Recommendations

  • 15–30 August

    : Elbphilharmonie Summer

    First a cold drink by the Elbe, then a concert in the Grand Hall: the Elbphilharmonie Summer returns, featuring world-class orchestras performing classics and new discoveries. There’s also a colourful mix of pop, jazz and world music.

  • 20 August

    : Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra

    The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is using music to fight for their country’s freedom. With singer Julia Kleiter and Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting, they will perform Mahler’s »Rückert Lieder« and Beethoven’s famous Seventh Symphony.

  • 21 August

    : John Scofield

    John Scofield and his Long Days Quartet combine laid-back elegance with precise improvisation. Blending summery lightness, subtle grooves and a genuine joy of playing, they create a rich and resonant evening featuring well-known classics and new music.

  • 23 August

    : Richard Galliano

    Richard Galliano showcases the full range of the accordion’s sound: from jazz and classical music to French elegance. His reinterpretation on the album »Viaggio« thus becomes a charming musical journey brimming with memories.

  • 26 August

    : Il Giardino Armonico

    Together with the singer Julia Lezhneva, Il Giardino Armonico performs the most beautiful arias by Antonio Vivaldi. This summery journey into early music is rounded off with violin concertos by the Venetian composer and Haydn’s cantata »Arianna a Noxos«.

  • 29 August

    : Kansas City Symphony

    In the second year of his tenure as principal conductor, Matthias Pintscher is once again touring Europe with the Kansas City Symphony. Alongside the lively ‘Appalachian Spring’ suite, the American violinist Gil Shaham shines in Tchaikovsky’s Concerto.

  • 18 September

    : Mahler: Ninth Symphony

    Hard to believe: Mahler composed his Ninth in a garden hut in Toblach. There, Philipp von Steinaecker brings together the Mahler Academy Orchestra and revives historical performance practice – the result can now be heard at the Elbphilharmonie.

  • 23 October

    : Piotr Anderszewski

    »What does Brahms reveal – and what does he conceal?« asks Piotr Anderszewski. In a rare solo recital, he performs Brahms’s late intermezzi and Beethoven’s final piano sonata – with depth, tonal beauty, and power.

  • 26 June / Laeiszhalle

    : Schumanns »Dichterliebe«

    The concert centres on Schumann’s song cycle »Dichterliebe«, given a superb interpretation by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, accompanied by Martha Argerich. Delicate chamber music by Bach, Brahms and Ravel rounds off the evening.

  • 20 Spetember / Laeiszhalle

    : Symphoniker Hamburg / Jennifer Holloway / Sylvain Cambreling

    The Symphoniker Hamburg’ season opener is a burst of fireworks: Beethoven’s »Prometheus« is dedicated to the mystical bringer of fire. Wagner’s »Wesendonck Lieder« strike a romantic note, whilst Zender reflects on Schumann through his compositions.

  • 11 October / Laeiszhalle

    : Symphoniker Hamburg

    Miguel Sepúlveda conducts stirring and powerful works on his debut at the Laeiszhalle. The concert opens with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and concludes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, which the composer described as his finest work.

  • 13 October / Laeiszhalle

    : Igor Levit

    Star pianist Igor Levit starts his monumental Beethoven cycle! Over the course of two seasons, he will perform all of the composer’s piano sonatas and dive deep into his world. The programme features the First Sonata as well as the »Waldstein Sonata«.

  • 20/21 June 2026

    : Twinkle Concerts Bad Bugs

    It buzzes and whirrs and hums! With synthesizers, electric guitars, and their voices, the »Bad Bugs« bring the underground sound of the insect world to the stage for children aged 6 and up.

  • 26/27 September 2026

    : Twinkle Concert Field Trip to the Moon

    Let's go to the moon! Pianist Sabina Hasanova and artist Anna Vidyaykina invite you on a magnificent journey through space. They tell their story not with words, but through live sand painting and the sparkling music of Claude Debussy and other composers.

  • 21 June 2026

    : Family Orchestra at Kultur Palast Hamburg

    Children, parents, grandmothers, and uncles play together in the Elbphilharmonie Family Orchestra. The focus here is on the joy of making music. The program for this final concert features works by Modest Mussorgsky and Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky.

  • Mediatheque

    : Really good music for children

    Children's songs that are so cool that parents secretly listen to them: six tips from the Elbphilharmonie team.

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