2025/26 Season

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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.

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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 energetically conducts the orchestra. He holds a baton and gestures with his other hand, surrounded by musicians playing various string instruments. — Kirill Petrenko | Picture:Stephan Rabold

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.

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Janine Jansen is sitting on a chair, a violin in her hands. She is wearing jeans and a light blue blouse and looks into the camera with a smile. — Janine Jansen | Picture:Kaupo Kikkas

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.

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Jordi Savall | Picture:Herve Pouyfourcat

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.

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Rugged, snow-covered mountain peaks rise steeply against a dark, black background, with strong shadows emphasising the dramatic and rugged nature of the slopes. — Picture:Mathias Vef

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”.

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