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08/09/2025

Staatskapelle Berlin

Classical Music

08/09/2025

With a special program and a prominent ensemble, the young Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan makes her debut at the Berlin Music Festival together with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Music from the provinces of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire takes center stage…

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/staatskapelle-berlin
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10/09/2025

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin I

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10/09/2025

Helmut Lachenmann approaches the tone of the piano as if through a magnifying glass in his masterpiece “Ausklang”. He transcribes characteristics of pianistic playing and tonal structures of the grand piano to the orchestra which is thereby transformed into a…

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-berlin-i
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09/09/2025

Les Cris de Paris

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09/09/2025

The French conductor Geoffroy Jourdain has compiled a very special programme for the vocal ensemble Les Cris de Paris which is being performed for the first time in Germany at the Musikfest Berlin. The singers explore the characteristic “strange harmonies” of…

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Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/les-cris-de-paris

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20/09/2025

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

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20/09/2025

Love and heartbreak in the land of geometry: Marc Blitzstein’s “Parabola and Circula” is finally receiving its world premiere! The possibly only Cubist opera in existence was composed in 1929. The planned premiere in cooperation with the Bauhaus in Dessau…

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

19:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/norrkoeping-symphony-orchestra

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History

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History

18/05/2025

Open Library Day: A cultural monument made of paper

History

18/05/2025

Spandovia Sacra, the museum of the history of the Reformation at St. Nikolai in Berlin-Spandau, has been housed in a half-timbered building dating back to the Middle Ages on Reformation Square since 1994.

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Spandovia Sacra Spandovia Sacra

15:00 pm – 18:00 pm
Theatre

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Theatre

14/11/2025 + 2 additional dates

Gardi Hutter: gardiZero

Theatre

14/11/2025 + 2 additional dates

gardiZERO is a tribute to the power of transformation—be it the birth of a new life, the evolution of nature, or the constant change within ourselves. Gardi Hutter demonstrates that nothingness is not empty, but full of possibilities.

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- On Tour
ufaFabrik: Varieté Salon ufaFabrik: Varieté Salon

20:00 pm

https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/38038/gardi-hutter-praesentiert

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Lectures & Readings

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Lectures & Readings

20/06/2025

30 years of Reformbühne Heim & Welt: The big anniversary party

Lectures & Readings

20/06/2025

The best lyrics, the most beautiful songs, spectacular guest stars, and interesting facts from the world of madness! For 30 years now, they've been meeting every Sunday in Prenzlauer Berg, performing their cutting-edge lyrics, sharing thoughts about Bolle and…

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- Summer of Culture
ufaFabrik: Open Air Bühne im überdachten Sommergarten ufaFabrik: Open Air Bühne im überdachten Sommergarten

18:30 pm

https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/38026/30-jahre-reformbuehne-heim-welt

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04/09/2025

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

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04/09/2025

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and conductor Anja Bihlmaier embark on a parodistic adventure: Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s sarcastic ballet music focused on King Ubu is a colourful potpourri of musical quotations. Shostakovich was expected to compose a…

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/deutsches-symphonie-orchester-berlin
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07/09/2025

EnsembleKollektiv Berlin

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07/09/2025

The exploration of new paths, the exploitation of instrumental limits and the fascination of penetrating to the smallest details of a sound are qualities shared by the composers Lisa Streich and Helmut Lachenmann, the second of whom will be celebrating his…

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Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal

16:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/ensemblekollektiv-berlin

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03/09/2025

Ensemble Modern

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03/09/2025

Ensemble Modern is dedicating its guest performance at Musikfest Berlin to Helmut Lachenmann’s “Concertini” and, together with the IEMA Ensemble 2024/25 (International Ensemble Modern Academy), is forming an intergenerational ensemble.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

19:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/ensemble-modern

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11/09/2025

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

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11/09/2025

In their concert, the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and the Latvian conductor Kaspar Putniņš combine Palestrina’s masterpiece “Missa Papae Marcelli” with works by Arvo Pärt. The round-number birthdays of both composers are both being celebrated this year.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/rias-kammerchor-berlin

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17/09/2025 + 2 additional dates

Berliner Philharmoniker II

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17/09/2025 + 2 additional dates

Treading new paths, rebelling against entrenched habits, a thirst for discovery – these cardinal virtues of great art resonate in every bar of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s second concert at the Musikfest Berlin.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/berliner-philharmoniker-ii
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19/09/2025

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

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19/09/2025

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin brings to life the symphonic soundscape of Gustav Mahler: “The Sixth is his most personal and also most prophetic work”, wrote Alma, the composer’s wife.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/konzerthausorchester-berlin
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16/09/2025

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

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16/09/2025

The Italian conductor Antonello Manacorda and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin perform one of the compositional highlights in the history of Late Romantic orchestral lieder: Gustav Mahler’s “Lied von der Erde”.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/orchester-der-deutschen-oper-berlin
Concerts

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Concerts

20/09/2025

BigBand der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Concerts

20/09/2025

The Deutsche Oper Berlin Big Band is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is dedicating itself to French jazz. During the German occupation, it stood for freedom and the spirit of resistance; in the postwar period, it became the soundtrack of existentialism…

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

19:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/bigband-der-deutschen-oper-berlin
Concerts

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Concerts

06/05/2025

Workshop visit Stegreif - The Improvising Symphony Orchestra

Concerts

06/05/2025

For the dance concert "escape valse" as part of the "be:one" project, Stegreif is collaborating with a choreographer and five dancers for the first time. In two multi-day LABs, musicians and dancers will explore the interplay of sound and movement together –…

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Kühlhaus am Gleisdreieck - Berlin Kühlhaus am Gleisdreieck - Berlin

19:00 pm

https://stegreif.org/termine/werkstattbesuch-ergebnisse-des-stegreif-tanz-labs-1-kuehlhaus-berlin
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11/09/2025

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin II

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11/09/2025

“Is this the man of thousand thrones/ Who strew’d our earth with hostile bones?” George Gordon asked Lord Byron in 1814, referring to Napoleon Bonaparte. Arnold Schoenberg had Adolf Hitler in mind when composing his “Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte” in 1942, giving…

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Konzerthaus Berlin Konzerthaus Berlin

20:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-berlin-ii
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14/09/2025

hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt

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14/09/2025

Compositions emerge at diverse moments along the path of life, influenced by personal conflicts and social crises. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra brings together reflective works from different eras in its concert at the Berlin Music Festival.

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Philharmonie Berlin Philharmonie Berlin

19:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2025/kalender/hr-sinfonieorchester-frankfurt

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Concerts

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Concerts

10/09/2025

AVI KAPLAN

Concerts

10/09/2025

Avi Kaplan commands his voice like no other. For seven years, his deep bass voice was the foundation of the success of the a cappella group Pentatonix. After leaving, he now writes his own music. Kaplan says he is finally making the music that is close to his…

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Heimathafen Neukölln Heimathafen Neukölln

20:00 pm

https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/avi-kaplan/

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Lectures & Readings

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Lectures & Readings

28/04/2025

Turning the world upside down. On the state of things (of everyday life)

Lectures & Readings

28/04/2025

On April 28 at 6 p.m., author Gabriel Yoran will read from his book and discuss the state of everyday life with cultural scientist Hanna Engelmeier at the Werkbund Archive – Museum of Things.

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- Free of charge
- Literature
Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge

18:00 pm

https://museumderdinge.de/veranstaltungen/die-verkrempelung-der-welt/