Strom – Festival for Electronic Music

Electronics in the Philharmonie

The Berliner Philharmonie – Hans Scharoun's iconic concert hall at the Kulturforum (Tiergarten / Mitte district) – has been synonymous with classical music for decades. With the Strom festival, the venue regularly opens its foyers and the Great Hall to the Berlin electronic music scene. The result: a night where the hierarchy between 'serious' and 'popular' music is dissolved, without either side losing its distinct character.

Eight Hours, Multiple Spaces

Strom follows a program spread across several spaces. The foyer, with its staircases and sightlines, becomes club architecture – DJs play in an open space, and the audience moves between bars, sound systems, and viewing balconies. The Great Hall, with Hans Scharoun's 'vineyard' architecture, hosts the concert-style program points: AV performances, ensemble pieces, and sound art installations.

Sound Installation and Composition

A sound installation by artist Nevin Aladağ titled Jamming accompanies the festival in 2026. It combines furniture objects with prepared instruments and electronic transmissions – a spatial sound sculpture that visitors can activate themselves.

Curation and Spirit

The organizer is the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, with curatorial support from the Berlin club scene. The festival is traditionally supported by the Aventis Foundation and Siemens. Strom is one of the few festivals that brings together the identity of Berlin as a capital city of both classical music and club culture in a single night – and thus rightly belongs to the Berlin festival calendar, radiating far beyond the Philharmonie.