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© Adriano Heitman
Martha Argerich and Young Talents
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On the occasion of its anniversary, the Althafen Foundation presents a gala evening of rare artistic diversity:
Martha Argerich returns to Berlin to celebrate the Foundation’s commitment to the next generation of musicians. The concert brings together internationally renowned artists and rising talents, paying tribute to Argerich’s unique influence on the musical world. At the same time, it highlights the Foundation’s mission: to shape the future of classical music through mentoring, innovation, and inspiring collaboration.
The evening unfolds in an atmosphere of cultivated intimacy, shaped by Argerich’s unmistakable presence. Balancing the formal rigor of the Philharmonie with the immediacy of a chamber music salon, she brings together a group of artists across generations and borders. No one is there by chance; each is drawn by the depth of artistic conviction that Argerich embodies. Her return to Berlin is more than a concert — it is a living dialogue between tradition and innovation, both personal and universal.
Program and cast
"Althafen Foundation Gala Concert"
Martha Argerich, piano
Oscar Jockel, conductor
Anton Gerzenberg, piano
Roman Borisov, piano
Annie Dutoit-Argerich, speaker
Alan Kwiek, piano
Alvier Trio:
Julian Kainrath (violin), Petar Pejčić (cello), Dmytro Semykras (piano)
Young Soloist Ensemble:
Taya König-Tarasevich (flute), Eugenia Ottaviano (violin), Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi (cello), Guglielmo Dandolo Marchesi (violin), Robert Oberaigner (clarinet)
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
By subway (U-Bahn):
Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)
By city train (S-Bahn):
Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)
By regional train:
Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)
By bus directly to the Philharmonie:
Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)
By car:
A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).
By bycicle:
A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.
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