“I carried many things with me from my first encounter with the Berliner Philharmoniker—elements that shaped my musical formation and remain integral to my artistic identity to this day.”

Riccardo Muti, invited by Herbert von Karajan, first conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker 53 years ago. Since then, his collaborations with the orchestra have been frequent and memorable. In Bologna, Muti brings a program that perfectly reflects his dual musical identity: Italian and German. The program combines a “miniature opera,” Rossini’s William Tell Overture, and a “ballet within an opera,” Verdi’s The Four Seasons, with the somber lyricism and dark hues of Brahms’s Second Symphony.