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Berliner Philharmoniker

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

“The playing … was faultless.”—Guardian


Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
GYÖRGY KURTÁG   Stele
MAHLER   Symphony No. 10 (performing version by Deryck Cooke)


The Carnegie Hall presentations of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Berlin in Lights festival are made possible by a leadership gift from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

Major funding has also been provided by Mercedes and Sid Bass, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from Martha and Bob Lipp, Fundación Mercantil (Venezuela), and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional funding provided by Axel Springer AG, GWFF USA Inc., and the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

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The Berliner Philharmoniker was founded in 1882 as a self-governing body and has long been considered one of the world’s finest orchestras. Its current chief conductor and artistic director is Sir Simon Rattle.

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Even before taking up his post as Chief Conductor, Simon Rattle enjoyed a 15-year collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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About the Music

Mahler&squo;s Tenth is one of the great unfinished symphonies—a work the composer completed in draft but did not live to develop in detail.

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