With its prominent location on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte, the Konzerthaus Berlin is not just a house of music - it is an architectural landmark and a place of living cultural history.
Built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1818 and 1821 in the neoclassical style, the building initially served as a theater and was later rebuilt from 1977 after severe destruction in the Second World War and reopened as a concert hall in 1984. Today, the Great Hall with its bronze statue of Apollo, elaborate chandeliers and a 5,811-pipe organ is one of the world's top acoustic venues.
Konzerthaus Berlin - Great Hall ©Christian Nielinger
The Konzerthaus Berlin offers a broad spectrum in its program: symphony concerts, chamber music, music theater, educational programs and special formats. The house combines magnificent interiors with contemporary flexibility - for example in the modern Werner Otto Hall - and invites listeners to experience music not as a detached experience, but as an immediate moment in an urban space.
A visit to the Konzerthaus therefore means: a view of triumphant columns, sound in the gold-decorated hall and the direct experience of music in the midst of Berlin's history.
