School Concerts Perfect for every year group: experience music in the Grand Hall and Recital Hall with the Elbphilharmonie’s school concerts
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School Concerts

Scenic productions for primary schoolchildren and band concerts for secondary schoolchildren open the door to the world of music

From the Classroom to the Elbphilharmonie

The Elbphilharmonie is keen to delight and inspire – especially so guests who may be attending a concert for the first time. As a gateway to the world of music, the Elbphilharmonie welcomes school pupils in particular. There are regular concerts for school classes, and these are tailored to the respective age group. Primary schoolchildren can enjoy their first concert experience with imaginative staged productions. In the scientific concert entitled »Pleistozän« (Pleistoscene), everything revolves around the Arctic. The Moka Efti Orchestra invites you on a journey into the »golden« 1920s. And in »How to Concert«, young people even get to design the programme.

Supported by the Stiftung Elbphilharmonie

Book school concerts

The school concerts go on sale at different times:

Concerts taking place from August to October 2024: bookable

Tue, 17 September 2024, from 16:00 for concerts taking place from November 2024 to January 2025

Tue, 3 December 2024, from 16:00 for concerts taking place from February to April 2025

Tue, 4 February 2025, from 16:00 for concerts taking place from May to July 2025

Lunar Plexus

School Years 1–4

Different musical worlds await primary schools: a woodwind quintet with music from various periods, a magical journey between day and night with Arabic and Andalusian sounds and an intoxicating percussion group that transmits its energy directly to the audience.

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Superball, Lollipop & Mr. Classic

School Years 3–6

The differences could hardly be any greater: a chamber music ensemble leads through dream worlds in the Recital Hall, with beatboxing, classical percussion and dance, rhythm is always at the forefront and in the scientific concert »Ice Age« everything revolves around the icy Arctic – concerts for school years 3–6.

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School Years 7–13

From school year 7, it gets slightly more crowded on the stage: cello virtuoso Abel Selaocoe takes a seat together with Ensemble Resonanz, the Chineke! Orchestra predominantly comprising people of colour brings diversity into the concert hall and the Moka Efti Orchestra swings the Grand Hall back to the 1920s.

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