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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We take you on tour with us on our blog.
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
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Eleonora Buratto soprano (Cio-Cio-San)
Jonathan Tetelman tenor (Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton)
Tassis Christoyannis baritone (Sharpless)
Aksel Daveyan baritone (Yamadori)
Teresa Iervolino mezzo-soprano (Suzuki)
Didier Pieri tenor (Goro)
Giorgi Chelidze bass (The Bonze)
Lilia Istratii mezzo-soprano (Kate Pinkerton)
Jasurbek Khaydarov bass (Kaiserlicher Komissar)
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Works by
Sergei Rachmaninoff and Richard Strauss
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Interval
Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Works by
Leoš Janáček, Ludwig van Beethoven and Béla Bartók
Leoš Janáček
Osud.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 73
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Interval
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Eleonora Buratto soprano (Cio-Cio-San)
Jonathan Tetelman tenor (Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton)
Tassis Christoyannis baritone (Sharpless)
Aksel Daveyan baritone (Yamadori)
Teresa Iervolino mezzo-soprano (Suzuki)
Didier Pieri tenor (Goro)
Giorgi Chelidze bass (The Bonze)
Lilia Istratii mezzo-soprano (Kate Pinkerton)
Jasurbek Khaydarov bass (Kaiserlicher Komissar)
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Justus Barleben chorus master
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Works by
Sergei Rachmaninoff and Richard Strauss
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Leif Ove Andsnes piano
Interval
Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), op. 64
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Eleonora Buratto soprano (Cio-Cio-San)
Jonathan Tetelman tenor (Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton)
Tassis Christoyannis baritone (Sharpless)
Aksel Daveyan baritone (Yamadori)
Teresa Iervolino mezzo-soprano (Suzuki)
Didier Pieri tenor (Goro)
Giorgi Chelidze bass (The Bonze)
Lilia Istratii mezzo-soprano (Kate Pinkerton)
Jasurbek Khaydarov bass (Kaiserlicher Komissar)
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
On tour
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Easter Festival Baden-Baden 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Justus Barleben chorus master
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
On tour
Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, Italy
Europakonzert
Berliner Philharmoniker
Riccardo Muti conductor
Works by
Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi and Johannes Brahms
Gioacchino Rossini
William Tell: Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
I vespri siciliani: Le Quattro Stagioni, Ballet Music
Interval
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
On tour
Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Guest performance Amsterdam
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9
On tour
Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Guest performance Amsterdam
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Dorottya Láng mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Bruns tenor
Works by
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: 1st Movement Adagio
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
On tour
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Guest performance Brussels
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9
On tour
Kölner Philharmonie
Guest performance
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9
On tour
Philharmonie Essen
Guest performance
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9
On tour
CARMEN WÜRTH FORUM, Künzelsau
Guest performance Künzelsau
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
On tour
Osaka Expo, Japan
Japan tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Christina Landshamer soprano
Masumitsu Miyamoto baritone
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven and Piotr Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont, op. 84
Christina Landshamer soprano, Masumitsu Miyamoto baritone
Interval
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
On tour
Aichi-Ken Hall, Nagoya, Japan
Japan tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Christina Landshamer soprano
Masumitsu Miyamoto baritone
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven and Piotr Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont, op. 84
Christina Landshamer soprano, Masumitsu Miyamoto baritone
Interval
Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
On tour
Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater, Kawaguchiko, Japan
Japan tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Works by
Gabriela Ortiz Torres, Arturo Márquez, Antonio Estévez Aponte, Evencio Castellanos, Angélica Negrón, Roberto Sierra and Leonard Bernstein
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Kauyumari
Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 8 “Homenaje to Maurice Ohana”
Antonio Estévez Aponte
Mediodía en el llano
Evencio Castellanos
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Interval
Angélica Negrón
Me he perdido
Roberto Sierra
Alegría
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
On tour
Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater, Kawaguchiko, Japan
Japan tour
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Works by
Gabriela Ortiz Torres, Arturo Márquez, Antonio Estévez Aponte, Evencio Castellanos, Angélica Negrón, Roberto Sierra and Leonard Bernstein
Gabriela Ortiz Torres
Kauyumari
Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 8 “Homenaje to Maurice Ohana”
Antonio Estévez Aponte
Mediodía en el llano
Evencio Castellanos
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Interval
Angélica Negrón
Me he perdido
Roberto Sierra
Alegría
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances