There will be no events in the Elbphilharmonie until 14 August. The Plaza, shop and box office remain open. Concert hall and Plaza tours will also be offered almost daily during the summer break.

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  • Octobre 2025

    : Arvo Pärt 90

    Arvo Pärt's music is silence turned into sound, ingenious in its meditative simplicity. The Elbphilharmonie is dedicating a special focus to the Estonian composer for his 90th birthday with his most important works.

  • 21 August

    : Concertgebouworkest Young / Julia Hagen / Elim Chan

    The Concertgebouworkest Young is Europe’s »five-star orchestra offspring«. Under the direction Elim Chan, the talented young musicians will perform Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Julia Hagen plays the solo part in Elgar’s indulgent cello concerto.

  • 27 August

    : Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Renaud Capuçon / Manfred Honeck

    Reunion at the highest level: conductor Manfred Honeck and violinist Renaud Capuçon once started their world careers with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Now they present Korngold’s Film Music Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony together.

  • 11 September

    : Mulatu Astatke

    Vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke is one of Ethiopia's most famous musicians. As part of his big farewell tour, the father of “Ethio Jazz” will also be stopping by the Elbphilharmonie.

  • 20 September to 19 October

    : Harbour Front Literature Festival

    Harbour Front is back! After a year's break, Hamburg's most important literary festival returns and brings a whole host of literary stars to the Hanseatic city. You can look forward to cult authors such as Dan Brown and Ian McEwan.

  • 31 August

    : Tigran Hamasyan

    Between composition and improvisation, vocals and virtuoso jazz, Tigran Hamasyan tells an old Armenian legend. »The Bird of a Thousand Voices« is grippingly staged and takes the listener through endless deserts, icy mountains and past 40-headed demons.

  • 17 September

    : Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Kian Soltani

    Kian Soltani opens his season as Elbphilharmonie Artist in Residence with an absolute centrepiece. The star cellist shines in Haydn’s solo concerto. Mendelssohn and Schumann round off this concert highlight with the top orchestra.

  • 23 September

    : SWR Symphonieorchester & Vokalensemble / François-Xavier Roth

    Schubert’s »Grand C major«, a baroque dance suite and a symphonic magnum opus full of quotations from music history: François-Xavier Roth and his orchestra invite you to an evening full of contrasts that brilliantly becomes a great whole.

  • 14 September / Laeiszhalle

    : Hamburger Camerata / Sergey Malov

    The Hamburger Camerata is starting the new season: To kick things off, the ensemble performs works by Mozart and the cello concerto by Mozart fan Friedrich Gulda. The orchestrais led by Sergey Malov, who will also take on the solo parts in the concert.

  • 21 September / Laeiszhalle

    : Symphoniker Hamburg

    The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sylvain Cambreling have put on a programme between Romanticism and Modernism for the opening of the season in the Laeiszhalle: Lachenmann's »Schreiben« meets Mahler's First Symphony.

  • 11 October / Laeiszhalle

    : Schumann trios with star line-up

    Violinist Vilde Frang, cellist Maximilian Hornung and pianist Denis Kozhukin: these three top soloists perform all three of Robert Schumann’s piano trios. They reflect the composer’s eventful life to the highest degree of chamber music perfection.

  • 13 October / Laeiszhalle

    : Jazz Piano: Aaron Parks Little Big

    Jazz pianist Aaron Parks has developed from a shooting star to a major player on the international scene. The third album with his band on the Blue Note label is a musical feast of funky, driving grooves and relaxed improvisation.

  • Advance sale is open

    : For the whole family

    From 0 to 99: there is something for everyone at our workshops and entertaining concerts aimed at different age groups – not only at the Elbphilharmonie, but also in Hamburg’s city districts.

  • 27/28 September

    : Twinkle Concerts Zirpen

    In »Zirpen«, the Aires Tropicales ensemble brings the world of insects to life with tropical music – poetic, captivating and thought-provoking.

  • Save the Concert!

    : Digital escape game

    Just a few hours to go until the concert of the year, but then suddenly it all goes wrong. Become a member of the Elbphilharmonie team and save the concert – complete with tricky puzzles and exciting backstage tours.

  • 25/26 October

    : Workshop for the whole family / from 6 years

    A touch of the Caribbean in a bottle: the »Flairdrum« turns upcycling into a sound experience! The homemade instrument made from PET bottles sounds like a xylophone, looks cool and is a lot of fun to make and play.

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