From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing ...

Reporting from Hamburg, Germany — The Elbphilharmonie, which opened here in January, is the world’s most imposing concert hall. It is a sight to behold, looming over the Elbe River on Hamburg’s ...

Spectacular cultural monuments enliven cities and often bring economic benefits that far outweigh the initial cost. Such may be the case for the controversial Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. From the ...

Construction began in 2007 and now tickets have gone on sale for the opening season of shows at the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic) concert hall in Hamburg. Designed by Swiss practice Herzog and ...

Set on the banks of the Elbe River on a historic port in Hamburg’s HafenCity, the massive Elbphilharmonie comprises three concert halls, a hotel, 45 private apartments, and a publicly accessible Plaza ...

On 11 January 2022, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg celebrates five years since its grand opening. The concert hall has demonstrated night after night that the live music experience in a spectacular ...

Delays, acrimony and an €860m price tag can’t detract from the beauty of Herzog & de Meuron’s new concert hall. But will it win over the citizens who footed the bill? In 1917, in the depths of the ...

Music is the most ephemeral of the arts: hardly has a note sounded out, and it's gone. But sounds from the opening of the Elbphilharmonie are still going through the head of DW music editor Rick ...

The eyes of the classical music world, some architecture eyes, most Hamburger eyes (evokes an image, doesn’t it?) and any number of vaguely interested eyes not currently engaging with Donald Trump’s ...

Firstly, the existing warehouse had to be stripped back to its historical brick facade and reinforced by adding 650 new concrete piles to the existing 1,000+ piles in place so that it could bear the ...