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Twinkle Concert S / Pepephon & Perkussion

It sounds, whistles, rings, throbs, grooves and swings! From a mini-clarinet called clarineo to the double bass clarinet, from triangle to tam-tam – the biggest for the little ones, but also fine little things for the big ones! Two musicians with lots of instruments (some of them homemade) invite you to listen and marvel, to feel and savour. And to enjoy a musical chocolate cake. »Twinkle Concerts« is the series of children’s concerts at the Elbphilharmonie that brings the most successful productions from all over Europe to Hamburg. At times funny and playful, at others thoughtful and reflective, the series introduces children to the world of music in a special and unique way. In addition, the popular Elfi Baby Concerts for expectant mothers and parents with babies up to one year of age continue to take place at the Elbphilharmonie and in many Hamburg districts.

AKADEMIE FORUM: OMRI BOEHM & RULA HARDAL

Is It Too Early to Think of Peace?Talk and Discussion Can Israelis and Palestinians speak of peace in the current moment? It seems obvious that Oslo-style two-state politics has run its course, and that the horrific violence unfolding in the region is evidence of this failure. But as the old Oslo paradigm is dying, can a new paradigm be born—do we have an alternative vision? And who is willing to have that conversation? Rula Hardal and Omri Boehm argue that it is not only possible but necessary and urgent to think of solutions that break the narrow two-state/one-state dichotomy and to discuss the political, legal, and historical aspects that confront (con-)federative thinking today. Rula Hardal was born in 1974 in Peqi’in; Omri Boehm was born in 1979 in Gilon. Both have Israeli and German citizenship. Hardal conducts research at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and has been co-director of the Israeli-Palestinian organization “A Land for All – Two States, One Homeland” since 2023. She spent ten years in Germany, where she received her doctorate from the University of Hanover. Omri Boehm is Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of Haifa Republic and Radical Universalism, among other books. Presented in English Featuring a musical performance by Mohammed Al Sheikh, student of the Barenboim-Said Akademie

Mendelssohn-Quartett Leipzig

Next Generation II Kammerkonzert 7

Musicians of the Komische Oper Berlin present intensive listening experiences in special locations as part of their chamber concerts. From the festive ambience of the Schiller Theater to the monumental vastness of the old hangar at Tempelhof Airport, with new sound worlds at the Kindl site to enchanting experiences in a tent.

Speak Low. Songs about masculinity and queer utopias

The art song – a mirror of a bygone era and yet surprisingly contemporary. Johannes Worms and Nasti invite you to an evening that looks at familiar and new works from an unusual perspective.

Grigory Sokolov / Piano Recital

»If there are any living piano gods at all, this man is definitely one of them.« Anyone who has ever heard a piano recital by Grigory Sokolov can only agree with RONDO magazine. Without show and glamour, solely through the power of his art, the exceptional pianist succeeds in turning each of his concerts into an extraordinary experience. You want to be there when he casts his spell with a precise touch, pointed rhythm and absolutely convincing interpretation. As a person, Sokolov is completely at the service of the composition. When he plays, everything suddenly becomes clear: this is how it has to sound. This is music in its purest form!

29th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

29th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival - Beethoven and great poetry 6-18 April 2025 More information: www.beethoven.org.pl Organiser: Ludwig van Beethoven Association General Director of the Festival: Elżbieta Penderecka The Festival, co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Warsaw, is held under the honorary patronage of President Andrzej Duda.

Widmann. Kasai. van Dijk. Münchener Kammerorchester Es klang so alt und war doch so neu

Jörg Widmann, eine der größten künstlerischen Stimmen unserer Zeit und langjähriger „Frühlings“-Freund, kommt mit einem reinen Mozart-Programm! Für den Wiener Klassiker hegt Widmann schon seit seiner Jugend „grenzenlose Bewunderung“. Auf dem Programm stehen, wie er sagt, „scheinbar bekannte Stücke“ – die berühmten und vielgespielten letzten beiden Sinfonien und die Sinfonia concertante. Was ihn darin besonders fasziniert, ist die extreme emotionale Bandbreite, das „Umschlagen von einer absoluten Heiterkeit zu einer Art Todesahnung“. Mit dem Münchener Kammerorchester, das Jörg Widmann seit 2022/23 als Associated Conductor leitet, und den beiden aus diesem stammenden Solist*innen bildet er ein stimmiges Team.Im Anschluss findet ein Künstlergespräch mit Jörg Widmann und Anselm Cybinski im Festivalzentrum statt.

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Daniel Cho / James Conlon

In this concert with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra conducted by James Conlon, »the« Czech composer of the 19th century meets »the« Czech composer of the 20th. We are, of course, talking about Antonín Dvořák and Bohuslav Martinů. With his Seventh Symphony, Dvořák was keen to prove that he was far more than merely a master of local Czech influences. »My symphony should turn out in such a way that it moves the world,« and it has done so ever since its acclaimed premiere in London in the 1880s. »I cannot tell you how much the English honour me! I’m written about everywhere and they say I’m the lion of this year’s music season in London.«

Last but not least

Towards the end of his eventful life as a composer, Dmitri Shostakovich once again sets out to write a symphony, his fifteenth by now. It is bound to be his last, as the seriously ill Russian is fully aware of. Still, his decision stands: »I would like to write a cheerful symphony.« And indeed, his final symphonic endeavour begins with a twinkle in the eye, mischievously orchestrated. But by the second movement, the mood has already changed, and movement by movement, the score turns into what seems like a musical biography. A painful chorale, moments of eerie trembling, and sharp irony – Shostakovich creates a musical review of his own oeuvre and the horrors of his era. His life as an artist is still marked by panic, even though two decades have gone by since Stalin’s death. Thus it is not surprising that Shostakovich’s sense of humour, essential for survival, keeps drifting towards the grotesque and becomes terrifying. At the end, you can almost hear death itself coming towards you, bones rattling. The fifth and last piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven also reflects the political turmoil of the era. No tranquility to compose in early 1809. Instead: the sounds of war, gunfire, and Napoleon just outside of Vienna. Even though the first movement is marked by triumphant pathos, the weighty subtitle Emperor describes but a single facet of this extraordinary piano concerto which includes one of the most heavenly and tender slow movements Beethoven ever wrote: A dream sequence, far from this world, a divine melody that Leonard Bernstein later borrowed for his heart-wrenching Somewhere in the West Side Story. Without further ado, and using the effect of surprise he is known for, Beethoven charges into the finale which features a few innovative particularities: a duet for solo piano and timpani, for example, resembling a distant memory of the drums of war. The Gürzenich Orchestra looks forward to this musical adventure, and to two living legends: Eliahu Inbal as conductor, born 1936 in Jerusalem, and the magnificent Elisabeth Leonskaja at the piano.

Hommage an Heifetz

Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante

The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform at Alicante's Auditorio de la Diputación.LPO Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski and violinist Vilde Frang join the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a dazzling programme of Brahms, Schumann and Beethoven.

KlassikLounge

The Essen Philharmonic's KlassikLounge is a unique concert format. Chamber music ensembles perform diverse musical mixes at the Grillo-Theater's Café Central four times per season. Each KlassikLounge has a theme, DJ sounds frame the concerts, and the audience can interact with the musicians afterward. Join us for four stimulating evenings this season!

Janine Jansen / Denis Kozhukhin

The duo formed by Janine Jansen and Denis Kozhukhin in a programme juxtaposing Brahms—a composer particularly close to their hearts—with a selection of 20th-century French chamber music.

Guest performance

Concert du programme Élite 2025 de l’école

Portico Quartet Ensemble

Since its emergence in the mid-2000s, the ever-evolving Portico Quartet has established itself at the forefront of London’s thrilling new jazz scene. Here the group presents an ‘augmented’ live version of its stunning minimalist, ambient-oriented album Terrain.

Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 2

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

Twinkle Concert S / Pepephon & Percussion

It sounds, whistles, rings, throbs, grooves and swings! From a mini-clarinet called clarineo to the double bass clarinet, from triangle to tam-tam – the biggest for the little ones, but also fine little things for the big ones! Two musicians with lots of instruments (some of them homemade) invite you to listen and marvel, to feel and savour. And to enjoy a musical chocolate cake. »Twinkle Concerts« is the series of children’s concerts at the Elbphilharmonie that brings the most successful productions from all over Europe to Hamburg. At times funny and playful, at others thoughtful and reflective, the series introduces children to the world of music in a special and unique way. In addition, the popular Elfi Baby Concerts for expectant mothers and parents with babies up to one year of age continue to take place at the Elbphilharmonie and in many Hamburg districts.

re:start Mittagskonzert in der Altstadt

Midday concerts with young musicians are a tradition at the Heidelberger Frühling Music Festival. This year, members of the Festivalcampus-Ensemble invite you to enjoy music in the time-honored hall of the Old University. The program includes works selected by Spanish pianist Gorka Plada, according to the festival motto, from the musical world of Impressionism and Romanticism, evoking the feeling of timeless wandering and searching, by Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Tōru Takemitsu, and Maurice Ravel. The concert lasts 45 minutes and admission is free.

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Really old and extremely lively: For many seasons now, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has been demonstrating how thrilling music from the 17th to the early 19th century can sound in its own series at the Konzerthaus Berlin.Bach's „St Matthew Passion“ was premiered for the second time in 1829 - in the Singakademie building in Berlin, which is now home to the Maxim Gorki Theatre. The conductor was Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who was only twenty years old. He paved the way for a Bach renaissance with the version he arranged and shortened. In the era of Viennese Classicism, Bach's music had simply hardly ever been performed. The Passion, however, which was first presented to the congregation of St Thomas' Church in Leipzig in 1727, is one of the most haunting musical depictions of the story of the crucifixion.

KINAN AZMEH CITYBAND

Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh brings his New York–based Kinan Azmeh CityBand back to the Pierre Boulez Saal. Crossing boundaries between styles and genres, between composition and improvisa­ tion, the quartet plays “music that is inspired by a multitude of traditions without being limited by any of them,” as Azmeh describes it. The concert is part of a German tour celebrating the release of the band’s new album Live in Berlin, recorded at the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2021.

6th Soirée

St Matthew Passion

Every year, for more than a century, we have been performing one of Bach’s most popular works: the St Matthew Passion. This year, the prominent German conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann is leading our ensemble.Bach’s masterly music keeps moving us“Betrayal, condemnation and death, but above all – love. Although the words of the St Matthew Passion are age-old, the story and the message are still relevant today. And every year, Bach’s masterly music moves us once again. Bach’s masterpiece is in good hands with Rademann. In every St Matthew Passion he performs, this real Bach man – founder of the Dresdner Kammerchor, artistic director of the Bachakademie Stuttgart and regular name at the international music festival Bachfest – seeks out a new contemporary approach, always keeping a careful eye on the monumental character of the work. For decades, he has been one of the most successful choral conductors in Germany. Plenty of reason, therefore, to invite Rademann as the guest conductor for our traditional Passion concerts.

Łucja Madziar & Thomas Hoppe

Łucja Madziar, first concertmaster of the ORF Symphony Orchestra, and her piano partner Thomas Hoppe have formed a musical duo since 2022. The multi-award-winning violinist is a regular guest at music festivals (Beethovenfest Bonn, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Paderewski-Festival) and can look back on solo appearances, e.g. in the Grand Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus. As a soloist, she has performed several times with the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen. Thomas Hoppe is regarded as an outstanding piano partner and has performed as such with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Antje Weithaas, Vilde Frang and Tabea Zimmermann. The Berlin pianist completed his training at the Juilliard School in New York City. As a member of the ATOS Trio, he performs worldwide and has won many prizes and awards.

The Barber of Seville

About the work It’s a rambunctious tale: an old curmudgeon is set on marrying his own ward of court with a view to snapping up her considerable inheritance. He leaves no stone unturned in his efforts to keep the fair Rosina cloistered from the outside world and thus from any potential young suitors. A pity, then, that Count Almaviva has fallen head over heels for her. Assisted by Figaro, an enterprising barber, he plans to outwit the old man, win over Rosina – and ensure that it’s love that attracts her to him rather than his rank and wealth. Not an easy job for Figaro, seeing as the opposite camp is scheming with equal tenacity … Love wins out in the end, and it turns out that all precautions were useless! Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [1732 –1799] dreamt up the character of the mischievous barber and wrote an entire comic trilogy about him, the first two instalments of which (LE BARBIER DE SÉVILLE OU LA PRÉCAUTION INUTILE [1775] and LA FOLLE JOURNÉE OU LE MARIAGE DE FIGARO [1778]) are world famous. Part 3, L’AUTRE TARTUFFE OU LA MÈRE COUPABLE [1792], was not such a hit, perhaps due to the upheavals of the Revolution. Although the revolutionary potential was especially palpable in the second part, with its brilliant soundtrack courtesy of Mozart [THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, 1786], the barber of the first part oozes disrespect, which inevitably makes him the central protagonist in this comic opera. Giovanni Paisiello had a runaway success with his musical version of BARBIERE in 1782, meaning that Rossini was up against a seemingly unassailable precursor when he resolved to compete directly with Paisiello in writing a comic opera based on the same material. And he pulled it off: 34 years after his rival’s own hit show he delivered arguably the wittiest and peppiest opera buffa in the history of the genre. About the production The action centring on the famous hair stylist, whose brainwaves solve all the challenges in the end, is transposed by Katharina Thalbach ...

Mariani Klavierquartett

The Mariani Piano Quartet, composed of renowned musicians, performs three piano quartets. They rediscovered Gernsheim's romantic work, banned by the Nazis. Martinů's energetic quartet, composed in exile, and Dvořák's work complete the program. A 7-minute discussion highlights interesting aspects. The concert will be recorded and broadcast.

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing Zum Raum wird hier die Zeit

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, Essen Cathedral organist, explores the Kuhn organ at the Jesuit Church. His improvisational journey through the organ's sounds is framed by Bach's works and 20th-century music, culminating in Reger's homage to the B-A-C-H motif. The concert also features a discussion on Bach's Toccata.

Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment: St Matthew Passion

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!