Celebrate with us
the 15th festival
from December 18 - 21, 2025.
Celebrate with us
the 15th festival
from December 18 - 21, 2025.
Pre-Opening
Tuesday, the
16.12.2025 - 18:00 h
Fraenkelufer Synagogue
Fraenkelufer 10-16
10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Opening concert
Thursday, the
18.12.2025 - 18:00 h
Nikolaisaal Potsdam
Wilhelm-Staab-Straße 10-11
14467 Potsdam
with all artists of the festival
Concert
Saturday, the
20.12.2025 - 16:00 h
Hospital church in Wuhlgarten
Brebacher Weg 15
12683 Berlin-Biesdorf
Leipziger Synagogalchor
Concert
Saturday, the
20.12.2025 - 17:00 h
Jewish Orphanage Pankow
Berliner Straße 120-121
13187 Berlin-Pankow
Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
Concert
Saturday, the
20.12.2025 - 7:30 pm
MaHalla
Wilhelminenhofstraße 76
12459 Berlin-Oberschöneweide
Hidden Voices & Adi Choir
Final concert
Sunday, the
21.12.2025 - 17:00 h
Synagogue Rykestraße
10405 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Rykestraße 53
with all artists of the festival
Festival 2025
The program and the artists
Regina Yantian, Artistic Director of the festival on the theme of the 15th festival in 2025:
Since its inception, we have welcomed more than 80 choirs and ensembles from 13 countries around the world to Berlin. In these 15 years we have performed Jewish religious music from the last five centuries, from 9 different countries.
Since its inception, we have welcomed more than 80 choirs and ensembles from 13 countries around the world to Berlin. In these 15 years we have performed Jewish religious music from the last five centuries, from 9 different countries.
In recent years, this ensemble has devoted itself in particular to the Jewish music history of its home town with composers such as Samuel Lampel, Salomon Jadassohn and Herman Berlinski.
Hidden Voices, led by Dr. Julia Zavadsky, brings together soloists from Philadelphia and New York. The ensemble performs Jewish choral music from the Renaissance to the modern era on international stages and promotes intercultural exchange.
Under the direction of conductor Oded Shomrony, the Adi Choir has sung in various a cappella concerts, collaborated with renowned Israeli orchestras and leading pop singers, and represented Israel at various festivals worldwide.
The Synagogal Ensemble Berlin (SEB) was founded in 2002 by Regina Yantian as a concert ensemble. It consists of eight to twenty professional singers, ...
Greetings 2025
This year's Louis Lewandowski Festival marks a highlight of Berlin's cultural calendar. For the 15th time, international choirs will be making guest appearances in Berlin at a wide variety of venues. Great Jewish-religious choral music of international standing is the hallmark of this outstanding music festival.
The Louis Lewandowski Festival has been an integral part of the cultural program in Berlin for many years. It is taking place for the 15th time this year and is a musical highlight that has brought more than 80 choirs and ensembles from 13 countries to the German capital since its inception
The Louis Lewandowski Festival is celebrating an anniversary this year. It is taking place in Brandenburg and Berlin for the 15th time.
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