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Kazuki Yamada’s inaugural concert 4 Oct 2026

With the concert on Sunday 4 October 2026, Kazuki Yamada officially took up his position as the ninth Music Director of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO). Together with pianist Alice Sara Ott, he presented Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, framed by Charles Ives’ ›The Unanswered Question‹, the European premiere of Anna Clyne’s ›Woman of the Mountain‹ and, finally, Claude Debussy’s ›La mer‹. The evening was opened by the renowned political economist Maja Göpel with a speech on the DSO’s season motto ›Ach, Mensch‹.



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Kazuki Yamada takes up his position as new Music Director of the DSO
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Maja Göpel as a speaker on the season’s theme ›Ach, Mensch‹
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Maja Göpel as a speaker on the season’s theme ›Ach, Mensch‹
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Alice Sara Ott as soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto
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Kazuki Yamada, Alice Sara Ott and the DSO perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto
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Alice Sara Ott as soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto
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Kazuki Yamada and the DSO perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto
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Kazuki Yamada, pianist Alice Sara Ott and the DSO during the final curtain call
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Kazuki Yamada conducts the DSO in his inaugural concert
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Kazuki Yamada conducts the DSO in his inaugural concert
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Final applause at Kazuki Yamada’s inaugural concert as Music Director of the DSO
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Final applause at Kazuki Yamada’s inaugural concert as Music Director of the DSO
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Final applause at Kazuki Yamada’s inaugural concert as Music Director of the DSO
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