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A place for everyone

The Elbphilharmonie wants to be more than just a world-class concert hall – above all, it wants to be a place for everyone. How does that work in practice?

»It’s not only about acoustics – not in any concert hall in the world.«

Elbphilharmonie director Christoph Lieben-Seutter talks about the first five years, the effects of the Corona pandemic and his favourite place in the building.

5 questions for Thomas Burhorn

The co-founder of the band Meute talks about the challenge of playing techno on wind instruments, about guerilla street gigs and the different between classical and electronic music.

»I AM COMMITTED TO WHAT I DO«

Bass-baritone Florian Boesch talks about the advantage of having an accent and the natural element in an artificial genre.

Elbphilharmonie Innerview: Dino Brandão

Music and the art of living – the Swiss singer on his path to music and on what really matters in life.

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: Love Letters from London

Anoushka Shankar talks about her »Reflektor« weekend, the London scene and Ravi Shankar's legacy.

5 Questions to Anoushka Shankar

The sitar virtuoso about her European-Indian homeland and cross-border music.

»I fluctuate between disco and classical«

Gregor Gysi talks about the music that made the strongest mark on him – and shares what he thinks of the Elbphilharmonie as a representative of left-wing party Die Linken.

Elbphilharmonie Innerview: Roderick Cox

For a universal right to music – The American conductor talks about the personal and social importance of music.

»A world in which everyone is free to live the life they want«

Before her Elbphilharmonie debut, Gaye Su Akyol talks about her vision and the things that inspire her..

5 questions to Dave Longstreth

»I know that mankind can –and must – change things! The lead singer of Dirty Projectors talks about his first orchestral work and our responsibility towards nature.

Classical Futures Europe

An EU project makes young musical talents fit for the international classical-music sector – with unusual methods.

Music: An Addiction Without Side Effects

Why do I get goosebumps from listening to music? An interview with music psychologist Prof Dr Reinhard Kopiez about the physical reactions caused by music.

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: Elbphilharmonie Talk: A Celebration of Black Music

The performers in the concert series »Song of America: A Celebration of Black Music« about a repertoire that is as fine as it is underrepresented – and a project with an impact.

Elbphilharmonie Innerview: vision string quartet

Desires, visions, ideas: the successful string quartet on the importance and future of the concert world.

Interview with William Blank

2021 festival: Beethoven and flower petals – the Swiss composer on his premiere at the Hamburg International Music Festival 2021.

Elbphilharmonie Innerviews: Vanessa Porter

The percussionist on a journey to the heart of the Elbphilharmonie and inward towards herself.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Magnus Lindberg

The Finnish composer on isolation, freedom and the perils of being a composer.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Gautier Capuçon

The French cellist talks about muscles, Dvořák’s cello concerto and composers of our time.