News

Change of general manager in 2017/2018 season

02/29/2016

Martin Hoffmann, general manager of the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation, will not be extending his contract which expires in summer 2017.

Special concert free in the Digital Concert Hall

02/24/2016

On 1 March at 6 p.m., three Berlin orchestras will play for refugees and people who have helped them. The concert will be broadcast free of charge in the Digital Concert Hall.

Death of Rainer Mehne

02/18/2016

The Berliner Philharmoniker are much saddened by the death of their former member Rainer Mehne, who died on February 17 at the age of 68.

Awards for the Sibelius cycle with Simon Rattle

02/17/2016

The recording has received a prize at this year’s International Classical Music Awards and entered the current Quarterly Critics’ Choice of the German Record Critics’ Award.

Death of Aurèle Nicolet

02/01/2016

The flautist, a defining musician of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the postwar period, dies at the age of 90.

Performances of “Copernicus” cancelled

01/27/2016

Due to technical reasons, the performances of Claude Vivier's will be postponed to a later date.

Death of Kurt Masur

12/19/2015

On 19 December, Kurt Masur died at the age of 88. From 1976, he worked together with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Death of Stella Doufexis

12/16/2015

The Berliner Philharmoniker mourn the loss of Stella Doufexis who died after a long illness on December 15 at the age of only 47.

Grawemeyer Award for Abrahmsen's “Let me tell you”

11/25/2015

Work commissioned by Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation wins Grawemeyer Award.

Berliner Philharmoniker mourn with the relatives of the victims in Paris

11/14/2015

Moment of silence at the beginning of today’s concert at the Musikverein Vienna

Award for an initiative of the Berliner Philharmoniker

10/14/2015

The project EXPLORE CLASSICAL MUSIC! received a prize in the 2015 nationwide innovation competition “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas”.

Kirill Petrenko

10/13/2015

Kirill Petrenko will take up office as chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2019/2020 season.

Beethoven Cycle Exhibition

10/06/2015

The archive of the Berliner Philharmoniker is presenting a small historical retrospective of the orchestra's Beethoven tradition.

Festival tour

08/26/2015

After opening the season in Berlin, the Berliner Philharmoniker gives guest performances in Salzburg, Lucerne, Bucharest and Grafenegg.

UNICEF fundraiser at the Waldbühne

07/04/2015

Over 70.000 Euros for Syrian refugee children

Music for the Queen

06/25/2015

Five members of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the state banquet for Queen Elizabeth.

Farewell Andreas Blau!

06/25/2015

Principal flautist of Berliner Philharmoniker retires.

Open House Day a great success

06/16/2015

12,000 visitors flock to the Berlin Philharmonie. Donations of 8,000 euros go to UNICEF’s Nepal earthquake relief effort

Cancellation by Angela Denoke

05/20/2015

Soprano Camilla Nylund to stand in for indisposed Angela Denoke in the concerts on 22, 24 and 25 May 2015.

Guest performance in Munich

04/17/2015

The Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Riccardo Muti in the Philharmonie of the Gasteig.