Yamada, Jurowski, Leenaars & Doyle – Concerts by Our Principal Conductors 2026 & 2027

Vladimir Jurowski has been General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich since 2021; his contract there has been extended through 2029. Prior to that, he served for 14 years as Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra – where he has since been Conductor Emeritus – and served as Music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera until 2013.

Yes. His father, Mikhail Yurovsky, was also a renowned conductor, having led, among others, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the WDR Radio Orchestra in Cologne. His grandfather, Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurovsky, was a well-known Soviet film composer. During his childhood in Moscow, Jurovsky played piano four-handed with Dmitri Shostakovich; the family’s friends included Mstislav Rostropovich and David Oistrakh, among others.

Kazuki Yamada has served as principal conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra since 2023 and as its music director since 2024; he was also the music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, with a contract through August 2026. In 2009, he won first prize at the Besançon International Conducting Competition, and in 2024, he was honored with the prestigious Japanese Suntory Music Award.

Born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, in 1978, Gijs Leenaars served as chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor) from 2012 to 2015 before joining the Berlin Radio Choir for the 2015–16 season. During his time in Hilversum, he collaborated with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bernard Haitink, and Valery Gergiev. In addition to his role as chief conductor, he also serves as artistic director of the Rundfunkchor Berlin.

Justin Doyle began his musical career as a choirboy at Westminster Cathedral and as a choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, before receiving the BBC Singers’ first Conductor Fellowship in 2006. From 2018 to 2022, he was also a professor of choral conducting at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, and from 2019 to 2024, a visiting professor of choral conducting and early music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.

Yes. The ROC Visitor Service at Charlottenstraße 56 (2nd floor) in Berlin-Mitte is the joint ticket and service office for concerts by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Rundfunkchor Berlin, and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin.

In the concert calendar, we provide links to the seating plans for each venue. This allows you to select your seats with precision. If you book by phone, our team will be happy to advise you on views, acoustics, and seating categories.

Many classical concerts last about 90 to 120 minutes and include an intermission. Shorter concerts may take place without an intermission.

It is customary to applaud at the end of an entire piece. Between individual movements, the audience usually remains silent. If you’re unsure, just follow the lead of the other audience members.

Our venues offer coat check services as well as food and beverage options, such as concessions in the lobby. The specific options may vary depending on the event and are described on the websites of the respective venues.

Many concerts last about 90 to 120 minutes, including an intermission. The estimated duration is listed in the program information; special formats may differ.

Programs are usually available at the venue. Digital versions may be available, depending on the ensemble and concert—you can find the digital programs on the individual ensemble pages, if any are available.