Surrounded by a rich and deep string sound: in a portrait concert, members of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra explore the music of Sofia Gubaidulina, in whose decades-long oeuvre low string instruments have always played a special role.
The life of St Francis of Assisi, magnificently set to music by Olivier Messiaen: this opera closes the Musikfest with a spectacular production featuring the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Kent Nagano and Anna Prohaska as the Angel.
Two shooting stars on baroque violin and lute do the honours with highly virtuoso and sensitive English baroque music. The starting point was the music to a comedy from Shakespeare’s time – and the rest of the programme is also extremely theatrical!
To mark the end of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra’s season, star pianist Martha Argerich is inviting as artist-in-residencenumerous musical friends to take part in her festival throughout the city. Three concerts take place in the Elbphilharmonie.
Summer, sun, beaches ... and the Elbphilharmonie! Whether symphony orchestra, jazz, pop or world music: at the end of August, the summer festival invites you to a colourful mix of concerts in the Grand Hall. A short trip that is always well worth it!
Young people meet and grow together as a group in the fight for freedom: Led by director Mable Preach, the participants in »Imagine Freedom« tell this story with dance, music and drama.
Delicate harp sounds mingle with spherical electro sounds: Mary Lattimore’s music transports you to nostalgic worlds of sound and makes you dream of faraway places and times gone by.
Making music with friends is the best thing! Pianist Sir András Schiff knows that, too and he has invited tenor Julian Prégardien, cellist Julia Hagen and many others to round off his residency. A chamber music festival with Schubert, Schumann and Brahms!
Carl Orff's »Carmina Burana«, with its expressive melodies set to medieval texts, is one of the most popular works of classical music. The CPE Bach Choir and the Symphoniker Hamburg combine them with Schumann's spring-like Symphony No. 1
Grigory Sokolov is a legend on the piano. And anyone who has experienced him once is likely to return. His solo recitals cast an almost magical spell over the audience. This year he will be performing Bach, Chopin and Schumann.
Messiaen created visually powerful music – as in his Turangalîla Symphony: he himself saw the work as a sounding church window in which the colours swirl wildly. Impressive music, not least because of the Ondes Martenot...
Finest jazz: in this season’s venerable series in the Laeiszhalle Recital Hall, five masters of jazz piano can once again be experienced in an intimate atmosphere.
Concert or radio show? The Orchester im Treppenhaus presents hits from baroque to tiktok with moderation including interviews, surveys and quizzes. What makes it special: Created by young people! After all, they know what »the youth of today« like.
How do you actually plan a concert? This is what young people learnt and put into practice in the »How to Concert« workshop. The result can be heard at the youth concert on 26 June. In the podcast, they talk about their experiences and the programme.
Es ist soweit: Am kommenden Dienstag beginnt der Vorverkauf für die Funkelkonzerte und Workshops von August bis Oktober 2024. Ab 16 Uhr sind auch die Veranstaltungen für Schulen und Kitas im selben Zeitraum buchbar.
When war breaks out in Antonia’s homeland, she must say goodbye to her best friend and emigrate: to the rail station, through wild Atlantic storms and to the land of freedom. A magical concert film without words, featuring music by Vivaldi and Dvořák.
For a very special »Elbphilharmonie Session«, the world-renowned clarinettist Pablo Barragán turns Hamburg’s St. Nikolai Memorial into a concert space.
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Die erfolgreiche Sopranistin im Gespräch über die spektakuläre Produktion »Saint François d'Assise« im Großen Saal, über Death Metal und übers Singen im Fliegen.
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