Duisburg audiences will likely still remember Benjamin Reiners fondly: In March 2025, he conducted a special concert in the "Philharmonic Debate" series, in which composers of the past engage in creative exchange with each other through their works—a debate using musical means, so to speak. The Romantic composer Brahms now kicks off this program. Although he initially failed to win over his contemporaries with his monumental symphonic Piano Concerto No. 1, the work later established itself and became a lasting success. With Gerhard Oppitz , the concerto is in the best pianistic hands, as he is considered one of the leading Brahms interpreters.

Pianistic orchestral magic: Brahms & Pejačević

CityPalais

The Viennese have the waltz * On the Beautiful Blue Danube* , the Praguers have the tone poem *The Moldau* , and the New Yorkers have the musical *West Side Story* . But we Nurembergers have Richard Wagner's opera * The Mastersingers of Nuremberg * as the "music of our city" – the greatest tribute to the Franconian metropolis ever composed. The prelude to Act 1, relatively short in duration but monumental in its impact, is a veritable symphonic poem that encompasses all of the opera's central plot motifs. Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, dedicated to Wagner in its original version, is monumental in every respect. Between these two monuments of late Romanticism is a famous masterpiece of early Classical music: Haydn's virtuoso C major concerto featuring the young Japanese rising star of the cello world, Michiaki Ueno. Benjamin Reiners, GMD in Chemnitz and conductor of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic, will be conducting. He has been a guest with us several times since 2012.

Bruckner And The Mastersingers

Meistersinger Hall

Gala concert with classical hits by Elgar, Haydn, Strauss, Brahms and others.

Schleswig-Holstein Proms

Holstenhallen

It is the largest charity event of its kind organised by the German Red Cross in Germany: the festive opera gala of the Duisburg Red Cross has been a highlight of the city's social life for years and is well-known and popular far beyond its borders.

DRK-Gala

Theatre, theatre everywhere! During rehearsals for the highly tragic period piece ‘Romulus and Ersilia’, everything somehow goes wrong: the prima donna doesn't feel well, the trouser role doesn't like itself and the tenor finally wants to play first violin.
And to make matters worse, Mamma Agata, the second soprano's weird helicopter mother, bursts in...

Prima la Mamma!

Theater Duisburg

We embark on a fascinating journey through the centuries and explore how people have always imagined space, the planets, and moons. The exploration and sound of the unknown has always fascinated us.

Benjamin Reiners

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 5, 2026

Head Cinema Concert – Intergalactic · Bochumer Symphoniker

Past events

28 - 29 Jan, 2026

Pianistic orchestral magic: Brahms & Pejačević · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Oct 26, 2025

Bruckner And The Mastersingers · Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Piano Concerto No. 1 by Brahms

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Conductor in Cello Concerto No. 1 by Haydn

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Bruckner

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Symphony in F sharp minor by Pejačević

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Conductor in Prima la Mamma! by Donizetti

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Conductor in The Mastersingers of Nuremberg by Wagner

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra

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