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Press Conference 22 April 2026

At the annual press conference of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin (DSO) on Wednesday, 22 April 2026, the new Music Director of the DSO Kazuki Yamada, Managing Director Christian Beuke, Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen as well as the orchestra’s board – Johannes Watzel, Claudia Benker-Schreiber and David Adorján – presented the projects of the 2026/2027 season in the orchestra’s rehearsal hall in the Wilhelm Hallen. Outstanding artists, great works, new formats and exciting experiments – the public can look forward to a season full of discoveries. 

With the 2026/2027 season – just in time for its eightieth anniversary – a new era begins for the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin: Kazuki Yamada is taking his post as Music Director. The 47-year-old Japanese conductor is thus the ninth in an illustrious series that began with Ferenc Fricsay in 1946. With six programmes initially, Kazuki Yamada is presenting himself with the DSO. Great classics, the new, the old, the unfamiliar and the unusual stand side by side as equals and as a matter of course.



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at the Wilhelm Hallen. DSO’s Managing Director Christian Beuke, DSO’s Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Kazuki Yamada (Music Director from 2026/2027), Representatives of the Orchestra Board Claudia Benker-Schreiber, Johannes Watzel and David Ador
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Kazuki Yamada, DSO Music Director from 2026/2027
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DSO Managing Director Christian Beuke
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Marlene Brüggen, DSO’s Head of Artistic Planning
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at the Wilhelm Hallen. DSO’s Managing Director Christian Beuke, DSO’s Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Kazuki Yamada (Music Director from 2026/2027) (left to right)
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at the Wilhelm Hallen. DSO’s Managing Director Christian Beuke, DSO’s Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Kazuki Yamada (Music Director from 2026/2027), Representatives of the Orchestra Board Claudia Benker-Schreiber, Johannes Watzel and David Ador
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Jahrespressekonferenz am 22. April 2026 #7
at the Wilhelm Hallen. DSO’s Managing Director Christian Beuke, DSO’s Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Kazuki Yamada (Music Director from 2026/2027), Representatives of the Orchestra Board Claudia Benker-Schreiber, Johannes Watzel and David Ador
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Kazuki Yamada, DSO Music Director from 2026/2027
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David Adorján (cellist and representative of the orchestra board), Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Head of Communication Benjamin Dries, Music Director Kazuki Yamada (from 2026/2027), Claudia Benker-Schreiber (cellist and representative of the
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Head of Artistic Planning Marlene Brüggen, Managing Director Christian Beuke and Music Director Kazuki Yamada (from 2026/2027) (left to right)
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