Piano recital with Víkingur Ólafsson
Our Elbphilharmonie arrangements combine artistic masterpieces with a unique supporting program full of exclusive highlights created just for you. On November 18, 2025, you will experience your personal moment of brilliance in the Elbphilharmonie.
Cleverly conceived and extraordinary programs are Víkingur Ólafsson's trademark. Whether he brings Bach into conversation with Kurtág, Debussy with Rameau - or simply plays Bach's Goldberg Variations exclusively for a season: When the Icelander sits at the piano, you can be sure to discover new things and hear old familiar ones in a completely new way. The focus of his current solo program is Ludwig van Beethoven's late E major Sonata op. 109 - a work that still puzzles the music world today. Is the beautiful and harmonious composition a secret declaration of love, perhaps even to its dedicatee Maximiliane Brentano? It remains to be seen whether Víkingur Ólafsson will provide the answer to this question: In any case, in combination with other works by Beethoven, Schubert and Bach, he once again opens up an exciting cosmos of sound that allows us to hear this central work in a completely new way.
A unique program
17. - November 19, 2025
an exquisite pre-show dinner with selected wines awaits you at CARLS. Then experience Víkingur Ólafsson on the piano in the Elbphilharmonie's Great Hall. After the concert, board our MS Jacob and reflect on the evening with cheese and wine on the way back to the Elbchaussee.
PICTURE: © Ari Magg
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E major BWV 854
Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 27 in E minor op. 90
Franz Schubert
Sonata in E minor D 566
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 30 in E major op. 109
IMAGE: © Arndt Haug
Your arrangement
2 nights from € 744 per person in a double room*
2 nights from € 914 per person in single occupancy*
Booking by phone: 040 300 322 530
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You can look forward to
- Two nights including breakfast*
- Transfer to CARLS an der Elbphilharmonie
- Dinner at CARLS an der Elbphilharmonie including aperitif, accompanying wines and water
- Ticket PK 1 for the concert by Víkingur Ólafsson in the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie on November 18, 2025
- Return journey to the hotel on the MS Jacob with cheese and wine**
*Overnight stay in the booked category incl. breakfast, bookable on request & subject to availability. Cancellation policy: Cancellation free of charge up to 14 days before arrival. Package components amounting to € 345 per person cannot be canceled free of charge and a deposit is required.
**A minimum number of 20 guests is required for the crossing with our MS Jacob. If fewer guests register for the Elphi package, the return transfer from the Elphi will be by bus. The end of the evening with cheese and wine will then take place in our lounge. Of course, we will adjust the package price in this case!