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The hr-Sinfonieorchester performs Kaija Saariaho's atmospheric trumpet concerto HUSH and Gustav Mahler's triumphant First Symphony under conductor Susanna Mälkki, with Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola.
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The hr-Sinfonieorchester performs Kaija Saariaho's atmospheric trumpet concerto HUSH and Gustav Mahler's triumphant First Symphony under conductor Susanna Mälkki, with Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola.

Estonian pianist Kristjan Randalu and Polish drummer Bodek Janke play a set of deconstructed jazz standards full of playful polyrhythms and funk-inflected energy.

Ina Müller and her band perform new tracks from the album "6.0" – a concert night packed with music, North German wit and plenty of energy.
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An intimate concert of French chansons and anecdotes, accompanied by accordion, evoking love, longing and the everyday dramas of life.

A chamber concert of string quintets by Mozart and Bruckner, performed by the French Quatuor Hermès and violist Hélène Clément.
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Friday
Oct

The FÄZZ Bigband and composer Hendrika Entzian present an evening of original big-band jazz compositions.

A meeting of jazz improvisation and traditional Cretan folk music, featuring revered lute player George Xylouris alongside two leading Cologne improvisers.
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Two Cologne avant-garde jazz musicians meet a renowned Cretan lute player, blending Anatolian and south-east European folk traditions with abstract improvisation.
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Saturday
Oct

A musical reading and survivor testimony recalling the lives and art created by prisoners in the Theresienstadt ghetto, featuring Frankfurt survivor Ernst Grube.

Baritone Željko Lučić performs a personal selection of arias with piano accompaniment in an intimate concert.

Get on up and feel the funk with a spectacular live show that brings the Godfather of Soul’s energy and hit songs to the stage.
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A cabaret evening of satirical songs and texts by Georg Kreisler, delivered with black humour and charm by Torsten Flassig and pianist Yuriy Sych.

The Frankfurt-based quartet around guitarist Finn Heine celebrates their debut album ‘Broken Reality’ with acoustic-electronic soundscapes, complex rhythms and high-energy improvisation.

Berlin's legendary club Ritter Butzke takes over Tanzhaus West for a night of raw electro and melodic techno.
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Sunday
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Monday
Oct

An internationally acclaimed Adele tribute show from London brings her greatest hits to life with a live band and stunning visuals.
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Annett Louisan brings her new 'Sehnsucht' tour to the Alte Oper, blending chanson and pop with witty lyrics about longing, memories, and dreams.
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Tuesday
Oct
Rebecca Roger Cruz and her ensemble blend Afro-Venezuelan rhythms, baroque colonial music, and Latin folk with voices, strings, and bamboo percussion instruments.
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The legendary Dresden Staatskapelle performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Second Symphony at the Alte Oper.
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Five concerts across Frankfurt and Darmstadt bring Johnny Dyani's politically charged South African jazz to life with an international septet.
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Wednesday
Oct

Turkish music legend Erol Evgin shares a moving story of art, music and life in a rare Frankfurt appearance.

Andreas Gabalier marks the anniversary of his MTV Unplugged with acoustic Volks-Rock'n'Roll and a ten-piece string ensemble in the Alte Oper's Großer Saal.

Pianist and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Fox brings his spontaneous solo improvisations, blending jazz, impressionism, and psychedelic soul, to Kunstverein Familie Montez.