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Film and music

Blockbuster Battle: Animation von Hollywood bis Tokio

With film music live in the summer.

07/04

Saturday | 07/04/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
from 75 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 30 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted prices:
from 15 euro for students under 18 years old. 
from 15 euro for young people under 30 years old.
from 15 euro for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled from degree of disability 80
Who is eligible for discounts? Read more here.

07/05

Sunday | 07/05/2026
6:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
from 75 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 30 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted prices:
from 15 euro for students under 18 years old. 
from 15 euro for young people under 30 years old.
from 15 euro for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled from degree of disability 80
Who is eligible for discounts? Read more here.

About the Concert

Like every year, we start the summer with an atmospheric film music evening! This time, animes are in charge, or rather: setting the tone! We will be playing the music from the most famous anime films from the two major centers of animation culture: Tokyo and Hollywood.

Programme

Joe Hisaishi
Chihiro’s Journey into the Enchanted Land
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kiki’s Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro
Princess Mononoke

Go Shiina
Demon Slayer

Kohei Tanaka
One Piece

Alan Menken
Aladdin

Hans Zimmer
The Lion King

Kristen and Robert Lopez
Frozen

Michael Giacchino
UP

John Powell
How to Train Your Dragon

Scott Bradley
Tom and Jerry

Artists

Benjamin Pope
Conductor
Tom Wlaschiha
Presenter
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Benjamin Pope

Conductor

Conductor, composer and arranger Benjamin Pope has already conducted in concert halls and opera houses around the world. He specializes in ballet and dance music, as well as live accompaniment of films and film sequences. John Williams and Disney have officially recognized him as the conductor of the iconic "Star Wars" music. He is also committed to music education, including as principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's education program "RPO Resound".

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Tom Wlaschiha

From "Game of Thrones" and "Stranger Things" to the Kulturpalast: the actor, presenter and voice actor Tom Wlaschiha speaks six languages and is familiar to many from film and television. He has also enjoyed great success as an actor on German- and English-speaking stages. In 2025, he hosted the Dresden Opera Ball at the Semperoper, and he enjoys presenting various concert formats for the Dresden Philharmonic.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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