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Das Musikfest Berlin ist das internationale Orchesterfestival der Berliner Festspiele, veranstaltet in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker. Internationale Spitzenorchester, Instrumental- und Vokalensembles präsentieren gemeinsam mit den großen Symphonieorchestern der Stadt Berlin ein anspruchsvolles Festivalprogramm mit wechselnden thematischen Schwerpunkten.

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In 2024, the Musikfest Berlin will once again open the concert season in late summer with top-class international orchestras, celebrated conductors and remarkable soloists. Tickets are already available to purchase for selected concerts. The full programme will be published on 8&nbsp;April 2024.

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Advance ticket sales for three more concerts have started. The events with, among others, the mastermind of Early Music Jordi Savall and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra refer to the focus of the 2024 festival edition: the Americas!

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Playing, laughing, making noise, letting off steam, doing nothing – all in an exhibition venue! With BAUBAU, the artist Kerstin Br&auml;tsch designed an admission-free play space for kids, where more is allowed than forbidden. Here, the kids set the tone and decide what happens in this place. &nbsp;

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Since the 1950s Yoko Ono has been ahead of her time, leaving her mark on visual arts, music and activism. To honour her groundbreaking work, Gropius Bau presents a comprehensive solo exhibition.

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The jury of critics announced the 10 most remarkable productions that have been nominated for an invitation to the 62nd Theatertreffen. All in all, the jury members viewed a total of 738 productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Performing Exiles is an international and interdisciplinary festival produced by the Berliner Festspiele, that seeks to make diasporic lives in the city of Berlin visible and explore the contemporary meaning of exile. A preview of the programme has already been published. &nbsp;

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The 24th edition of MaerzMusik will present multidisciplinary projects and concerts that transcend traditional dualisms, presenting new interrelational perspectives that underscore the profound interconnectedness of social, technological and ecological systems.&nbsp;Selected programme highlights are now online. Advance ticket sale has started.

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Musikfest Berlin 2024: Impressionen

Impressions 2024

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You can listen to some of our events this year digitally in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library after the live concerts.&nbsp;In addition, On Demand offers from past years are available.

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Around 40 Concerts, 160 Works, 80&nbsp;Composers

Musikfest Berlin sees itself as a forum for the innovative creative work carried out by large-scale orchestras and ensembles in the genre of classical and modern music. It presents an ambitious festival programme with alternating focal points.

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Arnold Sch&ouml;nberg is playing tennis with George Gershwin, Anton Bruckner is seated at an electric organ, and Jordi Savall is making music with Ruth Crawford Seeger on a picnic blanket. Whom can you spot in the picture?Berlin illustrator <a href="https://alexandraklobouk.com/">Alexandra Klobouk</a>&nbsp;has brought together 28 personalities appearing at this year's Musikfest Berlin in a fanciful version of New York's Central Park, where the Philharmonie Berlin has been relocated. These include historical figures as well as contemporary composers, singers, instrumentalists and conductors.Charles Ives, considered the founding father of American modernism, would have celebrated his 150th birthday this year (along with Arnold Sch&ouml;nberg). In his 1906 piece “Central Park in the Dark”, Ives creates a world of sound that can be perceived “when sitting on a bench in Central Park on a hot summer night”. This iconic work will usher in Musikfest Berlin on 24 August 2024, ringing in a three-week orchestral festival of the highest calibre. <a href="${link:{uuid:{352460f5-ace6-4c5b-83ec-d81f376331df},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2024/kalender/sao-paulo-symphony-orchestra}}}">The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra</a> and the <a href="${link:{uuid:{fbe4233c-340e-4425-8869-22bffc67dd8f},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2024/kalender/sao-paulo-big-band}}}">São Paulo Big Band</a> will kick things off!<a href="${link:{uuid:{5ed422c7-acdc-494d-9acd-8108bdb69368},repository:{dam},path:{/bfs-de/indizierte-pdfs/DE/Musikfest-Berlin/2024/mfb24_central_park.pdf}}}">Download Hidden Objects as a PDF</a>

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Popular music from jazz to hip-hop has characterised the faces of many different Americas. However, to a broader public or even amongst lovers of “classical” music, the art music of the USA, the American double continent or its three regions (North, Central and South America) remains largely unknown territory. The 20th edition of Musikfest Berlin is called “Amériques”: the extravagant plural &nbsp;title of Edgard Varèse’s powerful orchestral piece from 1921, that used contemporary and as yet unheard sounds in an attempt to offer listeners a musical experience and sense of the utopia of endless possibilities offered by the New World. However, the luggage that this composer, who was born in Burgundy, championed during his time in Berlin by Romain Rolland, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss and Ferruccio Busoni and then emigrated during the First World War, took with him to the New World was filled with the accumulated tradition of old Europe. &nbsp;2024 is not only the year of a US Presidential election, it also marks the double anniversary of Charles Ives and Arnold Sch&ouml;nberg, who were born in the same year&nbsp;– 1874 – and died only a few years apart. Sch&ouml;nberg, who was forced to emigrate to the USA after the Nazis seized power, is still recognised by many today as the composer who fundamentally changed the “language” of European art music in order to extend its tradition.&nbsp;And Charles Ives, who first travelled Europe when he was no longer composing, is regarded as the no less innovative founding father and first main figure of an original&nbsp;art music whose identity is independent of old Europe: American – or, to be more precise, North American – modernism.The programme of the upcoming festival goes beyond this – oft repeated – narrative of modernism to pay special attention to the works of America’s female composers, for example in the three portrait concerts with the Ensemble Modern dedicated to the complete works of Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953). Her music is programmed in combination with works by Johanna Beyer (who was born in Leipzig in 1888 and emigrated to the USA in 1923), the Cuban-born grande dame of contemporary American music Tania León (born in 1943) and the Californian Katherine Balch (born in 1991). There will also be opportunities to hear works by the American composers Allison Loggins-Hull (Cleveland Orchestra) and Missy Mazzoli (Berliner Philharmoniker), 7 and 8 September.Above all, however, on 24 August – the opening day of Musikfest Berlin, South American and North American modernism meet with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, while the orchestra’s big band follows this with a late-night concert of “música popular brasileira.” The BigBand of Deutsche Oper Berlin – in common with the Brazilian formation, it was also founded by musicians from the symphony orchestra – responds to this at the end of the festival, on 16 September, with an evening commemorating Duke Ellington.The so-called “discovery” of America is also a crime against humanity - one that took place in the Atlantic as well as on land: the slave trade operating in the triangle between Europe, Africa and the “Americas” has shaped the world and had an enduring influence on musical history. In the project “Un mar de músicas” the grand seigneur of historically informed performance practice and expert on global musical history across the continents Jordi Savall will be joined by his two ensembles Tembembe Ensemble Continuo and La Capella Reial de Catalunya as well as guest musicians from Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Mali, Venezuela and Mexiko for a dialogue of reciprocal influences between the European Baroque and the songs of the slaves between 1440 and 1880. They are spanning a musical net over the Black Atlantic, from the coast of Africa to the coast of America, the Caribbean and back to Europe.&nbsp;The international guest orchestras at this year’s Musikfest Berlin include the Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-M&ouml;st, the Kansas City Symphony with Matthias Pintscher, the Oslo Philharmonic with Klaus M&auml;kel&auml;, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks with Sir Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic with Christian Thielemann. The Filarmonica della Scala’s concert with its Chief Conductor Riccardo Chailly at Musikfest Berlin 2024 forms part of the programme of events “Roots in the Future” to celebrate Italy as the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024.&nbsp;Together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the orchestras based in Berlin, the visiting ensembles present a programme that matches our focus on America with a comprehensive panorama of European music: from the music of the Renaissance to the classics of the grand repertoire, to Gustav Mahler, Antonín Dvořák and Dmitri Shostakovich; from those with anniversaries this year – Anton Bruckner, Arnold Sch&ouml;nberg and Luigi Nono – to the composers of our time, to Isabel Mundry, to who features in a three-concert portrait, to Einojuhani Rautavaara and Wolfgang Rihm. And we also remember the composers who have gone from us: Kaija Saariaho, Aribert Reimann and Peter E&ouml;tv&ouml;s. Finally, Anna Prohaska, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Isabelle Faust and the instrumentalists of the Berliner Philharmoniker will provide a series of chamber music delicacies. &nbsp;Together with our colleagues at Berliner Festspiele and the Musikfest Berlin team we would like to thank all the participating artists and institutions, our hosts and co-operation partners the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation and its Managing Director Andrea Zietzschmann and our partner orchestras based in Berlin for their excellent teamwork, the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation for sponsoring the Isabel Mundry portrait concerts, the Capital Cultural Fund for funding the guest concerts from São Paulo, by Jordi Savall and the Ruth Crawford Seeger portrait concerts with the Ensemble Modern curated by Hermann Kretschmar, and finally the Federal Governmnet Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Minister of State Claudia Roth, for funding the Berliner Festspiele’s Musikfest Berlin.We hope you will very much enjoy Musikfest Berlin 2024

AMÉRIQUESFrom 24 August to 18 September 2024 Berlin’s new concert season begins with the 20th edition of Musikfest Berlin, presented by Berliner Festspiele in co-operation with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation. In around 40 concerts in the Philharmonie, its Chamber Music Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and St. Matthew’s Church, over 160 works by more than 80 different composers will be performed by 30 ensembles and some 60 soloists from Berlin and around the world. &nbsp;

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Combine a minimum of five concerts and save 20 % in comparison to individual ticket prices. The offer includes all normal prices and reduced rates in all price categories and closes on 31 January 2025. The minimum of five concerts per package must be combined and booked within the framework of a single payment process.

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The Musikfest Berlin takes place in cooperation with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation in the Philharmonie Berlin from 30 August to 23 September 2025. Tickets for eight selected concert highlights are already available.&nbsp;These include guest concerts given by world-class symphony orchestras and choirs from the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Italy which are seldom heard in Berlin.The festival kicks off with Klaus M&auml;kel&auml; and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with its chief conductor Karina Canellakis will be making their Musikfest Berlin debut, and Daniel Harding returns to the Musikfest Berlin as the new chief conductor of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. What is more, four top-class French orchestras will appear during the initial week of the festival: the Orchestre de Paris with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla on its first visit to the festival alongside two major ensembles for historical performance practice: the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées performing with the Collegium Vocale Gent under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe and the exceptional French orchestra Les Siècles with an amazing two concerts on a single evening directed by two different conductors.The complete festival programme will be presented on 10 April 2025.&nbsp;

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Musikfest Berlin is Berliner Festspiele’s international orchestra festival, hosted in co-operation with the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation. International top orchestras, instrumental and vocal ensembles join the great symphony orchestras of the city of Berlin to present a sophisticated festival programme with various focus topics.

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The Berliner Festspiele organise a range of festivals and art exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, readings, lectures, debates and much more throughout the year. These events are presented at a range of locations across Berlin but are concentrated primarily at their own two venues: the Gropius Bau and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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Musikfest Berlin in the Media Library

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The international Jazzfest Research Lab&nbsp;welcomes academics and students to take a critical look at the festival’s archive, its programmes, creators, musicians and – last but not least – its myths. In two seminars during the summer semester of 2024, students from the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Hildesheim have explored the festival’s history from various perspectives. In this film, the participants give a first look at how they dealt with their research subject.

Introducing: Jazzfest Research Lab

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To mark its 60th anniversary, Jazzfest Berlin is celebrating the cultural diversity of the neighbouring district of Moabit in collaboration with around 35 official partners and initiatives and with over 350 participants of all ages.&nbsp;In June 2024, interviews were conducted with 20 partners who presented their perspectives, wishes and ideas for the Jazzfest Community Lab Moabit. You can get a first impression with this film.

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Curated by&nbsp;Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema&nbsp;

From 13 to 16 June 2024, the interdisciplinary themed days “Reflexes &amp; Reflections” on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its consequences for society in Germany took place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. You can now find video and audio recordings of the discourse events in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library!

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The 10 Remarkable Productions 2024

On 26 January, the Theatertreffen’s jury of critics announced their selection of 10 remarkable productions for the 2024 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants! The programme will be published on 5 April.

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“Radical Playgrounds”, an art parcours at the Gropius Bau, is spending eleven weeks exploring the differences between the concepts of play as competition and free play. Visitors are invited to walk and climb on the various installations and sculptures, to activate them and to shape the project collectively.

Summer School 2025

As part of Performing Exiles there will be a Summer School from 16 to 28&nbsp;June 2025. This will offer workshops, seminars and mentoring. The participants will see the performances and guest productions in the festival programme and visit artistic initiatives and cultural institutions in Berlin that operate across a wide range of disciplines and contexts. A public presentation of the participants’ current work and research at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele will complete the programme.

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The massacre, hostage-taking and rocket attacks by Hamas have shaken us deeply. The grue-some attack on Israel on 7&nbsp;October left us stunned and initially lost for words.

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With this letter of intent, we, the signing cultural organizations, express our intention to welcome, host and stage Ukrainian theatre artists in our venues, to make Ukrainian dramatic work visible to the European community.

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