Protest in the Elbphilharmonie: climate activists stick to the conductor's desk

In the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the evening program includes Beethoven's D major Violin Concerto.

Protest in the Elbphilharmonie: climate activists stick to the conductor's desk

In the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, the evening program includes Beethoven's D major Violin Concerto. But just before the first notes sound, activists from the "last generation" climb onto the stage with superglue.

Shortly before the start of a concert in the Elbphilharmonie, climate activists of the "last generation" glued themselves to a conductor's podium on Wednesday evening. In a video that the group shared on Twitter, a woman and a man can be seen, each wearing a safety vest, standing at the lectern on stage and speaking to the audience. The activists called for resistance to what they saw as the government's indecisive climate policy.

Shortly after 8 p.m. - a few moments before the concert by the Saxon Staatskapelle and star violinist Julia Fischer - two activists stuck themselves to a railing in the Great Hall with superglue, a police spokesman said. The two were released from the railing after a short time and taken into custody.

"I stand here today because we are collectively repressing the climate catastrophe and thus taking away a life of safety and peace from our children," says an activist in a "Last Generation" video published on Twitter. And further: "Just as there is only one Beethoven violin concerto, we only have this one planet whose borders we disregard so much that climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and deadly." There will no longer be an Elbphilharmonie to enjoy Beethoven when Hamburg is under water.