The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in

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. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922–45; 1952–54), Herbert von Karajan (1955–89), and Claudio Abbado (1989–2002). The orchestra’s early years, particularly during the later Nazi era, saw a heavy focus on the Austro-Germanic repertoire, featuring composers such as

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

, Brahms, Bruckner, Strauss, and Wagner. Under Furtwängler and Karajan, it became renowned for its distinctive sound and high-quality musicianship and toured widely. In the latter half of the 20th century, the orchestra broadened its repertoire to include more Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century works, as well as lesser-known compositions and music from outside the Austro-German tradition. Since Furtwängler's tenure, the orchestra has made numerous recordings, with the number of recordings expanding significantly during the Karajan era. Under Karajan, the orchestra experimented with new recording technologies and established worldwide fame through its studio recordings, which were predominantly released with the

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label. The orchestra is particularly known for its recordings of symphonic works by Classical, Romantic, and early 20th-century composers, which have won numerous international awards. In the 21st century, the orchestra launched its own Digital Concert Hall in 2009 and its label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, in 2014. Each year, the orchestra collaborates with a select artist-in-residence and composer-in-residence. Following the term of Sir Simon Rattle (2002-2018), Kirill Petrenko has been the music director and conductor since 2019. The orchestra's current home is the Berliner Philharmonie.

History

The Berlin Philharmonic was founded in Berlin in 1882 by 54 musicians under the name Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle (literally, "Former Bilse's Band"); the group broke away from their previous conductor Benjamin Bilse after he announced his intention of taking the band on a fourth-class train to Warsaw for a concert. The orchestra was renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1882. Their new conductor was Ludwig von Brenner; in 1887 Hans von Bülow, the conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra and one of the most famous piano virtuosos of the time, took over the post. This helped to establish the orchestra's international reputation, and guests Hans Richter, Felix von Weingartner,

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

and

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic music, Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwid ...

conducted the orchestra over the next few years. In 1887, the pianist and composer Mary Wurm became the first woman to conduct the orchestra. Programmes of this period show that the orchestra possessed only 46 strings, much less than the Wagnerian ideal of 64. In 1895, Arthur Nikisch became chief conductor, and was succeeded in 1923 by Wilhelm Furtwängler. Despite several changes in leadership, the orchestra continued to perform throughout

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. On 20 April 1942, Furtwängler conducted a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic for Hitler's birthday. Following the end of the performance, Joseph Goebbels approached the podium to shake Furtwängler's hand. This concert led to intense criticism of Furtwängler after the war. After Furtwängler (who was personally opposed to the Nazi regime ) fled to

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to escape arrest by the

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in January 1945, Leo Borchard became chief conductor. The final wartime concert was on 12 April 1945, just before the commencement of the Battle of Berlin. The program included Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, the finale from Wagner's ''

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'' (''Twilight of the Gods'').

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members are reported to have distributed cyanide pills to the audience for those who wished, by death, to escape the imminent arrival of the Red Army. The battle forced the orchestra to close for two months, but it was quickly reopened by the Soviet occupation authorities under the

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commandant General Nikolai Berzarin on 26 May 1945. Borchard was accidentally shot and killed later in 1945 by the U.S. Army forces occupying

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Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Celibidache (; ; 13 August 1996) was a Romanian people, Romanian Conducting, conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over fi ...

then took over as chief conductor for seven years, from 1945 to 1952. Furtwängler returned as chief conductor in 1952 and held the post until his death in 1954. The orchestra elected Herbert von Karajan as its next chief conductor. Karajan served in the post from 1955 until his resignation in April 1989, only months before his death. Under him, the orchestra made a vast number of recordings and toured widely, growing and gaining fame. The orchestra hired its first female musician, violinist Madeleine Carruzzo, in 1982. However, Karajan's hiring in September 1982 of Sabine Meyer, the first female wind player to the orchestra, led to controversy when the orchestra voted 73 to 4 not to admit her to the orchestra. Meyer subsequently left the orchestra. After Karajan stood down from the orchestra in 1989, the orchestra offered the chief conductorship to Carlos Kleiber, who declined. In 1989, the orchestra elected Claudio Abbado as its next principal conductor. It was the first time the Philharmonic resorted to democratic voting after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Abbado expanded the orchestra's repertoire beyond the core classical and romantic works into more modern 20th-century works. Abbado stepped down from the chief conductorship of the orchestra in 2002. During the post-unification period, the orchestra encountered financial problems resulting from budgetary stress in the city of Berlin. In 2006, the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in Abbado's honour. Rattle BPH-Rittershaus1-Wikipedia

In June 1999, the musicians elected Sir Simon Rattle as their next chief conductor. Rattle made it a condition of his signing with the Berlin Philharmonic that it be turned into a self-governing public foundation, with the power to make its own artistic and financial decisions. This required a change to state law, which was approved in 2001, allowing him to join the organization in 2002. In his first season, he initiated community projects, such as a performance of Stravinsky's '' Le Sacre du printemps'' danced by 250 public school children, documented in '' Rhythm Is It!''. Rattle's contract with the orchestra was initially until 2012. In April 2008, the BPO musicians voted in favour of retaining Rattle as their chief conductor until 2018. From 2006 to 2010, the general manager of the orchestra was Pamela Rosenberg. In September 2010, Martin Hoffmann became the orchestra's new ''Intendant''. Hoffmann stood down as its ''Intendant'' after the close of the 2016/2017 season. Andrea Zietzschmann became ''Intendantin'' of the orchestra as of the 2017–2018 season. In December 2020, the orchestra announced the extension of Zietzschmann's contract as ''Intendantin'' until 31 August 2025. In February 2024, the orchestra announced a further extension of Zietzschmann's contract as ''Intendantin'' through the summer of 2028. In 2006, the orchestra announced it would investigate its role during the

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. In 2007, Misha Aster published ''The Reich's Orchestra'', his study of the relationship of the Berlin Philharmonic to the rulers of the Third Reich. Also in 2007, the documentary film ''The Reichsorchester'' by Enrique Sánchez Lansch was released.

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appointed the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Rattle as Goodwill Ambassadors in November 2007. On 10 January 2013, the orchestra announced the scheduled end of Rattle's tenure as artistic director and chief conductor in 2018. In 2014, the orchestra founded its own label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. After an abortive first attempt on 11 May 2015, the orchestra on 21 June 2015 elected Kirill Petrenko as its next artistic director and chief conductor. In October 2015, the orchestra announced that Petrenko was to formally commence his contract as chief conductor with the 2019/20 season. A year after this news, in October 2016, the orchestra specified more precisely the start of Petrenko's tenure as 19 August 2019.

Concert halls

The orchestra's first

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, the Philharmonie situated on the Bernburger Straße in Berlin

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, was inaugurated in 1882 in a building previously used as a skating rink and converted by the architect Franz Schwechten. In 1899, a smaller concert hall, the Beethovensaal on Köthener Straße, was also inaugurated for chamber music and chamber ensembles. The first Philharmonie was used until British bombers destroyed it on 30 January 1944, the anniversary of Hitler becoming chancellor. The orchestra played until the end of the war in the Staatsoper, Unter den Linden. The Staatsoper was also destroyed on 3 February 1945. In need of a venue, the Berlin Philharmonic played during the years following the war in the Titania-Palast, an old movie theater converted in a concert hall, and still used the Beethovensaal for smaller concerts. During the 1950s the orchestra moved its concerts at the Musikhochschule (today part of the Berlin University of the Arts), in the Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal. However, most of the recordings were done at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin Dahlem, celebrated for its acoustics. The need for a new Philharmonie was expressed since 1949, when the ''Gesellschaft der Freunde der Berliner Philharmonie e.V. ''(Friends of the Berliner Philharmonie Society) was created to gather funds. The building of the new Philharmonie started in 1961, following the design of architect

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, and it was inaugurated on 15 October 1963, with a performance of

's Ninth Symphony, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Its location made it part of the Kulturforum, and the great hall (2,440 seats) was then complemented by a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal (1,180 seats), built in 1987, following the design of architect Edgar Wisniewski, after a project by Hans Scharoun. The Berliner Philharmonie has since been the home of the Berlin Philharmonic, and its symbol. The orchestra's logo is based on the pentagon-shape of the concert hall. On 20 May 2008, a fire broke out at the Philharmonie. One-quarter of the roof underwent considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior also sustained water damage, but was otherwise "generally unharmed". The firefighters limited damage by the use of foam. The orchestra was restricted from use of the hall for concerts until June 2008. On 18 December 2008, the orchestra announced the official creation of a Digital Concert Hall. This hitherto unique internet platform of the BPO enables persons with computer access all over the world to see and hear the Philharmonic's concerts, live or on demand, not only under recent conductors, but even previous concerts conducted, e.g., by Claudio Abbado. Since July 2014, the Digital Concert Hall additionally offers livestreams produced from HD movies of concerts by Herbert von Karajan in the 1960s and early 1970s. Since 2010, selected concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic have been transmitted live to cinemas in Germany and Europe.

Principal conductors

* Ludwig von Brenner (1882–1887) * Hans von Bülow (1887–1893) *

(1894–1895) * Arthur Nikisch (1895–1922) * Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922–1945) * Leo Borchard (May–August 1945) *

(1945–1952) * Wilhelm Furtwängler (1952–1954) * Herbert von Karajan (1954–1989) * Claudio Abbado (1989–2002) * Simon Rattle (2002–2018) * Kirill Petrenko (2019–present)

Honorary members

The orchestra conferred honorary membership to the conductors

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(he is also the first and only honorary conductor), Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Jansons, and

Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor :wikt:emeritus, emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father ...

Composer in residence

* 1993–94 György Kurtág * 2016–17

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* 2018–19 George Benjamin * 2022–23

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* 2023–24 Jörg Widmann * 2024–25 Wolfgang Rihm (posthum)

Artist in residence

* 2008–09 Mitsuko Uchida * 2013–14 Christian Gerhaher * 2014–15 Christian Tetzlaff * 2015–16 Peter Sellars * 2017–18 Mark Padmore * 2018–19 Daniil Trifonov * 2019–20 Marlis Petersen * 2020–21 Tabea Zimmermann * 2021–22 Patricia Kopatchinskaja * 2023–24 Lisa Batiashvili * 2024–25 Seong-Jin Cho * 2025–26 Janine Jansen

Awards and recognition

Classical BRIT Awards :* 2001 – "Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: '' Symphony No. 10'' (EMI, 2000) :* 2003 – "Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: '' Symphony No. 5'' (EMI, 2002) '' Grand Prix du Disque'' Awards :*1954 "Symphonic Music" – Beethoven Symphony No. 3 under Paul van Kempen (Philips) :*1962 "Solo & Orchestra" – Dvořák Cello Concerto with Pierre Fournier under George Szell (DG) :*1964 "Symphonic Music" – Beethoven 9 Symphonies under Herbert von Karajan (DG) :*1965 "Symphnoic Music" – Brahms Four Symphonies under Herbert von Karajan (DG) :*1965 "Solo & Orchestra" – Sibelius Violin Concerto with Christian Ferras under Karajan (DG) ;*1968 "Integral Recording" – Bruckner 9 Symphonies under

Eugen Jochum Eugen Jochum (; 1 November 1902 – 26 March 1987) was a German conducting, conductor, best known for his interpretations of the music of Anton Bruckner, Carl Orff, and Johannes Brahms, among others. Biography Jochum was born to a Roman Catholic ...

(DG) ;*1968 "Classical Symphonic Music" –

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Symphony No. 5 under Karl Böhm (DG) :*1968 "Modern Concerto" – Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 & Ravel Piano Concerto with Martha Argerich under Claudio Abbado (DG) :*1970 "Symphonic Music" – Mozart Symphonies 21–24 under Karl Böhm (DG) :*1970 "Solo & Orchestra" – Beethoven Triple Concerto with

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Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian Cello, cellist and conducting, conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enl ...

, Sviatoslav Richter under Herbert von Karajan (EMI) :*1970 "Solo & Orchestra" – Dvořák Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky Rococo Varations with Mstislav Rostropovitch under Herbert von Karajan (DG) ;*1979 "Solo & Orchestra" – Mozart Violin Concerts No. 3 & 5 with Anne-Sophie Mutter under Herbert von Karajan (DG)

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s :*

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– Best Opera Recording – Herbert von Karajan, Helga Dernesch, Thomas Stolze, Jess Thomas, Wagner: '' Siegfried'' (DGG, 1969) :*

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

– Best Orchestral Performance – Herbert von Karajan, Beethoven: '' Symphonies (9) (Complete)'' :*

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

– Best Orchestral Recording –

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, Mahler: '' Symphony No. 9'' (DGG, 1992; recording 1979) :* 1995 – Best Chamber Music Performance –

, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Beethoven/

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

: ''Quintets (Chicago – Berlin)'' (1994) :*

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

– Best Small Ensemble Performance – Claudio Abbado, Hindemith ''Kammermusik'' No. 1 mit Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 (with members of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (EMI, 1996) :*

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– Best Classical Vocal Performance – Claudio Abbado, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff: ''Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn'' (DGG, 1999) :*

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– Best Orchestral Performance – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: '' Symphony No. 10'' (EMI, 2000) :*

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) – Antonio Pappano, Leif Ove Andsnes: ''Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos 1 and 2'' (EMI, 2006) Gramophone Awards :* 1981 – "Opera Recording of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Wagner: ''Parsifal'' (DGG, 1980) :* 1981 – "Orchestral Record of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 9'' (DGG, 1980) :* 1984 – "Record of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 9'' (DGG, 1984; live recording 1982) :* 2000 – "Orchestral Record of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 10'' (EMI, 2000) :* 2004 – "Concerto" – Mariss Jansons, Leif Ove Andsnes,

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: '' Piano Concerto'' and Schumann: '' Piano Concerto'' (EMI, 2004) :* 2006 – "Record of the Year" – Claudio Abbado, Mahler: '' Symphony No. 6'' (DGG, 2005) ECHO (formerly Deutscher Schallplattenpreis) of Deutsche Phono-Akademie :* 2003 – ''Chorwerkeinspielung'' – Sir Simon Rattle, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor, Ernst-Senff-Chor Berlin, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Moser, Philip Langridge, Thomas Quasthoff: ''Schoenberg'', ''

Gurre-Lieder ' (''Songs of Gurre Castle, Gurre'') is a tripartite oratorio followed by a Melodrama, melodramatic epilogue for five vocal soloists, narrator, three choruses, and grand orchestra. The work, which is based on an early song cycle for soprano, te ...

'' (EMI, 2002) :* 2006 – ''Musik-DVD Produktion des Jahres'' – Sir Simon Rattle, Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch (director), Uwe Dierks (producer): '' Rhythm Is It!'' (2005) :* 2006 – ''Sinfonische Einspielung'' – Claudio Abbado: ''Mahler'', '' Symphony No. 6'' (DGG, 2005) :* 2016 – ''Orchester/Ensemble'' –

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, Symphonies 1–7, (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015) ICMA ( International Classical Music Awards) :* 2016 – "Symphonic" – Sir Simon Rattle:

, Symphonies 1–7 (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015) :* 2017 – "Symphonic" – Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2016) Timbre de Platine (Platinum Stamp) awarded by ''Opéra International'' magazine :* 1987 – Riccardo Muti, Mozart: '' Requiem'' (EMI, 1987) ''Diapason'' magazine :* 2014 – Diapason D'Or de l'année 2014 – Sir Simon Rattle:

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, St Matthew Passion (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2014) :* 2015 – Diapason D'Or Arte – Nikolaus Harnoncourt:

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

(Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015) :* 2015 – Diapason D'Or Arte – Sir Simon Rattle: Johann Sebastian Bach, St John Passion (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2014) :* 2016 – Diapason D'Or de l'année 2016 – Sir Simon Rattle:

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, Symphonies 1–9 (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2016)

References

External links

* (In English and German)
Berliner Philharmoniker at Google Cultural Institute

Members of the orchestra
see also :Players of the Berlin Philharmonic
Digital Concert Hall

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Misha Aster, ''Das Reichsorchester''

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