School Concerts

Fantastic Symphony

Dresden school concert at the Kulturpalast
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3/20

Friday | 3/20/2026
10:45 am Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal
Free admission for school classes after registration
Advance booking will begin at a later date.

About the Concert

A music that doesn't need any explanation, that one understands all by itself? That's what the French composer Hector Berlioz wanted when he wrote his "Fantastic Symphony." He was heartbroken, and he composed his experiences directly into the music. In fact, while listening, we can imagine how someone falls in love, experiences happiness with the beloved woman, and how love fails. But of course, there are still some open questions – how does Berlioz manage to create so many different timbres? What role do the individual instruments play in this? Malte is on a quest to find answers for you...

Grades 7-10

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Program

Hector Berlioz
"Symphonie fantastique"

Artists

Anja Bihlmaier
Conductor
Malte Arkona
Moderation
Magdalena Brouwer
Moderation
Michael Kube
Concept
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Anja Bihlmaier

Anja Bihlmaier is Principal Conductor of the Residentie Orkest in The Hague and Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. She performed at the BBC Proms in 2023 and 2024, and her career has also taken her throughout the rest of Europe and North America. As an accomplished opera conductor, she has mainly been engaged in Germany and Scandinavia. Her musical intuition and passion allied with precision make her one of the leading conductors of her generation.

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Malte Arkona

The presenter, actor and voice actor Malte Arkona is known to many viewers from television, but is also one of the most sought-after music educators in the German-speaking world. He has been a regular stage partner of the Dresden Philharmonic in this capacity for many years and has been presenting its new "Best of Classics" series, which he co-designed, since the 2024/25 season. He also directs video clips for the orchestra, in which he can also be seen himself.

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Magdalena Brouwer

Magdalena Brouwer has not only played the violin and horn excellently since a very young age and has already performed with youth orchestras at the Vienna Musikverein, the Berlin Philharmonic and the German National Youth Orchestra, but she also knows a lot about music history and loves to get other young people inspired by it as well. In 2023, aged only 16, she presented for the first time school concerts of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra with Malte Arkona and will do so again in the 2025/26 season.

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Michael Kube

Concept

Michael Kube is a passionate music educator and has been conceiving the school and family concert series "phil zu entdecken" for the Dresden Philharmonic since the 2015/16 season. He also works as an editor and consultant, is a juror for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and a university lecturer in music history, musicology and music education.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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