Summer, sun, music: the »Elbphilharmonie Summer« 2022 programme is jam-packed. With three major American orchestras, jazz pianist Jason Moran, the globally popular Sons of Kemet, and two film concerts.
The silent film »Phantom« (1922) by the legendary director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tells the story of an unrequited love. The Viennese contemporary music ensemble Phace plays a new soundtrack to the expressionist images.
No fewer than four American orchestras can be heard at the Elbphilharmonie in the 2022/23 season. The season is opened by the Philadelphia Orchestra, with a piece by Samuel Barber and otherwise only music by black composers.
Conductor Teodor Currentzis has founded a new orchestra: "Utopia". For one of the very first public performances, 112 musicians from 28 nations come together in the Laeiszhalle. They will perform music by Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel.
The New York Times called the Cleveland Orchestra, which is performing twice in the Elbphilharmonie in August, »America’s most brilliant orchestra«. The programme features impressive works from Romanticism to the present – from Schubert to Wolfgang Rihm.
The Chineke! Orchestra’s mission is to »champion change and celebrate diversity in classical music«. With a varied programme and rising star Sheku Kanneh-Mason as a special guest, the orchestra now gives its Elbphilharmonie debut.
This work can knock you over: to open the season, the world-famous orchestra from Vienna presents Olivier Messiaen's monumental Turangalîla Symphony. Multiversum artist Esa-Pekka Salonen is on the rostrum, while Yuja Wang is the piano soloist.
A musical and literary journey through Ukraine with actress Iris Berben, pianist Olena Kushpler, poet Lyuba Yakimchuk, the Karol Szymanowski Quartet and other artists from Ukraine and Germany.
The future: technology, science fiction and... freedom. From August, jazz greats such as Ravi Coltrane, Theo Croker and the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra explore the future from the »Afrofuturism« perspective. With music ranging from meditative to danceable.
The Chicago-born multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid calls herself a »sonic archaeologist«, and draws inspiration from travels and music around the world. Her path now takes her and her band Tha Brothahood to Hamburg.
The American pianist Jason Moran has had a huge influence on modern jazz – with his improvisations, compositions and technique. He can play with breath-taking agility, but never falls into predictable patterns. He now gives a solo performance.
The musical spectrum of the six-times Grammy-nominated trumpeter and producer Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah extends from Mali to New Orleans. His music blends energetic jazz, hip-hop and electronic with the rhythms of old African traditions.
Johannes Brahms’s »Die schöne Magelone« is one of the most beautiful of all Romantic lieder cycles. And between the songs (baritone: Andrè Schuen), the Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer reads a selection of literary texts.
The father of German rock and ex-frontman of »The Rattles« as you’ve never seen him before: with poetry and a guitar! Achim Reichel’s ballads have long achieved classic status. He now presents a best-of, rounded off with readings by Peter Lohmeyer.
A large dose of Tetzlaff Quartett! The four members of this famous ensemble first perform individually as soloists with a chamber orchestra. Then, for the grand finale, they come together to play Arnold Schönberg’s rarely performed String Quartet No. 1.
People from all over Hamburg get creative together in this community project. There are five workshops to choose from, ranging from body percussion to acting to songwriting – including a final concert in the Grand Hall.
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.
From exhibitions and dance classes to film screenings: the Elbphilharmonie’s accompanying programme opens up new, often surprising perspectives on the music in the concert hall. Coupled to a concert, these events explore fascinating topics.
What music suits a wolf? And how could a donkey sound like a woodpecker? In the current podcast episode, everything revolves around good animal music – with Frederick and Willem (9 years old).
Afrofuturism expert Adyam Tesfamariam about the background and potential of this special artistic style and school of thought.
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She founded the first orchestra consisting largely of Black musicians: Chi-Chi Nwanoku talks about changes in people’s thinking and a crucial experience that made her see things differently.
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»Did you know that…?« Without our guides and their comprehensive tours of the building, the Elbphilharmonie’s guests would undoubtedly miss out on one or two things.
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