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Upcoming choir conductors join the Rundfunkchor Berlin
From 27 to 30 October 2026, the Rundfunkchor Berlin welcomes four scholars from the Forum Dirigieren, a support programme run by the German Music Council, for a conducting course with Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Gijs Leenaars. Working on music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Caroline Shaw, Jake Runestad, Maria Herz and Jonathan Dove, the emerging choral conductors will have the opportunity to put their skills into practice and develop them further with a professional choir.
RundfunkchorLounge »Clean Water and Dirty Business«: music and conversation about the blue gold of our time on 22 October at Heimathafen Neukölln
On Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 7.30 pm, the Rundfunkchor Berlin presents its first RundfunkchorLounge of the 2026/27 season at Heimathafen Neukölln, entitled »Clean Water and Dirty Business«. Curated by Chief Conductor Gijs Leenaars, the programme explores the theme of water through choral and chamber music spanning several centuries, including works by Brahms, Debussy, Boulanger, Paul Simon, Aoi Hasegawa and Karin Rehnqvist. Alongside the music, conversations hosted by Vivian Perkovic with environmental lawyer Laura von Vittorelli and climate activist Mika Schachenmayr of Fridays for Future examine water’s growing political and economic significance and its implications for people and the environment.
15 years of SING!: Rundfunkchor Berlin celebrates its education programme with an anniversary concert
On Thursday 26 November 2026, Rundfunkchor Berlin will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its SING! education programme with a special event at St. Elisabeth-Kirche in Berlin. Guests will include representatives of participating SING! schools, longstanding collaborators and supporters, and figures from politics, education and culture who have supported the programme over the years. Conducted by Chief Conductor Gijs Leenaars, the hour-long concert will combine selected works performed by members of Rundfunkchor Berlin with songs sung together with participating SING! choirs. Since 2011, SING! has embedded group singing in everyday life at Berlin’s primary schools, enabling children and education professionals to discover their voices and gain performance experience.
In Paradisum: A Cappella Concert on 4 October at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche: Works by Purcell, Schütz, Schein, Mendelssohn, Harris and Sandström, conducted by Nico Köhs
On Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 3 pm, the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s Schola will perform the a cappella concert »In Paradisum« at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Berlin. Together with members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, conductor Nico Köhs and the young singers will present a programme poised between earthly life and heavenly longing, featuring music from the early Baroque, late Romanticism and the present day by composers including Purcell, Schütz, Mendelssohn and Sandström.
The Rundfunkchor Berlin at Musikfest Berlin 2026: Henze’s Ninth Symphony on 4 September with Joana Mallwitz and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and Rachmaninoff’s »The Bells« on 13 September with Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
The Rundfunkchor Berlin will appear in two Musikfest Berlin 2026 concerts in the Main Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie, on 4 and 13 September. On 4 September at 8 pm, the choir will perform Hans Werner Henze’s Symphony No. 9 with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Joana Mallwitz. On 13 September at 8 pm, it will join the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski for, among other works, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s »The Bells«, Op. 35.
