Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Known for
Sound
Born
May 7, 1833
Died
April 3, 1897 (aged 63)
Birthplace
Hamburg, Germany

Biography

Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice and chorus. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. Brahms has been considered, by his contemporaries and by later writers, as both a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Classical masters. Embedded within his meticulous structures, however, are deeply romantic motifs.

Known For

Filmography

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Concert for Europe 2025 poster

Concert for Europe 2025

Movie · Original Music Composer

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Movie · Music

2026
Stanislav Vavřínek conducts Brahms and Dvořák @ La Folle Journée 2026 poster

Stanislav Vavřínek conducts Brahms and Dvořák @ La Folle Journée 2026

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2026 poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2026

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Harding e Levit con Brahms e Elgar poster

Harding e Levit con Brahms e Elgar

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Beethoven and Brahms With Frank Peter Zimmermann poster

Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Beethoven and Brahms With Frank Peter Zimmermann

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Europiano (1/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe poster

Europiano (1/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Yulianna Avdeeva in Vienna poster

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Yulianna Avdeeva in Vienna

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Christoph Eschenbach @ National Forum of Music in Wrocław poster

Christoph Eschenbach @ National Forum of Music in Wrocław

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer  - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine poster

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer - Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The First Degree Burn poster

The First Degree Burn

Movie · Musician

2025
Rheingau Musik Festival 2025 - Renaud Capuçon und Julia Hagen spielen Brahms poster

Rheingau Musik Festival 2025 - Renaud Capuçon und Julia Hagen spielen Brahms

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
Gustavia, l'histoire du prince de Suède inconnu poster

Gustavia, l'histoire du prince de Suède inconnu

Movie · Music

2024
My Happiness poster

My Happiness

Movie · Music

2024
Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Kantorow interpret Brahms Concert with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne poster

Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Kantorow interpret Brahms Concert with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Liubov Nosova conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024 poster

Liubov Nosova conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Bar Avni conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024 poster

Bar Avni conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Hélène Grimaud & Konstantin Krimmel @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2024 poster

Hélène Grimaud & Konstantin Krimmel @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2024

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
A Fly Up Close poster

A Fly Up Close

Movie · Music

2023
Nova Mondo - Claire Gibault & Beatriz Fernández Aucejo poster

Nova Mondo - Claire Gibault & Beatriz Fernández Aucejo

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
La Belle Dame Sans Merci poster

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Movie · Music

2023
60 years of the Élysée Treaty poster

60 years of the Élysée Treaty

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
Beatrice Rana Performs Schumann @ Baden-Baden Summer Festival 2022 poster

Beatrice Rana Performs Schumann @ Baden-Baden Summer Festival 2022

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim @ Salzburg Festival 2021 poster

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim @ Salzburg Festival 2021

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep

2014
Concerto per il nuovo anno (Honeck) poster

Concerto per il nuovo anno (Honeck)

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili poster

Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

Movie · Music

2013
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert

Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Souvenirs of Serge poster

Souvenirs of Serge

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Hungarian Dances

Hungarian Dances

Movie · Music

2007
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem op.45

Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem op.45

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Uto Ughi - Brahms poster

Uto Ughi - Brahms

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Good Night, Gorilla poster

Good Night, Gorilla

Movie · Music

1989
Mistress Berta Garlan

Mistress Berta Garlan

Movie · Music

1989
The master of Doomsday

The master of Doomsday

Movie · Music

1983
Benvenuta poster

Benvenuta

Movie · Music

1981
The Uppercrust poster

The Uppercrust

Movie · Music

1981
The War of the Worlds: Next Century poster

The War of the Worlds: Next Century

Movie · Music

1979
Buffet Froid poster

Buffet Froid

Movie · Music

1976
The Fog poster

The Fog

Movie · Music

1976
To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream poster

To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream

Movie · Music

1974
Two Brothers

Two Brothers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Steep Turns poster

Steep Turns

Movie · Music

1971
Appointment in Bray poster

Appointment in Bray

Movie · Music

1970
Magritte: The False Mirror

Magritte: The False Mirror

Movie · Music

1966
The Story of a Concert

The Story of a Concert

Movie · Music

1962
The L-Shaped Room poster

The L-Shaped Room

Movie · Music

1958
The Lovers poster

The Lovers

Movie · Music

1955
Forbidden poster

Forbidden

Movie · Music

1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms poster

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

Movie · Original Music Composer

1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms poster

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

Movie · Original Music Composer

1940
They Do Come Back poster

They Do Come Back

Movie · Music