A place to call our own: Marin Alsop in Berlin

Marin Alsop conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker

Marin Alsop conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker and Rundfunkchor

By Elena Luporini, 24 February 2025

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“infectious rhythmic propulsion that had orchestra, choir and audience head-bopping to the very end”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 22 February 2025

Tarkiainen, Day Night Day (World premiere)

Dean, Fire Music

Copland, Appalachian Spring: Suite (1945)

Villa-Lobos, Chôros no. 10, "Rasga o Coração"

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Berliner Philharmoniker

Marin Alsop, Conductor

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Elena Luporini

After completing their Master's degree in Musicology in Rome, Elena has now moved to Berlin to dedicate themselves to more things musical. With a publication on Béla Bartók and a seminar at the Humboldt-Universität underway, their interests mostly veer toward 20th-century opera, with some forays into queer musicology. Some of their latest undertakings also include oboe lessons, stencil-making and tea-making.