The Berlin Philharmonic, led by Kirill Petrenko, embarks on a three-week tour of Asia in November, performing in South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Japan. As tradition dictates, the journey begins on 3 November at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, before the orchestra travels east for a total of thirteen concerts across seven cities.
Four different programmes will be presented during the tour, reflecting the ensemble’s hallmark blend of Romantic repertoire and twentieth-century works. The inaugural concert in Frankfurt includes Schumann’s Manfred Overture, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68—a sequence that will recur in several cities throughout the tour.
In Seoul, Taipei, Shanghai, Kawasaki, and Tokyo, Petrenko and the orchestra will alternate between this Romantic programme and another that explores Central-European modernism, featuring Janáček’s Lachian Dances, Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, and Stravinsky’s Petrushka (1947 version).
Korean pianist Sunwook Kim joins the orchestra as soloist in Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, on 7 and 9 November in Seoul and again on 23 November in Tokyo, with Petrenko conducting.
The tour’s itinerary includes performances at the Seoul Arts Center, National Concert Hall Taipei, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Suntory Hall and Minato Mirai Hall in Yokohama, concluding at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
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