mit Joana Mallwitz und dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Summer 2026 is sure to come – and Berlin's most beautiful open-air living room will once again transform into a concert hall! To kick off Classic Open Air 2026, you can experience the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and its chief conductor, Joana Mallwitz, on the festival stage in front of the grand staircase on July 9th.
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Classic Open Air
Joana Mallwitz
Hayato Sumino
Classic Open Air, Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Classic Open Air 2026 at Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt
Let George Gershwin's symphonic works transport you from the heart of Berlin to two other metropolises of the 1920s: "An American in Paris" follows a fellow countryman of the composer through the French capital, which is bursting with the jazz-infused energy of the Roaring Twenties.
And his world-famous "Rhapsody in Blue" for piano and orchestra (soloist: Hayato Sumino) is a captivating portrait of his hometown, New York, as the vibrant melting pot of the era. In a different way, the life story of Kurt Weill connects the continents, and his Symphony No. 2 is on the program after the intermission: begun in Berlin in 1933 and completed in Paris the following year, it was soon performed in New York, where the composer had fled Germany.
PROGRAM
- George Gershwin - "An American in Paris"
- George Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue" for Piano and Orchestra
- Intermission
- Kurt Weill - Symphony No. 2
Additional information
Participating artists
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz (Dirigentin)
Hayato Sumino (Klavier)
Dates
July 2026
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