On December 16, 2025, BMW Munich’s 30th Advent benefit concert will take place in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz. The program includes works by Bach, Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, and Reger, as well as the famous Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens by Adolphe Adam, sung by Jonas Kaufmann. His partners are Diana Damrau, José Carreras, and the Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. The concert will be broadcast via livestream.
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The remembrance service for star German soccer player Franz Beckenbauer was held at the Allianz Arena in Munich on Friday, January 19th. Jonas Kaufmann was invited to perform three pieces: Time to say Goodbye (in the Italian version Con te partiro) as well as E più ti penso and Nessun dorma. In a personal statement, Jonas Kaufmann added: "It is an honor for me to be able to contribute to the unique memorial service for Franz Beckenbauer. I grew up in Munich and have been a fan of FC Bayern since my childhood. In my eyes, Franz Beckenbauer is the greatest personality of the club and of German soccer as a whole; he is unrivaled as a sportsman and as a person."
The service was broadcast live on ARD, BR, ZDF, RTL and ntv; the video can be watched in the ZDF Mediathek til February 19.
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