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Gustavo Dudamel and New York Philharmonic
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Gustavo Dudamel & New York Philharmonic in Berlin
We are delighted to announce a very special guest to kick off our 2026/27 season! Gustavo Dudamel is one of the most influential figures in the international music scene: Starting with the 2026/27 season, the Venezuelan star conductor will be Music & Artistic Director of the prestigious New York Philharmonic. He follows in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors such as Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, and Kurt Masur. Dudamel previously served for many years as Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is internationally renowned not only for his musical excellence but also for his commitment to the social power of music. He champions the idea that music can connect, heal, and inspire, whether through performances at the United Nations, the White House, the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, or as a contributor to the New York Times essay series "Turning Points."
In October, Dudamel will travel to Berlin for the first time in his role as Music & Artistic Director with the musicians of the New York Philharmonic. Mahler's Fifth Symphony combines emotional depth, dramatic contrasts, and visionary soundscapes – ideal conditions for Dudamel's expressive yet precise interpretation.
The first part of the concert will feature the newly commissioned composition "Imágenes mestizas" by the Cuban-American composer, conductor, and educator Tania León . The Pulitzer Prize-winning artist—the first Latin American woman to be honored in 2021 and the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in 2022—is one of the most influential musical figures of her generation.
»Imágenes mestizas« will have its world premiere in New York from September 24th to 27th and will be heard for the first time in Germany on October 17th in Berlin .
Program and cast
Program
Tania León: »Imágenes mestizas« (German premiere – commissioned by the New York Philharmonic)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Cast
New York Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Director
In cooperation with Deutsche Klassik
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
By subway (U-Bahn):
Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)
By city train (S-Bahn):
Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)
By regional train:
Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)
By bus directly to the Philharmonie:
Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)
By car:
A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).
By bycicle:
A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.
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