On Feb 16, Anna Thorvaldsdottir's CATAMORPHOSIS returns to the Berlin Philharmonie, this time in a special guest performance by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Nicholas Collon, as part of the Berlin Philharmonic's Biennale 2025, "Paradise Lost?". Since its world premiere in January 2021 by the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko, the work has already received more than thirty performances by fifteen different orchestras in eight countries - including the New York Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
Of the piece, Thorvaldsdottir says:
"The core inspiration behind CATAMORPHOSIS is the fragile relationship we have to our planet. The aura of the piece is characterized by the orbiting vortex of emotions and the intensity that comes with the fact that if things do not change it is going to be too late, risking utter destruction – catastrophe. The core of the work revolves around a distinct sense of urgency, driven by the shift and pull between various polar forces – power and fragility, hope and despair, preservation and destruction."
CATAMORPHOSIS was commissioned by the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
“one of [Thorvaldsdottir's] most intensely felt scores to date” - New York Times
“a remarkable achievement” - The Guardian
Find out more about the programme and get tickets here.
