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Exclusive glimpses behind the scenes – in our portraits and documentaries.

• A magical beginning: The Easter Festival in Baden-Baden
• Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
• The Berliner Philharmoniker and Frank Peter Zimmermann
• Marie-Pierre Langlamet: a portrait
• Anton Bruckner and the Berliner Philharmoniker – conductors in conversation
• “Please call me Claudio”: The Visionary Claudio Abbado
• Amihai Grosz: a portrait
• Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker: Dawn of a new era
• Noah Bendix-Balgley: a portrait
• Violins of Hope
• Cathedrals of Culture – Wim Wenders’s film portrait of the Philharmonie
• Manifestations of light and colours: The Berliner Philharmoniker and Unsuk Chin
• 15 Years of the Digital Concert Hall – the anniversary broadcast
• Martin Heinze: a portrait
• Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
• Short Rides with John Adams
• Karajan: Beauty as I see it
• Madeleine Carruzzo: a portrait
• The Be Phil Orchestra Japan
• Knut Weber: a portrait
• Living with Beethoven
• Close-up: “The Firebird”
• “Guardians of Unity”: Conductors in conversation
• Close-up: “Romeo and Juliet”
• Soul of Sound – A Year in the Karajan Academy
• Philipp Bohnen: a portrait
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Seeing the world through my eyes
• A Life in Music – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Part 1: A child prodigy in Berlin
• A Life in Music – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Part 2: From Berliner to cosmopolite
• A Life in Music – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Part 3: At the height of his fame

This portrait series introduces you to members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and their instruments.

• Marie-Pierre Langlamet: a portrait
• Amihai Grosz: a portrait
• Noah Bendix-Balgley: a portrait
• Martin Heinze: a portrait
• Madeleine Carruzzo: a portrait
• Knut Weber: a portrait
• Philipp Bohnen: a portrait
• Solène Kermarrec: a portrait
• Rainer Seegers: a portrait
• Rachel Helleur-Simcock: a portrait
• Laurentius Dinca: a portrait
• Markus Weidmann: a portrait
• Christoph Hartmann: a portrait
• Raphael Haeger: a portrait
• Thomas Leyendecker: a portrait
• Michael Hasel: a portrait
• Sarah Willis: a portrait
• Gábor Tarkövi: a portrait
• Alexander von Puttkamer: a portrait
• Albrecht Mayer: a portrait
• Janne Saksala: a portrait
• Stefan Dohr: a portrait
• Wieland Welzel: a portrait
• Andreas Ottensamer: a portrait
• Dominik Wollenweber: a portrait
• Máté Szűcs: a portrait
• Ludwig Quandt: a portrait

Travel with us in these films into the orchestra’s past.

• A magical beginning: The Easter Festival in Baden-Baden
• Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
• Anton Bruckner and the Berliner Philharmoniker – conductors in conversation
• Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker: Dawn of a new era
• Cathedrals of Culture – Wim Wenders’s film portrait of the Philharmonie
• Living with Beethoven
• “Guardians of Unity”: Conductors in conversation
• Soul of Sound – A Year in the Karajan Academy
• Daniel Stabrawa: 35 years concertmaster with the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Philharmoniker – Our history, Part 1: The early years
• Philharmoniker – Our history, Part 2: The West Berlin years
• Philharmoniker – Our history, Part 3: Turning point
• Simon Rattle: Echoing an era
• Abbado in Berlin: The first year
• Sergiu Celibidache: The triumphant return
• Carlos Kleiber: I am lost to the world
• Maestros in Democracy
• A License to Play – The Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Claudio Abbado: The silence that follows the music
• The “Reichsorchester”
• Furtwängler’s love
• The Berlin Philharmonie – A pentagon with aura