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Sind die Lichter angezündet

The popular Christmas concert of the children's choir
© Oliver Killig

12/20

Sunday | 12/20/2026
11:00 am Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices from

25 euros
FLEXFee + 6 euros

Discounted prices:

6 euros for students under 18 years

10 euros for young people under 30 years

12.50 euros for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 80 or more

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12/20

Sunday | 12/20/2026
4:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices from

25 euros
FLEXFee + 6 euros

Discounted prices:

6 euros for students under 18 years

10 euros for young people under 30 years

12.50 euros for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 80 or more

Who is eligible for discounts? Read here.

12/24

Thursday | 12/24/2026
2:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices from

25 euros
FLEXFee + 6 euros

Discounted prices:

6 euros for students under 18 years

10 euros for young people under 30 years

12.50 euros for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 80 or more

Who is eligible for discounts? Read here.

About the Concert

Duration: approx. 1 hr 15 mins without intermission

There are some annoying traditions, and then there are those that really make an event complete. The Christmas concert of our Philharmonic Children's Choir undoubtedly belongs to the latter! Once again this year, they invite grandparents, parents, and especially all children to listen to familiar and lesser-known Christmas songs, and to sing along to some of them. After that, the celebration can begin...

Artists

Gunter Berger
Conductor
Karolina Juodelyte
Organ
Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden
Mitglieder der Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Gunter Berger

Choir Director / Direction children's and citizen's choir

Gunter Berger studied school music and orchestral conducting, but has devoted himself primarily to choral music since 1990. From 1990 to 2011, he led the MDR Children's Choir to European fame, and from summer 2012 he took over the direction of the Dresden Philharmonic Choir for ten years. Since 2022, he has concentrated on conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir and the Bürgerchor am Kulti as well as on his numerous teaching activities, workshops and program ideas, with which he enriches the choral scene.

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Karolina Juodelyte

organ

Karolina Juodelyte, an organist originally from Lithuania, studied organ and church music in Vilnius, Vienna, Helsinki, Detmold and Berlin, and has won prizes at numerous competitions. As a soloist, she performs with renowned orchestras in Germany and Lithuania and also gives solo recitals and chamber concerts, including numerous world premieres, particularly of works by Lithuanian composers. Since July 2024, she has been the church musician at the Bernhard Lichtenberg parish in Berlin-Mitte.

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Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden

The Dresden Philharmonic Children’s Choir is one of Germany’s best-known and most successful children’s choirs and has a history stretching back almost sixty years. Its repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the 21st century, encompassing works from many countries and cultures, from folk songs to pop adaptations.

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