Nyttårskonsert med Berliner Philharmoniker 2026

Can classical music be humorous? Absolutely! The Berliner Philharmoniker and their chief
conductor Kirill Petrenko will demonstrate this at the 2026 New Year’s Eve Concert: in his
sparkling Symphonie classique, Sergei Prokofiev parodies the music of Haydn and Mozart.
Dmitri Shostakovich also had the First Viennese School in mind when he wrote his witty Double
Concerto for Piano and Trumpet. In this performance, pianist Alexander Malofeev, born in 2001,
makes his debut alongside principal trumpeter David Guerrier. Kirill Petrenko also sets off a
fireworks display of mischief with Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.

Berliner Philharmoniker:
Kirill Petrenko - Dirigent
Alexander Malofeev - piano
David Guerrier - trumpet
Otto Nicolai
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sergej Prokofjew
Richard Strauss
Johann Strauss