Taking off together – the Elbphilharmonie is still the best place to do so: the programme for the 2025/26 season once again offers hundreds of concerts, exciting festivals and the best artists of our time. Subscriptions are on sale now!
»Future« is the motto of the Hamburg International Music Festival 2025, with Hamburg’s orchestras and top-class international guests once again putting together a varied programme for the glittering season finale.
Based on Büchner’s famous drama, »Wozzeck« was a huge success in 1925. The captivating opera about the anti-hero, who fights for recognition in a bad world and fails, is still impressively relevant 100 years later.
String quartet and guitar: this rare combination brings together world-class guitarist Ana Vidovic and the Cuarteto Casals. The programme features music from the guitar country of Spain, whether by Boccherini or the »Spanish Mozart«.
»mmmmmozart« is the motto of this concert of Ensemble Resonanz: the Hamburg orchestra with a penchant for unusual programmes joins viola star Nils Mönkemeyer and pianist William Youn to perform W.A. Mozart in combination with contemporary works.
A highlight at the end of the Hamburg International Music Festival: Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s great »Resurrection Symphony«. The finale features not only two star sopranos, but also the Hamburg CPE Bach Choir.
Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich left their mark on Russian music in the 20th century. Shooting star Geniušas devotes himself to them in a programme with contemporaries who were all enthusiastic about new machines and techniques.
An illustrious ensemble led by guitarist Sean Shibe and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska dedicates itself to Pierre Boulez’s surrealist song cycle, entitled »The Hammer without a Master«. The music of the composer legend is joined by more recent works.
The Symphoniker Hamburg celebrate the end of the season with piano legend Martha Argerich and the festival dedicated to her. Ten days in the Laeiszhalle, packed with orchestral and chamber music, with stars and up-and-coming talents.
One of the most promising young string quartets does the honours at the end of the Teatime Classics season. The programme includes a Beethoven favourite and a discovery. And to kick things off: coffee and cake in the Brahms Foyer.
Two symphony favourites are on the programme of the Laeiszhalle Residence Orchestra. Mozart’s »little« G minor Symphony achieved fame with the »Amadeus« film. Mahler’s monumental Fifth also found its way into film history with the »Adagietto«.
Music for a rapidly changing world: works by persecuted composers meet contemporary music. Central to the programme is »Resilience« for flutes and orchestra by Thomas Cornelius, who can often be heard as an organist at the Elbphilharmonie.
Babys' and children's concerts for all age groups, music theatre for a young audience and imaginative concerts for the whole family – there is a wide range of events on offer for children and families in the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle.
Abel Selaocoe recently made the Great Hall sing. His work on the cello is special, so special that he can be described as a border crosser. But what does he actually do differently? Listen for yourself in the new headphones!
Trumpet, bongo, synthesizer: in the workshops, the Elbphilharmonie's huge fund of instruments can be explored. Children and adults welcome! New to the programme: the keyboard instruments workshop.
Big release concert with a 17-piece ensemble: Hamburg singer, rapper and producer Redchild presents his album »Griot«.
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