{"id":45364,"date":"2026-06-29T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/45364\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:55:07","slug":"artistic-director-of-the-berlin-philharmonic-to-step-down-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/45364\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic to step down in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is stepping down in August 2028, the orchestra and the Berlin city administration&#8217;s Department for Culture announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrea Zietzschmann will not be renewing her contract for a third term, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;After 11 years in office, it will be time for me to embark on a new path in 2028,&#8221; Zietzschmann, 55, explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comprehensive refurbishment of the Philharmonic&#8217;s concert hall, scheduled for 2032, will also &#8220;require a chief executive who is well versed in the subject matter and can oversee this demanding project in the long term,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The timing I have chosen for this change is intended to contribute to this,&#8221; Zietzschmann added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The building that houses the orchestra, an iconic golden-coloured, asymmetrical concert hall designed by architect German architect Hans Scharoun (1893-1972), is in need of renovation. The orchestra is expected to require temporary accommodation from 2032 onwards. Details are not yet known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Berlin Philharmonic &#8211; or Berliner Philharmoniker as it is known in German &#8211; is one of the world&#8217;s leading orchestras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zietzschmann took over as artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Foundation for the 2017-18 season. The cultural manager also steered the orchestra through the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is stepping down in August 2028, the orchestra and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[38532,18,9630],"class_list":["post-45364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-andrea-zietzschmann","tag-berlin","tag-berlin-philharmonic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}