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In the free carte blanche concerts, the scholarship holders of the Karajan Academy present themselves every month as soloists or in ensembles and gain further performance experience in addition to their orchestral activities. They put together the programme... moreabout: Carte blanche
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Schoenberg and Brahms – they sound like separate worlds. However, the twelve-tone composer was partly responsible for saving the late Romantic for the Modern Age. With Brahms’s “Tragische Ouvertüre” and the American minimalism of John Adams’s “Harmonielehre”... moreabout: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
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Few other musicians have shaped the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series as much as pianists Michael Wollny and Iiro Rantala. The two played in the legendary opening concert of the series in 2012 and have appeared time and again in recent years with memorable... moreabout: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic: Piano Night
© Zuzanna Specjal
Colourful, festive, refined – Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony” surprises us not only with its unexpected use of the organ, but also with its delicate sound textures. Kazuki Yamada, chief conductor of the orchestras in Birmingham and Monte-Carlo,... moreabout: Saint-Saëns’ “Organ Symphony” and Respighi’s “Fontane di Roma”
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An ancient Egyptian sculpture finds new meaning as a desk-top ornament. But what status does it have between familiar discourse and the unknown? This question becomes the starting point for an archaeology of musical archetypes. In the concluding part... moreabout: EXAUDI / PHACE
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Riccardo Chailly repeatedly displays a magic touch for the standard repertoire with the Filarmonica della Scala – and successfully enriches it with his sharp ear for new discoveries from the inexhaustible repository of musical history and the musical... moreabout: Filarmonica della Scala
© Sima Dehgani
Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is not only one of his most popular works, it also represents the dawn of new music – in 1901 the composer turned his back on the pathos of late Romanticism and pointed the way towards 20th century music. Before this, Luigi... moreabout: Konzerthausorchester Berlin
© Nikola Stankovic
“World Jazz” is the theme of this concert – because the performers come from very different countries: Swedish pianist Joel Lyssarides and American drummer Hamid Drake meet Greek musician George Prokopiou, a virtuoso on the long-necked lute bouzouki,... moreabout: Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic: World Jazz
© Heribert Schindler
The music world owes a great debt of gratitude to clarinettist Anton Stadler. After all, he inspired Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to write a clarinet quintet which, with its yearning melodies, is one of the most beautiful works of chamber music. In turn, Wolfgang... moreabout: Philharmonic chamber music: the fascination of the clarinet
© Stefan Höderath
Maurice RavelSérénade grotesqueMenuet antiquePavane pour une infante défunteJeux d'eauSonatine Pause Maurice RavelMiroirsGaspard de la nuit Pause Maurice RavelMenuet sur le nom de HaydnValses nobles et sentimentalesPréludeÀ la manière de BorodineÀ la... moreabout: Piano recital
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In the opening concert the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Thierry Fischer demonstrates the broad range of art music from the many “Americas”: Charles Ives evokes New York’s Central Park, while Heitor Villa-Lobos explores the sound worlds of South... moreabout: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
© Marco Borggreve
Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata is one of the 20th century’s most monumental piano sonatas – a flood of sound that is ludicrously demanding, with three systems of notation instead of the usual two. A challenge – even for an internationally accalimed pianist... moreabout: Pierre-Laurent Aimard II
© Heribert Schindler
Our Philharmonic Discourse explores topics that move us, inspire us and spark our curiosity: prominent guests and presenter Christiane Florin discuss current issues and aspects of politics, society, culture and history. Although the focus of this event... moreabout: Philharmonic Discourse
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In this programme the Staatskapelle Berlin under Susanna Mälkki present music that is conscious of death while attempting to grasp the value of life. Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde was written immediately after the death of his daughter. Hush... moreabout: Staatskapelle Berlin
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Was the world a better place in the Romantic era? Alexander Melnikov explores this question through his piano recital – following the theme of our Biennale entitled Paradise Lost? On the threat to nature. With Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy, Melnikov leads... moreabout: Piano recital
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