New Year’s Eve concerts 2026 and New Year’s concerts 2027 in Germany run from 27 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, with tickets from €12 (WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, 31 December) to €340 (Berlin Philharmonic, 31 December).
Checked 8 and 9 November 2026. ZDF’s schedule for the holidays is not published yet; last year it came out on 27 November.
Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Vienna New Year’s Concert 2027 on Friday 1 January 2027 at 11:15, and ZDF shows it in Germany as every year; its tickets were only available by lottery, in February 2026.
Tickets are scarce for the Semperoper Dresden (on 8 November 3 left for 30 December and 62 for 31 December), the Leipzig Gewandhaus from 29 to 31 December (last remaining tickets) and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (on 9 November only €119 and €145 seats left). The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra’s New Year’s Eve concert had no tickets on sale on 9 November.
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts 2026/27 by city
The table lists the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts of the major orchestras and halls in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dresden, Leipzig, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, the Ruhr area, Wuppertal, Münster and Munich, with prices as of 8 and 9 November 2026. The name links to the organiser, the date to the concert on Evenitto where there is one.
| City and hall | Concert and music | Dates | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin, Philharmonie | Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko: Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss | Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December, 20:00; Thursday 31 December, 17:30 | €66–233; on 31 December €113–340 |
| Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden | Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann: film music by Steiner, Korngold, Huppertz | Thursday 31 December, 17:00; Friday 1 January, 16:00 | €40–170; on 1 January from €22 |
| Berlin, Konzerthaus | Konzerthausorchester, Anja Bihlmaier: Rachmaninoff, Kodály, Strauss’s “Emperor Waltz” | Thursday 31 December, 19:00; Friday 1 January, 16:00 | €42–110 |
| Berlin, Philharmonie chamber music hall | Berliner Symphoniker: musicals, opera, film, Strauss | Thursday 31 December, 15:00 and 18:30 | €34–52 |
| Berlin, Tempodrom | DSO Berlin with Circus Roncalli: orchestra and circus | Thursday 31 December, 15:00 and 19:00; Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €30–108 |
| Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Petr Popelka: Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček | Thursday 31 December and Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €119–145 (€17–83 gone) |
| Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie | Philharmonic State Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber: opera and chansons | Thursday 31 December, 11:00 | no tickets on sale (€23–129) |
| Hamburg, Laeiszhalle | Symphoniker Hamburg, Alexander Briger: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Thursday 31 December, 16:00; Friday 1 January, 19:00 | €12.10–74.90 |
| Frankfurt, hr-Sendesaal | ARD New Year’s Eve concert, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Alain Altinoglu: Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Offenbach | Thursday 31 December, 17:00 | €49, reduced €26.50 |
| Dresden, Semperoper | Staatskapelle Dresden, Marie Jacquot, Igor Levit: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Ravel | Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 December, 17:00 | €175 (30th); €230–310 (31st) |
| Dresden, Kulturpalast | Dresden Philharmonic, “Waltz Dreams”: Johann and Josef Strauss | Thursday 31 December, 15:00 and 19:00; Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €35–95 |
| Dresden, Frauenkirche | New Year’s concert, l’arte del mondo: Handel, Vivaldi, Albinoni | Friday 1 January, 19:30 | €26–85 |
| Leipzig, Gewandhaus | Gewandhaus Orchestra, Andris Nelsons: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December, 19:30; Thursday 31 December and Friday 1 January, 17:00 | €50–155; on 31 December €120–195 |
| Leipzig, Opera House | New Year’s Eve gala, Gewandhaus Orchestra: arias by Rossini, Puccini, Bizet, operetta | Thursday 31 December, 18:00 | €67–144 |
| Leipzig, Kongresshalle am Zoo | Philharmonie Leipzig: Viennese operetta and opera melodies | Thursday 31 December, 17:00 | from €40.70 at Eventim |
| Leipzig, St Thomas Church | Bach Consort Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio IV–VI | Friday 1 January, 17:00 | €28 in advance |
| Cologne, Philharmonie | WDR Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Kochanovsky: “Rosenkavalier” and “Nutcracker” suites | Thursday 31 December, 18:00 | €12–97 |
| Düsseldorf, Tonhalle | Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Thursday 31 December, 19:00 | €46–99 |
| Düsseldorf, Tonhalle | Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Bar Avni: “Carmen” suites by Bizet and Shchedrin | Friday 1 January, 15:00 and 19:30 | €25–85; pupils and students up to 27 €10 |
| Bonn, Beethovenhalle | Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Dirk Kaftan: Orff’s “Carmina Burana” | Thursday 31 December and Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €26–58 |
| Essen, Philharmonie | Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Sebastian Weigle: Beethoven gala with the “Choral Fantasy” | Thursday 31 December, 20:00 | €25–85 |
| Essen, Philharmonie | Essen Philharmonic, Andrea Sanguineti: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €19–74 |
| Bochum, Musikforum Ruhr | Bochum Symphony Orchestra, “Wiener Melange”: Johann Strauss, Gulda | Thursday 31 December, 16:30 and 20:00; Friday 1 January, 11:00 and 20:00; Saturday 2 January, 20:00 | €30–70; in January €18–47 |
| Dortmund, Konzerthaus | Dortmund Philharmonic, “Paris, mon amour!”: Gershwin, Ravel, Offenbach | Friday 1 January, 15:00 and 18:00 | €15–76 |
| Duisburg, Mercatorhalle | Duisburg Philharmonic, Alessandro De Marchi: film music by Mancini, Rota, Morricone | Friday 1 January, 18:00 | €26–69.50 |
| Wuppertal, Historische Stadthalle | Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Makoto Ozone: Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”, Blue Danube | Friday 1 January, 18:00 | from €26 |
| Münster, Theater | Sinfonieorchester Münster, Götz Alsmann Band: Italian music | Friday 1 January, 16:00 and 19:30; Saturday 2 January, 19:30 | not yet published |
| Munich, Isarphilharmonie | Munich Philharmonic, Maxime Pascal: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December, 19:30; Thursday 31 December, 17:00 | €29–103; under 30 €11–18 |
| Munich, Isarphilharmonie | Münchner Symphoniker, Joseph Bastian: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 | Sunday 27 December, 19:30; Friday 1 January, 16:00 | from €44 |
| Munich, Isarphilharmonie | Münchner Symphoniker, “Last Night of the Year”: Weber, Wagner, Offenbach, Strauss | Thursday 31 December, 20:00 | from €56.80 |
| Munich, Prinzregententheater | Münchner Symphoniker, New Year’s concert: Suppè, Josef and Johann Strauss, Ziehrer | Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 January, 11:00 | from €52.80 |
| Munich, Residenz | Residenz-Solisten, Bavaria Klassik: Mozart, Gershwin, Strauss | Thursday 31 December, 15:30, Herkulessaal; Friday 1 January, 16:30 and 20:00, Cuvilliés Theatre | €39–69; Cuvilliés Theatre €78–98 |
Every date is in December 2026 or January 2027. Stuttgart and Nuremberg are not in the table.
Vienna New Year’s Concert 2027: conductor, time, programme and TV
The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2027 starts on Friday 1 January 2027 at 11:15 in the Great Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, conducted for the first time by Tugan Sokhiev. The Vienna Girls’ Choir sings with the orchestra.
The programme includes the “Vaterländischer Marsch”, Josef Strauss’s “Delirien” waltz and “Jocus-Polka”, Johann Strauss’s “Künstlerleben” and “Schatz-Walzer”, and the waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty”. The orchestra plays the same programme as a preview on Wednesday 30 December at 11:00 and as its New Year’s Eve concert on Thursday 31 December at 19:30.
ZDF has shown the Vienna New Year’s Concert in Germany since 1983 and holds the rights until 2027 (ZDF press release); on 1 January 2026 it ran live from 11:15 (ZDF schedule 2025/26). Neither the Vienna Philharmonic nor ZDF states a running time or end time.
Tickets for the Vienna New Year’s Concert: how the lottery works
Tickets for the Vienna New Year’s Concert are only allocated by a lottery run by the Vienna Philharmonic: registration for 2027 was open from 1 to 28 February 2026, and winners were told by e-mail in March (ticket information). There is no open sale.
Prices are €40–1,320 for 1 January, €30–980 for the New Year’s Eve concert and €25–545 for the preview. Each person can get at most two tickets for the New Year’s Concert and up to four for the other two dates. The orchestra advises against tickets from the resale market. Registration for 2028 has not been announced yet.
New Year’s Eve concerts 2026 on TV, radio and in cinemas
ZDF shows the Semperoper Dresden’s New Year’s Eve concert 2026 not on New Year’s Eve but on Wednesday 30 December 2026 at 22:15 (Staatskapelle Dresden); in 2025 it ran live on 31 December at 17:30.
The Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert is shown live in more than 250 cinemas in Germany on Thursday 31 December 2026 from 17:00, among them Cineplex, CineStar, CinemaxX and UCI (list of cinemas), and from 17:30 in the Digital Concert Hall. No TV date has been announced for the Berlin concert yet.
The ARD New Year’s Eve concert 2026 by the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt is broadcast on hr2-kultur radio on 31 December at 20:00; Hessischer Rundfunk names no TV date.
New Year’s Eve concerts in Berlin 2026
The Berlin Philharmonic plays its New Year’s Eve concert 2026 from 29 to 31 December at the Philharmonie Berlin with the pianist Alexander Malofeev, in his first appearance with the orchestra, and the principal trumpet David Guerrier: Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony, Strauss’s “Till Eulenspiegel” and two overtures.
The Berlin Philharmonic’s concert lasts about two and a half hours with a 20-minute interval, without an interval on 31 December. On 8 November all three dates could still be booked on the orchestra’s concert page.
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin’s concert for the turn of the year 2026 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Max Steiner’s suite from “Gone with the Wind”, Korngold’s “Robin Hood” and Huppertz’s “Metropolis”, about two hours with an interval.
At the Konzerthaus Berlin, Bruce Liu plays Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody on 31 December 2026, repeated on 1 January as the Konzerthausorchester’s New Year’s concert.
The Berliner Symphoniker play on 31 December 2026 in the Philharmonie’s chamber music hall, not the main hall, with the singer Penny Sofroniadou; their exact programme is still to come.
The DSO Berlin plays three New Year’s Eve and New Year’s shows with Circus Roncalli at the Tempodrom; on 9 November all three still had tickets.
New Year’s Eve concerts in Hamburg 2026: Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra plays its New Year’s Eve concert 2026 at the Elbphilharmonie on 31 December and the same programme on 1 January 2027 as its New Year’s concert at the Elbphilharmonie, both at 18:00, with the violinist Josef Špaček and Czech music up to Janáček’s Sinfonietta.
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg starts New Year’s Eve 2026 at 11:00 at the Elbphilharmonie: Omer Meir Wellber conducts, plays the accordion and sings, with the jazz pianist Guy Mintus; the exact programme is kept secret.
At the Laeiszhalle the Symphoniker Hamburg play Beethoven’s Ninth with the CPE.Bach.Chor on 31 December 2026 and again on 1 January 2027 (New Year’s concert at the Laeiszhalle).
ARD New Year’s Eve concert 2026 in Frankfurt
The hr-Sinfonieorchester plays the ARD New Year’s Eve concert 2026 on Thursday 31 December 2026 at 17:00 at the hr-Sendesaal in Frankfurt, under its chief conductor Alain Altinoglu and with the violinist Alena Baeva: French music from Bizet’s “Carmen” overture to Offenbach’s “Gaîté parisienne”, about 110 minutes with an interval.
Tickets for the ARD New Year’s Eve concert cost €49, reduced €26.50 (under 30); a small allocation for under-20s costs €10.
Semperoper New Year’s Eve concert and concerts in Dresden 2026
The Saxon Staatskapelle plays its New Year’s Eve concert 2026 at the Semperoper Dresden with Marie Jacquot conducting, Igor Levit as soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and the mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo; the full programme, with works by Ravel and others, is still to come.
The Dresden Philharmonic marks 200 years of Josef Strauss with its “Waltz Dreams” at the Kulturpalast: Wolfgang Hentrich leads from the concertmaster’s desk in waltzes and polkas by Johann and Josef Strauss, Lumbye and Fučík and a world premiere, about 2 hours 45 minutes with an interval.
The Frauenkirche Dresden has no New Year’s Eve concert in 2026, only its New Year’s concert on 1 January with Baroque music and the soprano Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli. The Dresden Kreuzchor sings a New Year’s Eve vespers at the Kreuzkirche on 31 December at 16:00, a service with a €5 programme booklet.
Beethoven’s Ninth on New Year’s Eve 2026
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the “Ode to Joy” is in the table in the rows marked “Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9”: in Leipzig, Düsseldorf, Essen, Hamburg and twice in Munich. The tradition of playing the Ninth on New Year’s Eve began in Leipzig more than 100 years ago, says the Gewandhaus.
2027 adds an occasion, the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death: the Gewandhaus calls its concert on 1 January 2027 the “Grand Concert opening the Beethoven Year”, and the Philharmonie Essen opens its Beethoven anniversary on New Year’s Eve with a gala including the “Choral Fantasy” with a new text by Norbert Lammert. A performance of the Ninth lasts about an hour and a half without an interval (Munich Philharmonic, Essen).
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts in Leipzig 2026/27
The Gewandhaus Orchestra plays Beethoven’s Ninth for the turn of the year 2026/27 from 29 December to 1 January at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Andris Nelsons, with the Leipzig Opera Chorus, the GewandhausChor, the GewandhausKinderchor and the soloists Christiane Karg, Gerhild Romberger, Klaus Florian Vogt and Alexander Roslavets.
More concerts in Leipzig on New Year’s Eve 2026:
- Leipzig Opera: Friedrich Praetorius conducts the New Year’s Eve gala at the Opera House; at the same time, 18:00, the Musikalische Komödie plays “Die Fledermaus”.
- Philharmonie Leipzig: besides its concert at the Kongresshalle am Zoo (about two and a half hours with an interval) it plays two New Year’s Eve concerts in the Gewandhaus’s Mendelssohn-Saal, at 17:00 and 20:00, for €62 or €52 (on Evenitto, 17:00, on Evenitto, 20:00).
- St Thomas Church: the New Year’s Eve organ concert “Fireworks for organ and trumpet” with St Thomas organist Johannes Lang starts at 21:00 and costs €15, free up to 18 (on Evenitto). The St Thomas Boys Choir sings the New Year’s Eve motet at 13:30, entry with a €3 programme booklet.
- Gewandhaus, 22:30: the organ concert for the turn of the year, “Bach meets Jazz”, costs €80.
In January 2027 Leipzig adds The Dark Tenor’s New Year’s concert at the Gewandhaus on Saturday 2 January, and the Musikalische Komödie’s New Year’s concert “Die Berliner Luft!” on Saturday 9 January at 19:00 (on Evenitto) and Sunday 10 January at 15:00, about two and a half hours, from age 12.
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bonn
In the Kölner Philharmonie’s New Year’s Eve concert 2026 the WDR Symphony Orchestra and the soprano Katrina Galka play Korngold’s “Der Schneemann”, the “Rosenkavalier” suite, Glière’s Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and the “Nutcracker” suite, ending around 20:00.
The Kölner Philharmonie has no New Year’s concert on 1 January; on Sunday 10 January 2027 the Gürzenich Orchestra plays Mozart’s Requiem under Ton Koopman, which the Philharmonie lists as a “New Year’s concert”.
The New Year’s Eve concert 2026 at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf is put on by Heinersdorff Konzerte with Chorus Musicus Köln, not by the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra; the orchestra plays its New Year’s concert on 1 January with the percussionist Christoph Sietzen (concert at 19:30).
The Beethoven Orchester Bonn plays “Carmina Burana” as its New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concert at the Beethovenhalle, about 2 hours 15 minutes with an interval. At the Beethoven-Haus Bonn the pianist Alexey Botvinov gives a New Year’s Eve recital on 31 December 2026 at 17:00 for €32.50 (on Evenitto).
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts in the Ruhr area, Wuppertal and Münster
The orchestras of the Ruhr area, Wuppertal and Münster play New Year’s concerts on 1 January 2027, each with its own theme, from Beethoven’s Ninth in Essen to film music in Duisburg; their times and prices are in the table. In addition:
- Essen: Chorwerk Ruhr sings in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie’s Beethoven gala on New Year’s Eve, with Kyohei Sorita at the piano; it lasts two hours with an interval.
- Bochum: Aurel Dawidiuk conducts the Bochum Symphony Orchestra’s “Wiener Melange”, with Bryan Cheng as soloist in Gulda’s Cello Concerto (New Year’s dates).
- Dortmund: in “Paris, mon amour!” Frank Dupree plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto; the Konzerthaus Dortmund has no New Year’s Eve concert.
- Münster: Golo Berg conducts.
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts in Munich 2026/27
Munich has two Ninths at the Isarphilharmonie at the turn of the year 2026/27: the Munich Philharmonic’s under Maxime Pascal with the Philharmonischer Chor München, and the Münchner Symphoniker’s under Joseph Bastian with the Münchner Konzertchor and the Münchner Oratorienchor.
The Münchner Symphoniker’s “Last Night of the Year” brings Weber’s “Freischütz” overture, Wagner’s “Forest Murmurs” and Offenbach’s can-can; their New Year’s concert at the Prinzregententheater runs from Suppè to Hellmesberger in waltzes and polkas. At the Residenz, Frank Fan Ming Ling plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 449 and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”.
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra has no concert between 18 December 2026 and 9 January 2027. The Bavarian State Opera plays Barrie Kosky’s 2023 production of “Die Fledermaus” on New Year’s Eve at 18:00 under Vladimir Jurowski, €20–264.
Strauss galas on tour: Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Münster and Wuppertal
The “Wiener Johann Strauß Konzert-Gala” is a touring concert by Matthias Georg Kendlinger’s K&K Philharmoniker, with conductors in rotation; from 2 to 4 January 2027 it plays five cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, with waltzes, polkas and marches of the Strauss family, with ballet in Düsseldorf and Bonn. It is not a guest performance by the Vienna Philharmonic.
| City and hall | Date | Prices |
|---|---|---|
| Düsseldorf, Tonhalle | Saturday 2 January 2027, 19:00 | €65–107 |
| Cologne, Philharmonie | Sunday 3 January 2027, 20:00 | €58–108 |
| Wuppertal, Historische Stadthalle | Sunday 3 January 2027, 18:00 | from €63.58 |
| Bonn, Beethovenhalle | Monday 4 January 2027, 19:30 | from €72.82 at Eventim |
| Münster, Halle Münsterland | Monday 4 January 2027, 19:30 | €59–89 |
How long is a New Year’s Eve or New Year’s concert?
A New Year’s Eve or New Year’s concert usually lasts one and a half to two and a half hours: Beethoven’s Ninth on its own about 90 minutes without an interval, the ARD New Year’s Eve concert about 110 minutes, the Staatskapelle Berlin about two hours, the Berlin Philharmonic about two and a half hours and the Dresden “Waltz Dreams” 2 hours 45 minutes with an interval.
If you are going on to a New Year’s Eve party, pick a morning or afternoon start: 15:00 in Dresden and Berlin, 16:30 in Bochum, 17:00 in Frankfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Munich and at the Staatsoper Berlin.
Quick answers
Who conducts the New Year’s Concert 2027? Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Vienna New Year’s Concert on 1 January 2027, for the first time.
When is the New Year’s Concert 2027 on TV? ZDF shows the Vienna New Year’s Concert on 1 January 2027 (it holds the rights until 2027); the concert starts at 11:15, and in 2026 ZDF showed it live from 11:15. The exact schedule is not published yet.
When is the Semperoper New Year’s Eve concert on ZDF? ZDF shows the Semperoper’s New Year’s Eve concert 2026 on Wednesday 30 December 2026 at 22:15.
Are there still tickets for the Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert? For the Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert all three dates could be booked on 8 November 2026: €66–233 on 29 and 30 December, €113–340 on 31 December. On 31 December it is also shown live in more than 250 cinemas.
Where can I hear Beethoven’s Ninth on New Year’s Eve 2026? Beethoven’s Ninth is played on New Year’s Eve 2026 by the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Das Neue Orchester at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, the Symphoniker Hamburg at the Laeiszhalle and the Munich Philharmonic; on 1 January 2027 also in Essen, Hamburg, Leipzig and by the Münchner Symphoniker.
How much is a ticket for the Vienna New Year’s Concert? A ticket for the Vienna New Year’s Concert costs €40–1,320, but only for winners of the lottery, which for 2027 ran in February 2026.
Which New Year’s Eve or New Year’s concert is cheapest? The cheapest are the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne on 31 December 2026 from €12 and the Symphoniker Hamburg from €12.10; the New Year’s Eve organ concert at Leipzig’s St Thomas Church costs €15 and is free up to 18. Pupils and students up to 27 pay €10 for the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra on 1 January.
All New Year’s Eve and New Year’s concerts on Evenitto are in our New Year’s Eve programme, and the season’s classical concerts on the classical page. More music this season: The Nutcracker 2026 and the Christmas markets in Leipzig and Dresden. Soon after New Year comes street carnival: Carnival in Germany 2027.
Cover photo: New Year’s Eve concert by the Mitteldeutsches Kammerorchester at Kulturschloss Großenhain, 31 December 2017, Steffen 962, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; archive photo.
