Concert this week in Frankfurt

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.

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.

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.

Two Cologne avant-garde jazz musicians meet a renowned Cretan lute player, blending Anatolian and south-east European folk traditions with abstract improvisation.

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.

Original Dire Straits members perform the band's greatest hits live at the Alte Oper.

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.

Berlin theatre collective andcompany&Co. presents a hybrid lecture‑concert and live radio play that plunges into the fog of contemporary hyperpolitics.