Effective period / Period of releases: 1927 - 2022

Members: Mathis Fischer, Reiner Süß, Matthias Wilke, Dietrich Schmuhl, Egon Morbitzer, Gyula Dallo, Jörg Winkler, Sophia Reuter, Ernst Hermann Meyer, Otmar Suitner, Matthias Winkler, Frank Heintze, Andreas Aigmüller, Klaus Peters, Ib Hausmann, Oskar Michallik, Hans-Jürgen Krumstroh, Christian Batzdorf, Walter Klier, Andreas Lorenz, Andreas Greger, Fritz Wesenigk, Christian Wagner (4), Siegfried Borries, Gerald Kulinna, Markus Bruggaier, Robert Dräger, Sebastian Weigle, Sennu Laine, Sarah Willis (2), Heinz Tietjen, Hans Berger, Alfred Lipka, Wolf-Dieter Batzdorf, Mathias Baier, Karl-Heinz Schröter, Bernd Müller (7), Max Strub, Joost Keizer, Unolf Wäntig, Ralf Zank, Rudolf Schulz, Lothar Friedrich, Egbert Schimmelpfennig, Joachim Klier, Harald Winkler (5), Thorsten Rosenbusch, Christian Trompler, Ulrike Bassenge, Stephen Fitzpatrick (2), Leo Siberski, Walter Müller (5), Roland Kuntze, Felix Wilde, Thomas Keller (4), Bernhard Günther, Dora Wagner, Michael Nellessen, Thomas Selditz, Johanna Helm, Stanislava Stoykova, Karl Reitz, Wolfram Brandl, Alf Moser, Sandra Tancibudek, André Witzmann, Michael Engel (3), Rüdiger Thal, Susanne Schergaut, Nabil Shehata, Hans Adomeit, Victor Bruns, Stefan Schulz (4), Werner Thärichen, Felix Schwartz, Katarina Malzew, Rudolf Deman, Emil Kornsand, Axel Grüner, Thomas Beyer (2), Gregor Witt, Richard Klemm, Rainer Auerbach, Christoph Anacker, Jee-Hye Bae, Manfred Herzog (4), Axel Wilczok, Jussef Eisa, Csaba Wagner, Dorothee Gurski, Thomas Otto (4), Martin Fraustadt, Jiyoon Lee, Hartmut Schuldt, David Delgado (7), Laura Volkwein, Martin Barth, Yulia Deyneka, Matthias Glander, Kaspar Loyal, Jean-Claude Velin, Thomas Kiechle, Filipe Alves, Joachim Elser, Yunna Weber, Sebastian Posch, Frank Demmler, Ignacio Garcia (4), Claudia Stein (2), Petra Schwieger, Alexander Kovalev (3), Claire Sojung Henkel, Isa Von Wedemeyer, Nikolaus Popa, Teresa Beldi, Otto Tolonen (2), Tonio Henkel, Yuki Manuela Janke, Michael Salm, Bertrand Chatenet (2), Cristina Gómez Godoy, Tobias Sturm (2), Thomas Jordans, Ingo Reuter, Cellists Of The Staatskapelle Berlin, Ulrike Eschenburg, Dominic Oelze

German orchestra founded in 1570 as court orchestra by Prince-Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg. The Staatskapelle Berlin is the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera (Opernhaus Unter den Linden).

Founded as the "Kurfürstliche Hofkapelle" (Electoral Court Ensemble), it became the "Königliche Kapelle" (Royal Ensemble) in 1701, the Kapelle Der Staatsoper Berlin (State Opera Orchestra) in 1919, the Staatskapelle (State Orchestra) in 1934, the Preußische Staatskapelle (Prussian State Orchestra) in 1944, and finally the "Staatskapelle Berlin" from 1945. It was the leading orchestra in East Berlin, firmly under German Democratic Republic government rule. In 1989, the members of the orchestra presented to the government a petition demanding the reorganization of the Staatskapelle as an independent, democratically run organization. This became part of the widespread public pressure that within months caused the collapse of the German communist state and the reunification of Germany.

Music Directors:
Johann Friedrich Agricola (1759-1775)
Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1775-1794 - Hofkapellmeister)
Bernhard Anselm Weber (1816-1820)
Gaspare Spontini (1820-1841)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1842-1846)
Otto Nicolai (1848-1849)
Robert Radecke (1871-18- Hofkapellmeister)
Joseph Sucher (1888-1899 - conductor of Hofkapelle and Lindenoper)
Felix Weingartner (1891-1898)
Richard Strauss (1898-1913 - Principal Hofkapellmeister; continued to conduct symphonic concerts until 1920)
Leo Blech (1906-1913 - Hofkapellmeister; 1913-1920 - Generalmusikdirektor)
Erich Kleiber (1923-1934 - Generalmusikdirektor)
Clemens Krauss (1935-1936 - Generalmusikdirektor)
Herbert von Karajan (1938-1945 - Generalmusikdirektor)
Joseph Keilberth (1948-1951)
Erich Kleiber (1954-1955)
Franz Konwitschny (1955-1962)
Otmar Suitner (1964-1990)
Daniel Barenboim (1992-Present)