Konzerthaus

Music moves and connects people – with one another, with the world, and with themselves. We want to share it with as many people as possible, regardless of their social and cultural backgrounds – with our regular audience and classical music fans from all over the world, as well as with those new to classical music.

Symphony concerts performed to the highest standard by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, under the baton of Principal Conductor Joana Mallwitz and internationally renowned guest conductors and soloists, offer a special opportunity to experience music at the Konzerthaus Berlin. We offer a wide range of concert series and diverse formats to a broad audience with varied interests and needs, including the “Junges Konzerthaus” with its concerts for children, young people and families, lunchtime “Espresso Concerts“ featuring up-and-coming talents, and the “Herz über Kopf” salon with Charly Hübner. There are various symphonic outreach programmes featuring the Konzerthausorchester Berlin: in “Expedition Concerts”, Joana Mallwitz takes the audience on a journey into the heart of great works at the piano, after which the entire piece is performed together with the Konzerthausorchester. Honorary Conductor Iván Fischer hosts and conducts the ‘Mittendrin’ concerts, during which the KHO is spread out across the stalls and the audience sits right in between them. The Mozart Matinee is hosted by members of the orchestra.

An integral part of our identity is networking and regular collaboration with artists and ensembles representing various styles from the diverse local independent scene. It is important to us to broaden the concept of what “classical music” can encompass in Berlin: each season, “Berlin Tracks” brings Berlin-based artists from a variety of scenes and genres to the Konzerthaus. The “Aşina” series [from the Persian/Turkish: “familiar”] invites performers whose musical roots lie between the eastern Mediterranean and Berlin, and whose work has been continually reinterpreted and celebrated for generations.

Each season, two multi-day festivals at the Konzerthaus Berlin offer the opportunity to delve deeply into artistic themes beyond the scope of season tickets and regular series, bringing symphonic music together with other musical styles and scenes, incorporating artistic fields such as film and the visual arts, and flexibly transforming the halls at the Konzerthaus Berlin into extraordinary spaces for musical experiences, where, for example, “Wandelkonzerte” and “Dunkelkonzerte” take place.