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DW Festival Concert

In this audio show, Cristina Burack takes you through the best concerts from classical music festivals in Germany.

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Avi Avital and Brooklyn Rider perform on their instruments

Avi Avital and Brooklyn Rider perform on their instruments

From Bach to Brazil with mandolinist Avi Avital

Mandolinist Avi Avital join forces with string quartet Brooklyn Rider to present old, new and genre-blending works.

Lars Vogt conducts from the piano

Lars Vogt conducts from the piano

Remembering Lars Vogt at the Heimbach Festival

New works and classics reimagined fill this DWFC episode from the 2023 festival, which was dedicated to founder Vogt.

A fancifully ornamented inner courtyard of the Regentenbau, or reagent's palance in Bad Kissingen

A fancifully ornamented inner courtyard of the Regentenbau, or reagent's palance in Bad Kissingen

Italian inspiration at Kissinger Summer 2023

Ah, la dolce vita. Sunshine, Mediterranean food — and a German spa town? That's right, all in this DWFC episode!

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Jokes and a 'curse' at the 2023 Beethoven Festival

This DW Festival Concert features Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, as well as a piano concerto by Beethoven.

A portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Who inspired Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

In this DW Festival Concert episode, we uncover the composers that Mozart admired and even idolized.

A statue of JS Bach viewed between leaves

A statue of JS Bach viewed between leaves

How Bach made the old new again in his cantatas

This DW Festival Concert episode from the Bach Festival presents some of his creative, drama-packed cantatas.

A woman in a red dress plays the cello with an orchestra behind her

A woman in a red dress plays the cello with an orchestra behind her

Talking about life through music

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear performances from the 2023 Beethovenfest in Bonn.

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

300 years of Johann Sebastian Bach

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear music from Leipzig's celebration of 300 years of Bach.

A young man wearing a tailcoat plays the piano for a group of people

A young man wearing a tailcoat plays the piano for a group of people

Inspiring music from France

In the first episode of DW Festival Concert, we take you on a musical journey with some interesting French composers.

Hands of an orchestra conductor holding a baton.

Hands of an orchestra conductor holding a baton.

Playing classical music from memory

In this DW Festival Concert, we listen to the London-based Aurora Orchestra playing elaborate compositions from memory.

Female musicians play the violin and the cello

Female musicians play the violin and the cello

DW Festival Concert: Music larger than life

In this DW Festival Concert, we hear Finland's Klaus Mäkelä conducting Gustav Mahler and music by Kaija Saariaho.

An 18th-century painting of a six-year-old child wearing a grey coat with golden edges

An 18th-century painting of a six-year-old child wearing a grey coat with golden edges

Celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the free-thinker

The Austrian composer's works were often considered provocative when he first introduced them to the public.

The photo of a hand holding a glowing heart in its palm

The photo of a hand holding a glowing heart in its palm

Love songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, Cristina Burack leads you through a musical journey featuring Mozart's arias.

Symbolbild Musik Violine

Symbolbild Musik Violine

When Beethoven's music was considered 'peculiar'

In this DW Festival Concert, violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven's complex Violin Concerto in D Major.

A violin and a rose on sheet music

A violin and a rose on sheet music

'Temperaments' at the Beethovenfest

This episode of DW Festival Concerts features works by Paul Hindemith and Dmitri Shostakovich at the 2022 Beethovenfest.

Denkmal für den Thomaskantor und Komponisten Johann Sebastian Bach vor der Thomaskirche in Leipzig

Denkmal für den Thomaskantor und Komponisten Johann Sebastian Bach vor der Thomaskirche in Leipzig

Celebrating Christmas with the Bachs

This DW Festival Concert features organ music from five composers, all part of Johann Sebastian Bach's extended family.

Ocean waves.

Ocean waves.

The sound of water in classical music

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we feature a festival with music that tries to capture the sound of water.

Leipzig | Stadt der Musik | Farsi Redaktion

Leipzig | Stadt der Musik | Farsi Redaktion

St. Matthew Passion at the Bach festival in Leipzig

This episode of DW Festival Concert with Cristina Burack features the St. Mathew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Musik Symbolbild Noten Notenschlüssel Rose und Füller

Musik Symbolbild Noten Notenschlüssel Rose und Füller

Classical music from the Romantic era

In this episode of DW Festival Concert with Cristina Burack, we listen to pieces composed during the 19th century.

A filled concert hall seen from above with impressive orange lighting.

A filled concert hall seen from above with impressive orange lighting.

Celebrating humanity with Beethoven

This episode features a medley of iconic concert pieces by Beethoven and composers Louis Andriessen and Bela Bartok.

The St. Nicholas cathedral in Kyiv

The St. Nicholas cathedral in Kyiv

Music for Ukraine

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we'll hear pieces by the legendary Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov.

Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn

Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn

Non-stop Beethoven

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, listen to symphonies of Beethoven that were played at the 2021 Beethovenfest.

Beethovenfest 2021 final concert

Beethovenfest 2021 final concert

Mahler at the Beethovenfest 2021

This episode of DW Festival Concert features Mahler's 2nd symphony, with its tender tones and powerful passages.

Symbolbild Klassische Musik

Symbolbild Klassische Musik

Expressing feelings through music

The motto of today's DW Festival Concert is: "Always be prepared for surprises."

Heimback power plant

Heimback power plant

DW Festival Concert: The Heimbach festival

Listen to a diverse evening of chamber music, all recorded live at the Heimbach "Spannungen" festival in June 2021.

Beethovenfest 2021 Inszenierung "Pavane für Prometheus" von Romeo Castellucci

Beethovenfest 2021 Inszenierung "Pavane für Prometheus" von Romeo Castellucci

DW Festival Concert: Celebrating Prometheus

In this edition of DW Festival Concert, all the music is somehow tied to Prometheus, the rebellious Greek titan.

A scene from "Pavane für Prometheus" directed by Romeo Castellucci

A scene from "Pavane für Prometheus" directed by Romeo Castellucci

DW Festival Concert: Celebrating Prometheus

Concertgoers seen from behind, sit in pews in a Gothic church

Concertgoers seen from behind, sit in pews in a Gothic church

Bach's Christmas Oratorio

It's Xmas time! In this episode, we take you through some festive music with Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall

DW Festival Concert: Beethovenfest Bonn 2021

In this festival concert, we hear an atypical performance of Beethoven's Ninth, conducted by maestro Jordi Savall.

Dirigent Jordi Savall

Dirigent Jordi Savall

DW Festival Concert: Jordi Savall at Beethovenfest 2021

Marina Prudenskaya (left) as Mary, Eric Cutler (center) as Erik and Asmik Grigorian (right, in yellow) as Senta

Marina Prudenskaya (left) as Mary, Eric Cutler (center) as Erik and Asmik Grigorian (right, in yellow) as Senta

A new twist to Wagner's opera

Russia director Dmitri Tcherniakov's version of the famous opera has an unexpected surprise ending.

Herbert Blomstadt conducts an orchestra

Herbert Blomstadt conducts an orchestra

DW Festival Concert: Beethovenfest Bonn 2021

After being suspended last year due to COVID, the Beethovenfest Bonn was back in 2021 with an impressive lineup.

Symbolbild Klassische Musik

Symbolbild Klassische Musik

Beethovenfest Bonn 2021

This year's Beethovenfest Bonn featured 94-year-old Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt conducting the Vienna Philharmonic

A view of the Eberbach Abbey and surrounding vineyards

A view of the Eberbach Abbey and surrounding vineyards

Rheingau Music Festival

In this edition of DW Festival Concert we visit Eberbach Abbey, where virtuosos conduct music by famous composers.

A photograph of the Eberbach Abbey set among vineyards

A photograph of the Eberbach Abbey set among vineyards

Rheingau Music Festival

In this edition of DW Festival Concert, Cristina Burack takes you to this year's Rheingau Music Festival.

Kirill Petrenko, Chief director of the Berlin Philharmonic. with his hand on his heart and musicians holding instruments in the background.

Kirill Petrenko, Chief director of the Berlin Philharmonic. with his hand on his heart and musicians holding instruments in the background.

DW program showcases the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

DW presents very special concerts with which the Berlin Philharmonic emerged from the pandemic lockdown.

A deliling fresco painted by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the 1750s

A deliling fresco painted by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the 1750s

A tryst with Mozart

In this very first edition of DW Festival Concert, listen to musical stars playing Mozart at the Würzburg palace.

A miniature of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A miniature of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

DW Festival Concert: 100 years of Würzburg Mozart Festival

A closeup of musicians playing the cello

A closeup of musicians playing the cello

Discover top classical acts with DW

In a new audio series, DW host Cristina Burack brings you the best from Germany's classical music festivals.