Kent Nagano conducts Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Widmann (July 2025)

To round off the season, Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra are going on tour once again: together they are giving eight concerts in China and Taiwan. The Asian tour, which is also the Philharmonic State Orchestra’s debut in China, starts on July 7 with a concert in the Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall in Hamburg’s twin city Shanghai. The tour continues via the National Center for the Performing Arts Beijing and Shenzhen Symphony Hall. In Taiwan, further concerts are planned at the National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei. The last stop will be the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying on July 19.
The program includes symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms, piano concertos by Mozart and Beethoven as well as music by Jörg Widmann. The celebrated pianists Rafał Blechacz and Jan Lisiecki will perform as soloists.