First steps offer
Do you need orientation?
You would like to attend symphonic concerts at the Philharmonie but don’t know which ones to choose? You feel the need to be guided in the programming, to be provided with keys to enter the orchestral repertoire?
We present here several concerts prepared by our experts so that you become familiar with the great classics. Choose two of them or more and enjoy some discount.
Discover the ‘First Steps’ Offer
Monday, 13 December 2021
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Lucy Crowe - Bartók, Mahler
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, who recently renewed his contract as LSO Music Director until 2023, focus their energies on two Central European composers: Mahler and Bartók.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Nouveau Monde
Orchestre Français des Jeunes - Michael Schønwandt - Petra Lang - Saariaho, Mahler, Dvořák
Notions of space and poetry predominate in this programme steeped in the breath of nature and the voice of poets. Dvořák’s genius seals the marriage of grandeur and elegy, and the voice of Petra Lang renders the penetrating finesse of the Rückert-Lieder.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Brahms
Orchestre de Paris / Herbert Blomstedt
To write symphonies of his own, Brahms waited to be out from under the imposing shadow of Beethoven. Of the four he composed when the time came—at the age of 44—the last two are pure and incomparable masterpieces.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Thursday, 16 December 2021
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Brahms
Orchestre de Paris / Herbert Blomstedt
To write symphonies of his own, Brahms waited to be out from under the imposing shadow of Beethoven. Of the four he composed when the time came—at the age of 44—the last two are pure and incomparable masterpieces.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Friday, 7 January 2022
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Bruckner / Brahms
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie - Jérémie Rhorer
With its founder conducting, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie—dedicated to interpreting classical and romantic works on period instruments—performs a double programme of Brahms and Bruckner.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Friday, 14 January 2022
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Mahler 3
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - Maîtrise et Chœur de Radio France - Myung-Whun Chung - Anna Larsson
Mahler’s Third Symphony, a monumental tableau in two majestic parts, evokes nature in all its power, what the composer referred to as ‘frightful, great, and also lovely’. Under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Saturday, 29 January 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Scala Milan / Riccardo Chailly
Mendelssohn, Mahler
Riccardo Chailly, whose spirited conducting Parisians enjoyed days before concert halls closed in the spring of 2020, is back for two evenings at the head of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä
Isabelle Faust - Hasse, Brahms, Mozart
The homage to the fugue as the quintessence of musical thought dominates this program, in which the Brahms’ Concerto for violin brings its touch of flamboyant virtuosity.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Thursday, 10 February 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä
Isabelle Faust - Hasse, Brahms, Mozart
The homage to the fugue as the quintessence of musical thought dominates this program, in which the Brahms’ Concerto for violin brings its touch of flamboyant virtuosity.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Monday, 14 March 2022
8:30 pm
Symphonic Concert
Concertgebouworkest-Amsterdam / Fabio Luisi
Yefim Bronfman - Rachmaninoff, Tchaïkovski
Their first concert together in 2005 marked the start of a fruitful collaboration between Fabio Luisi and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. The Italian conductor and the Dutch orchestra return to the Philharmonie with a Russian programme.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä
Khatia Buniatishvili - Tchaïkovski, Debussy, Ravel, Falla
This evening, Klaus Mäkelä offers us a colourful orchestral anthology of Tchaikovsky's virtuoso and popular Piano Concerto No. 1, combining Russian passion with French refinement and Spanish fever.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Thursday, 24 March 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä
Khatia Buniatishvili - Tchaïkovski, Debussy, Ravel, Falla
This evening, Klaus Mäkelä offers us a colourful orchestral anthology of Tchaikovsky's virtuoso and popular Piano Concerto No. 1, combining Russian passion with French refinement and Spanish fever.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel, Bartók, Berlioz
In a concert marked by enchantment, as part of the Virtuoso program, Esa-Pekka Salonen promises to exalt the orchestra. Ravelian charms contrast with the onslaught of Bartók's Mandarin and the sonic profusion of the Symphonie fantastique.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Thursday, 21 April 2022
8:30 pm
Concert
Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel, Bartók, Berlioz
In a concert marked by enchantment, as part of the Virtuoso program, Esa-Pekka Salonen promises to exalt the orchestra. Ravelian charms contrast with the onslaught of Bartók's Mandarin and the sonic profusion of the Symphonie fantastique.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
8:30 pm
Vocal Concert
Verdi / Requiem
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse - Chœur Orfeón Donostiarra - Tugan Sokhiev
Tugan Sokhiev returns, with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Orfeon Donostiarra choir, to a score with which he enchanted Toulouse concertgoers in 2018: Verdi’s Requiem.
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie