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10 Jahre Neuer Konzertsaal

Gala concert with Sir Donald Runnicles and guests

04/28

Wednesday | 04/28/2027
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

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About the Concert

On April 28, 2017, after five years of construction and extensive renovation, the Kulturpalast was reopened with a festive concert. While externally almost everything remained as it was at the opening of the building in 1969, a completely new concert hall had been created inside - with its excellent acoustics, warm colors, and vineyard-like construction, a stroke of luck for Dresden and the entire music world. We celebrate the tenth anniversary of the new hall in the resurrected Kulturpalast with a brand new work by the Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan. He might be familiar by now as Composer in Residence in Dresden, and his works have had an excellent reputation in the international music world for decades. His compatriot and close artistic friend, as well as the chief conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic, Sir Donald Runnicles, will conduct the concert.

Programme

Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings

James MacMillan (Composer in Residence)
Symphony No. 6 (commissioned work in collaboration with The Hallé Manchester, German premiere)

Artists

Sir Donald Runnicles
Dirigent
Kieran Carrel
Tenor
Stefan Dohr
Horn
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Sir Donald Runnicles

Chief Conductor of the Dresdner Philharmonie

Introducing Sir Donald Runnicles! More pictures & videos of our new Chief Conductor can be found here.

Sir Donald Runnicles has been Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic since the start of the 2025/26 season. In his first Dresden season, he will be presenting Strauss's "Elektra" in concert, conducting concerts at the British Festival, and leading the orchestra on a tour of Asia, to name just a few projects. The Scotsman will also remain General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin until mid-2026. He stands for the principle of quality over quantity and has thus established close artistic ties with renowned institutions worldwide, both in the opera pit and on the concert podium.

 

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Kieran Carrel

The German-British tenor Kieran Carrel is a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble and appears at home and abroad as a soloist in opera performances and concerts, singing Bach's Passions and Schumann's "Dichterliebe" as well as Tamino in "The Magic Flute" and Narraboth in "Salome". He maintains special artistic relationships with the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Wigmore Hall in London.

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Stefan Dohr

As an acclaimed soloist and chamber musician, as well as principal hornist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Stefan Dohr is an icon of the international horn scene. Many contemporary composers dedicate their compositions to him, knowing that they are in the best of hands. In 2024, he gave the world premiere of Jörg Widmann's horn concerto and in 2025 that of Esa-Pekka Salonen's horn concerto. In addition to his concert activities, he gives master classes and currently teaches as a visiting professor in Oslo.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

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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