PHILHARMONIE

Dvořák, as seen on MTV

B-Classic is a festival promoting classical and aiming at giving “classical music the same recognition as pop and rock music.” With that in mind they’ve launched a campaign called The Classical Comeback, “a new music video format that combines the timeless emotion of classical music with the visual talent of a contemporary director.” Dvořák is the first victim. More

Time well wasted #21

Did you get yours?

It feels so good to finally be able to talk about the stuff we’ve been working on for so long! New season? Finally out! New website? Finally online! But with these out of the way, we’re kind of feeling… empty. Are we missing the stress? Are we crazy? We really need the weekend to relax and waste way too much time on the internet. More

6 degrees of Philharmonie

Only six concerts away from each other (photos: Todd Rosenberg / Ben Ealovega)

Do you know the six degrees of separation theory? It’s a theory that says that “everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world.” (Thank you, Wikipedia) I played that game on our Facebook page and I thought I’d leave a trace here of how I’ve managed to link Yo-Yo Ma to Ian Bostridge in just six concerts of the 2014/15 season. More

Time well wasted #20

(photo: Sotheby’s)

The house has been so quiet lately. Well, if you exclude the maintenance works: a hammer here, a power drill there and a vacuum cleaner to top it all off. But all in all, it’s been a little bit too quiet. It’s the calm before the storm! On Thursday the Philharmonie will come alive again with the sold out “Pops at the Phil” concert, the 2014/15 season announcement and… something else! 🙂 So enjoy your weekend and take some rest: you’ll need all your energy to keep up with us next week!

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Time well wasted #19

Pierre Boulez and Sir Simon Rattle at a party. Yes, in the 1980s. I mean, look at that shirt! (source: Composers Doing Normal Shit Tumblr)

Weekend! Need I say more? Enjoy this week’s links! More

Time well wasted #18

“Guaranteed to come to life at night”

“We’re never done with killing time”, sings Lorde. I’m pretty sure we could find a thing or two for her to do should she ever ask for a summer job at the Philharmonie… The season brochure was sent to press earlier this week and it feels like our heads have been cut off but we’re still running around, just like chickens. rainy days and its tag line “take your time” seem very, very far removed from our reality now. So in this hectic period I suggest we dedicate these links to the 24 hours of the day that go by too quickly and are never enough. Let’s just hope time slows down a bit this weekend. More

Off to Russia!

The OPL is preparing for their tour in Russia. Simultaneously our Composer in residence has disappeared. No coincidence! More