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Mediatheque Stories tagged #MusicFestival2022

Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Mahler Chamber Orchestra

With her project »Les Adieux« the exceptional artist makes a statement on climate change and conservation – a concert film from the Laeiszhalle. Video available until 28 Mar 2023.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Les Adieux

How much time have we got left on Earth? The vivacious violinist talks about her latest project.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Sō Percussion

They are inquisitive and open-minded: the members of the group Sō Percussion about their creative exchange with composers from all over the world.

Haydn: The Creation
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Video on demand from 29 Apr 2022 : Haydn: The Creation

The opening concert of the Hamburg International Music Festival with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Alan Gilbert as a live stream from the Elbphilharmonie.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with Asmik Grigorian

Art without compromises – star singer Asmik Grigorian talks about Sergei Rachmaninov’s songs, tattoos and the basic need for music.

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: DRIFT »Breaking Waves«

Hundreds of illuminated drones bathed the Elbphilharmonie into a wave of light. Watch the Video of the spectacular art performance now.

»Nature is simply brimming with melodies!«

Artists talk about inspiring experiences of nature and the places in nature that give them strength.

Elbphilharmonie Offstage #09 – A sustainable Future

What does a sustainable concert landscape of the future look like? We talked to two members of the association »Orchester des Wandels«.

Caroline Shaw – a portrait

The singer, violinist and composer Caroline Shaw is in search of something new, somewhere off the beaten track.

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: John Luther Adams: Inuksuit

Music in nature and recycled instruments for a better world: an open-air percussion performance in Planten un Blomen.

Asmik Grigorian: »pure emotion and honesty«

A portrait of the Lithuanian opera singer, illuminating the secret of her stage presence, the relaunch of her career and the consequences of her legendary »Salome« interpretation.

Elbphilharmonie Talk with John Luther Adams

The composer talks about the special features of his piece »Inuksuit«, about why music and nature belong together for him, and why he sometimes feels intimidated by Debussy.

René Jacobs: The Wolf’s Glen whisperer

Period performance guru René Jacobs has gently blown the cobwebs off the Romantic opera »Der Freischütz«, returning it to an ideal state that never existed in that form.

Music inspired by nature

»There's nothing more musical than a sunset« – The 2022 Hamburg International Music Festival takes an extensive stroll through nature.

Seven shades of Sibelius with Klaus Mäkelä

»Then the music flows automatically« – the Finnish star conductor talks about his Sibelius cycle and what he loves so much about this music.

Revolt in the silence: An interview with Mark Andre

The composer Mark Andre talks about disappearing music, spatial sound and his evening-long work »rwh 1-4«.

Studio Drift: Amazement at the natural world

The works of the artist duo invite us to immerse ourselves in the wondrous world of nature.

A yearning for great heights

Up in the mountains, it is always about more than mere nature. An excursion with Mahler, Strauss and Krenek’s »Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen«.

Drift: Spectacular light installations in Hamburg

To mark the Elbphilharmonie’s fifth anniversary, the Dutch designer duo brings breathtaking light sculptures to the city on the Elbe.

Keyword »Nature« – the playlist

The playlist for the theme »Nature« – from the Elbphilharmonie music lexicon.