»War and Peace« is the motto of the Hamburg International Music Festival 2024, with Hamburg’s orchestras and top-class international guests once again putting together a varied programme over five weeks for the glittering season finale.
Hear to feel – and the Elbphilharmonie is the best place to do this! The programme for the 2024/25 season once again offers hundreds of concerts, exciting festivals and the best artists of our time. Subscriptions are on sale now!
»Hojotoho!« is the cry when the eponymous mounted warriors make their grand entrance in Richard Wagner’s »Walküre«. Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra present the opera in concert with a historical sound.
The life of St Francis of Assisi, magnificently set to music by Olivier Messiaen: this opera closes the Musikfest with a spectacular production featuring the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Kent Nagano and Anna Prohaska as the Angel.
The »Songs of Exile« combine medieval Armenian poems and traditional Armenian rhythms and melodies with neoclassical sounds full of energy. Wandering, being a stranger and the (im)possibility of arriving, moulded into touching music.
In his »Madrigals of War and Love«, Monteverdi alternates between war dramas and tales of love and passion. This masterpiece between Renaissance and Baroque is performed by two top early music ensembles with a high-calibre cast.
When star baritone Thomas Quasthoff reads from letters from the First World War in a sonorous voice, the authors seem to come alive again. Enthusiasm, fear, hope and even humour are impressively framed by the piano trio.
To mark the end of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra’s season, star pianist Martha Argerich is inviting as artist-in-residencenumerous musical friends to take part in her festival throughout the city. Three concerts take place in the Elbphilharmonie.
Four concerts with some of the top soloists of our time: stars like Antoine Tamestit, Alexandre Kantorow and exciting all-star ensembles perform masterpieces of chamber music in the intimate setting of the Laeiszhalle Recital Hall.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard is one of the best pianists of our time and is recognised for his subtle playing. With the Symphoniker Hamburg, he plays Bartók's Second Piano Concerto, which invites to virtuoso music-making.
Music brings comfort – this is as true today as it was during the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th century. With viols, organ, harp and voice, soprano Dorothee Mields and the Hathor Consort present a sound panorama from Heinrich Schütz and contemporaries.
Babys' and children's concerts for all age groups, music theatre for a young audience and imaginative concerts for the whole family – there is a wide range of events on offer for children and families in the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle.
Creative, flexible and unforgettable: the Elbphilharmonie Soundtracker brings a very special project to schools. On four dates, school pupils create their own work and learn all the basics about rhythm, improvisation and much more.
Just a few hours to go until the concert of the year, but then suddenly it all goes wrong. Become a member of the Elbphilharmonie team and save the concert – complete with tricky puzzles and exciting backstage tours.
When war breaks out in Antonia’s homeland, she must say goodbye to her best friend and emigrate: to the rail station, through wild Atlantic storms and to the land of freedom. A magical concert film without words, featuring music by Vivaldi and Dvořák.
