Introduction

Askonas Holt’s relationship with the legendary Berliner Philharmoniker has spanned decades. We have managed many concert tours for the orchestra in Europe and Asia, including numerous visits to London, under the batons of Sir Simon Rattle, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan and others.

Since Sir Simon Rattle’s appointment as Music Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2002, Askonas Holt has arranged concerts in cities as diverse as London, Rome, Moscow, Beijing, Taipei and Tokyo. In 2015 the Berliner Philharmoniker celebrated Sir Simon Rattle’s 60th birthday in style with a week-long London residency, performing a Sibelius Symphony Cycle at the Barbican Hall and Mahler and Helmut Lachenmann at the Royal Festival Hall. In May 2018 the orchestra performed with Sir Simon in London for the final time with two highly acclaimed concerts at the Royal Festival Hall. The orchestra returned to the London for the BBC Proms in September 2018 with new Music Director Kirill Petrenko before undertaking an extensive tour of Asia with Gustavo Dudamel in November. November 2019 saw the orchestra complete a seven-date tour of Japan under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta.