Name: New Year's Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic live in the cinema
Start: 2026-12-31T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-31T20:00:00+01:00
Location: METROPOLIS Filmtheater

A radiant end to the year with the Berlin Philharmonic

As the year 2026 comes to a close, the New Year's Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic at the METROPOLIS Filmtheater Bochum brings great orchestral art to the cinema screen. On December 31, 2026, at 5:00 PM, a festive program meets the special live atmosphere of the cinema at the main train station – a concert experience between precision, joy of playing, and orchestral elegance.

Virtuoso sound colors for the New Year

Kirill Petrenko leads the orchestra through a program that shines with wit, tempo, and ease. Otto Nicolai's overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor opens the evening with buoyant energy, before Dmitri Shostakovich's concert for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra unfolds the fine balance of irony, virtuosity, and chamber musical tension. Alexander Malofeev on piano and David Guerrier on trumpet bring additional brilliance to this concert evening.

Prokofiev, Strauss, and a touch of musical mischief

With Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D major, the so-called Classical Symphony, the view opens onto a work that plays with classical form while simultaneously rethinking it with a wink. Richard Strauss sets the colorful conclusion with Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, before Johann Strauss (Son) strikes the festive bow to the turn of the year with the overture to The Gypsy Baron. It is exactly this orchestration that makes the evening so appealing: a rich sound culture, fine points, and a conducting that shapes every twist audibly.

A cinema evening with concert hall feeling

The METROPOLIS Filmtheater Bochum is located directly in the main train station at Kurt-Schumacher-Platz 13 and is therefore easily accessible by train and public transport. Those who want to musically usher in the New Year early will experience a rare interplay of cinema ambiance and great classical music here. The broadcast of the Berlin Philharmonic is part of the orchestra's international cinema events, regularly bringing its concerts live to selected halls.

Conclusion: Festive, clever, captivating

This New Year's concert combines masterful program dramaturgy with the special energy of a live transmission evening. For classical music fans in Bochum, an evening full of sound colors, tension, and atmosphere is created. Those who want to experience the year's end in style should mark this date and enjoy the Berlin Philharmonic live in the cinema.