For musicians, it can be invaluable to not only listen to recordings while studying, but also to watch performances. We have several options to watch performances, but today I am going to highlight the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall.

The Digital Concert Hall provides streaming, high definition video of the Berlin Philharmonic’s performances. The library includes hundreds of concerts, covering all periods of music, as well as artist interviews and documentaries. New videos are made available each week, and more than forty performances are streamed live every year. The Digital Concert Hall also provides an app to make streaming more convenient on mobile devices.

Concerts

The Digital Concert Hall archive of recordings includes over 750 concert videos from six decades available to watch and also has live streams of the orchestra’s concerts from the Philharmonie Berlin, the Europakonzert, and the Waldbühne venues. You can search for specific performances, view curated playlists, and browse by specific works, composers, soloists, periods, and more.

Films

In addition to concerts, there are films, documentaries, and artist portraits available to watch. The films and documentaries tell you the unique history of the Berliner Philharmoniker from the founding to the present day and take you behind the scenes of tours and special events. The artist profiles highlight musicians and their instruments as they give you insight to their relationships to music both on and off stage.

Interviews

Learn from guests of the Berliner Philharmoniker, composers, soloists, and conductors, themselves as they introduce concert programs and discuss their work in conversation.

The first time you follow the link to the Digital Concert Hall, click on the “Start Institutional Access” link and sign up with your CUA email to get started!