Song Exchange

Each year, more than 1,200 pupils from around 30 school choirs and singing classes take part in two colourful concerts alongside the Rundfunkchor Berlin. In the lead-up to the event, members of the Rundfunkchor visit schools to rehearse with the students, spark their enthusiasm for professional choral singing, and help prepare the concert repertoire.

Two concerts,
around 30 school choirs and singing classes,
over 1,200 young voices

The 2027 Song Exchange takes place under the motto »Everything okay?« and explores the emotional world of growing older.

Under the direction of Florian Benfer, lecturer at the music university in Örebro and artistic director of the Philharmonischer Chor Berlin, students from Berlin secondary schools will perform in the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie on 29 April 2027.

The stage of the Philharmonie’s Great Hall then belongs to primary school choirs and singing classes on 5 May 2027, joined by children taking part in SING!, the Rundfunkchor Berlin’s education programme.

The registration deadline is 13 September 2026.

Song Exchange 2027

Schedule for secondary schools

Wed, 23 September 2026, 5:30–6:30 pm

Haus des Rundfunks / Helmut-Koch-Saal
Kick-off date for secondary school teachers

From autumn 2026

Preparation of the programme in class

Mid-March 2027

Joint rehearsal with members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin at Haus des Rundfunks

Thu, 29 April 2027

Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie
10 am – 1 pm: Rehearsal of the school choirs with the Rundfunkchor Berlin
2 pm – 6 pm: Rehearsal of individual school choirs’ own contributions
7 pm: Concert

Schedule for primary schools

Wed, 23 September 2026, 4–5 pm

Haus des Rundfunks / Helmut-Koch-Saal
Kick-off date for primary school teachers

From autumn 2026

Preparation of the programme in class

from January 2027

Classroom visits by members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin

Tue, 4 May 2027, 10 am – 1 pm

Great Hall of the Philharmonie
Rehearsals of the school choirs and singing classes with the Rundfunkchor Berlin

Wed, 5 May 2027, 3 pm

Great Hall of the Philharmonie
Concert

The educational programme SING!
at the Song Exchange

You can get some impressions of the Song Exchange in this video about our SING! initiative.