{"id":14201,"date":"2026-05-28T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=14201"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:38:18","slug":"take-your-seat-vikingur-olafsson-plays-beethoven-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/take-your-seat-vikingur-olafsson-plays-beethoven-in-berlin-14201\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Your Seat! Vikingur \u00d3lafsson Plays Beethoven in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"blog-lead\">Composed as Napoleon\u2019s cannons battered Vienna, Beethoven\u2019s &#8220;Emperor&#8221; Concerto abandons classical restraint, launching the soloist immediately into an epic, defiant struggle. Don\u2019t miss the chance to hear V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson tackle this convention-shattering masterpiece live from Berlin. Piano Street\u2019s members are invited to watch the livestream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/olafsson-berlin.jpg 1678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox1\"><!--<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/images\/20y\/bph-dch-outside.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"100%\" \/>--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:#fff\">Free tickets for Piano Street&#8217;s members<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to  a continuous collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker\u2019s Digital Concert Hall, Piano Street members can enjoy a free 7-day ticket to the platform. Simply log in to your account to get your voucher code, which provides instant access to the live stream on Saturday, May 30, and full access to the concert archive for seven days.<br \/>\n<!--<em><strong>UPDATE 16 JANUARY: <\/strong>The concert is now available on demand in the DCH archive and can be watched using the voucher.<\/em>--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/members\/free\/digital-concert-hall.php\" style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Members: Get your free 7 days ticket here! >><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--No Piano Street account? Sign up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/amember\/signup.php\">here to get your live stream ticket<\/a>!-->\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color:#fff\">Berliner Philharmoniker &#8211; Semyon Bychkov &#8211; V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalconcerthall.com\/en\/concert\/56432\" target=\"_blank\">LIVESTREAM: Sat, 30 May 2026, 19:00<\/a>, (17:00 GMT\/13:00 ET)<br \/>\nREPEAT: Sun, 31 May 2026, 13:00, (11:00 GMT\/07:00 ET)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ludwig van Beethoven:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCoriolan\u201d, overture, op. 62<br \/>\nConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E flat major, op. 73<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dmitri Shostakovich:<\/strong><br \/>\nSymphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47<\/p>\n<p><em>Before the concert and during the intermission:<br \/>\nSemyon Bychkov and V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson in conversation with Allan Nilles<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While the Napoleonic Wars were raging, Ludwig van Beethoven created one of his most brilliant works: the Fifth Piano Concerto \u2013 played here by V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson \u2013 defies the challenges of the time with its heroic optimism. Semyon Bychkov then conducts Dmitri Shostakovich\u2019s Fifth Symphony, composed in the shadow of Stalinist tyranny. Triumphant at first glance, it reveals an ironic ambiguity \u2013 a work that feigns rejoicing and undermines it at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>It is 1809: Beethoven is almost completely deaf and deeply shaken by the ongoing war around Vienna. His former admiration for Napoleon has turned to bitter opposition. What has become of the ideals of the French Revolution \u2013 liberty and fraternity \u2013 which the composer believed in as a young man? For his Piano Concerto No. 5, Beethoven chose the key of E flat major, the key of the Eroica. The piano opens the first movement confidently with a majestic cadenza; the movement is characterised by a stately march-like quality. The intimate adagio \u2013 one of the most moving slow movements in the piano repertoire \u2013 floats like a heavenly, comforting idyll in the middle of the work. The finale, which follows immediately after a suspenseful transition, exudes an unbridled, almost frenzied joy. \u201cIt must be played not like a smile, but like a grin,\u201d Lars Vogt once remarked, \u201cman is born to be free. And freedom \u2013 can be fought for\u201d. Following his debut with John Adams\u2019s original Piano Concerto, V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson now presents a popular classic from the repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>Beethoven\u2019s Coriolan overture, composed around the same time and which opens the programme, also centres on a questionable hero \u2013 one who is ultimately broken. The second half features Dmitri Shostakovich\u2019s Fifth Symphony, a work of unparalleled complexity that answers the question of how an artist can voice his protest whilst risking his life. Here, in 1937 \u2013 already in the regime\u2019s sights \u2013 the composer achieved a masterstroke: while outwardly feigning conformity with the aesthetics of the Soviet dictatorship, he distorts heroic elements such as march rhythms into grotesque caricatures. The concert is conducted by Semyon Bychkov, a Shostakovich expert with a particular feel for the existential urgency of this music.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson returns to the Philharmonie following his celebrated autumn 2024 performance of Schumann\u2019s Piano Concerto under chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. His deep engagement with Beethoven&#8217;s music is also the focal point of his latest Deutsche Grammophon release, Opus 109, which explores the composer&#8217;s late language alongside works by J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox1\"><!--<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/images\/20y\/bph-dch-outside.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"100%\" \/>--><\/p>\n<h2>Free tickets for Piano Street&#8217;s members<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to  a continuous collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker\u2019s Digital Concert Hall, Piano Street members can enjoy a free 7-day ticket to the platform. Simply log in to your account to get your voucher code, which provides instant access to the live stream on Saturday, May 30, and full access to the concert archive for seven days.<br \/>\n<!--<em><strong>UPDATE 16 JANUARY: <\/strong>The concert is now available on demand in the DCH archive and can be watched using the voucher.<\/em>--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/members\/free\/digital-concert-hall.php\" style=\"font-size:1.4em\">Members: Get your free 7 days ticket here! >><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--No Piano Street account? Sign up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/amember\/signup.php\">here to get your live stream ticket<\/a>!-->\n<\/div>\n<h3>Follow along in the digital piano score!<\/h3>\n<p>Experience Beethoven\u2019s architectural genius from the inside out. Download our digital sheet music and follow \u00d3lafsson&#8217;s performance note by note.<\/p>\n<p>PDF-score from Piano Street:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/beethoven-sheet-music\/concertos\/piano-concerto-5-op-73-e-flat-major.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/beethoven_concerto_no5_Page_01.png\" alt=\"Brahms Piano Concerto no 2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composed as Napoleon\u2019s cannons battered Vienna, Beethoven\u2019s &#8220;Emperor&#8221; Concerto abandons classical restraint, launching the soloist immediately into an epic, defiant struggle. 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