Konzerthausorchester Berlin

 

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin, established in 1952, is one of Germany's premier symphony orchestras. Based at the renowned Konzerthaus Berlin, the orchestra is celebrated for its rich sound and diverse repertoire, ranging from classical masterpieces to contemporary works. Under the baton of distinguished conductors, the ensemble performs a wide array of symphonic and choral music, contributing significantly to Berlin’s vibrant cultural scene. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin continues to captivate audiences both locally and internationally.

Program and cast

11, 12 and 13 July 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Michael Sanderling, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

 

Programme
Ernest Bloch
Schelomo – Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905)

 

 

5 and 6 September 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Alice Sara Ott, piano

 

Programme
Maurice Ravel
Boléro – Ballet Music for Orchestra

 

Bryce Dessner
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Anna Meredith
Nautilus

 

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

 

 

12, 13 and 14 September 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Veronika Eberle, violin

 

Programme
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77

 

– Interval –

 

Richard Strauss
A Hero’s Life – Tone Poem for Large Orchestra, Op. 40

 

 

19 September 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Michael Sanderling, conductor

 

Programme
Luciano Berio
Impressions for Orchestra

 

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor

 

 

26 and 27 September 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano

 

Programme
Franz Schubert
German Dances, D 820 – arranged for small orchestra by Anton Webern

 

Matthias Pintscher
NUR for Piano and Ensemble

 

– Interval –

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

 

3 and 5 October 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Iván Fischer, conductor
Catherine Foster, soprano

 

Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107 (Reformation Symphony)

 

– Interval –

 

Richard Wagner
Excerpts from Götterdämmerung (Sunrise, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s Death, Funeral March and Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene)

 

 

25 and 26 October 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
Aaron Pilsan, piano

 

Programme
Leopold Mozart
Symphony in G major (New Lambach)

 

Franz Xaver Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 25

 

– Interval –

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B-flat major, K. 361 (Gran Partita) – orchestral version by Franz Gleissner

 

 

31 October, 1 and 2 November 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Alice Sara Ott, piano

 

Programme
George Gershwin
An American in Paris

 

Maurice Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major

 

– Interval –

 

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)

 

 

21 November 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Shiyeon Sung, conductor
William Youn, piano

 

Programme
Maurice Ravel
Une barque sur l'océan

 

Gabriel Fauré
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra in F-sharp major, Op. 19

 

Lili Boulanger
D’un soir triste for Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Lili Boulanger
D’un matin de printemps for Orchestra

 

Nadia Boulanger
Fantaisie variée for Piano and Orchestra

 

Claude Debussy
La Mer – Three Symphonic Sketches

 

 

28 and 29 November 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Josef Špaček, violin

 

Programme
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77

 

– Interval –

 

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

 

 

6 and 7 December 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Maria Krykov, double bass

 

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenata notturna in D major, K. 239

 

Missy Mazzoli
Dark with Excessive Bright for Double Bass and String Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Richard Wagner
Prelude to Act I of the opera Lohengrin

 

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major, Hob. I:102

 

 

12, 13 and 14 December 2025
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Dresdner Kreuzchor
Martin Lehmann, conductor
Isabel Schicketanz, soprano
Ulrike Malotta, alto
Eric Stoklossa, tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone

 

Programme
Christmas songs by Reger, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Lauridsen and others

 

Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Parts I–III)

 

31 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 – New Year’s Concert
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

 

Programme
Richard Wagner
Overture to the opera The Flying Dutchman

 

Bryce Dessner
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Edvard Grieg
Suite from the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt No. 1, Op. 46

 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
The Hebrides – Concert Overture in B minor, Op. 26

 

Bedřich Smetana
The Moldau (from the cycle of symphonic poems My Fatherland)

 

 

23 and 24 January 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Constantinos Carydis, conductor
Haochen Zhang, piano

 

Programme
Periklis Koukos
Ode to Oedipus

 

Franz Liszt
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major

 

– Interval –

 

Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome – Symphonic Poem

 

Claude Debussy
Syrinx for solo flute

 

Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome – Symphonic Poem

 

 

20 and 21 February 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Tabea Zimmermann, viola

 

Programme
Franz Schubert
Symphony in B minor, D 759 (Unfinished)

 

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz 120

 

– Interval –

 

György Kurtág
Movement for Viola and Orchestra

 

Giacomo Puccini
Suite from the opera Turandot (Arr. Manfred Honeck & Tomáš Ille)

 

 

27 and 28 February and 1 March 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin
Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Tareq Nazmi, bass
Julia Grüter, soprano
Michael Nagl, baritone

 

Programme
Joseph Haydn
The Creation – Oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra, Hob. XXI:2

 

 

13 and 14 March 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ

 

Programme
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite

 

Francis Poulenc
Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani in G minor

 

– Interval –

 

Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ Symphony)

 

 

28 and 29 March 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Ton Koopman, conductor
Daniel Ottensamer, clarinet

 

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in E-flat major, K. 16

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622

 

– Interval –

 

Joseph Haydn
Notturno No. 8 in G major, Hob. II:27

 

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in B-flat major, Hob. I:98

 

 

17 and 19 April 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Iván Fischer, conductor
Diana Tishchenko, violin

 

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in D major, BWV 1069

 

Iván Fischer
Dance Suite – In Memoriam J.S. Bach – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

 

 

24 and 25 April 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Berliner Singakademie

 

Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)

 

– Interval –

 

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé – Symphonic fragments for orchestra and choir

 

 

8, 9 and 10 May 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

 

Programme
Nina Šenk
Changing for orchestra

 

Alexander Arutjunjan
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in A-flat major

 

– Interval –

 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

 

 

22 and 23 May 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Alice Sara Ott, piano

 

Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

 

– Interval –

 

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

 

 

13 and 14 June 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Inmo Yang, violin

 

Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the opera La clemenza di Tito, K. 621

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto in D major, K. 218

 

– Interval –

 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11

 

 

19 and 21 June 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Iván Fischer, conductor
Anastasia Kobekina, cello

 

Programme
Bryce Dessner
Symphony – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (German premiere)

 

– Interval –

 

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major

 

 

3, 4 and 5 July 2026
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

 

Programme
Vito Zuraj
Unveiled – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

 

– Interval –

 

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61