July 13, Classics at Odeonsplatz in Munich - 2025

Event Tip: July 12th/13th - Classical Open Air in the heart of Munich

Classical at Odeonsplatz 2025! Munich's most beautiful classical open air event with international appeal celebrates its 25th anniversary

Munich Philharmonic - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - Music fans can also experience the events on TV, via video stream, or on the radio (DEUTSCH)

Munich - Odeonsplatz. Munich's most beautiful classical open air event begins! For the 24th time, Odeonsplatz, in front of the Residence of the Bavarian Kings, will be transformed into a unique open-air concert hall. "Classical at Odeonsplatz" begins on Saturday, July 12th, and Sunday, July 13th, 2025: The concerts will take place at 8:00 PM each day on Odeonsplatz in Munich. 14,000 people can attend two concert evenings... Information: www.klassik-am-odeonsplatz.de Classical music in a unique atmosphere, with top-class ensembles, soloists and conductors in one of the most magnificent squares in Munich, indeed in all of Europe.

Odeonsplatz with seating for the Klassik Open Air festival facing Ludwigstrasse and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive)

The Munich Philharmonic and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will be there

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will kick off the music weekend on Saturday with Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and a suite from Johann Strauss's "Rosenkavalier" in warm temperatures. The Munich Philharmonic will treat music fans to Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" on Sunday. 

Klassik am Odeonsplatz - Logo in front of the entrance to Theatinerstrasse on Odeonsplatz in Munich, Photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive)

 

The success story of Klassik am Odeonsplatz began with its founding in 2000.

With the 25th anniversary concert, we Munich residents celebrate our festival of classical music in the heart of the Bavarian capital.

This open-air event is a major cultural highlight in Munich and a fantastic TV event that reaches millions of people and invites them to Munich for an evening. See broadcast dates below!

Construction of the transparent arched stage for the "Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2025" event in Munich! The Residenz on the left, the Feldherrnhalle in the middle, and the Theatinerkirche on the right. Photo: Helga Waess - July 9, 2025

Classik am Odeonsplatz
under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst

On Saturday, July 12

• On Saturday, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will open the evening.
• The concert begins with Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, performed by star pianist Daniil Trifonov.
• For his Klassik am Odeonsplatz debut, Franz Welser-Möst has compiled a suite from Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59, TrV 227.

On Sunday, July 13th

• Georgian-German star violinist Lisa Batiashvili takes center stage today. Together with the Munich Philharmonic and its designated Chief Conductor Lahav Shani, she will perform Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61.
• The second part of the evening will feature Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances," Op. 45.
• Lahav Shani already celebrated her highly acclaimed debut at Klassik am Odeonsplatz in 2024. 

Odeonplatz with the logo of main sponsor Mercedes Munich - seating in front of Ludwigstrasse and the entrance to the Hofgarten in Munich, Photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive)

 

Music fans can also experience the events on TV, via video stream, or on the radio

• Broadcast dates on the Klassik am Odeonsplatz website
• Overview of all radio and TV broadcasts / video streams

Concerts will be broadcast as follows:

 
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst with Daniil Trifonov, piano

Concerts on Saturday, July 12

Saturday, July 12, 8:03 p.m. live on ARD-KLASSIK YouTube (video stream)
Saturday, July 12, 8:03 p.m. live on BR-KLASSIK (radio / ARD Radio Festival)
Saturday, July 12, 9:45 p.m. delayed on BR television and on 3sat

Repeats:

Sunday, July 20, 10:15 a.m. on BR Fernsehen (only "Rosenkavalier Suite")
Sunday, July 20, 11:35 p.m. on Das Erste (best-of with "Rosenkavalier Suite")
Monday, July 21, 11:59 p.m. on BR Fernsehen (only Prokofiev Piano Concerto)

 

Concerts from Sunday, July 13th:

 
Munich Philharmonic under Lahav Shani with Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Sunday, July 13th, 8:00 PM live on ARD-KLASSIK YouTube (video stream)

Repeats:

Thursday, July 17th, 6:03 PM on BR-KLASSIK (Radio / Festival Time)
Saturday, July 19th, 8:15 PM on 3sat
Sunday, July 20th, 11:35 PM on Das Erste (Best of with Beethoven Violin Concerto)
Sunday, July 27th, 10:15 AM on BR Fernsehen (Beethoven Violin Concerto only)
Monday, July 28th, 11:59 PM on BR Fernsehen (Rachmaninoff only)

Further information at:

• www.klassik-am-odeonsplatz.de

• Advance ticket sales for Klassik am Odeonsplatz concerts The next year, 2026, has begun.

The sponsors for Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2025 are

• Mercedes-Benz Munich (main sponsor),
• BayernLB,
• Riedel Immobilien,
• American Express,
• Gahrens&Battermann,
• Orgatech,
• Lehrieder Catering,
• and the media partner BR-KLASSIK 

Munich Free Cultural Summer Festival 2024 in the NEW Gasteig HP8

Sunday, June 30, 2024: Free cultural summer festival in the NEW Gasteig HP8

 

"Participate - discover - celebrate: Wolke 8 is a sound-surprising, interactive and interdisciplinary festival for young and old"

Sunday, June 30, 2024: Cloud 8 - The big cultural summer festival on the grounds of the Gasteig HP8 - ENTRANCE: at the U3 subway - Brudermühlstrasse stop

 

Munich. A colorful festival with music, art, literature, dance and singing in the Gasteig - entrance directly at the Brudermühlstrasse stop (U3). All institutes in the Gasteig HP8 offer a look behind the scenes on Sunday with free admission. Under the motto "Cloud 8" you can explore the new Isarphilharmonie, mingle with the orchestra, paint clouds or learn to breakdance and much more. Who is there? The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich City Library, the Munich Adult Education Center, the Munich University of Music and Theater, the Munich Chamber Orchestra and of course the organizer, Gasteig München GmbH. The workshops and concerts begin at 2:30 p.m. (list of times below) - entry is free all day.

Cover - Art Culture Blog: Drawing: Helga Waess

This is what's going on with Cloud 8

2:30 p.m
greeting
by Anton Biebl,
LHM cultural advisor
Like clouds in the sky Bavarian folk music to sing and dance along to

 3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m
Community Music Workshop
with Wolfgang Berg from the Munich Philharmonic and guests

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m
Cloud's concert
Film music project
Let your thoughts fly to the music

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
Beats and Recording Lab
Taster workshop for hip hop fans

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
The marble piano
invites everyone to join in and try it out.

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
Inside – A sound experience with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Sit in the middle of the orchestra on the Isarphilharmonie stage!

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
Pub quiz
Solve quiz questions and learn new things at the same time

3:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
Discover that
Book bus
Browse, play, search and relax

3:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
Cloud painting
with the artist Saskia Neuhaus (in case of bad weather in Haus K, 1st floor workshop)

3:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
Ichbaumit
Collective cloud installation that everyone can help build.

3:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
graffiti
legal and under supervision

3:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
pop-up
Break dancing
Once there are enough people, there will be an instant breakdance workshop anywhere on site.

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m
Cloud poetry
Writing workshop with Birgit Müller-Wieland

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m
The Adventures of the Little Cloud
A picture book concert for children aged 3-6

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m
Community Music Workshop
with Wolfgang Berg from the Munich Philharmonic and guests

4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m
Cloud's concert
Film music project
Let your thoughts fly to the music

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
Beats and Recording Lab
Taster workshop for hip hop fans

5:00-5:30 p.m
The adventures of Little Cloud 0
A picture book concert for children aged 3-6

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
Inside – A sound experience with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Sit in the middle of the orchestra on the Isarphilharmonie stage!

5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
The marble piano
Workshop with Till Rölle from Schauburg

 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m
Of sun, storm and rain
A musical-scientific approach with Özden Terli and musicians from the Munich Philharmonic

5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
Would you have known?
“Climate Pitch”
to participate, think along and advise

5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
Cloud poetry
Writing workshop with Birgit Müller-Wieland

6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m
The marble piano
invites everyone to join in and try it out.

6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m
Conducting workshop
What do conductors actually do?

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m
Walk in
The Isarphilharmonie opens its doors.

7:00-7:30 p.m
Conducting workshop
What do conductors actually do?

7:30-8:30 p.m
Agua de beber
Open singing with body percussion
 

The opening of the Munich Film Festival will take place on Saturday at Gasteig HP8

•     No public viewing on June 29, 2024 on the GAiA terrace