Our season trailer
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2025/26 season offers great music, exciting projects and surprising perspectives. Chief conductor Kirill Petrenko tackles Gustav Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand – a work of monumental scale and extraordinary expressive power. Of equal significance is the orchestra's return to the Salzburg Easter Festival, where Kirill Petrenko will conduct Richard Wagner’s Rheingold, marking the beginning of a complete cycle of The Ring of the Nibelung.
What else can you expect? International guest conductors and soloists, strong debuts, festivals dedicated to Baroque and electronic music, and the thematic focus Kontrovers! – a project that builds a bridge between current cultural discourse and the classical concert tradition. Also new this season: a short subscription featuring four outstanding concerts.
As Artist in Residence, violinist Janine Jansen will appear both with the Berliner Philharmoniker and in chamber music settings. In addition, we dedicate a tribute to gambist and conductor Jordi Savall. The Open Day and a diverse education programme offer opportunities to experience the Berliner Philharmoniker up close and to discover the world of music in a wide range of different ways.
Subscriptions and flex packages
Join us throughout the season with a subscription - or put together your own package of concerts.
Thematic Focus: “Controversial!”
Do we live in the most controversial of all worlds? With our seasonal focus “Controversial!” we reflect on the current culture of debate from the perspective of music.
Kirill Petrenko and the 2025/26 season
From Viennese classical music to music of the 21st century, from solo concertos to ballet suites, from Wagner dramas to Italian opera arias: Kirill Petrenko conducts a broad repertoire in the 2025/26 season.
Artist in Residence 2025/26: Violinist Janine Jansen
Janine Jansen combines uncompromising intensity, eloquent music-making and tonal beauty. In 2025/26 she will be a guest in a variety of concerts.
A Homage to Jordi Savall
The viol player and conductor Jordi Savall is a truly remarkable figure in the field of early music and of historically informed performance practice. This season you can encounter Jordi Savall in all his facets.
Salzburg Easter Festival 2026
The Berliner Philharmoniker are returning to the Salzburg Easter Festival – and they are doing so in style. Kirill Petrenko will be conducting “Das Rheingold”, the “preliminary evening” of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen”.
Strom
The festival for electronic music at the Philharmonie Berlin: two days of concentrated listening or uninhibited dancing.
Baroque Weekend
This weekend at the Philharmonie Berlin, everything revolves around the musical splendour and elegance of the Baroque.
Musikfest Berlin at the Philharmonie Berlin
A festival with top international orchestras - and of course the Berliner Philharmoniker. This time the focus is on music from France.
The Berliner Philharmoniker on tour
Encounters with our international audiences are essential for the orchestra. Join us on our journeys through our tour blog.
Education programme 2025/26
In our education programme, exceptional artists offer enriching encounters with music.
Sixty Years of the Berlin Philharmonie Organ
It is not only an acoustic marvel, but also a visual one: the organ at the Philharmonie Berlin. It celebrates its 60th birthday in 2025.
The season in the Digital Concert Hall
Whether via smartphone or TV: With our broadcasts, you'll never miss a concert.