The Berliner Philharmoniker on tour Join us on our travels!
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.
Up close and personal!
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
Upcoming tour dates
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On tour
Alte Oper Frankfurt
Guest performance Frankfurt
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Jonathan Tetelman tenor
Works by
Ottorino Respighi, Victorien Sardou, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Victorien Sardou
Umberto Giordano
Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris
Jonathan Tetelman tenor
Francesco Cilea
L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico
Jonathan Tetelman tenor
Ottorino Respighi
Feste romane
Interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
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
Pini di Roma
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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, Victorien Sardou, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Victorien Sardou
Umberto Giordano
Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”, Aria of Loris
Jonathan Tetelman tenor
Francesco Cilea
L'Arlesiana: “È la solita storia”, Aria of Frederico
Jonathan Tetelman tenor
Ottorino Respighi
Feste romane
Interval
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
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
Pini di Roma
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
Interval
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spoke Zarathustra), op. 30
Ticket sales through the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
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On tour
Weinbrennersaal, Weinbrennersaal
Guest performance
Pangaea Trio Berlin:
Marlene Ito violin
Uladzimir Sinkevich cello
Yannick Rafalimanana piano
Works by
Ludwig van Beethoven and Dmitri Shostakovich
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in C minor, op. 1 No. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op. 67
Ticket sales through the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
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On tour
Weinbrennersaal, Weinbrennersaal
Guest performance Baden-Baden
Kilian Herold clarinet
Andraž Golob clarinet
Alexander Bader clarinet
Matic Kuder clarinet
Works by
Leonard Bernstein, Tomaso Albinoni, Claude Debussy, Guillaume Connesson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Gershwin and Paquito D'Rivera
Leonard Bernstein
Candide: Overture (version for clarinet quartet)
Tomaso Albinoni
Sonata a cinque in G minor , op. 2 No. 6
Claude Debussy
Deux Arabesques (arr. for clarinet quartet by Ioan Dobrinescu)
Guillaume Connesson
Prelude et Funk for clarinet quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute, K. 620: Excerpts (arr. for clarinet quartet by Franz Lotz)
Emanuel Schikaneder, Franz Lotz
George Gershwin
Three Preludes (arr. for clarinet quartet)
Paquito D'Rivera
12 Clarinet Quartets: Excerpts
Ticket sales through the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
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On tour
Weinbrennersaal, Weinbrennersaal
Guest performance Baden-Baden
Berlin Philharmonic Winds:
Jonathan Kelly oboe
Andreas Wittmann oboe
Dominik Wollenweber oboe
Kilian Herold clarinet
Alexander Bader clarinet
Alexander Bader Bassetthorn
Matic Kuder clarinet
Andraž Golob Bassetthorn
Stefan Schweigert bassoon
Sarah Willis french horn
Martin Heinze double bass
Christoph Hartmann oboe
Václav Vonášek bassoon
Barbara Kehrig bassoon
Paula Ernesaks french horn
László Gál french horn
Paula Ernesaks french horn
Johannes Lamotke french horn
Andrej Žust french horn
Martin Heinze double bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in B flat major, K. 361 “Gran Partita”
Ticket sales through the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
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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)
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)
Ticket sales through the Salzburg Easter Festival
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Ticket sale through the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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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
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Ticket sales through the Konserthuset Stockhom
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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
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Ticket sales through the Musikhuset Aarhus
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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
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Ticket sales through the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
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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
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral”
Ticket sales through the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg