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Watch online: Sir Simon Rattle and Robin Ticciati

Despite the cancellation of events due to the pandemic until the end of November, we are very pleased to be able to present to our audience some selected concerts as a video stream on our website, on YouTube and Facebook.

The first concert on 7 November was with Sir Simon Rattle, who returned to the DSO for the first time after his debut in the 'RIAS presents' series 43 years ago, conducting Gustav Mahler's ›Lied von der Erde. In the first part of the evening Chief Conductor Robin Ticciati conducted music by Vaughan Williams, Purcell and Birtwistle.

Further dates are to be announced soon.

All November concerts have been canceled

Dear Concert Visitor,

Due to the Corona pandemic the federal government and the senat of Berlin have decided to cancel all cultural events with audience for the month of November 2020 – that applies to all our concerts. We thoroughly regret this inconvenience. ...

›Gramophone-Award‹ for Beethoven CD with Martin Helmchen and Andrew Manze

The DSO was awarded the 'Beethoven 250 Award' by renowned British music magazine 'Gramophone' for its recording of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, which was produced in October 2019 together with pianist Martin Helmchen and conductor Andrew Manze on the Alpha Classics label and co-produced by rbbKultur. The special award ceremony on the occasion of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday took place on October 6 at the 'Gramophone Classical Music Awards'.

Robin Ticciati renews his contract until 2027

The DSO is delighted to announce that Robin Ticciati – who has held the position of Chief Conductor and Music Director since the 2017/2018 season – has renewed his existing contract beyond 2022 for another five years.

In the past seasons, the 37-year-old Briton has proven with the DSO his enormous versatility and flexibility, with repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary music, with new presentation forms, unusual concert venues and exceptional projects like playing on gut strings and free improvisation. The DSO has recently been nominated by ‘Gramophone’ magazine for the ‘Orchestra of the Year’ 2020 award on the basis of the outstanding reviews received for its recordings with Robin Ticciati.

Strauss CD with Robin Ticciati and soprano Louise Alder

Just in time for the start of the new season, the fifth joint CD recording of Robin Ticciati with the DSO has been released on Linn Records on September 4. After highly acclaimed recordings with music by Bruckner and French repertoire, they now devote themselves for the first time to Richard Strauss – the tone poems 'Don Juan' and 'Tod und Verklärung' as well as the orchestral version of the Six Songs op. 68 based on poems by Clemens Brentano. The British soprano Louise Alder is their congenial soloist. The CD is co-produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Chamber Concerts Open Air on Sept 5

CHANGES: Due to weather conditions the concerts will start at 11.30 a.m. in the Mall of Berlin. From 12.30 p.m. on all concerts will take place as scheduled!

With its claim "Berlin Needs Music" the DSO is spreading out to bring chamber music open air to the people of the capital for the second time on September 5, 2020. 15 chamber music ensembles will play pop-up concerts open air in 9 public places all over Berlin. The majority of these ensembles ist made up of DSO musicians, but there are also ensembles supervised by members of the orchestra. The concerts last about 30 minutes and are staggered in time so that the audience can follow them on a "tour de la musique" along a route across the city.

With this event, the DSO wants to counteract Berlin's musical undersupply in times of Corona and at the same time point out the beginning of the new season 20/21 and the reopening of the Berlin concert halls.

Vote Now for DSO!

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has been nominated by the renowned British music magazine ‘Gramophone’ for the ‘Orchestra of the Year 2020’ award. The choice is carried out by an audience vote. We would be delighted if you would give your vote to the DSO and thank you very much for your support!

Radio Concert with Ariane Matiakh and Alexandra Soumm on August 30

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin continues its live radio broadcasts with another concert before the official start of the season. On Sunday, August 30, Deutschlandfunk Kultur will broadcast a French program with works by Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel and Pjotr Tchaikovsky starting at 8:03 pm. The concert will be conducted by the French conductor Ariane Matiakh, who will make her first appearance with the DSO on this evening. Her compatriot Alexandra Soumm can be heard as violin soloist in Ravel's virtuoso rhapsody 'Tzigane' and Tchaikovsky's romantic 'Meditation'.

The concert is available as audio on demand at DLF Kultur.

Tickets for Sept 21 available

Tickets for the season opening concert with Robin Ticciati as part of the Musikfest Berlin on 21.09.2020 are now available through the DSO's ticket office.

Unfortunately ticket purchase via our webshop is currently not available.

Watch the August 21 Concert

With a new instalment on Friday, August 21, the DSO continues its radio and online concerts series, featuring US conductor Roderick Cox with a fascinating programme focusing on music from his homeland. Soprano Julia Bullock will make her DSO debut as a soloist as well.

The concert was broadcast live as a video stream on the DSO website and is also available as video-on-demand on DSO's YouTube channel. Furthermore, the concert will also be broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur on Wednesday, 2 September from 8.03 p.m.