Save the Date!
Classical:NEXT
12-15 May 2025, Berlin
1,400
Professionals
More than 1,400 music
professionals from 49 countries made the 2024 edition the largest in the event’s history
4
Days
Relevant exchange throughout 5 days of programme including a conference packed with hands-on insights and new initatives on engagement, genre-fluidity, education and sustainability
30+
Sessions
… and over 50 expo stands, presenting forward-thinking artists, projects, organisations and classical music professionals.
Call for proposals
out now!
Classical:NEXT is a community effort
with a jury selected programme.
Make a proposal for our 2025 edition in Berlin for …
- Showcase concerts
- Club showcases
- Conference sessions
- Project pitches
Why take part?
Meet your peers and network as well as future clients and partners and discover artists and ideas
Whether you network and make business at our expo or exchange ideas and receive useful, inspiring content and advise at our conference. You will take home contacts, new partnerships and fertile ideas to apply to your specific situation. Learn about new trends in marketing and audience outreach, new management strategies and get informed on new classical initiatives and artists from across the world.
Classical:NEXT 2025:
Berlin again!
Uniting global music enthusiasts
Classical:NEXT is the only conference that brings together people from around the world who have one thing in common: concern about the future of this art form to which most of us have dedicated their entire lives.
It’s A Must!
There’s nothing quite like Classical:NEXT. You won’t find this mix of people and organisations anywhere else. For anyone in the classical music world it’s a must!
Ahead of the Game
Classical:NEXT is much more forward-thinking – it’s about new ways to experience classical music, new projects, new artists, new repertoire, all sorts of exciting, innovative ways of looking at classical music.
Get to know our host city, Berlin.
Venues: Colosseum / Pierre Boulez Saal / Holzmarkt 25.
Berlin, the capital of Germany, is a city with a rich history and a dynamic spirit. Its reinventive nature, coupled with relatively affordable real estate and a libertarian atmosphere, has attracted creatives for decades, establishing it as a hotbed for visual arts, film, fashion, and music.
Scam Warning!
Do not answer dubious offers selling fake participants lists! No data has been breached!
Participants of conferences and showcase festivals are regularly contacted by dubious companies claiming to sell participants lists (including the one of Classical:NEXT) or offer fake expo catalogue listings. Please note, that these people are in no way affiliated with Classical:NEXT. Also, no data has been breached. These scammers research publicly available data such as email addresses on the participants’ websites. We recommend to not answer to these offers at all.