The dialectic of freedom and oppression is the central theme running through the diverse artistic programme of this concert by the Neue Vocalsolisten. Works will be performed that were written especially for the Neue Vocalsolisten and are being presented in public for the first time. The memories of women who experienced the revolution in Belarus in 2020, recorded by the artist Olga Bubich, [...]
The dictatorship of art! - No dictator knows its secrets. But there are suggestions here: Fire and water, gallons of bubble bath, a huge pentagram-like wooden construction and pulsating music samples create a wonderful new world. Why crack hard nuts? It's enough to break their resistance. Burning chairs instead of flaming speeches, retreat from excessive demands instead of bloody tribunals, healing mud [...]
The dictatorship of art! - No dictator knows its secrets. But there are suggestions here: Fire and water, gallons of bubble bath, a huge pentagram-like wooden construction and pulsating music samples create a wonderful new world. Why crack hard nuts? It's enough to break their resistance. Burning chairs instead of flaming speeches, retreat from excessive demands instead of bloody tribunals, healing mud [...]
Gustav Mahler 10th Symphony: Adagio and works inspired by Mahler's Tenth by leading composers of our time: Philippe Manoury, Mark Andre, Jay Schwartz and Alexey Retinsky Fragmentary and yet complete: The achingly beautiful Adagio from Gustav Mahler's 10th Symphony, its only half-completed movement, is both a legacy of late Romantic composing and a door opener to modernism. Always [...]
After the brilliant performance of the Cherubini Requiem in May 2023, Thomas Hengelbrock and his ensembles return to the Philharmonie with the German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms achieved his breakthrough as a composer with this famous work at the age of 35. After Clara Schumann had studied the score, she wrote him what people still [...]
A non-verbal theater of gestures that goes far beyond Shakespeare's work and yet remains true to its core: In King Lear, nine actresses present a female reading of the classic, staged by an interdisciplinary team of artists from Hong Kong around director Tang Shu-wing, the "alchemist of minimalist theater". After performances in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the award-winning physical theater production is now coming [...]
Following the great success of their concert around Mahler's 10th Symphony, Teodor Currentzis and the SWR Symphonieorchester return to the Philharmonie Berlin. Together with the London Symphony Chorus, the SWR Vokalensemble, the Hanover Boys' Choir and outstanding soloists, the orchestra will perform Benjamin Britten's impressive War Requiem. With the Russian soprano Irina Lungu, the [...]
Following their successful Elbphilharmonie debut with Sabine Meyer and Mozart's clarinet concerto, Jan Caeyers and the orchestra he founded, Le Concert Olympique, are returning to the Elphi. The renowned Beethoven specialist has set himself a special goal with the Beethoven 27 project, which will run for several years: With 27 works from the pen of the great composer [...]
The title of the play refers to the Eastern philosophical concept of "Mahamaya" - the great illusion that takes over human consciousness and obscures the truth. The actors on stage do not play traditional roles, but engage in a dialog that illuminates the hidden aspects of human existence. At high speed, they exchange questions and answers [...]
The title of the play refers to the Eastern philosophical concept of "Mahamaya" - the great illusion that takes over human consciousness and obscures the truth. The actors on stage do not play traditional roles, but engage in a dialog that illuminates the hidden aspects of human existence. At high speed, they exchange questions and answers [...]
