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

They are still young, yet already major artists. But gaining a foothold in the concert world isn't always easy, and so the Rheingau Music Festival has made it its mission to discover and promote talented musicians and accompany them on their first steps on the major concert stage – and has been doing so since 1997! In chamber music formations or as soloists, these young talents gather on the Johannisberg Palace Stage for a diverse concert evening in the Fürst-von-Metternich Hall, presenting their outstanding talent in a wide variety of ensembles. And what a wonderful affirmation it is for the festival organizers to see how the Rheingau stage has become a springboard to major careers for so many talented musicians.

Carlo Lay

Events

Past events

Jan 28, 2026

Lunch concert · Berliner Philharmoniker

Aug 23, 2025

Classical Marathon · Rheingau Musik Festival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Cello Sonata by Britten

Berliner Philharmoniker

Cello in Cello Sonata No. 3 by Beethoven

Berliner Philharmoniker

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