In the 2019-20 season the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is present in the Berliner Philharmonie with more than 30 concerts. Besides numerous projects with its principal conductor Robin Ticciati, the DSO can regularly be experienced under renowned guest conductors. Three former principal conductors are involved in the current season: conductor laureate Kent Nagano, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Tugan Sokhiev; maestros such as Manfred Honeck, Andrew Manze, Cornelius Meister, Sir Roger Norrington, Sakari Oramo and many more will also conduct the orchestra. You can find all the season’s conductors here ...
Pre-concert talks
The symphony concerts in the Philharmonie all begin at 8 pm. The DSO offers a pre-concert introduction at 7.10 pm. Habakuk Traber, musicologist and author, provides 30 minutes of insights into the form and content of the works played, presents interesting facts about their composition and reception and offers listening samples at the piano or using recordings.