A whole panorama of the repertoire for piano trio can be heard here with the award-winning ensemble, from Schumann to Schubert to Shostakovich and others. Thomas Quasthoff picks up on the moods of the music with letters from the First World War.
Free jazz for a better world – Moor Mother and her band Irreversible Entanglements draw attention to social grievances and fight against discrimination and exploitation with ecstatic-impulsive improvisations to powerful lyrics.
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.
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!
The 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.
The members of this orchestra are among the best young international musicians. Under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher, they perform well-loved Beethoven overtures and Shostakovich’s monumental Eighth Symphony, among others, with youthful esprit.
For a special highlight of his residency, the legendary pianist Sir András Schiff returns to the Laeiszhalle. Together with members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, he presents soulful repertoire jewels by Haydn and Brahms.
One of Mozart’s string quartets dedicated to Haydn meets French Impressionism by Albert Roussel. The renowned Amaryllis Quartet will be joined by Henrik Wiese, solo flautist at Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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
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...
Trumpet, bongo, synthesizer: in the workshops, the Elbphilharmonie's huge fund of instruments can be explored. Children and adults welcome! New to the programme: the keyboard instruments workshop.
Babys' and children's concerts for all age groups, music theatre for a young audience and imaginative concerts for the whole family – there is a wide range of events on offer for children and families in the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle.
Honking cars, ringtones or scanning noises at the supermarket checkout – we are surrounded by many noises in everyday life. Alex, Amazing and Yurii talk to foley artist Simone Nowick about the meaning of sounds.
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 Pianistin, Komponistin und YouTube-Ikone Nahre Sol im Gespräch über ihre musikalischen Wurzeln, über Work-Life-Balance und ihre Residenz in der Elbphilharmonie.
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