Peter Boyer’s music was performed for the first time at the Berlin Philharmonie, one of the most famous and prestigious European concert halls. Boyer’s Festivities and Silver Fanfare were part of a program presented there on November 28, 2025, featuring the FILMharmonic Orchestra of Prague, conducted by Michael Koehler. This international concert celebrated the centennial of Sri Sathya Sai, and included Indian spiritual compositions arranged by Robin Hoffman, with performers from India, as well as music by Mozart and Dvořák. Boyer was the sole American composer represented. The same program was performed in Puttaparthi, India on November 23, for an enormous audience of over 70,000 people.
Opened in 1963, the Berlin Philharmonie is the home of the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic, and its Digital Concert Hall, through which its concerts are regularly seen by a worldwide audience. For more than six decades, the world’s most esteemed conductors have led concerts on its stage, including its chief conductors Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, and Kirill Petrenko.
Photos by Peter Meisel (peter.meisel@posteo.com)