Koray Berat Sari , a multi-award-winning bağlama player, jams with a youth ensemble, can be seen in theater and music projects, and performs with musicians from the Duisburg Philharmonic. During his visits to Duisburg schools, he brings a wide selection of saz instruments, including the bağlama, the oud, the duduk, and the daf. Where do the instruments come from, and what do they have in common? The community musician and his guests demonstrate how to tap along to the beat or drum with the tongue to the music. The rule for the students is: get involved in the body percussion!

saz4teens

Stadt Duisburg

In the 2023/2024 season, the Duisburg Philharmonic, in their exploration of transcultural processes, already explored the Indian Nobel Prize-winning poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore. The program for the second chamber concert, compiled by Kamalini Mukherji, now also follows the Europe-India axis, always looking in both directions. The Indian singer, who will also curate the "Eigenzeit – Music of Now" festival in the 2025/2026 season, is considered one of the leading exponents of the music of the Bengali-Indian polymath Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped the culture and language of Bengal. In this unique concert, Tagore's music will be reinterpreted through various musical traditions. The performance begins with a traditional Indian ensemble – esraj, tabla/khol, and Indian flute. This is followed by bridge instruments such as the lavta and the bağlama from the Middle East, followed by a Western soundscape featuring flamenco guitar, saxophone, and other instruments. The concert culminates in a fusion of these musical worlds, reflecting Tagore's embrace of global influences.

When a traveler on an autumn night…

CityPalais

Clarinet and string quartet: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tried this combination for the first time in 1789 - and it was a great success. The quintet that Carl Maria von Weber composed 26 years later for the clarinetist Heinrich Joseph Baermann was just as popular. The fact that both pieces are still among the most popular of their kind today is not only due to their magical sound and melodies, but also to the humorous, cheerful mood that connects them. The path to Joseph Haydn, the grand master of musical humor, is of course not far. It was probably an enterprising publisher who first heard the many bird calls in his famous quartet op. 33 no. 3, to which the piece owes its sales-boosting nickname: "Bird Quartet".

2nd Serenade Concert

Abbey Church in Duisburg

Do you remember your favorite (picture) book from childhood? Was it "Struwwelpeter", "Urmel" or perhaps "Max and Moritz", "The Little Witch" or "The Robber Hotzenplotz"? The musicians of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra are bringing their treasures to the city library. In addition to reading excerpts from their favorite books, there is an individual and loving musical setting of the stories. Young and old are invited to listen to words and music together and to learn new things or rediscover familiar things.

Listen to a Book takes place in cooperation with the Duisburg City Library.

Listen to a book

Duisburg City Library

Do you remember your favorite (picture) book from childhood? Was it "Struwwelpeter", "Urmel" or perhaps "Max and Moritz", "The Little Witch" or "The Robber Hotzenplotz"? The musicians of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra are bringing their treasures to the city library. In addition to reading excerpts from their favorite books, there is an individual and loving musical setting of the stories. Young and old are invited to listen to words and music together and to learn new things or rediscover familiar things.

Wolfgang Schindler

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When a traveler on an autumn night… · Duisburger Philharmoniker

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