Our Christmas concerts in Berlin 2026
Christmas is the festival of love, of reflection – and of music! Here you will find Christmas concerts performed by our four outstanding ensembles. You can attend them in Berlin – and they'll bring the Christmas spirit to life for you.
The Christmas concerts of the ROC 2026 in Berlin can be found here from mid-July with the publication of the new season.
Our concert locations
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Berlin Cathedral
Experience music here in a completely different way
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Philharmonie Berlin
One of Berlin's most important concert halls
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silent green
Once a crematorium, now a cultural venue
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Haus des Rundfunks
The best address in Berlin for radio and concerts
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Konzerthaus Berlin
A monument to Karl Friedrich Schinkel's architecture
Christmas CDs of our ensembles
Music for a Christmas Night
Hans-Christoph Rademann, Dirigent
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
In dulci jubilo
Crüger, Praetorius, Eccard, Hammerschmidt, Bach, Händel, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Silcher, Gruber, Reger u.a.
Magnificat
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Hans-Christoph Rademann, Dirigent
Elizabeth Watts, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Lothar Odinius, Markus Eiche, Solist*innen
Daniel Müller-Schott: Four Visions of France
Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Honegger, Lalo
Daniel Müller-Schott Violoncello
Alexandre Bloch Dirigent
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ottorino Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore
Suh, Funkhauser, Adam,
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Polyphonia Ensemble Berlin
Nicolas Fink
Maris Sirmais
Paul Hindemith: Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl (Oper in einem Akt)
Paul Hindemith
Marek Janowski, Dirigent
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Weihnachts-Oratorium
Johann Sebastian Bach
René Jacobs, Dirigent
Dorothea Röschmann, Andreas Scholl, Werner Güra, Klaus Häger, Solist*innen
Robin Ticciati – Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonie Nr. 2 e-Moll op. 27
Robin Ticciati Dirigent
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck
Kinderchor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin,
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
On the radio
Our upcoming radio broadcasts:
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Mittagskonzert, Saturday, 11.4.2026, 12.30 Uhr
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Klassik für Kinder, Sunday, 12.4.2026, 8.00 Uhr
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Sonntagskonzert, Sunday, 12.4.2026, 11.00 Uhr
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Après-midi, Sunday, 12.4.2026, 13.05 Uhr
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Konzert, Sunday, 12.4.2026, 20.00 Uhr
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Klassik Forum, Tuesday, 14.4.2026, 9.05 Uhr
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Das Konzert, Thursday, 16.4.2026, 20.00 Uhr
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
radio3 Konzert, Thursday, 16.4.2026, 20.00 Uhr
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
radio3 Konzert, Friday, 17.4.2026, 20.00 Uhr
RIAS-Kammerchor
Cantabile, Saturday, 18.4.2026, 13.05 Uhr
Special concert occasions
Christmas concerts of the ROC in 2026
The Christmas concerts performed by our four ensembles let Christmas in Berlin in 2026 sound out in contemplative and exhilarating tones, creating wonderful evenings full of Christmas spirit in the impressive flair of the Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin Cathedral and the Philharmonie Berlin.
The Christmas concert of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, which performs Christmas a cappella works every year in the Berlin Cathedral, has already become a tradition. In addition, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester dedicates itself to the night before Christmas 2026 with a brilliant classical concert in the Philharmonie Berlin.
You probably won't get a better opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit through a concert in Berlin.
Shortly afterwards, you can enjoy the pleasure of intoxicating New Year's Eve and New Year's Day concerts, which give 2027, the new year, a fitting kickoff.