Konzerthausorchester Berlin

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. The orchestra is resident at the Konzerthaus Berlin, designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The building was destroyed during World War II, and was rebuilt from 1979 to 1984.

The orchestra was founded in 1952 as the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (Berlin Symphony Orchestra) in what was then East Berlin, as a rival ensemble to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra based in West Berlin. The first chief conductor was Hermann Hildebrandt. After German reunification in 1989, the orchestra was threatened with dissolution, but subscriber action maintained the ensemble. The orchestra acquired its current name in 2006.[1] (This orchestra is separate from the West-Berlin based Berliner Symphoniker, founded in 1967.)

In 1974 the Berlin Sinfonietta was founded to serve as the chamber orchestra of the “Berlin Symphony Orchestra” today the “Konzerthausorchester Berlin”.

Kurt Sanderling was the longest-serving chief conductor of the orchestra, from 1960 to 1977. Subsequent chief conductors have been Günther Herbig, Claus Peter Flor, Michael Schønwandt (1992–1998), Eliahu Inbal (2001–2006), and Lothar Zagrosek.[2] In February 2011, the orchestra announced the appointment of Iván Fischer as its eighth principal conductor, effective with the 2012-2013 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[3]

Principal conductors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ivan Hewett (25 February 2009). "Concert House Orchestra: Berlin's other orchestra". Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Dirigentendämmerung - Konzerthaus: Lothar Zagrosek geht 2011". Der Tagesspiegel. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  3. ↑ Ulrich Amling (2011-02-21). "Ivan Fischer: Ein Mann für lange Beziehungen". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 2011-02-22.

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