Pitch perfect: Petrenko conducts Dusapin, Zimmermann and Brahms

Albrecht Mayer and the Berliner Philharmoniker

Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker

By Elena Luporini, 19 September 2025

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“the audience was invited to admire the perfectly oiled machine that is the Berliner Philharmoniker”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 17 September 2025

Dusapin, 7 Solos pour orchestre: "Exeo", solo no. 5

Zimmermann, Concerto for Oboe and small orchestra

Bach, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis - Cantata, BWV21 (arr. Mayer)

Brahms, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op.68

Albrecht Mayer, Oboe

Berliner Philharmoniker

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Petrenko and Serebrennikov forge a new Ring in Salzburg

Phillip Richter, 1st April

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s much-anticipated return to Salzburg gets off to an impressive musical start. Kirill Serebrennikov’s staging raises numerous questions, but answers few of them.

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Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 9th November

On their Asian tour, the Berliner Philharmoniker reaffirms its renown in a concert of Schumann and Brahms at the Seoul Arts Center.

*****

A place to call our own: Marin Alsop in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 22nd February

For her debut at the head of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Marin Alsop reflects on what a ‘home’ is through works by Tarkiainen, Dean, Copland and Villa-Lobos.

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Robertson conducts the German premiere of Srnka's Superorganisms

Elena Luporini, 13th February

At the Philharmonie, David Robertson steps in for Kirill Petrenko for a concert all about the wonders of nature, featuring Varèse, Srnka and Beethoven.

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Berlin Phil à la hongroise with Seong-Jin Cho

Elena Luporini, 9th December

The Berlin Phil celebrates Seong-Jin Cho's recently inaugurated residency with a Hungarian-themed chamber concert.

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Passion and precision from the Berlin Phil at Carnegie Hall

Cameron Kelsall, 17th November

Under the leadership of Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko, the Berliners produced a deep, muscular and forward sound that invigorated familiar music.

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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.

Pitch perfect in Berlin: Kirill Petrenko conducts Dusapin, Zimmermann and Brahms