Philharmonie Berlin Concerts 2024-2025

Six stars, if I could!! The hall is spectacular inside, if a little odd outside, but only in the daylight. The interior is a miracle of competing angles all coming together to achieve a harmony of visual and auditory integration. We sat all the way at the rear of the hall in section C and were afraid the sound would be buried. Far from it, Lisa Batiashvili’s Guarneri violin 🎻 was clear and sweet, punctuating a resounding performance by the Berlin Philharmonic. My only criticism of the hall concerns the toilet facilities. I was shocked to go to the only men’s room serving presumably about a fifth of the hall’s visitors..and discover there were only two urinals, and a one of about thirty people waiting at intermission. Come prepared!

Joined a public tour of the Berlin Philharmonic building. Fantastic! The tour was relaxed and informal. We got lots of really good information and we got to see both halls from the inside: the large concert hall and the smaller one. Fascinating! Interesting aspect that the whole building has a very democratic aspect. From last minute reduced tickets to access for all. At the end of the €10 tour we received free codes for the online digital concert series.

Lucky to see the Alphaville 40th Anniversary - the Symphonic Tour here in June 2023. It's a incredible building, and the auditorium is no standard shape. The acoustics were phenomenal, and we really enjoyed the evening's entertainment.

Beautifully acoustically perfect venue with virtually no bad seat possible for listening to a whole raft of music genres. If you are into music and live in Berlin, this is a must visit. Cheaper seats at the top are still fantastic for sound, so you don't need to spend a lot for the front row. There are cloakrooms on more than one level, so don't panic and queue up on the ground floor. There are less queues the higher you go. Book in advance and try late availability as it's hardly ever completely full. One other tip would be to really look at your tickets and take note of where you will be sitting as I have been twice now and on both occasions we saw people being moved as they were sitting in the wrong seat. These were not tourists, but Germans, but even so, for us non Germans please note that in Germany they split auditoriums like this into rechts(right} or links(left) and label seats identically in both. In other words, there are 2 seats with the same seat number on them. There is a map just by main entrance on the left as you go into the building, and this has proven very helpful. Arrive 30 mins before the performance and enjoy.

I saw that they offered a free lunchtime concert and made sure to add it to my itinerary! I arrived an hour early and there was already a short queue to get in. Once inside, there is free coat check. You can pretty much sit wherever there’s a spot available! As you can see, some folks are just sitting on the stairway. Luckily as I was early, I was able to go lineup and grab a bowl of goulash along with a glass of wine to enjoy the show (~10€). The sound really carries in the venue and it was a wonderful way to spend an hour or so of my day, highly recommended. Absolutely beautiful music and performance!