Musikfest Berlin Invites Lahav Shani & Munich Philharmonic to Perform Following Cancelation of Flanders Festival Ghent Concert
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Tobias Hase)
In response to the Munich Philharmonic’s disinvitation by the Flanders Festival Ghent, the Musikfest Berlin has invited the orchestra and conductor Lahav Shani to perform on Sept. 15, 2025.
The festival announced the news, noting the guest performance has been arranged as a joint initiative of the Berliner Festspiele and the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation in cooperation with Konzerthaus Berlin.
The program will showcase music by Beethoven and Wagner as well as soloist Lisa Batiashvili.
The concert comes after the Berlin Philharmonic and the Berlin State Opera spoke out against the cancellation of the Ghent concert due to Shani’s involvement with the Israel Philharmonic.
The Berlin Philharmonic noted, “We express our full solidarity with Lahav Shani, the violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who is also affected, and our colleagues at the Munich Philharmonic. We are very grateful to the team at Musikfest Berlin and the Konzerthaus Berlin for organizing a performance by the Munich Philharmonic, Lahav Shani, and Lisa Batiashvili during the Musikfest Berlin at short notice, on the initiative of the Berliner Festspiele and the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation.”
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