Fri, 27 Apr 2018 - Wed, 30 May 2018
Hamburg International Music Festival
»Utopia« is the motto of the 3rd Hamburg International Music Festival, which will be held from 27 April to 30 May 2018. After the two previous biennale events in 2014 and 2016, the music festival takes place annually in future. The third edition of the Hamburg International Music Festival presents 41 different programmes in 62 concerts. Highlights include a two-day guest appearance by La Scala, Milan, with the Verdi Requiem, an aria evening given by American mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato, concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, a large-scale Stockhausen retrospective, and the world premiere of the Gothic opera »Frankenstein«. The festival opens by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
Further information and tickets: www.musikfest-hamburg.de/en
Blog & Streams
Hamburg International Music Festival – A Retrospective
The festival has finally arrived where it's meant to be: at the Elbphilharmonie.
Best of IMFH 2018: The Playlist
From Giuseppe Verdi and Karlheinz Stockhausen to John Williams: we’ve put together some of the programme highlights in our festival playlist.
Concerts of the festival
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:00Missa solemnis
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 28 Apr 2018 20:00Missa solemnis
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Hauptkirche St. Katharinen
Sat, 28 Apr 2018 20:00Stockhausen: »Stimmung«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 11:00Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Singer Pur / Kent Nagano
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:00Missa solemnis
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Abaton-Kino
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:30Film: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Elbphilharmonie+
Past Concert
Abaton-Kino
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:00Film: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Elbphilharmonie+
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:00Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 1 May 2018 20:00stargaze / David Bowie: Blackstar
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 2 May 2018 20:00stargaze / David Bowie: Blackstar
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 4 May 2018 19:30Symphoniker Hamburg / Elena Bashkirova / Denis Kozhukhin
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 4 May 2018 20:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kaistudio 1
Fri, 4 May 2018 20:30Decoder Ensemble / Simon Steen-Andersen
Unterdeck / Below Deck – Fresh Music in the Kaistudio
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kaistudio 5
Sat, 5 May 2018 10:00Workshop Filmmusik
Internationales Musikfest Hamburg
Past Event
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 5 May 2018 20:00A Universe of Sound: 20th Century Percussion
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 6 May 2018 11:00Philharmonic Chamber Music Concert
Hamburg International Chamber Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 6 May 2018 16:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Klassik Kompakt / Compact Classics / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 6 May 2018 18:30NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Thomas Hengelbrock
Klassik Kompakt / Compact Classics / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Sun, 6 May 2018 19:00Stockhausen: Donnerstag from »Licht«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Abaton-Kino
Mon, 7 May 2018 22:30Film: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Elbphilharmonie+
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Tue, 8 May 2018 19:30Sciarrino: »Lohengrin«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 8 May 2018 20:00Kronos Quartet
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Wed, 9 May 2018 19:30Sciarrino: »Lohengrin«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Bunker Feldstraße resonanzraum St. Pauli
Wed, 9 May 2018 20:00Stockhausen: »Hymnen«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Thu, 10 May 2018 19:30Sciarrino: »Lohengrin«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 10 May 2018 20:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Krzysztof Urbański
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 11 May 2018 19:30Film & Music: »Frau im Mond« / »Woman in the Moon«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sat, 12 May 2018 19:30Electronic Stockhausen: »Klang«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 12 May 2018 20:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Krzysztof Urbański
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 13 May 2018 11:00Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Pletnev/ Nagano
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 13 May 2018 11:00»Sprich leise, wenn du Liebe sagst« / Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya
Reading and Concert / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kaistudio 1
Sun, 13 May 2018 19:00»Starlings Over the Cloud« / Career Centre Concert
Elbphilharmonie+ / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 13 May 2018 19:30Electronic Stockhausen: »Klang«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 13 May 2018 20:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Krzysztof Urbański
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 14 May 2018 20:00Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Pletnev / Nagano
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 15 May 2018 20:00Beethoven’s Ninth / Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Wed, 16 May 2018 19:30Ensemble Resonanz / »Sternfolgen«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 17 May 2018 20:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Zinnschmelze
Fri, 18 May 2018 19:00»Starlings Over the Cloud« / Career Centre Concert
Elbphilharmonie+ / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sat, 19 May 2018 11:00Funkelkonzert L / Der kleine Harlekin / The Little Harlequin
Children’s Concert: Ages 5–7
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sat, 19 May 2018 14:00Funkelkonzert L / Der kleine Harlekin / The Little Harlequin
Children’s Concert: Ages 5–7
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 20 May 2018 11:00NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 20 May 2018 11:00Funkelkonzert L / Der kleine Harlekin / The Little Harlequin
Children’s Concert: Ages 5–7
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 20 May 2018 14:00Funkelkonzert L / Der kleine Harlekin / The Little Harlequin
Children’s Concert: Ages 5–7
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 20 May 2018 18:00CANCELLED: The Sorabji Project / Kevin Bowyer
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Sun, 20 May 2018 18:00Music Theatre: Frankenstein / World Premiere
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Mon, 21 May 2018 19:00Music Theatre: Frankenstein
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kaistudio 1
Mon, 21 May 2018 20:00Reading and Music: Der Mann, der vom Sirius kam
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 21 May 2018 20:00Musicbanda Franui & Florian Boesch / »Alles wieder gut«
Lieder Recital / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 22 May 2018 20:00Film & Music: Metropolis
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Wed, 23 May 2018 19:00Music Theatre: Frankenstein
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Wed, 23 May 2018 19:30Stockhausen’s Piano Works / Aimard / Stefanovich / Stroppa
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Thu, 24 May 2018 20:00Verdi’s Requiem / Teatro alla Scala / Riccardo Chailly
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Thu, 24 May 2018 20:30Anna-Lena Schnabel Quartett
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Fri, 25 May 2018 19:00Music Theatre: Frankenstein
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Fri, 25 May 2018 19:30Tetzlaff Quartett
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Fri, 25 May 2018 20:00Verdi’s Requiem / Teatro alla Scala / Riccardo Chailly
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sat, 26 May 2018 19:30Quatuor Diotima / Sarah Maria Sun
NDR das neue werk / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 26 May 2018 20:00CANCELLED: Maurizio Pollini
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Sat, 26 May 2018 20:00Elisabeth Leonskaja
Substitute Concert for Maurizio Pollini
Past Concert
Kampnagel K6
Sun, 27 May 2018 16:00Music Theatre: Frankenstein
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Großer Saal
Sun, 27 May 2018 19:00Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Symphoniker Hamburg / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Sun, 27 May 2018 19:30Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Kleiner Saal
Mon, 28 May 2018 19:30Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt
Mon, 28 May 2018 19:30Stockhausen: »Gruppen« / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Mon, 28 May 2018 20:00The Philadelphia Orchestra / Grimaud / Nézet-Séguin
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Tue, 29 May 2018 20:00The Philadelphia Orchestra / Thibaudet / Nézet-Séguin
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Laeiszhalle Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 30 May 2018 19:30Sir András Schiff
Piano Recital / Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
Wed, 30 May 2018 20:00Joyce DiDonato »In War and Peace«
Hamburg International Music Festival
Past Concert