You can simply go to a concert at the Philharmonie, spontaneously, during your lunch break – and with free admission: every Wednesday at 13:00 between September and June. The programme lasts 40 to 50 minutes: chamber music, piano works or a percussion duo – everything from Tchaikovsky to tango. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Karajan-Akademie regularly perform, as well as guests from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin music conservatories. As can be expected at a lunch concert, catering is available from 12 noon until shortly before the concert begins.

Lunch concert

Berliner Philharmoniker

The eventful biography of Georg Friedrich Händel from Halle, who died in London on 14 April 1759, resembles the lives of jazz legends, and the richness of his music invites jazz interpretation. The Berlin pianist Rolf Zielke arranges impressions from the music of various Handel compositions for the unusual instrumentation of this evening. A promising undertaking: Handel's music, characterised by baroque joie de vivre, meets the rhythmic sensuality of South America and the sparkling joy of playing of this rousing jazz ensemble. Rolf Zielke's arrangements shed new light - full of respect - on Handel's original music.

Jazz Festival: Händel ́s Journey to Jazz

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker explore their passion for jazz and Latin American music in the ensemble Bolero Berlin. The result is a distinctive blend of orchestral finesse with the energy of jazz. The programme ranges from Antônio Carlos Jobim’s laid-back bossa nova and Django Reinhardt’s virtuosic Manouche jazz to the Broadway songs of Kurt Weill and the subtle jazz inflections in Maurice Ravel’s music. It also includes Sambop and Brazilian jazz by the ensemble’s guitarist, Paulo Morello.

Rolo Rodriguez

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 13, 2027

Berliner Philharmoniker Ensembles Let’s jazz – Bolero Berlin · Berliner Philharmoniker

Past events

Feb 18, 2026

Lunch concert · Berliner Philharmoniker

5 - 12 May, 2025

Jazz Festival: Händel ́s Journey to Jazz · Deutsche Oper Berlin

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