Effective period / Period of releases: 1990 - 2023

Members: Johannes Ernst, Max Raabe, Palast Orchester, Werner Leonard, Ian Wekwerth, Jörn Ranke, Hanne Berger, Ulrich Hoffmeier, Vincent Riewe, Rainer Fox, Michael Enders, Thomas Huder, Paul Esslinger, Alexander Linkenbach, Martin Schedler, Kaja Kürer, Harald Bendzko, Sven Bährens, Bernd Dieterich, Thomas Altherr, Bernd Frank (2), Stefan Franz, Cecilia Crisafulli, Michaela Hüttich, Fabio Duwentester, Martin Sander (5), Rüdiger Schwenk

The Palast Orchester (literal translation, Palace Orchestra) is a German orchestra, based in Berlin, constituted in the manner of dance bands of the 1920s and 1930s. Its repertoire specialises in cabaret and popular songs of the Weimar period in Germany and in American popular songs of the same era.
Max Raabe founded the orchestra with fellow students at the Berlin University of the Arts in 1985.