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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)

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The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. The orchestra has also given concerts in other German cities such as Aschaffenburg, Essen, Halle, Oldenburg, and Wiesbaden.

The orchestra was founded in 1923 as a radio orchestra, and is the oldest active radio orchestra in Germany. Bruno Seidler-Winkler was the first chief conductor, from 1926 to 1932. During its early years, the orchestra had a reputation for its work with contemporary, 20th-century composers. Composers who guest-conducted the orchestra included Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, as well as Krzysztof Penderecki, Walter Schartner and Udo Zimmermann. After the 1949 division of Germany, the orchestra was under the supervision of Rundfunk der DDR (DDR Radio).

Since 2002, the orchestra's chief conductor is Marek Janowski. Janowski has a lifetime contract with the orchestra.[1]

Chief conductors

  • Bruno Seidler-Winkler (1926–1932)
  • Eugen Jochum (1932–1934)
  • Sergiu Celibidache (1945–1946)
  • Hermann Abendroth (1953–1956)
  • Rolf Kleinert (1959–1973)
  • Heinz Rögner (1973–1993)
  • Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1994–2000)
  • Marek Janowski (2002–present)

References

  1. Der Dirigent Marek Janowski wird 70, Die Welt, 2009-02-18. URL accessed on 2009-03-15.

See also

  • Music in Berlin

External links

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