Elbphilharmonie (Großer Saal)

Is it just a cliché to assume that French music is particularly sophisticated? Or is there more than just a grain of truth in it? An exciting question. Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie…

Richard Strauss’ »Capriccio« seems remote from the world, in the face of the cruelty witnessed in the Second World War. The musical means of the late 19th century are used here in…

Pre-Concert Talk (in German)

Originating from an occasional performance by musician friends at the Franco-German cultural festival »Arabesques« in Hamburg in 2011, the Ensemble arabesques quickly developed into one of…

A proven dream team: Paavo Järvi and »his« Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen have blended an intensive artistic collaboration for a long time. They are especially at home at the…

The landscape of Nepal stretches from tropical plains to the icy, sublime peaks of the Himalayas. Its music possesses a similarly exciting diversity. The Ensemble NIGHT brings out these hidden…

Cinema atmosphere in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall: the Philip Glass Ensemble plays its eponymous founder’s soundtrack to the 1982 cult film »Koyaanisqatsi« live. Translated from…

Johannes Brahms, an early admirer of Bach and Beethoven, only discovered his love for Schubert relatively late. He felt it all the more intensely – and the more the Austrian composer eventually…

When it sparkles and shimmers, when it becomes transparent and at the same time shines in all colours, then it quickly becomes clear who is sitting at the piano: Seong-Jin Cho, a distinctive artist…

In »How to Concert«, schoolchildren take charge of the programme: in several workshops, they learn the methods of designing concerts and get to know the various departments of a concert…