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Medtner: Canzona Serenata / Lugansky

At his 2016 debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Nikolai Lugansky performed this encore by Nikolai Medtner. You can hear the full concert here (Link)

Berliner Philharmoniker 25.Sep.21

Late Night concert with Oksana Lyniv

Live now: Oksana Lyniv - conductor presents a Late Night concert together with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Join us in the Digital Concert Hall for an all-Stravinsky…

Berliner Philharmoniker 25.Sep.21

Tugan Sokhiev and Nikolai Lugansky

Live now: Tugan Sokhiev presents three melodious discoveries - Rachmaninovs First Piano Concerto with Nikolai Lugansky, Chaussons shimmering Symphony in B flat major, and…

Berliner Philharmoniker 25.Sep.21

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / Sokhiev Berliner Philharmonike

Dmitri Shostakovich was born on this day in 1906. At the 1937 premiere of his Fifth Symphony, a storm of applause shook the columns of the concert hall, said a critic. This video…

Berliner Philharmoniker 25.Sep.21

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / Sokhiev Berliner Philharmonike

Dmitri Shostakovich was born on this day in 1906. At the 1937 premiere of his Fifth Symphony, a storm of applause shook the columns of the concert hall, said a critic. This video…

Berliner Philharmoniker 25.Sep.21

Late Night: Oksana Lyniv conducts Stravinsky

Our Late Night series returns this weekend: On Saturday at 10 p.m. (Berlin time), Oksana Lyniv - conductor presents an all-Stravinsky programme (Link) featuring Dumbarton Oaks,…

Berliner Philharmoniker 24.Sep.21

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Nikolai Lugansky invites you to discover a favourite work of his, Rachmaninovs youthful First Piano Concerto, which he performs tomorrow with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Tugan…

Berliner Philharmoniker 24.Sep.21

Tugan Sokhiev in the Digital Concert Hall

Live tomorrow, Tugan Sokhiev conducts a programme of beautiful and unusual works (Link) Chaussons only symphony, Rachmaninovs First Piano Concerto with Nikolai Lugansky, and the…

Berliner Philharmoniker 24.Sep.21

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Its Throwback Thursday, and this week we travel back to 2016 and a performance conducted by Tugan Sokhiev of Rimsky-Korsakovs sparkling Scheherazade, a dazzling orchestral…

Berliner Philharmoniker 23.Sep.21

Philharmonie Berlin

Oksana Lyniv - conductor will be on our stage for the first time at the Late Night concert on 25 September. We talked to her about Igor Stravinsky, cunning foxes and Russian…

Berliner Philharmoniker 23.Sep.21

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The joy of the unconventional: don't miss our Late Night concert with conductor Oksana Lyniv this Saturday, September the 25th, at 10 pm in the Digital Concert Hall with members…

Berliner Philharmoniker 23.Sep.21

The Networkers

From Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff to Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina: Russian composers sought and seek exchange with the Western music world. A story of flight, curiosity and the desire for intercultural dialogue.

Berliner Philharmoniker 22.Sep.21

Chausson: Pome de lamour et de la mer / Koch Thielemann

Ernest Chaussons Pome de lamour et de la mer (Link) sings the praises of the sea and laments the seasons of love in the words of the contemporary Parisian poet Maurice Bouchor.…

Berliner Philharmoniker 22.Sep.21

Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody / Lugansky Sokhiev

I am myself only in music wrote Sergei Rachmaninov. Discover his shimmering orchestral colour in the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra (Link) with soloist…

Berliner Philharmoniker 21.Sep.21

Musikfest Berlin: Matthias Pintscher, Simon Hfele and the Karajan Academy

Live now: #MusikfestBerlin 2021 closes with an otherworldly programme featuring the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker performing works by Matthias Pintscher (who conducts the concert), Lisa Streich, Clara Iannotta, and Arnold Schoenberg.

Berliner Philharmoniker 20.Sep.21

Photos from Berliner Philharmoniker's post

This past weekend marked Patricia Kopatchinskajas first appearances as our 2021/22 Artist in Residence, performing Karl Amadeus Hartmanns Concerto funebre with Kirill Petrenko and…

Berliner Philharmoniker 20.Sep.21

Photos from Berliner Philharmoniker's post

A magical premiere: With Stravinskys Firebird, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko launch their partnership with the UNO-Flchtlingshilfe and the chief conductors new…

Berliner Philharmoniker 19.Sep.21

Repeat: Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Hartmann and Stravinsky

Starting now: the repeat of yesterdays concert featuring Karl Amadeus Hartmanns Concerto funebre for solo violin and string orchestra, followed by Igor Stravinskys LOiseau de feu…

Berliner Philharmoniker 19.Sep.21

Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Hartmann and Stravinsky

Live now: Artist in Residence Patricia Kopatchinskaja and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko with Karl Amadeus Hartmanns Concerto funebre (originally entitled Music of Mourning and…

Berliner Philharmoniker 18.Sep.21

In her piece HIMMEL, composer Lisa Streich paints the sky but with sounds! The musical painting can be heard on 20 Septe...

In her piece HIMMEL, composer Lisa Streich paints the sky but with sounds! The musical painting can be heard on 20 September with the Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker…

Berliner Philharmoniker 18.Sep.21

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Medtner: Canzona Serenata / Lugansky

Late Night concert with Oksana Lyniv

Tugan Sokhiev and Nikolai Lugansky

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / Sokhiev Berliner Philharmonike

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / Sokhiev Berliner Philharmonike

Late Night: Oksana Lyniv conducts Stravinsky

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Tugan Sokhiev in the Digital Concert Hall

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Philharmonie Berlin

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The Networkers

Chausson: Pome de lamour et de la mer / Koch Thielemann

Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody / Lugansky Sokhiev

Musikfest Berlin: Matthias Pintscher, Simon Hfele and the Karajan Academy

Photos from Berliner Philharmoniker's post

Photos from Berliner Philharmoniker's post

Repeat: Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Hartmann and Stravinsky

Kirill Petrenko and Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Hartmann and Stravinsky

In her piece HIMMEL, composer Lisa Streich paints the sky but with sounds! The musical painting can be heard on 20 Septe...

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