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**Choose porno, um Buongiorno!** Greetings from Joe Di Nardo – an Italian-Swabian comedian and singing talent all in one! Joe Di Nardo – the man who causes a sensation on social media with his charming Italian waiter sketches – is also a comedian al dente live. With a constant smile on his face and an arsenal of jokes up his sleeve, Joe Di Nardo delivers comedy that primarily pokes fun at the cultural differences between Italians and Germans. His sketches … [more]

Olga Neuwirth is one of the outstanding composers of our time. Together with Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek, she is writing a new piece of music theater. They send two «vampires» – really avatars of themselves – on a journey around the world. They observe the decline of humanity while a tyrannical king and a self-conjuring sea monster fight for power. «Monster’s Paradise» is both a tragedy and a satyr play. Tobias Kratzer, the director and artistic director of the … [more]

Julia Fischer Quartett Julia Fischer Violine Alexander Sitkovetsky Violine Nils Mönkemeyer Viola Benjamin Nyffenegger Violoncello   Dmitri Schostakowitsch Streichquartett Nr. 3 F-Dur op. 73 Johannes Brahms Streichquartett Nr. 2 a-Moll op. 51 Nr. 2 For one quarter of the Julia Fischer Quartet, this concert is a home game: cellist Benjamin Nyfenegger is normally the deputy principal cellist in the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. His spontaneity on stage is "frightening in the most positive sense", says Julia Fischer about him - and makes it clear what this ensemble … [more]

Although she is surrounded by many admirers, Arabella dreams only of the «right one». She finds him in Mandryka, the Croatian landowner. Opera history’s final idealized marriage of love was written on the precipice of disaster: The opera dates to a time of deep social insecurity. The operetta-like tone of Strauss’ «Lyrischer Komödie» is strangely fractured. When it premiered in Dresden in 1933, it was instrumentalized by the Nazis for propaganda purposes. Director Robert Carsen doesn’t ignore the socio-political context … [more]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Marie Jacquot Leitung Augustin Hadelich Violine   Thomas Adès Ouvertüre zur Oper «The Tempest» Ludwig van Beethoven Violinkonzert D-Dur op. 61 Pause Modest Mussorgsky «Bilder einer Ausstellung» (Orchesterfassung Maurice Ravel)   Kurzeinführung 23. April 2026, 19:00 Uhr Konzertfoyer   She almost decided to pursue a career in tennis - but then Frenchwoman Marie Jacquot, born in 1990, decided to study trombone and conducting. Today, she is one of the most sought-after conductors of her generation. For her debut with … [more]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Paavo Järvi Music Director María Dueñas Violine   Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violinkonzert D-Dur op. 35 Pause Anton Bruckner Sinfonie Nr. 4 Es-Dur «Romantische»   Einführung 09. Mai 2026, 17.45 Uhr Kleine Tonhalle mit Franziska Gallusser   Born in 2002, Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas is the youngest soloist this season. She is a musician "who has something to say and the ability to express it brilliantly", praised the New York Times. What is certain is that she has far more to … [more]

Studierende der ZHdK Viktoria Hirschhuber Orgel Nathan Hubov Orgel Tobias Willi Moderation & Orgel Gunter Böhme Moderation (Orgelbau Kuhn AG)   Ludwig van Beethoven Andante con moto aus Sinfonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67 (Bearb. für Orgel John Scott) Marcel Dupré «Variations sur un vieux Noël» op. 20   Even five years after its inauguration, the Tonhalle organ continues to amaze audiences with its overwhelming richness of colour. What tonal secrets are hidden behind the imposing façade? Under the expert guidance of Gunter … [more]

Our beloved cult live series with the magnificent, quick-witted and dazzling Odette Hella'Grand presents drag art of the very finest kind! Featuring a packed lineup of artists from all over Switzerland and neighboring countries. (Performance in German)   [more]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Andrés Orozco-Estrada Leitung Sol Gabetta Violoncello   Richard Strauss «Don Juan» op. 20 Bohuslav Martinů Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky «Romeo und Julia», Fantasie-Ouvertüre Kurzeinführung 07. Jun 2026, 16.30 Uhr Konzertfoyer   Our focus artist Sol Gabetta is always on the lookout for works "in which I can show exactly what defines me as a musician". Bohuslav Martinů's rarely performed cello concerto is one such work: she performed it once many years ago, then not again for a long … [more]

Igor Levit Piano   Maurice Ravel «Kaddisch» from «Deux mélodies hébraïques» (Arr. Alexander Siloti) Dmitri Schostakowitsch Piano Sonata Nr. 2 h-Moll op. 61 Pause Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Selection from «Lieder ohne Worte» Franz Liszt «Après une lecture de Dante», Fantasia quasi una sonata aus «Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année: Italie»   No event in the world had made him "as much of a Jew" as the Hamas massacre in Israel on 7 October 2023, said Igor Levit at the time. As a result, he played … [more]