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There are some works that hardly need an introduction, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony is undoubtedly one of them. “The Great Symphony” has enchanted audiences throughout history with its powerful music and the famous “Ode to Joy” in the 4th movement. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was revolutionary in several ways.


It is both long and magnificent, and for the first time an orchestra was supplemented by both choirs and soloists – a completely new dimension in symphonic music. It is a work that almost transcends the boundaries of music itself. The work has become a symbol of freedom and love, and has been a comfort and inspiration to people for centuries. The symphony is the EU anthem, and its dramatic and powerful notes were played under the Brandenburg Gate when the Berlin Wall fell, a moment when music emphasized hope and unity across nations. Here the word “Freude” was replaced with “Freiheit”. In 2001, Beethoven’s original, handwritten manuscript, from the Berlin State Library, was included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme as the first musical work ever. Thus, the symphony cemented its place as an iconic work in the world’s cultural heritage.

Beethoven's 9th.

Alsion Concert Hall

Ribe Cathedral

The New Year's Gala is a traditional Viennese program that sets the stage for a festive and joyful start to the new year. With a carefully selected repertoire that draws on classic Viennese culture, the audience is invited to celebrate the new year with both elegance and lively energy.

New Year's Gala

Forum Horsens

Comwell Kolding Theatre

Tønder Cultural Center

This year marks the 22nd time that the Aalborg Opera Prize has been awarded. The prize is presented at a festive gala concert that presents the greatest hits from the world of opera.

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Aalborg Opera Gala

Aalborg Central Waterfront

"Man is an abyss, it makes you dizzy when you look down."
With incomparably stirring, moving music, Alban Berg focuses on the inner life of a person who is neither a hero, nor a privileged person, nor a chosen one: the penniless soldier Wozzeck could hardly be worse off. Derided, mistreated and abused by society, he barely has enough to feed Marie and their illegitimate child. The progressive deterioration of his physical and mental health leads to catastrophe.

Wozzeck

Staatstheater Darmstadt

The spectacular adaptation of Arnold Schönberg's beloved Verklärte Nacht is a fateful tale of love when it is stronger than life. Experience the long-awaited Danish first performance with the two star soloists Mojca Erdmann and Peter Lodahl in the central roles. And with the former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Guy Braunstein, on the conductor's podium.

Love, death and big voices - A long goodbye kiss / GET TICKETS

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

Copenhagen Phil conducted by Guy Braunstein

Copenhagen Phil – Love, Death, and Great Voices

Leap into the new year with a symphony of tones in Tivoli's Concert Hall. We welcome the new year with a fireworks display of classical music with Tivoli Copenhagen Phil and opera stars Susanne Elmark and Peter Lodahl.

Tivoli welcomes you to a great celebration of the new year with festive New Year's concerts. Experience a symphonic fireworks display when the Tivoli Copenhagen Phil under the direction of conductor Tecwyn Evans offers a festive and classical Viennese repertoire with selections from Verdi, Lehár, Strauss, Kalman and Reesen - and of course Lumbye in beautiful association with the internationally renowned opera soloists Susanne Elmark and Peter Lodahl. There will also be features from the Tivoli Ballet Theater under the direction of Peter Bo Bendixen.

New Year's concert in Tivoli

Tivolis Koncertsal

Start the new year with bubbling Viennese waltzes, brilliant voices and a true New Year's atmosphere when the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and two amazing soloists fill the hall with intoxicating melodies and operatic brilliance.

Tenor

Peter Lodahl

Events

Upcoming events

7 - 16 Jan, 2027

New Year's Gala · Musikhuset Aarhus

Past events

7 - 8 May, 2026

Beethoven's 9th. · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

8 - 11 Jan, 2026

New Year's Gala · Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

Future and recently performed repertoire

Captain in Wozzeck by Berg

Staatstheater Darmstadt

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