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Braunschweigisches Staatsorchester / Srba Dinić
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Braunschweig State Orchestra
Classical Concerts atElbphilharmonie
The Elbphilharmonie, located in Hamburg, Germany, is a striking concert hall renowned for its stunning architecture and exceptional acoustics. Opened in 2017, it features a glass structure atop a historic warehouse, creating a harmonious blend of old and new. This cultural landmark hosts a diverse range of performances, attracting music lovers from around the world.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
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Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Kent Nagano
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Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Symphonieorchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Chor zur Welt
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
Usually, the roughly 60 singers from more than 15 countries in the Chor zur Welt sing a diverse programme with music from all the home regions of its members. But this time, fittingly for the focal point of the 2024/25 season, Brazil is the focus of the Elbphilharmonie’s participatory ensemble. More specifically, »música popular brasileira« (popular Brazilian music), »MPB« for short and also affectionately referred to as »nossa música« (our music) by Brazilians. Heard and loved across all generations and communities, »MPB« combines many Brazilian traditions with pop music. Whether influences from rock, reggae, samba, bossa nova or from the music of Afro-Brazilian culture: everything from the cultural melting pot comes together here. This music is intoxicating, spreads a good mood and lets no one sit still – least of all the choir itself.
Upcoming Concerts
Concerts at Elbphilharmonie in season 2024/25 or later
Today
Sào Soulez Larivière, viola
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
Experience the most exciting young personalities of the classical music world for a whole week – the Rising Stars Festival makes this possible. Chosen from the most famous concert halls in Europe, six excellent young musicians use the Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall to give the Hamburg audience sonic samples of their star potential. The festival kicks off with the Franco-Dutch violist Sào Soulez Larivière, whom the Elbphilharmonie itself nominated as its personal Rising Star for the 2024/25 season and who was already a guest in the »Teatime Classics« series. Larivière builds his programme around an equally rare and fascinating combination: the sonorous sound of the viola impacts on the kaleidoscope of sound of the percussion. The violist gets support from drummer and former Rising Star Christoph Sietzen – and this extraordinary line-up naturally does not offer standard repertoire, but a programme selection full of surprises and discoveries, which Larivière presents as a young artist with an open mind and mature personality.
Ensemble Resonanz / Leila Josefowicz / Claire Chase
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
»Man is only completely a man when he plays.« Friedrich Schiller already understood it, and Ensemble Resonanz and Leila Josefowicz provide the proof: they light-footedly dismantle their world, reassemble it and take their audience on a boundless adventure of discovery. The Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall turns into a playground of creativity: from Leoš Janáček to Pauline Oliveros, they arrange a diverse musical collage, unhinge Bach, pile up the building blocks of life with Felix Mendelssohn and awaken the homo ludens in the audience. A new work by the playful Dai Fujikura lets the soloists soar like birds in spirals over the musical playing field, while the orchestra also picks up momentum. A concert becomes a thrilling carousel ride!
Tomorrow
Carlos Ferreira, clarinet
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
The illustrious circle of »Rising Stars« 2024/25, selected from the great European concert halls, includes clarinettist Carlos Ferreira – although the title of a Rising Star almost seems too small. Solo clarinettist of the Orchestre National de France, prize winner of the famous ARD Music Competition and recipient of the solo artist prize from the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – the Portuguese star is already high in the sky! Ferreira presents a broadly-based programme that he designed together with pianist Pedro Emanuel Pereira. Both of them had already recorded an album together in 2023 and, as a well-functioning duo, carry off the Hamburg audience into the most diverse soundscapes. The spectrum of the evening ranges from the supple elegance of Claude Debussy via the warm melancholy of Johannes Brahms to the charming preposterousness of Francis Poulenc. If that is not enough variety for anyone, they can look forward to brand new music by young Chinese composer Lanqing Ding with the commissioned work for Carlos Ferreira.
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / James Gaffigan
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
In his mid-forties, James Gaffigan is already music director of two major opera houses: the Komische Oper in Berlin and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. For his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the American conductor has chosen dramatic incidental music for the programme. Gaffigan opens the concert with the beginning of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera »Khovanshchina«. It is a gloomy portrait of the mores of Tsarist Russia, but the composer gave the introduction the idyllic title »Dawn on the Moskva«: soaring string sounds merge into gentle flute tones, which are gradually joined by other wind instruments.
January 24, 2025
Quatuor Agate
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
At the Rising Stars Festival, the Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall again becomes the stage for the most exciting musicians of the young generation in January 2025. Amongst these stars of tomorrow is the Quatuor Agate, as the only ensemble. The string quartet formed in Berlin in 2016 and the musicians’ joint career long since assumed an international format. The Guardian enthuses about the Brahms debut album by the four Frenchmen: »Warm, wonderfully refined sound, impeccable intonation and punctilious attention to detail.« Under the heading »Outlaws«, the Quatuor Agate presents a well-thought out concept programme in Hamburg with String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich at its heart. Under the impact of the tyranny of his Russian homeland, Shostakovich created a piece of bloodcurdling intensity in 1960 that he saw as his own musical obituary. Adrien Jurkovic, Thomas Descamps, Raphaël Pagnon and Simon Iachemet surround this confessional music with a broad-based programme combination which ranges from the Renaissance to the present day. Projections accompany the programme and shine a light on the life of the composers. With singing, the musicians rise far above their usual role as instrumentalists in the commissioned composition by Anna Korsun.
January 25, 2025
Workshop: Klassiko Special
Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)
Have you ever heard of a double bass recorder? Or of the Indian shrutibox? For the workshop »Klassiko Special« we have unpacked some of the most unusual instruments from the Elbphilharmonie’s huge collection, which participants can try out themselves. The serpent, the waterphone or the giant tubax: there are true rarities waiting to be discovered here! Please note: this workshop is aimed at young people aged 16+ and adults. Children younger than 16 may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.
Elbphilharmonie Audience Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
In the Audience Orchestra, dedicated amateurs rehearse with great enthusiasm and at a very high artistic level under conductor Michael Petermann, the director of the Hamburger Konservatorium. Each year the orchestra gives two performances in the Grand Hall and further concerts in Hamburg districts, in which they play the pieces they’ve been practicing so intensively.
BOVIY
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
Vogue Germany chose Boviy as one of the most exciting newcomers of 2023 and describes her EP »The Upside Down« as a »balancing act between creative reincarnation and self-discovery, an act of liberation and declaration of war on old-fashioned role models and toxic ideals of beauty.« And that puts it in a nutshell quite well because Boviy no longer wants to be dictated to by a male-dominated music industry – and makes delightfully unorthodox pop with powerful lyrics, lush arrangements and, above all, boundless energy. Her singles and EPs already released give rise to great expectations from her debut album »When the Bubble Pops«: »The Upside Down« and »The Right Way Up« are set up as antitheses. If she is still fighting her demons on the first EP, she has fled from all of them on the second and sings freely: »I’m good all on my own!« Boviy’s songs are disarmingly honest, all stories from her own life, nothing sugar-coated, nothing left out or added, everything experienced herself, she sings without mincing her words. Incidentally, she not only writes her songs herself, but is also behind the artwork, conceptualises and edits her music videos herself and has set up her own label. However, she likes being on stage singing best!
January 26, 2025
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / James Gaffigan
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
In his mid-forties, James Gaffigan is already music director of two major opera houses: the Komische Oper in Berlin and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. For his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the American conductor has chosen dramatic incidental music for the programme. Gaffigan opens the concert with the beginning of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera »Khovanshchina«. It is a gloomy portrait of the mores of Tsarist Russia, but the composer gave the introduction the idyllic title »Dawn on the Moskva«: soaring string sounds merge into gentle flute tones, which are gradually joined by other wind instruments.
Workshop: Klassiko Special
Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)
Have you ever heard of a double bass recorder? Or of the Indian shrutibox? For the workshop »Klassiko Special« we have unpacked some of the most unusual instruments from the Elbphilharmonie’s huge collection, which participants can try out themselves. The serpent, the waterphone or the giant tubax: there are true rarities waiting to be discovered here! Please note: this workshop is aimed at young people aged 16+ and adults. Children younger than 16 may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.
Elbphilharmonie Kreativorchester
Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 1 (Hamburg)
Members of the Elbphilharmonie Kreativorchester (Creative Orchestra) have rehearsed together for five months now – for the grand finale, they present a concert in the Elbphilharmonie Kaistudio. All beginnings are easy in the Kreativorchester. Even the people who have not yet mastered an instrument or do not have time to play every week are invited to take part in the orchestra and draw on a wide range of experience. At the final concert, participants prove that kitchen utensils, one’s own body and plenty of improvisation can be used to create an orchestra.
Moka Efti Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
The Moka Efti Orchestra, the original 14-piece big band from the hit German TV show »Babylon Berlin«, invites you to travel back in time a hundred years to the »roaring« 1920s. In 1929, the year the series is set in, the world was a very different place. Berlin was wild, dirty, glamorous and party-loving. In the »Moka Efti«, one of the city’s entertainment palaces, people danced the Charleston to opulent big-band numbers. The Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall is now transformed into a dance hall itself when the Moka Efti Orchestra, led by composers Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien, and saxophonist and arranger Sebastian Borkowski, bring back the music and the feeling for life of that bygone era.
Mitsuko Uchida / Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Mitsuko Uchida is one of the greatest Mozart interpreters of our time. The Classical composer’s piano concertos form the centrepiece of her collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with which the Japanese pianist has been closely associated as an »Artistic Partner« since 2016. In their joint programmes, two of Mozart’s 27 piano concertos each frame the work of a different composer. In the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall, the rhythmic 18th and the colourful 21st frame Leoš Janáček’s wind sextet Mládí (»Youth«). Mozart wrote these two piano concertos in the space of just one year. In 1784/1785, the composer in his late 20s was riding a wave of success as one of Vienna’s leading pianists, offering his public ample opportunity to marvel at his skills as a virtuoso and composer. The wind sextet by Czech composer Janáček, on the other hand, can be seen as »a kind of reminiscence of youth«. It was composed in 1924 during a three-week stay in his birthplace Hukvaldy, and looks back on his »youth» on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
January 27, 2025
Benjamin Kruithof, violoncello
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
Each year, the European Concert Hall Organisation selects six Rising Stars and sends them on a journey through its member concert halls. The young stars of 2024/25 also include cellist Benjamin Kruithof, who thanks to his »classy, cantabile and lovely tone« (bachtrack.com) emerged as the winner of the George Enescu Cello Competition in 2022. He can wholeheartedly display this beautiful tone at the Elbphilharmonie. After all, the programme culminates in the almost infinite melodies of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s cello sonata. However, first of all, Kruithof gives the evening a poetic start with the »Trois Pièces« by Nadia Boulanger and then presents his Rising Star commissioned work by British composer Sally Beamish. It continues with music by Benjamin Britten, who always knew how to produce a superb balance of modernity and sensuality in his works. In the five movements of his cello sonata, a real kaleidoscope of moods and textures evolves in which the melodic flair of the cello already appears several times. Rachmaninoff propelled this unrivalled ability to span the broadest arcs in his large-scale sonata to a glittering climax and lets the cello paint sensually over the edge – a fitting end!
Grand Chinese New Year Concert 2025
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
The traditional Chinese New Year concert unites cultures, brings symphonic masterpieces of classical Chinese music to the stage and opens up new musical horizons. Every year for more than 25 years, first-class traditional Chinese orchestras have performed in leading concert halls during the Chinese Spring Festival, offering a rich blend of China’s diverse musical cultures.
January 28, 2025
Matilda Lloyd, trumpet
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
British trumpet player Matilda Lloyd looks self-confidently at her nomination as a »Rising Star«, which she brings to the big European concert halls within one season: »My future self inspires me. I have a very clear idea of where I want to go, what I want to do and who I want to be and that helps me to grow every day.« Inspired by this, she presents a complete audio-visual artwork. The seven movements of the »Framed« cycle by Cecilia McDowall structure the programme: played separately, they weave music by Claude Debussy, Enrique Granados, Amy Beach, Deborah Pritchard and others, complemented by projected images and videos. Matilda Lloyd not only plays the trumpet, but also reads poetry – a kaleidoscope of the most varied sensations!
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor / Jordi Savall
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
It is considered one of the great unfinished works in the history of music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s »Great Mass« in C minor. He probably composed it following his wedding to singer Constanze Weber; unlike with his Requiem, at least Mozart’s death did not prevent the completion of the mass. Although remaining fragmentary, this outstanding mass setting is touching to this day due to its direct expressive power. With his Le Concert des Nations established in 1989, Catalan gambist, music researcher and conductor Jordi Savall had already often been a guest in Hamburg. As an expert in early music and historical performance practice, he consistently gives the audience new listening experiences – in particular with frequently played works. Because Savall is not only interested in music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, but he also elicits new aspects from the seemingly well-known classics. The ensemble and its conductor recently demonstrated this in 2021, for instance, with their Beethoven cycle; now, they tackle Mozart’s »Great Mass«.
January 29, 2025
Lukas Sternath, piano
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
In 2025, giving the closing concert of the Rising Stars Festival and thereby bringing a crowning finale to a whole week of concerts by the most exciting young stars of the classical music world is the task of a young Viennese musician at his peak. Since Lukas Sternath discovered his love of music as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir, he soon arrived at the piano and so on the path to success. At the ARD International Music Competition in 2022, he did not just achieve first prize, but was also awarded with seven special prizes – unique in the history of the prestigious competition! He has since studied with Igor Levit and provides his recital with a challenging programme for the piano. Sternath goes all out and opens the programme with the »Chaconne« by Sofia Gubaidulina – a highly concentrated piece which evokes the spirit of Johann Sebastian Bach in a modern tonal language. Sternath does not seem to want to indulge in breaks and proceeds with the Handel variations by Johannes Brahms. He made a joke out of taking an artlessly dancing topic as the starting point of an absurdly virtuoso work. PatKop, as star violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja calls herself when she composes, writes the work commissioned for Lukas Sternath’s Rising Star concerts. Her works are consequently just as full of surprises as are her unconventional interpretations of other composers. With Franz Liszt’s legendary Sonata in B minor, the evening finds its brilliant end point with another pinnacle of the piano repertoire.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Iestyn Davies / Robin Ticciati
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
»The Chamber Orchestra of Europe is all about the music. In concert, this magical group unleashes an unbridled, emotional fervour, underpinned by profound wisdom. It is a privilege to work with this orchestra,« conductor Robin Ticciati raves about the democratically organised orchestra, with which he has been a regular guest at the Elbphilharmonie for almost ten years now. This orchestra-conductor dream team is now building on its celebrated 2019 Mozart project, and has invited Grammy Award-winning countertenor Iestyn Davies to conjure up magical moments in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall with arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and George Frideric Handel. The concert comes to an end with Mozart’s »Haffner« Symphony, whose lively finale includes melodies from the opera »Die Entführung aus dem Serail«, composed in the same year.
January 30, 2025
Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet featuring Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano, Will Calhoun
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
No false modesty: in English, paramount means the top, the ultimate. With Joe Lovano and Julian Lage, two topmost soloists from two generations of jazz truly come together in the Paramount Quartet. They have already known each other for a long time and mutually motivate each other for flights of improvisation. Their accompanists Will Calhoun and Asante Santi Debriano give them the necessary inspiration and ideas every second. Joe Lovano is a giant of the tenor saxophone, admired worldwide and so versatile like no other. With the serene authority of a grandmaster, he puts jazz from all sides in the best light. Julian Lage, who is this brilliant, amiable guitarist who plays completely effortlessly, and, without a break, releases an organic mix of melodic and chordal playing from his guitar. He has been a welcome guest at the Elbphilharmonie since it opened in 2017 and you can now experience him for the sixth time. Will Calhoun is an energetic drummer, who can also arrange very complex rhythms so that they flow. Bassist Asante Santi Debriano, who was born in Panama, is not as well known in Europe as would be appropriate for his status. He played with legends, such as Archie Shepp and Sam Rivers, for a long time, collaborated on more than 100 recordings and leads an exciting nonet in New York with the Arkestra Bembe, which plays many pieces from his output. The Paramount Quartet itself has to date neither made vinyl recordings nor can you find online recordings of any of their live concerts. So, all the greater is the excitement and anticipation for a band, which will certainly play tremendously well.
January 31, 2025
Metaklapa
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
The Wacken sensation plays their first headlining tour. Metaklapa are already a piece of Wacken history: Their first ever public appearance took them to the »Wacken Open Air« festival in 2022. It was a sensational success. The six singers from Croatia stand for high-class polyphonic a cappella singing with uniquely arranged melodies and the lyrics of one of the greatest metal bands of all time: Iron Maiden. Never before have their songs been interpreted in such an innovative and sophisticated way. The name Metaklapa says it all: Klapa is a form of Dalmatian a cappella singing that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fusion with a true world culture – the heavy metal of Iron Maiden – gives this tradition a new, international guise.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Julia Fischer / Vasily Petrenko
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
»Julia Fischer plays the violin concerto in a fresh, captivating and energetic manner, with a broad palette of tonal colours and a fantastic technique. Her Tchaikovsky sounds soulful and romantic without becoming sentimental.« Julia Fischer’s fantastic recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, which is so enthusiastically reviewed here by BR, dates back to 2006. Almost 20 years later, the consistently excellent violinist is still one of the best interpreters of this work, which places the highest demands on the soloist with its breakneck cascades of sound and emotional impact. Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is also characterised by a special intensity of sound – highly virtuosic and full of hope, it offers the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of its chief conductor the best opportunity to present itself as a top-class orchestra.
February 1, 2025
Workshop: Klassiko Orchestra Instruments
Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)
This workshop offers a tour through the classical symphony orchestra. From the violin, cello and double bass to the trumpet and flute: participants can try them all out. And there are instruments in different sizes for youngsters and adults alike. To conclude the workshop, a little music-making session where everyone joins in shows that all the instruments harmonise. Please note: this workshop is aimed at families with children aged six and above. Children younger than six may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.
»Expedition Mozart«
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Mozart, Mozart, Mozart! Pianist and passionate chamber musician Kit Armstrong has invited an illustrious group of musical friends, such as the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Noah Bendix-Balgley and three renowned string quartets, to take part in the Elbphilharmonie Mozart Festival. On their »Expedition Mozart« they revel in the composer’s classics, but also explore rarely performed chamber music. Kit Armstrong himself is represented with two piano concertos, one of which is chamber music through and through, while the other is a large-scale symphonic work. In the Sinfonia Concertante, Noah Bendix-Balgley and Amihai Grosz vie with one another. The composer himself would certainly have appreciated a musical evening of this kind with friends! If you still haven’t had enough of the great Viennese composer after an entire evening of him, why not stay for the late-night concert to round off the evening? You can hear »Eine kleine Nachtmusik« (what else?!), framing rare chamber music gems.
Alexis Cárdenas / Jorge Glem
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
A breathtaking musical journey that shows in a folkloristic and cheerful way the musical bridges that connect Bach and other classical European icons with the most beautiful Latin American rhythms. The concert begins with Bach and ends with him. In between, the musicians show the full richness of Latin American music.
February 2, 2025
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
The programme for the 6th Philharmonic Concert includes a world premiere that reflects our times. Jörg Widmann, who has been in close artistic contact with Kent Nagano, particularly since the great success of his ARCHE for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie, has recently written a decidedly peaceful work in view of the global wars: »Cantata in tempore belli«. Jens Harzer takes on the role of narrator. Ida Aldrian sings the alto part.
Workshop: Klassiko Orchestra Instruments
Elbphilharmonie, Kaistudio 2 (Hamburg)
This workshop offers a tour through the classical symphony orchestra. From the violin, cello and double bass to the trumpet and flute: participants can try them all out. And there are instruments in different sizes for youngsters and adults alike. To conclude the workshop, a little music-making session where everyone joins in shows that all the instruments harmonise. Please note: this workshop is aimed at families with children aged six and above. Children younger than six may not participate in this workshop. All participants need a ticket.
Mozart: Idomeneo / René Jacobs
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Conductor René Jacobs revolutionised the sound of this opera with his recording of Mozart’s »Idomeneo«. In so doing, he says very modestly: »The only thing I want to do with Mozart’s works is to read them as if they were new.« The Freiburger Barockorchester was also involved at that time, likewise an eminent authority in historical performance practice, which enthrallingly illustrates the story about the power of love, destiny and ancient gods in this concert performance as well. The opera characters do not accept their fate and wrestle with their feelings: the king and father Idomeneo, who in accordance with God’s will is supposed to sacrifice his son Idamante. This very son, who is in love with Ilia, the daughter of his enemy. And Ilia, who is also in love, but believes Idamante already in the clutches of her jealous rival Elettra. Mozart and his librettist take the ancient material into their time of enlightenment and, in the end, let love, humanity and reason prevail. »Idomeneo« is an excellent opera – musically modern and full of arias, which sensitively interpret the emotions of the characters. The choir, which as the people of Crete gives lively commentary on the action, sung here by the Zürcher Singakademie, is weightier than in other Mozart operas. Only created in 2011, it has become a reliable partner for René Jacobs. The line-up of soloists completes the evening with great voices, all of them experienced Mozart interpreters.
Julius Asal / Piano Recital
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
Menahem Pressler was deeply impressed by Julius Asal’s piano playing, describing the sound as uniquely sonorous. He wondered how Asal achieved this and felt the instrument shared a secret with him.
February 3, 2025
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
The programme for the 6th Philharmonic Concert includes a world premiere that reflects our times. Jörg Widmann, who has been in close artistic contact with Kent Nagano, particularly since the great success of his ARCHE for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie, has recently written a decidedly peaceful work in view of the global wars: »Cantata in tempore belli«. Jens Harzer takes on the role of narrator. Ida Aldrian sings the alto part.