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AKADEMIE FORUM
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FoyerPierre Boulez Saal
from Monday, 28 April 2025 to Monday, 26 May 2025
FoyerPierre Boulez Saal
Lectures, Readings, Conversations, Music
The Akademie-Forum is a space for reflection and debate addressing topics of contemporary significance. Every semester, a series of talks, readings, and discussions features guests from the humanities and social sciences, including philosophers, authors, historians, and public intellectuals. The Forum invites you to participate in the intellectual life of the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Every event includes a short musical performance by an academy student. The Akademie-Forum is curated by Prof. Dr. Jacob Eder, Prof. Dr. Roni Mann und Prof. Dr. Kai Wiegandt.
Events take place in the Mozart Auditorium or the foyer of the Barenboim-Said Akademie.
Registration is required; admission is free.
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LEONIDAS KAVAKOS & ENRICO PACE
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Tuesday, 29 April 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Toward the end of their lives, Franz Schubert and Dmitri Shostakovich both composed virtuoso works for famous violinists of their time: Schubert wrote his Cmajor Fantasy for Josef Slavík, while Shostakovich’s only violin sonata was conceived for David Oistrakh. Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace perform both works together with music by Ludwig van Beethoven and contemporary Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon.
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NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
FEAR. OMAGUGU
Thursday, 1 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini presents the world premiere of A Return to Essence: Tuning into the Modalities of Humanness. A suite for jazz trio, trumpet, string quartet, and vocals, the piece explores aspects of “returning” to the essence and seeking that which humanity has forgotten.
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FLEUR BARRON & KUNAL LAHIRY
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
HEART OF DARKNESS: SONGS BY MAHLER, WEILL, AND OTHERS
from Saturday, 3 May 2025 to Monday, 5 May 2025
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
In a highly personal program, Fleur Barron and Kunal Lahiry explore the echoes of global colonial history in music and poetry. Artists who share dual Asian and Western heritages, they examine diverse perspectives of identity and belonging, repression and freedom, in both familiar and lesserknown works from the past 150 years.
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PERSONAL NOTE
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FoyerPierre Boulez Saal
Sunday, 4 May 2025 16:00
FoyerPierre Boulez Saal
Concert Featuring Students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie
Personal Note is a new concert series curated by students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie. The series was conceived by the participants of the Akademie’s Concert Curation course, a program designed to empower young musicians to think beyond performance.
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BAKR KHLEIFI
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
SOLO DEBUT: MUSIC FOR OUD
Wednesday, 7 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Berlinbased Palestinian oud virtuoso Bakr Khleifi presents a new solo program of original com positions and improvisation that explores connections between the Arabic maqam tradition and musical forms of the European Baroque.
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ACADEMY CONCERT
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH STUDENTS OF THE BARENBOIM-SAID AKADEMIE
Friday, 9 May 2025 16:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
In the popular series of Academy Concerts, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie introduce themselves to their audiences as part of their curriculum, performing repertoire they have been working on during their studies, in preparation for entering the international music scene. These one-hour chamber-music programs, which are particularly suitable for visits with school classes, will be announced at short notice.
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HEATH QUARTET
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET BY HAYDN, DVOŘÁK, SUK, AND BRITTEN
Saturday, 10 May 2025 19:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Berlinbased Palestinian oud virtuoso Bakr Khleifi presents a new solo program of original com positions and improvisation that explores connections between the Arabic maqam tradition and musical forms of the European Baroque.
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KIRILL GERSTEIN
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
LA VALSE: PIANO WORKS BY RAVEL, SCHUMANN, KURTÁG, AND OTHERS
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Many composers in history have found inspiration in the fragile and mysterious world of plants and flowers. For his solo recital, Kirill Gerstein presents a diverse selection of piano works from three centuries by composers ranging from Robert Schumann to Thomas Adès. He also performs Ravel’s La Valse and the Waltzes Toward Civilization by Spanish composer Francisco Coll.
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SOPHIE RENNERT & JOSEPH MIDDLETON
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
SONGS BY SCHUBERT UND MAHLER
Thursday, 15 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Sophie Rennert, acclaimed for her performamces of Baroque operas, is joined by Joseph Middleton for a program devoted to her other great passion: the lied repertoire. In addition to a selection of works by Franz Schubert, the duo performs Mahler’s moving Rückert Songs.
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WERKSTATTKONZERT VI
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Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
Students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie
Friday, 16 May 2025 16:00
Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
In the series of Werkstattkonzerte, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie present solo and small ensemble works as well as excerpts from pieces they have been working on as part of their curriculum in the intimate setting of the Mozart Auditorium.
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FABIAN MÜLLER
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
from Sunday, 18 May 2025 to Sunday, 1 June 2025
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
When Fabian Müller made his Pierre Boulez Saal debut in January 2022, his memorable performance of Beethoven’s monumental “Hammerklavier” Sonata confirmed his reputation as one of the outstanding pianists of his generation. Now the ARD Competition winner, who was born in 1990 in Beethoven’s hometown of Bonn, takes on the challenge of presenting all the composer’s sonatas as a complete cycle.
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ESPERANZA SPALDING
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
ESPERANZA SPALDING
FEAT. ANTONIOBROWNDANCE
Wednesday, 21 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Bassist, singer, and composer esperanza spalding and her band join forces with the New York–based Antonio Brown Dance company, transforming the Pierre Boulez Saal into a space for an immersive musical and physical performance.
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ACADEMY CONCERT
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
CHAMBER MUSIC WITH STUDENTS OF THE BARENBOIM-SAID AKADEMIE
Thursday, 22 May 2025 16:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
In the popular series of Academy Concerts, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie introduce themselves to their audiences as part of their curriculum, performing repertoire they have been working on during their studies, in preparation for entering the international music scene. These one-hour chamber-music programs, which are particularly suitable for visits with school classes, will be announced at short notice.
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WERKSTATTKONZERT VII
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Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
Students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie
Friday, 23 May 2025 16:00
Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
In the series of Werkstattkonzerte, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie present solo and small ensemble works as well as excerpts from pieces they have been working on as part of their curriculum in the intimate setting of the Mozart Auditorium.
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ALINA IBRAGIMOVA, BEN GOLDSCHEIDER & MATTHEW HUNT
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
CONTRASTS: BARTÓK, MOZART, PENDERECKI, AND DOHNÁNYI
Friday, 23 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Joined by a group of acclaimed colleagues, violinist Alina Ibragimova, hornist Ben Goldscheider, and clarinetist Matthew Hunt perform a selection of colorful chamber music works featuring different combinations of instruments.
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LA FONTE MUSICA, MICHELE PASOTTI & ENRICO ONOFRI
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
ANCOR CHE COL PARTIRE: MADRIGALS BY RORE, LASSO, GABRIELI
Saturday, 24 May 2025 19:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Having explored music of the 13th and 14th centuries in their previous Pierre Boulez Saal appearances, Michele Pasotti and his ensemble La fonte musica dedicate their new program to the art of the 16th-century madrigal.
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HAGEN QUARTETT
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
STRING QUARTETS BY HAYDN AND BRAHMS
Sunday, 25 May 2025 18:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Johannes Brahms struggled for years under the overwhelming influence of Beethoven. His Third String Quartet, however, is audibly indebted to another composer: the light touch and musical wit of Joseph Haydn are present throughout the score. The Hagen Quartett’s program creates an intergenerational dialogue between the two composers.
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KATRĪNA PAULA FELSBERGA, JULIUS DRAKE & BURGHART KLAUSSNER
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
LIED UND LYRIK: HÖLDERLIN SETTINGS
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
In this Lied und Lyrik program, Katrīna Paula Felsberga and Julius Drake explore the wideranging afterlife of Friedrich Hölderlin in the music of the 20th century. The poet’s texts will be heard in musical settings and readings.
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ANTJE WEITHAAS & DÉNES VÁRJON
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
from Thursday, 29 May 2025 to Saturday, 31 May 2025
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Antje Weithaas’s recently finished complete recording of Beethoven’s violin sonatas, for which she was joined by pianist Dénes Várjon, has been lauded as a new benchmark. At the Pierre Boulez Saal, the two artists present these ten groundbreaking works on consecutive evenings.
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LEONKORO QUARTET
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
WIDMANN IN FOCUS: STRING QUARTET NO. 9
Thursday, 5 June 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
The two-season concert cycle of Jörg Widmann’s String Quartets Nos. 6–10, which are titled “Studies on Beethoven,” concludes with the young Leonkoro Quartet performing the Ninth String Quartet, which was written in 2022 as the last of the group.
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DANISH STRING QUARTET
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Audiences of the Danish String Quartet know that the ensemble likes to blur the boundaries between folk music and classical music. In this concert, the four Scandinavians combine traditional melodies by 18th-century Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan with works from different eras to create a sound world that transcends styles and genres.
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YULIA DEYNEKA & DENIS KOZHUKHIN
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
WORKS FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
Thursday, 12 June 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Yulia Deyneka, principal violist of the Staatskapelle Berlin, has long been part of the Pierre Boulez Saal’s artistic family as a member of the Boulez Ensemble and professor at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Denis Kozhukhin, himself a regular guest, joins her to perform a duo recital of works by Russian composers.
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WERKSTATTKONZERT VIII
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Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
Students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie
Friday, 13 June 2025 16:00
Mozart AuditoriumPierre Boulez Saal
In the series of Werkstattkonzerte, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie present solo and small ensemble works as well as excerpts from pieces they have been working on as part of their curriculum in the intimate setting of the Mozart Auditorium.
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WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ENSEMBLE
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ENSEMBLE
BOULEZ 100: WORKS BY BOULEZ/MANOURY, MOZART, AND SCHUBERT
Friday, 13 June 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
The genesis of Pierre Boulez’s only string quartet Livre pour quatuor—begun by the composer in the late 1940s and left unfinished at the time of his death—resembles a veritable neverending story. In 2018, Philippe Manoury completed the fragment of the fourth movement based on the extant sketches. The West-Eastern Divan Ensemble performs Manoury’s version together with works by Mozart and Schubert.
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NINA
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
NINA
A TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE
Sunday, 15 June 2025 18:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Eunice Kathleen Waymon—better known as Nina Simone—was a singer, pianist, composer, and Black civil rights activist whose work had a lasting impact beyond the world of 20thcentury music. Soprano Claron McFadden presents a tribute to this extraordinary artist, who died in 2003, in an interdisciplinary performance of words and music.
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BOULEZ ENSEMBLE & GEORGE BENJAMIN
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
BOULEZ 100: EXPLOSANTE-FIXE, WORKS BY KNUSSEN UND BENJAMIN
Friday, 20 June 2025 19:30
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
One of the foremost musicians of our time, George Benjamin closes the Pierre Boulez Saal season, appearing in multiple artistic capacities. Leading the Boulez Ensemble, he conducts Boulez’s …explosante-fixe… of 1993 in addition to his own Three Inventions and Oliver Knussen’s Two Organa, written in 1995.
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PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD & GEORGE BENJAMIN
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Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
BOULEZ 100: PIANO SONATA NO. 1
Saturday, 21 June 2025 19:00
Concert hallPierre Boulez Saal
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, long considered one of the most erudite performers of Boulez’s music, presents his first Piano Sonata of 1946. He also performs George Benjamin’s Shadowlines and a new piece for piano duet, for which he is joined by the composer.
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WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA
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Waldbühne
DANIEL BARENBOIM & LANG LANG
Sunday, 10 August 2025 19:00
Waldbühne
For the 2025 Waldbühne Concert, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra welcome back celebrated pianist Lang Lang, who was last heard with the orchestra in 2022. Secure your tickets now for what promises to be another unforgettable performance.
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