Past Event

Sat, December 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM

KRAKAUER & HAIMOVITZ: AKOKA

Reframing Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

© GMD / Dave Brendan Hall
Pierre Boulez Saal

Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” written in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1940, is reframed from a contemporary perspective in AKOKA, a program created by David Krakauer and Matt Haimovitz. Named after Henri Akoka, the Jewish clarinetist who performed in the work’s premiere, the concert frames Messiaen’s transcendent masterpiece with Krakauer’s eponymous, quasi-improvisatory work and a new electronic composition by producer, beat architect, and klezmer/Yiddish music artist Socalled. Pianist Kathleen Tagg, most recently heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal together with Krakauer in the audiovisual production Breath & Hammer, and Johnny Gandelsman, violinist of the New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider, complete the ensemble.

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EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
18:00
Hall opens
18:30
Start
19:00
No intermission
End
21:00
Bar closes
22:00
Times are approximate.

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YOUR VISIT

How to get there

Pierre Boulez Saal
Barenboim-Said Akademie
Französische Straße 33d
10117 Berlin, Germany

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Public transport

U-Bahn U2 Hausvogteiplatz (350m) U5 Museumsinsel, U6 Unter den Linden (600m)
Tram M1, M12 Mitte / Am Kupfergraben
Bus 147 Werderscher Markt (100m), 100, 300, N5 Staatsoper (300m)


By Car 
Q-PARK parking garage Unter den Linden / Staatsoper
Bebelplatz 2
10117 Berlin

Theatre tariff (5:30 pm – 11:30 pm by prepayment): €10

More information on getting there by public transport, bike, or car is available on our Getting there page.

Opening Hours

Box Office

Monday to Friday 2 pm to 6 pm
Closed on weekends and holidays
On performance days, the box office is open one hour prior to an event on weekdays and two hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

 

Papagena Call Center

Ticket hotline +49 30 4799 7411

Monday to Saturday 9am to 8pm
Sunday and public holidays 2pm to 8pm

Food & Drinks

Casalot Catering welcomes Pierre Boulez Saal visitors before and after concerts, serving a variety of dishes of Arab cuisine.

On concert nights, the catering opens one hour before the start of an event and remains open after the performance. You may also place pre-orders for intermission right at the counter.

More info on our catering here.

Accessibility

To book wheelchair-accessible seating, other seats for visitors with disabilities, or companion seats, please contact us directly.


+49 30 4799 7411 
| tickets@boulezsaal.de 


All wheelchair seats are accessible by elevator. All visitors, including patrons using a wheelchair, will enter the Pierre Boulez Saal through the main entrance. Tickets will be checked at the hall doors.

In order to make access as easy as possible, we kindly ask that you inform us of your requirements when booking your tickets.

Restrooms for visitors with disabilities are located in the basement and on the balcony level and are accessible by elevator.

Four parking spaces for visitors with disabilities are available on the street Hinter der Katholischen Kirche.

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