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Herbert-von-Karajan Stasse 1
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Original date
2014
Last reviewed
2026

Philharmonie

Concerts
Nr. 159 · Kreuzberg

Modern architecture that is perfect and timeless from the inside and outside, is a rarity. Architect Hans Scharoun succeeded cum laude with the Kulturforum, where the Philharmonie is a part of.

The residential orchestra, the Philharmoniker, is world famous. But the building is almost as famous: from the outside the gold-coloured, apparently at random piled up blocks almost look like a creation of Frank Gehry. Inside there is not one symmetric element in the stands, which caters for exquisite acoustics.