Real name: Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester

Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 2004

Members: Hans Lemke, Wolfgang Weber, Michael Vogt, Christian-Friedrich Dallmann, Michael Schønwandt, Klaus Schöpp, Jürgen Buttkewitz, Nikolai Graudan, Friedemann Weigle, Wolf-Dieter Batzdorf, Frank Forst, Uwe Köller, Christoph Starke, Werner Scholz (2), Thomas Selditz, Alf Moser, Michael Simm, Barbara Sanderling, Gabor Tarkövi, Ulrike Scobel, Fritz Finsch, Wolfram Große

The Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (Berlin Symphony Orchestra) was an East-Berlin German classical orchestra founded in 1952 as a rival ensemble to Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) based in West-Berlin. It is not to be mixed up with the Berliner Symphoniker, also based in West-Berlin.

Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester was renamed in July 2006 Konzerthausorchester Berlin, with Lothar Zagrosek as principal conductor.

Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester has been conducted by:
Eliahu Inbal (2001-2006)
Michael Schønwandt (1992–1998)
Claus Peter Flor (1984–1991)
Günther Herbig (1977–1983)
Kurt Sanderling (1960–1977)
Hermann Hildebrandt (1952–1959)


Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt
D-10117 Berlin Germany
info@berliner-sinfonie-orchester.de