01/09/2025
🩰🎼🎤 Cultural tips for September? Here it is! 🩰🎼🎤
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Season Opening at Musikfest
With Anja Bihlmaier on the podium and cellist Kian Soltani as soloist, the DSO offers a foretaste of its 2025/26 season. The programme includes Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony and Olly Wilson’s homage to the Yoruba god of thunder.
Musikfest Berlin 2025
4 September, Philharmonie Berlin
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Season Start with the Staatskapelle Berlin
The Staatskapelle Berlin launches the new season in full force, joined by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja under the baton of Elim Chan. The programme features Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8.
Symphoniekonzert der Staatskapelle Berlin
7 September, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
8 September, Philharmonie Berlin
Staatsballett Berlin
Between Defiance and Transience
Two masterpieces of modern ballet: Jiří Kylián’s Gods and Dogs explores the masks we wear and the search for identity, while Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas enchants with light, movement and a haunting meditation on impermanence. An evening of intensity and wonder.
Gods and Dogs
From 14 September, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Konzerthaus Berlin
Mahler & Berio at Musikfest
Dreamlike echoes drift through the soundscape in Berio’s Impressions, colliding with irony, folk-inspired gestures and explosive energy in Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. With Michael Sanderling conducting, the Konzerthausorchester appears on home ground at Musikfest.
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Michael Sanderling
19 September, Konzerthaus Berlin
Komische Oper Berlin @ Schillertheater
This Jesus Must Dance
A true mega-event: director Andreas Homoki and set designer Philipp Stölzl transform Hangar 4 at Tempelhof Airport into a monumental rock-show stage – with over 100 dancers. The perfect setting for a genuine superstar.
From 20 September @ Flughafen Tempelhof/ Hangar 4
Deutsche Oper Berlin
“Can You Unravel the Nature of Love for Me?”
This question sparks a contest of song that ultimately propels Tannhäuser, in a frenzy of poetry, beyond the bounds of society. Just three final performances remain – with star casting including Klaus Florian Vogt and Camilla Nylund.
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
28 September / 5 Oktober / 2 November 2025, Deutsche Oper Berlin