Classical:NEXT 2024 starts in Berlin’s newest concert hall – one of the most beautiful chamber music halls in the world. The Pierre Boulez Saal, designed by Frank Gehry and opened in 2017, welcomes us with a concert featuring a number of leading Berlin ensembles, all international in their composition and each doing groundbreaking work in their own way: Stegreif Orchester, which is developing new forms of presentation; Zafraan Ensemble, which is committed to the music of our time; The Third Orchestra, made up of musicians from different cultural backgrounds based in London and Berlin; Chamber Music with Students of the  Barenboim-Said Akademie, resident of the Pierre Boulez Saal and consisting of young musicians from North Africa and the Middle East; and the Opera Studio of Komische Oper Berlin.