Wed, 11 Jan 2017 - Sun, 29 Jan 2017

Elbphilharmonie Opening

Three-Week Festival in Celebration

Finally, the opening! The celebratory Elbphilharmonie Opening concerts that kick off this three-week festival are in the very capable hands of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, at home in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall as its new resident orchestra.

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Supported by the Klaus-Michael Kühne Stiftung

Concerts of the Festival

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:30
Elbphilharmonie Opening
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:30
Elbphilharmonie Opening Recital Hall
Ensemble Resonanz / »unknown space«
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:00
Elbphilharmonie Opening
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:00
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:00
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 11:00
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:30
Ensemble Resonanz / »unknown space«
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:00
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:00
Brad Mehldau Solo
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
The first jazz concert in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:30
Arditti Quartet
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:00
Missa solemnis / Symphoniker Hamburg
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:00
Piano Recital: Mitsuko Uchida
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00
The Creation / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:30
Ensemble Resonanz / »unknown space«
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:00
The Creation / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:00
Einstürzende Neubauten / Extra Concert
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 19:30
Hundreds of Colours: The Indian Sarangi
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 21:00
Einstürzende Neubauten
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:00
The Creation / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:00
Vienna Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Visit by an orchestra of the highest quality
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:00
Vienna Philharmonic / Ingo Metzmacher
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Ingo Metzmacher back in Hamburg
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:30
Blind Date
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:00
Yo-Yo Ma / Kathryn Stott
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:00
Thomas Hampson & The Philharmonics
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:30
Quatuor Ebène
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:00
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:30
Preview Concert for »Moses and Aron«
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:00
The Organ of the Elbphilharmonie: Iveta Apkalna
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
The titular organist makes herself known
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:00
Moses and Aron / NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Elbphilharmonie ganzes Haus
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 9:00
Family Day
Particularly Suitable for Families with Babies
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Elbphilharmonie ganzes Haus
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 9:00
Family Day
Particularly Suitable for Families with Children Aged 3 & Above
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Elbphilharmonie ganzes Haus
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:30
Family Day
Particularly Suitable for Families with Children Aged 6 & Above
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Elbphilharmonie ganzes Haus
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:00
Family Day
Particularly Suitable for Families with Children Aged 8 & Above
Past Concert

Festival Info

19 Jan 2017 / 19:00 & 21:30

Elbphilharmonie+: »Elektrokohle – Von Wegen«

The time: 21 December 1989. The place: East Berlin, capital city of the GDR. Einstürzende Neubauten, the West Berlin band, gives its first concert in East Berlin around the time of reunification. Twenty years later, the film director Uli M Schueppel looks back on this extraordinary day in German pop music history.

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22 / 25 / 29 Jan 2017

The Music of Strangers

Music breaks cultural barriers. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has made it his mission to turn this age-old piece of wisdom into reality with his Silk Road Ensemble. Morgan Neville’s remarkable film about this extraordinary can now be viewed as part of the Yo-Yo Ma residency in Hamburg and the Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival.

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21 & 28 Jan / 5 Feb 2017

Quatour Ebène – 4 – The Film

Bolzano, Perugia, Florence and Siena: A tour to Italy forms the backdrop to a documentary about the French string quartet Quatuor Ebène. 4 is shown at the Abaton-Kino as part of the Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival.

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