Past Event

Sun, May 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM

OPEN HOUSE

KRONOS QUARTET: 50 FOR THE FUTURE

© João Fazenda
Pierre Boulez Saal

For their first Open House since 2019, the Pierre Boulez Saal and the Barenboim-Said Akademie invite audiences to take a look behind the scenes—and to join the Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, for a look ahead to the future of the string quartet. Over the course of the day, students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie and the “Hanns Eisler” School of Music will perform a selection of the 50 new compositions for string quartet commissioned by the Kronos Quartet as part of its “50 for the Future” initiative. The members of the quartet will work on these pieces with the young ensembles during their weeklong residency in Berlin. An exhibition throughout the building tells the story of the Kronos Quartet.

Artists

EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
10:00
Hall opens
10:30
Start
11:00
No intermission
End
17:00
Bar closes
18:00
Times are approximate.

PROGRAM

OPEN HOUSE 2019: A THROWBACK

A full day with Jörg Widmann to listen, watch, and discover. On April 27, 2019 visitors from Berlin and abroad explored his work from many different perspectives in all parts of the building.

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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