda Schultz soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
Sebastian Kohlhepp tenor
David Steffens bass
Gijs Leenaars chorus master

Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jamez McCorkle tenor (Siegmund)
Christopher Maltman baritone (Wotan)
Brindley Sherratt bass (Hunding)
Christina Nilsson soprano (Sieglinde)
Lise Davidsen soprano (Brünnhilde)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Tessa McQueen soprano (Helmwige)
Aviva Fortunata soprano (Gerhilde)
Hedvig Haugerud soprano (Ortlinde)
Natalie Lewis mezzo-soprano (Waltraute)
Xenia Puskarz Thomas mezzo-soprano (Siegrune)
Fleuranne Brockway mezzo-soprano (Roßweiße)
Aytaj Shikhalizada contralto (Grimgerde)
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein contralto (Schwertleite)

Richard Wagner
Die Walküre (scenic performance)

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​Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Lahav Shani conductor
Lisa Batiashvili violin

Works by
Claude Debussy, Jean Sibelius and Modest Mussorgsky

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Jean Sibelius
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 47

Interval

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)

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Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Golda Schultz soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
Sebastian Kohlhepp tenor
David Steffens bass
Gijs Leenaars chorus master

Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123

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Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Le Concert d’Astrée choir
Emmanuelle Haïm conductor
Sabine Devieilhe soprano
Carlo Vistoli countertenor
Eric Ferring tenor
William Thomas bass

George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56

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Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg

Salzburg Easter Festival

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jamez McCorkle tenor (Siegmund)
Christopher Maltman baritone (Wotan)
Brindley Sherratt bass (Hunding)
Christina Nilsson soprano (Sieglinde)
Lise Davidsen soprano (Brünnhilde)
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Tessa McQueen soprano (Helmwige)
Aviva Fortunata soprano (Gerhilde)
Hedvig Haugerud soprano (Ortlinde)
Natalie Lewis mezzo-soprano (Waltraute)
Xenia Puskarz Thomas mezzo-soprano (Siegrune)
Fleuranne Brockway mezzo-soprano (Roßweiße)
Aytaj Shikhalizada contralto (Grimgerde)
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein contralto (Schwertleite)

Richard Wagner
Die Walküre (scenic performance)

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​Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival

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On tour
Turku Music Centre Fuuga, Turku, Finland

Europakonzert

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

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Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

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On tour
Gothenborg Concert Hall, Sweden

Scandinavia tour

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Programme note

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

Programme note

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Ticket sale through the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Open-air flower market with various colorful flowers and stalls in a city square, surrounded by buildings, including a large blue, neoclassical building with columns in the background under a cloudy sky.

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On tour
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Scandinavia tour

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Programme note

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

Programme note

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Ticket sales through the Konserthuset Stockhom

A glass building lit with blue and white lights stands at night, reflected clearly in a large pool of water in front, while people gather around the entrance.

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On tour
Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark

Scandinavia tour

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Programme note

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

Programme note

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Ticket sales through the Musikhuset Aarhus

View of the wing from the aircraft

Please note: This event does not take place in Berlin.

On tour
DR Koncerthuset, Kopenhagen, Denmark

Scandinavia tour

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Programme note

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

Programme note

Read more

Ticket sales through the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Modern glass Elbphilharmonie concert hall with a wave-shaped roof stands on a brick base by the water in Hamburg, Germany, with cranes and harbor in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

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On tour
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Guest performance

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Works by
Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, op. 55

Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 16

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Programme note

Interval

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”

Programme note

Read more

Ticket sales through the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg