Overview

• The Klais organ, originally installed in 1978, has been meticulously cleaned, refurbished, and adapted to the newly renovated St. Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin-Mitte.
• An inaugural High Mass with cathedral organist Marcel Andreas Ober will officially reintroduce the organ during the festival’s opening day on April 27, 2025.
• The Berliner Erzbistum is hosting daily concerts and organ evenings as part of the festival, which runs through May 7, 2025.
• The €44.2 million renovation of the cathedral, completed in November 2024, included significant architectural changes, such as altar relocation and floor redesign.
• The festival underscores the integration of musical heritage with the cathedral’s renewed cultural and spiritual mission.