Concert highlights 2025

Are you looking for unforgettable concert experiences but cannot decide? Then you’ve come to the right place: you will find the highlights from the extensive programme of the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle until summer 2025. From rich orchestral sound, the most sought-after artists of our time and the most beautiful works from baroque to great symphonies – the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle programme offers something for every taste.

2 February : Mozart: Idomeneo / René Jacobs

Opera and Hollywood have more similarities than you might think: it's about love, lots of entanglements, great dramas and hopefully a happy ending at the end. With René Jacobs, the Mozart expert par excellence brings his opera »Idomeneo« to the Elbphilharmonie – great cinema!

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6 March / Laeiszhalle : Beethoven: Missa solemnis / Thomas Hengelbrock

»From the heart – may it go to the heart again«, Beethoven wrote on the score of his »Missa solemnis«. And that says everything about this powerful work for orchestra, choir and soloists. Thomas Hengelbrock and his Balthasar Neumann Ensembles are a firm favourite for such large-scale choral-symphonic projects.

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16 March : Paavo Järvi / Víkingur Ólafsson / Tonhalle Zürich

Two Hamburg audience favourites with an exciting concert programme: Víkingur Ólafsson is the soloist in the brand new piano concerto by American composer legend John Adams, written especially for him. In the second part, Paavo Järvi and his Zurich orchestra dedicate themselves to the most popular work by Witold Lutosławski.

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1 April : Klaus Mäkelä / Julian Rachlin / Concertgebouw Orchestra

The world-famous orchestra is coming to Hamburg with its future conductor Klaus Mäkelä, currently the hottest name on the music scene. The Finnish conductor, who is not even 30 years old, will conduct Robert Schumann's popular Fourth Symphony, preceded by one of the most moving violin concertos ever, Sofia Gubaidulina's »Offertorium« and Julian Rachlin as soloist.

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4 April : Strawinsky: Le sacre du printemps

When Igor Stravinsky's ballet »Le sacre du printemps« was first performed in 1913, it was a scandal – nothing like it had ever been heard before. Today, the groovy music is one of the great hits of classical music. Luciano Berio's »Sinfonia« from the 1960s is no less exciting. The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie is able to unleash its full energy here under the direction of Roderick Cox.

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18 April : Bach: St John’s Passion

Concert highlight on Good Friday: Johann Sebastian Bach composed his St John Passion precisely for this holiday. It depicts the Passion of Jesus in an extremely vivid and emotional way. The French high-flyer Raphaël Pichon is a regular guest in Hamburg with his ensembles, most recently with acclaimed performances of Mendelssohn's »Elijah« and Johannes Brahms' German Requiem.

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11 May / Laeiszhalle : Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

They are more famous than almost any other work: Vivaldi's four violin concertos set birdsong, a summer thunderstorm, the cosy fireplace in winter and much more to music. With the young star violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte, they sound fresher than ever in the velvety ambience of the Laeiszhalle.

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27 May : Mahler: Resurrection Symphony

Gustav Mahler's symphonies are monumental and yet at the same time approachable, human and touching. The composer deals with many personal themes in them. This is also the case in his Second Symphony, which can be experienced with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer and with the world-class singers Christiane Karg and Anna Lucia Richter in an outstanding line-up.

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6 July : Samara Joy

This young American is turning heads with her incredible voice: Samara Joy is just 24 years old and sings with the power of Nina Simone or Ella Fitzgerald. She has already won several Grammys for her laid-back jazz. With her latest album »Portrait«, she returns to the Elbphilharmonie after an acclaimed debut.

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Ideas for Elbphilharmonie presents

Loving gift ideas : Plaza Shop online

A shop for everyone – with a range of some 500 products, the Elbphilharmonie's Plaza Shop offers something to suit every pocket. Many products are produced exclusively for the shop and regionally in small factories – and you can now also buy them online.

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Always a good idea : Gift Vouchers

Gift vouchers are available online and at the ticket shops and can be used for events throughout Hamburg. To make the gift particularly special, there are now pretty motifs as Christmas cards that you can print out yourself.

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From the Kaispeicher, via the Plaza to the Grand Hall : Guided Tours

Interesting facts about the history of the building, the acoustics, architecture and music or a tour focussing on the organ – the concert hall tours with the trained guides are always a good idea.

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