The Digital Concert Hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Philharmonic Fridays @ Goethe-Institut Chennai presents

Anniversary Concert of the Karajan Academy with Kirill Petrenko
Commitment to Tradition and the Will to Innovate

Goethe-Institut invites the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to its auditorium in a digital format with high definition video live-screening for the connoisseurs of Western classical music of Chennai. The Digital Concert Hall with excellent sound and video is the best close-to-real experience one can get.

The Karajan Academy celebrates its 50th anniversary at this concert, together with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Conducting scholar Nodoka Okisawa opens the concert with Mozart’s ‘Linz’ Symphony. Kirill Petrenko conducts Beethoven’s celebrated Fifth Symphony and a world premiere by Donghoon Shin. The soloist is the former Academy scholar and now 1st principal cello of the Philharmoniker, Bruno Delepelaire.

Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Nodoka Okisawa
Kirill Petrenko
Bruno Delepelaire

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 33 Min.
Symphonie Nr. 36 in C major K. 425 Linz                                           
Nodoka Okisawa, Conductor
                       
Donghoon Shin - 27 Min.
Nachtergebung, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Bruno Delepelaire; Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven - 40 Min.
Symphonie Nr. 5 in C minor op. 67
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

A lack of young musicians, which was particularly prevalent in Berlin when the wall was still standing, gave Herbert von Karajan the idea of founding the orchestra’s own academy: highly qualified young instrumentalists would receive a two-year scholarship and regular lessons from the orchestra’s principal players, as well as playing in Philharmoniker concerts. In 1972, the year of its foundation, comparable institutions were completely unknown. Today, five other orchestras in Berlin alone have their own academies – and about a third of the Philharmoniker’s members are former scholarship holders.

Over the decades, the number of academy places has been significantly increased; in addition to the positions initially reserved for instrumentalists, one has been added for conductors and one for composers. In addition, the state now contributes to the financing of the academy.

The 50th anniversary of the Karajan Academy (originally: Orchestra Academy) of the Berliner Philharmoniker is an event worth celebrating. The guiding idea, which combined a commitment to tradition and the will to innovate, is also reflected in the programme of the concert: symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven frame a world premiere by Donghoon Shin. And in addition to chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, the concert also features conductor Nodoka Okisawa and Bruno Delepelaire: a scholarship holder and a former scholarship holder of the Karajan Academy – who has since been appointed principal cellist of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

All are welcome as per Pandemic Protocols*

*Pandemic Protocols @ Goethe-Institut Chennai

• Final vaccination Certificate / RTPCR Test should be shown on request.
• A thermal scanning will be done at the Entry.
• Mask must be worn by all non-performers all the time.
• Sanitizer Stands will be provided at appropriate points for use.
• Entry and Exit into the performance hall will be organized one by one.
• Physical distancing has to be strictly maintained on corridor and in the hall.
• Access to other spaces in the premises is possible only on prior permission.
• Air-conditioner will be @ 27-30 degrees, and Entry Door of the performance hall may be kept open.

If any member fails to observe the guidelines even after our request, they may have to leave the venue.
We look forward to your cooperation to ensure safety for everyone.