west-eastern divan festivaL
November 11–18, 2026
A NEW FESTIVAL
PRESENTED BY THE DANIEL BARENBOIM STIFTUNG
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The first West-Eastern Divan Festival brings together multiple institutions
CONCERTS AND PROGRAM
Ten events at different venues across Berlin
INSTITUTIONS AND PROJECTS
Born from the friendship of Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said
VENUES
From symphony to chamber music to electronics
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Philharmonie Berlin
DANIEL BARENBOIM & LANG LANG
artistic encounters at the pierre boulez saal
MUSIC FOR THE THINKING EAR
workshop & concert
AT THE BARENBOIM-SAID AKADEMIE
boulez at berghain
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Whoever knows himself and others
Will recognise this too:
Orient and Occident
Are no longer to be separated.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, posthumous draft for the West-Eastern Divan