(Credit: ndr.de)

The NDR Radiophilharmonie has announced that it was forced to postpone the already scheduled 2022 Brahms Festival.

“With the Brahms Festival, we wanted to offer our audience in the dome hall a similarly intense experience as we did with the Beethoven Festival in autumn 2019. Unfortunately, this is not possible under the current pandemic conditions and the associated restrictions for concert performances,” said the Manager of the NDR Radiophilharmonie Matthias Ilkenhans.

“As sad as I am that we have to postpone the festival, I am already looking forward to 2023. We will now use the opportunity in February 2022 to perform important Russian symphonies and concerts by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff,” said the Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie Andrew Manze.

The new edition of the Brahms Festival will take place in March 2023.