Venue: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Hilary Hahn celebrates Dvořák’s birthday at the Elbphilharmonie with the Vienna Philharmonic and Tugan Sokhiev.

From a contemporary timpani concerto to Mahler’s brutal Sixth Symphony, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester test the physical endurance limits of the audience with their season-opening concert.

Ryan Bancroft conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic through an evening of striking contrasts, pairing Mendelssohn's elegance and Glière's charm with Allan Pettersson’s gruelling monument, a hardcore test for player and listener alike.

The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg balances Barbara Assiginaak’s intimate modernism with a Dvořák Ninth of explosive, Mahlerian intensity.

Håkan Hardenberger joins the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding for a thrilling night concluding with a breathtaking, high-energy Beethoven Four. 

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.