School Orchestra Extravaganza 2008
At the Berliner Philharmonikers’ School Orchestra Extravaganza it can sometimes happen that the students are so excited they almost drop their instruments when Simon Rattle raises his baton to make music with them. But when, with a smile, he gives tips like “the violins sound too English, not sexy enough” or “the trombones are too soft, please, a bit like Schwarzenegger”, he wins the hearts of his young musicians in no time and dispels their fear of making mistakes.
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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Our recommendations
- Benefit Concert of the Federal President of Germany with Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman
- Karajan and Weissenberg perform Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
- Giovanni Antonini and Piotr Anderszewski in works by Mozart and Haydn
- Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta”
- Juanjo Mena makes his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- Claudio Abbado conducts famous final movements at the 1999 New Year’s Eve Concert
