Welcome to our new 2025/26 season at the Berlin Philharmonie, inspired by our motto:
Dear audience, we thank you sincerely for your loyalty over the decades. To date, more than 3.7 million visitors from Berlin and around the world have enjoyed our POPULAR CLASSICS concerts at the Berlin Philharmonie.
Our highly successful collaboration with members of the Berlin Philharmonic – and more recently also with the Vienna Philharmonic – will continue in the upcoming season. It remains a great honor and pleasure for Konzertdirektion Prof. Victor Hohenfels to present these outstanding artists as soloists and conductors.
Due to budget cuts by the Berlin Senate, the Berlin Philharmonie has once again increased its rental fees. Unfortunately, we are therefore forced to slightly adjust our ticket prices. As compensation, we introduced discounts for many of our concertgoers last season, which we will continue to offer this year.
Children up to seven years of age now have free access to all our concerts. Pupils and students receive a 50% or 25% discount on ticket prices. Persons with severe disabilities holding a B pass are still entitled to a free ticket for an accompanying person.
As a new feature, we are offering a new service: On our website www.konzertdirektion- hohenfels.de, you can now book your concert tickets directly via our own ticket shop and choose your preferred seats yourself. Tickets can be sent to your email for home printing or shown as a digital ticket on your smartphone at the Philharmonie entrance. If you wish, we can also send the tickets to you by post as usual.
We open the new season with the Opening Concert on October 5, 2025, conducted by the new Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Wittmann, member of the Berlin Philharmonic. He succeeds Stanley Dodds, who after ten successful years as our Chief Conductor is embarking on a new artistic path.
This concert will be a firework of masterworks by world-famous composers, including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the Cuban Overture. The grand finale features the closing chorus from Carmina Burana and, as tradition demands, Ravel’s Boléro.
Mozart & Salieri – (Not) a Crime Story is the title of the dramatic and musically rich evening on October 18, 2025, exploring the legendary relationship between the two composers at the Viennese court.
At the concert Great Popular Masterpieces on November 2, 2025, you’ll hear Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, framed by Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun and Liszt’s famous Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major. The concert is conducted by Christian Köhler, who brilliantly led last season’s closing concert.
The world-famous ensemble German Brass, featuring the best brass musicians in Germany, will present a unique concert experience on November 22, 2025: Strauss at Klaus’s. Kissing hands and greetings. Why this title? You’ll find out that evening. Promise.
A special concert on December 13, 2025 takes you to the New World: American Night with the Orquestrina Baborák orchestra and jazz singer Martina Barta. They will perform arrangements from Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, as well as Bernstein’s West Side Story. The evening will be hosted by Klaus Wallendorf, Berlin Philharmonic’s “house poet.”
Our four traditional Christmas concerts begin on December 25, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. with the beloved Opera and Operetta Concert. Excellent singers will enchant you with a heartwarming program for the holiday season.
Also on Christmas Day, at 8:00 p.m., experience Hollywood’s Golden Age, a narrated film music concert conducted and presented by Scott Lawton.
On December 26, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., a highlight of the season awaits: The Philharmonix – a world- class ensemble made up of members of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic – will take you on a musical journey in Rock Me Amadeus – From Mozart to Falco. After the standing ovations at their last appearances, you can once again expect a top-tier musical experience.
The Gala Night of the Popular Concerts on December 26, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., conducted by our new Principal Conductor Andreas Wittmann, crowns our Christmas events. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Schuke organ at the Berlin Philharmonie, the main piece of the evening will be Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony, showcasing the full splendor of the celebrated instrument.
We start the year 2026 joyfully: our traditional New Year’s Concert features Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Ode to Joy, conducted by Andreas Wittmann.
Famous piano concertos by Mozart, Paderewski, and Gershwin will be performed on January 24, 2026. On March 7, 2026, we invite you to a Romantic Concert for Women’s Day in the Chamber Music Hall.
On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, we welcome a very special guest to the Berlin Philharmonie: Indiana Jones! In this concert, experience the greatest heroes in film history – from James Bond to Superman, Zorro, Batman, Miss Marple, and Gladiator.
When the Violin Touches the Soul… is the title of our heartfelt, high-caliber evening event on April 25, 2026, with soloists from the Berlin Philharmonic. Enjoy Cornelia Gartemann, Marlene Ito, and Philipp Bohnen, performing the famous violin concertos by Bruch, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, under the baton of Andreas Wittmann.
Our season concludes on May 24, 2026, with the Closing Concert, conducted by Andreas Wittmann. Enjoy masterworks such as Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and of course Ravel’s Boléro, the traditional closing piece.
We hope this program selection suits your taste and wish you unforgettable moments in the new season of the POPULAR CLASSICS concerts at the Berlin Philharmonie.
With heartfelt regards,
Your PROF. VICTOR HOHENFELS CONCERT MANAGEMENT
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