Debut with the NDR Elbphiharmonie Orchestra
In December 2025, Simone Young will return to Hamburg for concerts for the first time since the end of her tenure as General Music Director at the Hamburg State Opera in 2015. On December 11 and 12, she will make her debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, performing works by Shostakovich and Schmidt with Gautier Capuçon as soloist. On December 14, as part of the “Klassik Kompakt” concert series, she will conduct two performances of the rarely heard Second Symphony by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt.