The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg invites you on an exhilarating musical journey through various cultures and time periods in its upcoming season. From classical masterpieces to contemporary compositions, the orchestra presents a diverse lineup that is sure to captivate audiences of all ages. With a series of events ranging from global musical tours and fairy tales to animal-inspired concerts and introspective solo performances, each event promises to offer a unique and engaging experience.

A Musical Odyssey: Exploring the World with Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Dive into the captivating world of the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg as it unveils a series of vibrant musical events. From the whimsical antics of Jonas' Little Grandma to the profound exploration of Kurt Weill's orchestral works, each performance promises an unforgettable experience. Join us on a journey through the world of fairy tales, jazz-infused compositions, and the enchanting melodies of classical masters as we explore the rich tapestry of musical narratives presented by the talented artists and performers.

A Symphony of Stories: Exploring the Diverse Melodies of Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Embark on a musical journey with the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg's 2025 concert series. From the haunting tales of Macbeth to whimsical fairy tales and the depths of animal-inspired music, these events promise to captivate audiences. Explore the innovative works of composers like Stefan Johannes Hanke, the rediscoveries of Nuremberg-born talents Franz Reizenstein and Chaya Arbel, and the romantic essence captured by Ravel and Strauss. With performances designed for all ages and musical tastes, this season offers a treasure trove of cultural and artistic experiences.

Exploring the Depths of Musical Narratives: Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg 2025 Concert Series

Embark on a musical journey with Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg as they present a series of captivating concerts. From exploring the animal kingdom in 'Animal-inspired' to delving into the depths of human emotions in 'Immortally in love', these events promise to engage, enlighten, and entertain audiences. With talented conductors, creative compositions, and vibrant performances, each concert offers a unique experience. Join us as we explore these events, unraveling the stories behind the music and the performances that bring them to life.

A Symphony of Stories: Exploring the Vibrant Concert Events by Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Dive into a vibrant orchestral journey with Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg's multifaceted events. From fairy-tale-inspired melodies to heartfelt chamber music, these concerts offer something for everyone. With the magic of collaborative performances, both classical and modern interpretations come to life, led by distinguished conductors and musicians. Let's explore what makes these events a highlight in the cultural calendar.

A Harmonic Journey: Exploring the Diverse Concerts of the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Dive into a world of musical exploration with the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg's 2025 concert series. Featuring a diversity of performances, from the spine-tingling 'Pretty Scary' youth concert to the evocative 'In the Intoxication of Twilight' and the vibrant 'Classic Open Air', this year's lineup promises a rich tapestry of soundscapes. Join us to uncover the artistry behind these events, as world-class musicians bring to life the compositions of Schubert, Mussorgsky, and more, in a celebration of classical music's timeless allure.

A Symphony of Experiences: The 2025 Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg Concert Series

This summer, the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is set to captivate audiences with an array of concerts that promise a journey through haunting melodies, musical masterpieces, and cultural reflections. From the eerie charm of 'Pretty Scary' to the introspective 'In the Intoxication of Twilight,' and the grand 'Classic Open Air,' each event is a testament to the richness of classical music. Join us as we delve into the world of these concerts, celebrating the artists and the creative works that bring these experiences to life.

A Symphony of Emotions: Exploring Nuremberg's Diverse Concert Series

Nürnberg is alive with music this summer, offering a range of events that celebrate classical compositions, historical narratives, and youthful creativity. From Modest Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' to the open-air melodies at Luitpoldhain, each concert promises a unique experience. The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg invites audiences to witness performances that explore historical themes and nurture the talents of young musicians. Join us as we dive into the enchanting world of classical music at venues across the city.

A Summer Symphony in Nürnberg: Exploring Music, History, and Youth

The great works of musical history are two things in equal measure: the creations of an ingenious, musical mind, and products of their time, society and fashion. How notes refer to each other, how instruments interact, how the great composers worked with them, what they discovered and how they developed it—all of this is the focus of the Excursion Concerts. General musical director Roland Böer is taking the Staatstheater Nürnberg and the audience on an exciting and entertaining journey inside the masterpieces themselves. Newcomers to Classical will have their curiosity aroused, and long-time concertgoers will learn things they never knew before. After Roland Böer's tour, the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg will play the respective work in its entirety.

1. Ex­cur­si­on Con­cert

Nuremberg State Theater

35 years of partnership with Prague is reason enough for a concert with Czech music! Smetana and Dvořák are two of our neighbouring country's most famous composers and they are represented alongside a string quartet by Hans Krása, written in 1935. Stylistically, this work occupies a fascinating space between tradition and modern sounds.

Prague – Music From Nu­rem­ber­g's Part­ner City

Rarely has the mutual respect between Haydn and Mozart been so clear than in Haydn's 95 and Mozart's last symphony. Both start out serious and in a minor key before working their way toward radiant finales. Composed three years apart, these pieces are milestones in Viennese Classical and modern music of the late 18th century.

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Mozart – Haydn - Shosta­ko­vich

Meistersingerhalle

Hans is as big as a thumb, sleeps on an old ink pad and loves paddling through the salad bowl in a nutshell. His parents say he's something special. The whole world will see, thinks Hans, and one day he runs away. He meets many animals and learns that everyone is special in their own way.

Hans Däum­ling runs away

In the concert series "Dreiklang" ("Triad"), the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is leaving its usual concert halls to discover exciting venues in Nuremberg. Music from various centuries, programmes based on the location, and space-consuming sonic concepts lead to new (aural) impressions and promise an intense musical examination of the venues. General musical director Roland Böer and the conductors of the Staatsphilharmonie invite you to take a fresh look at the familiar and get curious.

Triad at the Deutsches Museum Nuremberg - Museum of the Future

Deutsches Museum Nürnberg

Two deeply religious composers open up the concert season of the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg in the Meistersingerhalle. Olivier Messiaen hoped to use his first large, suggestive orchestral work Les Offrandes oubliées to turn the colours of church windows into sound. Anton Bruckner was no less spiritual in his own goals for his music. In his 7th Symphony, which marked his breakthrough as a great symphonic composer, he most clearly describes humanity's ascent from hardship and the joys of life toward divine light.

Bruck­ner – Mes­sia­en

A string quintet with two cellos? Schubert! A string octet? Mendelssohn! A piano quintet with four winds? Beethoven or Mozart? Yet there is no standard this time: The chamber music season opens with three works of Russian Romanticism, and they show us that Russia is culturally a part of Europe in spite of the current regime's imperialism.

Ever­y­thing But Stan­dard

Europe's greenest concert hall in the Luitpoldhain is for many a highlight of the Nuremberg summer. The Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra invites you to a (hopefully!) warm summer night with well-known melodies and discoveries from the opera and concert repertoire.

Classic Open Air

Luitpoldhain

Immerse yourself in the world of Romanticism this afternoon! You will hear beautiful songs by Kreutzer, Massenet, Strauss and Spohr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "Songs without Words" will be heard in a chamber music version. The virtuoso conclusion to the concert with sparkling piano runs is the "Trio Pathéthique" by Mikhail Glinka.

Songs of Romanticism – with Martin Platz

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

The Young State Philharmonic was founded on the initiative of Joana Mallwitz and will continue to be led by GMD Roland Böer in the 2024/25 season. Young people in the metropolitan region who are interested in classical music can become members of the Young State Philharmonic. In several project phases over the course of a season, they gain deep insights into the world of the orchestra and theater. The young musicians are accompanied throughout the year by numerous orchestra sponsors and the music teacher Irina Roosz.

Friends for Life

In the concert series "Dreiklang", the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra leaves its usual concert halls and explores new venues in Nuremberg. This time, General Music Director Roland Böer invites you to the Congress Hall, the future destination of the State Theater. The program is dedicated to composers whose music was labeled "degenerate" and who subsequently had to emigrate externally or internally.

Triad in the Congress Hall

Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Modest Mussorgsky's classic "Pictures at an Exhibition" (arranged by Christian Reuter) tells many little stories with its music: about newly hatched chicks, about an old castle, about children playing in the park and much more. Theater educator Philipp Roosz has the right pictures to go with these stories.

Pictures at an Exhibition

"All people who care about music, especially chamber music, bow down to Franz Schubert's String Quintet in C major, happily admiringly - or enthusiastically. The work occupies a unique place in Schubert's work, indeed in music literature. It is enigmatic, and it is perfect... No one can fully unravel the musical mystery of this work or put it into words," says music critic Joachim Kaiser. "Shaker Loops" from 1978 is a masterpiece of minimal music and refers to the Shaker religious community, who get themselves into a frenzy through ritual shaking dances.

In the intoxication of twilight

In the youth concert, the furies dance, the ghosts sing, Rübezahl rumbles and the Flying Dutchman's ship howls: pretty scary! But why? Why does some music teach us to be afraid? The Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra is addressing this question in the youth concert.

Pretty scary

Melancholy in its most beautiful romantic form dominates the program of the 8th Philharmonic Concert, which Frankfurt's General Music Director Thomas Guggeis will lead the State Philharmonic Orchestra through. The premonition of the imminent death of his son-in-law Richard Wagner and the funeral gondolas of Venice inspired Franz Liszt's piano piece, whose undulating 6/8 time in turn inspired the minimalist Adams to his arrangement. Wagner's five songs are based on his hopeless love for Mathilde Wesendonck. Even in Hans Werner Henze's version, they foreshadow "Tristan". Sergei Rachmaninoff was a master of combining beauty and melancholy, combining deep emotionality with captivating fullness of sound in his 2nd Symphony.

Salvation

Mendelssohn is still considered an outstanding musical prodigy today. One of his youthful masterpieces is his first string quintet, which he composed at the age of 15. A late work, however, is Bartók's trio "Contrasts". The piece is inspired by melodies from Bartók's homeland of Hungary - sounds that were familiar to him since childhood. Reger's clarinet quintet was his last composition. Homages to his great role models Mozart and Brahms can be heard as well as Reger's mature and masterful harmony.

Youth and championship

Well-known melodies, famous opera arias, catchy compositions - the "Heart & Soul" concert in the Gustav Adolf Memorial Church is aimed at everyone who enjoys listening to music and remembering it. The informal, barrier-free setting offers people with and without dementia an ideal opportunity to enjoy an hour of culture together.

Heart and soul

Gustav Adolf Memorial Church

The great works of music history are both equally: creations of a brilliant musical mind and children of their time, their society and their fashion. How notes relate to each other, how instruments play together, how the great composers dealt with what they found and how they developed it further - all of this is the focus of the excursion concerts.

2nd Excursion Concert

Stone soup is not particularly tasty, but if you add different vegetables and herbs, it can become a delicious meal. Using the fairy tale "The Stone Soup", different instruments in an orchestra are introduced: when they all play together, they create a delicious sound.

The Stone Soup

In 1812, Beethoven wrote a love letter to an unknown lady that has occupied generations of researchers but also inspired musicians. In his violin concerto, which he wrote in 2019 for the violinist Midori, Detlev Glanert sees the words in Beethoven's famous letter as notes and the declaration of love as music. After the overture by Beethoven's student Ferdinand Ries, the master himself takes center stage in the 7th Philharmonic Concert: with the cheerful, thoughtful piano piece "Andante favori", which Roland Böer arranged for orchestra, and with his always surprising and not very triumphant 8th Symphony.

Immortally in love

The concert series "Dreiklang" combines exciting locations with new concert impressions. This time, conductor Sándor Károlyi and the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra are referring to the history of the Orpheum in the St. Johannis district, which is now used as an event hall. In the past, the Orpheum was not only a popular cinema, but also a drinking hall and mattress camp.

Dreiklang im Orpheum

Orpheum Nuremberg

Dive with us into the depths of the sea with "Vox balaenae - Songs of the Whale" by George Crumb for flute, cello and piano! Travel to the savannahs and deserts with the string sextet "Leopards" by Fazil Say and learn something about the living conditions and habits of endangered species. The video department of the State Theater shows wonderful recordings to accompany the music. Dag Encke, director of the Nuremberg Zoo, brings the animal world to life for young and old. The concert is rounded off with the classic "The Carnival of Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns. A musical safari and an animal-inspired and informed concert morning await you!

Animal-inspired

The 6th Philharmonic Concert offers a romantic fairy tale hour: Ravel tells of Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Beauty and the Beast with his colourful orchestral language. Richard Strauss chose the pranks of Till Eulenspiegel as inspiration for his symphonic poem. He composes a rapid sequence of images in a virtuoso, humorous and extremely vivid manner "in the old rogue's way".

Once upon a time...

Franz Reizenstein, born in 1911, trained under Hindemith and after his emigration in 1934 under Vaughan Williams, created a diverse body of work. He also became known through his collaboration with the musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung. Chaya Arbel also came from Nuremberg (her birth name was Gerda Schloss); her family fled to Palestine in 1936. A concert with moving rediscoveries.

Born in Nuremberg: Franz Reizenstein and Chaya Arbel

Macbeth's guilty conscience prevents him from sleeping. In contrast to him, the large organ in the Meistersingerhalle spends most of its life sleeping - a situation that composer Stefan Johannes Hanke wants to remedy with a commissioned work for the Nuremberg State Philharmonic. The tone poem "Macbeth" by Richard Strauss and Verdi's ballet music, which is rarely played in operas, refer directly to Shakespeare's antiheroes. In his opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk", Dmitri Shostakovich placed the figure of Lady Macbeth in the present and turned the icon of unscrupulousness into a great, rebellious lover.

Sleep no more

The string quartet is considered the supreme discipline of chamber music. Almost all important composers have written string quartets, with a few exceptions: Gustav Mahler and Hector Berlioz, for example. The ensemble around concertmaster Manuel Kastl has once again put together a beautiful program from the rich repertoire.

Four times four strings

In the 20th century, the gap between art and entertainment widened. But some composers did not play along: Kurt Weill, Erwin Dressel, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and George Gershwin refused to be pigeonholed and proved on both sides of the Atlantic that sophisticated music does not have to be boring. Kurt Weill's varied orchestral works have been rediscovered in recent years, and Erwin Dressel wrote one of the few solo concertos for the jazz instrument saxophone. After his expulsion from Austria, Korngold composed almost exclusively film music, and won an Oscar for his music for the major Hollywood production "Robin Hood". Gershwin set Americans' longing for old Europe to music in a humorous way. The internationally renowned conductor Erina Yashima will be appearing for the first time at the podium of the State Philharmonic.

Kurtweillig

A long time ago there lived an emperor in China who found the nightingale's song so beautiful that he never wanted to release it again - until he was given a nightingale automaton. Whether it could sing as beautifully as the real one can be seen at the 2nd children's concert, where Andersen's fairy tale can be heard in a musical setting by Meinrad Schmitt.

The Nightingale

1st Excursion Concert

Jona has been alone a lot lately. How lucky that his little grandma always comes to visit him! But even though she is already a proud 107 years old and attaches great importance to being a lady of the world with her 26 centimeters, she has a lot of nonsense in her head and always gets Jona really confused...

Children in Gluck: Jonas' Little Grandma

For the New Year, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of its General Music Director Roland Böer, invites you on a musical journey around the world. The first part of the concert will feature well-known overtures and rarities from the concert literature, while the second part will feature composers from the Strauss dynasty as travel companions.

For the whole world

Uncle Drosselmeyer has a very special Christmas present for Marie: a magnificent nutcracker, which she immediately takes to her heart. She stands by his side during the nightly battle against the Mouse King. In gratitude, the Nutcracker invites her to the kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy. We tell the fairy tale by ETA Hoffmann with music by Peter Tchaikovsky.

The Nutcracker

At Christmas time, the Orchestra Academy of the State Philharmonic Orchestra is putting on a chamber concert. Since the academy members only stay in Nuremberg for two years, the line-up is constantly changing - and so all that can be said about the program is that the audience can certainly look forward to a colorful and beautiful concert this time too.

Our Academy

The sea already sounds whipped up in the overture of the opera "The Wreckers" - after all, people here live off what the sea washes ashore after a storm. Tirrenio also comes from the sea to fool the ball guests with his nymphs in Henze's ballet "Undine" - with a colorful and virtuoso divertissement.

On the Saving Shore

The tuba is the instrument of the year 2024. The aim of this initiative by the German music councils is to focus on the deepest of all brass instruments. And that is exactly what Matthias Raggl, tubist of the State Philharmonic and part of the "Tuba Team Bavaria", will do in the 2nd chamber concert. The versatility of the youngest orchestral instrument is shown in original solo compositions by Mike Forbes and James Meador as well as a baroque cello sonata arranged for tuba and marimba. Works in tuba quartet formation and the "Konsertant Svit" by Christer Danielsson for solo tuba and brass quartet are on the program. A wide variety of playing techniques, such as beatbox and multiphonics, will be heard: tuba virtuoso and powerful in sound, velvety and filigree!

Allow me to introduce the tuba, instrument of the year 2024!

Plagued by writer's block, Gustav Mahler traveled to Lake Wörthersee in 1905. It was only a trip on the water that released his creative tension: with the first stroke of the oar, he came up with the theme of the introduction to his new symphony - number seven. The work was given the nickname "Song of the Night" because of its very dark, turbulent beginning and the two middle movements, which Mahler called "night music". But following the motto "per aspera ad astra" - "through toil to the stars" - more and more rays of hope appear as the work progresses and the symphony ends in a furious, solemn apotheosis, the theme of which is vaguely reminiscent of Richard Wagner's "Meistersinger" overture.

Great Night Music

Autumn storms and summer breezes, spring breaths and winter torpor: every season creates its own wind. Antonio Vivaldi knew this too, and in his famous seasonal cycle he set many different weather phenomena to music. With Vivaldi and Co., the Nuremberg State Philharmonic Orchestra embarks on a stormy journey of discovery.

Rush, roar, storm!

In the "Dreiklang" concert series, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic leaves its usual concert halls and explores new venues in Nuremberg. Music from several centuries, programs that refer to the location and expansive sound concepts lead to new (auditory) impressions and promise an exciting musical engagement with the performance venues. The baroque ambience of St. Egidien, the former Orpheum cinema and the future destination of the State Theater in the Congress Hall - GMD Roland Böer invites you to take a fresh look at the familiar and be curious about the new.

triad in the Egidienkirche

St. Egidien Church

In reference to painting, a style that was prevalent in France from around 1890 to 1920 is also called "Impressionism" in music. Debussy in particular was influential with his very own musical language. At the same time, the Paris World Exhibition in 1889 was the first time that non-European music and musical instruments became known to a wider audience and influenced many composers in exciting ways.

Impressionism French

If your holiday in Italy was once again far too short, you like to bring a souvenir home with you. In his concert overture “In the South”, Edward Elgar processed the impressions of his winter stay in Alassio in Liguria in 1903/04. Shortly before his famous “Carmen”, Georges Bizet completed his second symphony based on motifs that he had collected during his stay in Rome several years earlier. On the advice of Johannes Brahms, the 22-year-old Richard Strauss went on an educational trip to Rome and Naples in 1886. During the trip he sketched out the work that was to become his first symphonic poem and brought sunny greetings from Italy to his home in Munich.

From Italy

Pepíček and Aninka need money to buy milk. Perhaps they can earn a few coins by singing at the market square? Yet they have no chance against the grim hurdy-gurdy man Brundibár. Then the siblings receive unexpected help from a dog, cat, sparrow and many, many neighbourhood children. Together, they are loud enough to drown out the sounds of Brundibár.

Brun­di­bár

The members of the Orchesterakademie gain practical experience at the Staatsphilharmonie after proving themselves against tough competition during rehearsals. You can look forward to a concert that presents a broad range of instruments in fascinating works, from drums to the piccolo.

Young Va­rie­ty – The Or­ches­ter­aka­de­mie

Uncle Drosselmeyer has a very special Christmas gift for Marie: a beautiful nutcracker that she takes to immediately. She stands firmly by his side during his nighttime battle with the Mouse King. As a show of gratitude, the nutcracker invites her to the kingdom of the sugar-plum fairies. Pius Maria Cüppers narrates the fairy tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann for this traditional Christmas Children's Concert.

The Nut­cra­cker

The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg invites you to start the New Year in the musical city of Vienna with general music director Roland Böer. Musical New Year's wishes come from the waltzing representatives of the Strauss dynasty and its predecessors in Viennese Classical and Early Romantic music.

Wiener Me­lan­ge

Mikhail Glinka is considered the first composer to strive to make uniquely Russian music. However, the overture to his most well-known opera Ruslan and Ludmila owes much to Western European tradition. It thus anticipates the works of Tchaikovsky, who was often derided in Russia as a "Westerner". After his 5th Symphony was performed in the last season, his 6th, "Pathétique," is now in the programme. His last work sounds at many points like an alternatingly angry and melancholic goodbye to the world. Prokofiev's violin concerto also seeks out a "new simplicity," much like all his earlier works, and a reconciliation of modernity and musical tradition.

Tschai­kow­sky – Pro­kof­jew - Glinka

Music for a piano trio, consisting of violin, cello and piano, has been one of the staples of chamber music since Haydn. The programme includes Haydn’s and Brahm’s well known trios as well as a piece by Turina. This composer combines Romantic abundance and Impressionist sounds with Spanish folklore.

From Vienna To Se­vil­le: A Mu­si­cal Jour­ney

2. Ex­cur­si­on Con­cert

At the peak of his prolificacy, Richard Strauss composed his Alpine symphony. This tone poem, which explores the individual stages of a hike, is based on memories from his childhood in Munich's nearby mountains. Using a huge orchestra, Strauss depicts both the forces of nature and the human experience of this nature. The progression from sunrise to sunset is also a metaphor for a human life. In his early work Verklärte Nacht, based on a poem by Richard Dehmel, Arnold Schönberg tells the story of a woman who confesses to her lover that she expects such a human life.

Strauss – Schön­berg

Cello extraordinaire and artist-in-residence Maximilian Hornung is performing as a soloist for the Chamber Music series at the opera house, where he will present two cello concertos. After the technically demanding, classic C Major Concerto by Haydn, he will perform an exciting new work by Georgian composer Vaja Azarashvili. The latter is particularly close to Hornung’s heart. The popular octet by Mendelssohn will serve as the energetic finale.

Cello! with Ma­xi­mi­li­an Hor­nung

Swedish conductor Tobias Ringborg brings two northern European composers to Nuremberg: Wilhelm Stenhammar and Jean Sibelius were contemporaries, and the somewhat younger Stenhammar was heavily influenced by Sibelius in his later years. Yet in his 2nd Piano Concerto, Stenhammar is more in line with the tradition of German Late Romanticism and creates a simultaneously virtuosic and forceful work. Sibelius' 2nd Symphony was created a few years prior and, with its catchy themes, moving rhythms and full orchestral sound, became one of the most popular pieces of Finnish music in the world.

Si­be­li­us - Sten­ham­mar

Triad in the Historic Town Hall

Historic Town Hall

No other animal sounds resemble music as much as birds. Many composers have thus been inspired by nightingales, larks, swans and other feathered artists of flight and song. A concert in cooperation with the Phil-CO2 Initiative and the Landesbund für Vogel- und Naturschutz (LBV).

Bird­song

Which melodies get stuck in our heads, and why? How much can I change this melody until I no longer recognise it? Why does a violin melody sound different from that of a trumpet? Philipp Roosz and the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg explore what songs and entire symphonies are made of: the melody.

Melody to the beat of a drum

Familiar melodies, famous opera arias, catchy compositions – the "Heart & Soul" concert at the Gustav Adolf Memorial Church is aimed at everyone who enjoys listening to music and fondly remembering it. The informal, barrier-free setting offers people with and without dementia an ideal opportunity to enjoy an hour of culture together.

Heart and Soul

Gustav-Adolf-Gedächtniskirche

A composer of our time, Detlev Glanert, meets an icon of Classical music, Johannes Brahms. Glanert answers Brahms’ highly complex, dense, headstrong last symphony with a piece that he casually titles “Music with Brahms.” In this wildly dynamic orchestral piece, he reveals himself to be the successor to the great Romantic composer. The contradictions between gods and people are the theme of the poems Nänie by Friedrich Schiller and Schicksalslied by Friedrich Hölderlin, which Brahms put to choir and orchestra. His Romantic musical language proves to be the keeper of Classical-humanist tradition.

Brahms - Gla­nert

Music has the power to express emotions that we have no words for: happiness, grief, ecstasy and the dissolution of boundaries. William Walton, one of the most important English composers of the 20th century, finds in his neo-Romantic viola concerto a path between intimacy and emergence. The bizarre music-mystic Scriabin searched for a great synaesthetic mystery that was supposed to put humanity in a state of ecstasy. The closest he came to achieving this goal was with his captivating Poème de l’extase. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is about the bonding of two people against all societal conventions, the celebration of an all-consuming and fatal love.

Skrja­bin - Wagner - Walton

Artist-in-residence Maximilian Hornung and the musicians of the Staatsphilharmonie are organising a chamber concert in the Gluck-Saal. It is also important to him that he make music together with his colleagues from the cello group, and pieces for various cello ensembles are in the programme. The concert is topped off with a special work from the 20th century: Ernst von Dohnányi’s sextet will make its debut in our Chamber Music series.

Cello! Cello!! with Ma­xi­mi­li­an Hor­nung

Triad in the Gustav Adolf Memorial Church

Gustav Mahler's music focused on humanity in all its facets of life and emotion. Whether man longs for deliverance or to simply sit with others in a tavern are, for Mahler, merely different aggregate states of a single, infinitely precious existence. His 9th Symphony is not an optimistic work, but rather one of the assessment of a life. It is ambivalent, doubtful, even fearful.

Mahler

The first concert master is the first violinist, he plays the major violin solos, he leads the orchestra's warm-up, and when the conductor makes a mistake, all the musicians look to him... Sebastian Casleanu has held this important position in the Staatsphilharmonie since 2019 and will present the audience with a wonderful surprise programme.

Se­bas­ti­an Cas­lea­nu, First Con­cert Master!

When the world is in the midst of football fever, the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg dedicates itself musically to the sport. Because it's not just football on the schedule, but cyclists and galloping horses go to the races and the audiences chant: olé, olé, olé!

Olé, Olé, Olé!

Antonín Dvořák's "Stabat Mater" – these are ten movements full of passion and devotion, full of adoration and supplication. And at the end, a light of hope shines. So much of the famous Bohemian composer's personal experience has flowed into this music. We are celebrating 75 years of the ION Music Festival in Nuremberg with this masterpiece in the unique atmosphere of St. Sebald's Church.

Fest­kon­zert 75. Mu­sik­fest ION

St. Sebald - Sebalduskirche Nürnberg

The Junge Staatsphilharmonie is the youth orchestra of the Staatstheater Nürnberg. Under the direction of first Kapellmeister Jan Croonenbroeck, the young musicians perform works such as the 1st Symphony by the Afro-American composer Florence Price in the opera house.

Masked and Unvarnished

How do we make MORE MUSIC? It's simple: The Nuremberg Music School will be taking to the Opera House stage with its string instruments, both small and large. In our freshly revived musical revue, many diverse ensembles will come together, and over 250 young musicians will perform music—in other words, MORE MUSIC.

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Dec 6, 2025

Brundibár

Dec 21, 2025

Young Variety – The Orchesterakademie

Dec 28, 2025

The Nutcracker

3 - 6 Jan, 2026

Wiener Melange

Jan 16, 2026

Tschaikowsky – Prokofjew - Glinka

Nov 29, 2025 - Feb 24, 2026

1. Excursion Concert

Nov 23, 2025

Prague – Music From Nuremberg's Partner City

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Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg

Dec 6, 2025

Brun­di­bár

Dec 21, 2025

Young Va­rie­ty – The Or­ches­ter­aka­de­mie

Dec 28, 2025

The Nut­cra­cker

3 - 6 Jan, 2026

Wiener Me­lan­ge

Jan 16, 2026

Tschai­kow­sky – Pro­kof­jew - Glinka

Nov 29, 2025 - Feb 24, 2026

1. Ex­cur­si­on Con­cert

Nov 23, 2025

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