concert weekend
Classical music at Odeonsplatz
Classical Music at Odeonsplatz 2025 IS SOLD OUT ONLINE.
Tickets may still be available at the venue shortly before the concert begins.
Tickets for 2026 (July 11 and 12)
You can register for advance sales in October/November via our online registration form. Before advance sales officially begin, you will receive exclusive first-right-of-refusal for tickets and information about Klassik am Odeonsplatz.
Tickets for July 11 and 12, 2026
(from November 21, 2025)
Ticket prices €21.00 to €129.00 including advance booking fee
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and at the usual advance sales outlets.
Tickets for 2027
You can register for advance sales in October/November via our online registration form. Before advance sales officially begin, you will receive exclusive first-right-of-refusal for tickets and information about Klassik am Odeonsplatz.
1st day of the concert
Saturday, July 11, 2026
On Saturday, July 11, theBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by itsprincipal conductor Sir Simon Rattle, will open the music weekend with a program dedicated entirely to the American composer George Gershwin.Pianist Kirill Gerstein will make his debut as soloist, performing the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major. The evening will also feature the overture to "Let 'Em Eat Cake," the orchestral medley "Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture" arranged by Robert Russell Bennett, and the tone poem "An American in Paris."
cast
SIR SIMON RATTLE, conductor
KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano
E SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF BAVARIAN RADIO
Further program details and cast members will be announced shortly.
program
GeorgeGershwin Let 'Em Eat Cake, Overture Concerto in F, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, F major
BREAKGeorgeGershwin Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture An American in Paris
All radio and TV broadcasts / video streams at a glance
Saturday, July 12, 8:10 p.m. live on ARD-KLASSIK YouTube and in the ARD media library (video stream)
Saturday, July 12, 8:03 p.m. live on BR-KLASSIK (radio / ARD Radiofestival)
Saturday, July 12, 9:45 p.m. delayed broadcast on BR television and on 3sat
Sunday, July 20, 10:15 a.m. on BR television (only "Rosenkavalier Suite")
Sunday, July 20, 11:35 p.m. on Das Erste (best-of with "Rosenkavalier Suite")
Monday, July 21, 11:59 p.m. on BR television (only Prokofiev Piano Concerto)
After the broadcast, the concert videos will be available on the ARD Klassik YouTube channel and in the ARD media library.
2nd day of concerts
On Sunday, July 12, theMunich Philharmonic Orchestrawill take to the stage under its designatedprincipal conductor Lahav Shani, who has already thrilled audiences at Odeonsplatz for the past two years. Acclaimed violinist Janine Jansen returns to Klassik am Odeonsplatzas soloist with Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, one of the most important works in the violin repertoire. The concert will be framed by the overture to Richard Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish").
cast
LAHAV SHANI, conductor
JANINE JANSEN, violin
MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
program
Richard Wagner
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman"
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
BREAK
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"
All radio and TV broadcasts / video streams at a glance
Sunday, July 13, 8:05 p.m. live on ARD-KLASSIK YouTube and in the ARD media library (video stream)
Thursday, July 17, 6:03 p.m. on BR-KLASSIK (radio / festival season)
Saturday, July 19, 8:15 p.m. on 3sat
Sunday, July 20, 11:35 p.m. on Das Erste (best-of with Beethoven violin concerto)
Sunday, July 27, 10:15 a.m. on BR television (Beethoven violin concerto only)
Monday, July 28, 11:59 p.m. on BR television (Rachmaninoff only)
After the broadcast, the concert videos will be available on the ARD Klassik YouTube channel and in the ARD media library.