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Together with chief conductor Christoph Gedschold, Copenhagen Phil is invited to play on one of classical music's most prominent stages: the Großer Saal in Hamburg's spectacular concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie. An appreciative gesture, which we acknowledge by playing some of the most exquisite notes by none other than Haydn, Wagner and Schumann.

A new generation of gifted Danish conductors is emerging in these years. Among the brightest talents is 30-year-old Christian Øland, who was educated at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and is therefore naturally linked to the music of his two home countries: Denmark and Finland.

It is no exaggeration to call Shostakovich the greatest symphonist of the 20th century. With three masterpieces by the enigmatic composer, chief conductor Christoph Gedschold and Copenhagen Phil show three sides of Shostakovich's musical diversity: A swinging suite, a terrifying cello concerto and an unexpected symphony.

Richard Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder is the aging German composer's unearthly beautiful farewell to life. Now the Danish star soprano Henriette Bonde-Hansen sings them for the very first time. The bubbling orchestral music of Wagner is the heart's blood for chief conductor Christoph Gedschold.

Freedom or love? Verdi wrote the opera La Traviata in 1853 , based on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis. The novel, as well as Verdi's opera, has since been the basis for many interpretations, such as the films Pretty Woman and Moulin Rouge, as well as a long series of ballets, novels and plays. The woman's decline and her apparent lack of moral compass have always fascinated.

“To be faithful to only one woman is the same as being unfaithful to all the others!” So ​​sings Don Juan. All other things being equal, it is a statement that one can mull over a bit, and has been doing so since 1787, when Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte premiered Don Juan . The opera tells the myth of one of the most debated men in the history of music and literature; is he the ultimate man of action or an outdated charlatan? Is it a cheerful comedy, as Mozart himself called it? Or has it become a tragedy about human decadence, sin and penance, with the view of posterity on the work? In addition to the opera's fantastic music, it is a work that has taken a firm hold on society's view of humanity and our self-understanding. Don Juan was an unequivocal success when it premiered in Prague, and for almost 240 years has been one of the most beloved and performed operas worldwide.