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Berlin Philharmonic

The Berlin Philharmonic (German: Berliner Philharmoniker) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world.[1]

Berlin Philharmonic

Berliner Philharmoniker

Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle,
Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester

1882 (1882)
(precursor Bilsesche Kappelle since 1867)

Berlin, Germany

Berliner Philharmonie

Kirill Petrenko

berliner-philharmoniker.de

(1882–1887)

Ludwig von Brenner

(1887–1893)

Hans von Bülow

(1894–1895)

Richard Strauss

(1895–1922)

Arthur Nikisch

(1922–1945)

Wilhelm Furtwängler

(May–August 1945)

Leo Borchard

(1945–1952)

Sergiu Celibidache

(1952–1954)

Wilhelm Furtwängler

(1954–1989)

Herbert von Karajan

(1989–2002)

Claudio Abbado

(2002–2018)

Simon Rattle

(2019–present)

Kirill Petrenko

Honorary members[edit]

The orchestra conferred honorary membership to the conductors Daniel Barenboim (he is also the first and only honorary conductor), Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Jansons, and Zubin Mehta.[38]

1993–94 [39]

György Kurtág

2016–17 [40]

John Adams

2018–19 [41]

George Benjamin

2022–23 [42]

Esa-Pekka Salonen

2023–24 [43]

Jörg Widmann

2024-25 [44]

Wolfgang Rihm

2008–09 [45]

Mitsuko Uchida

2013–14 [46]

Christian Gerhaher

2014–15 [47]

Christian Tetzlaff

2015–16 [48]

Peter Sellars

2017–18 [49]

Mark Padmore

2018–19 [50]

Daniil Trifonov

2019–20 [51]

Marlis Petersen

2020–21 [52]

Tabea Zimmermann

2021–22 [53][54]

Patricia Kopatchinskaja

2023–24 [55]

Lisa Batiashvili

2024–25 [56][57]

Seong-Jin Cho

Philharmonia Quartet Berlin

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Scharoun Ensemble

Annemarie Kleinert: Music at its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic. From Karajan to Rattle, BoD Publishing Company, Norderstedt 2009,  978-3-8370-6361-5

ISBN

Angela Hartwig: Rattle at the Door – Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 2002 to 2008, published by Evrei, 2009,  978-3-0002-8093-1, Kindle Edition ASIN B00K001W6G

ISBN

(In English and German)

Official website

Berliner Philharmoniker at Google Cultural Institute

see also Category:Players of the Berlin Philharmonic

Members of the orchestra

Digital Concert Hall

a 2003 Deutsche Welle article

"Economic Crisis Puts the Squeeze on Arts"

Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks

Website about the Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz

Misha Aster, Das Reichsorchester

the Latin soul of the Berlin Philharmonic (in German)

Bolero Berlin website