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{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = Berlin Philharmonic
| native_name         = Berliner Philharmoniker
| image               = [[File:Berliner Philharmoniker Logo (2019).svg|260px]]
| founded             = {{Start date and age|1882}}<br>(precursor Bilsesche Kappelle since 1867)
| former_name         = Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle,<br>Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester
| location            = [[Berlin]], Germany
| concert_hall        = [[Berliner Philharmonie]]
| principal_conductor = [[Kirill Petrenko]]
| website             = [https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en berliner-philharmoniker.de]
}}

The '''Berlin Philharmonic''' ({{langx|de|'''Berliner Philharmoniker'''|links=no|italic=no}}) is a German [[symphony orchestra]] that is based in [[Berlin]] and was founded in 1882. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5201584.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=LSO is only British orchestra in list of worlds best | first=Ben | last=Hoyle | date=21 November 2008 | access-date=27 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616160756/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5201584.ece |archive-date=2011-06-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The History of the Berlin Philharmonic |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/berlin-phil/pictures/history-berlin-philharmonic-orchestra/ |website=[[Classic FM (UK)]] |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222225512/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/berlin-phil/pictures/history-berlin-philharmonic-orchestra/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The orchestra is the recipient of numerous [[Grammy Awards]], [[Gramophone Awards]], [[Classic Brit Awards|Classic BRIT Awards]], [[Echo Music Prize|ECHO Music Prizes]], [[Académie Charles Cros|Grand Prix Du Disque]] and [[Diapason d'Or]].   

The orchestra emerged from the Bilsesche Kapelle (“Bilse’s Band”) and rose to prominence under the leadership of pianist-conductor [[Hans von Bülow]]. During the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] (1922–45; 1952–54), [[Herbert von Karajan]] (1955–89), and [[Claudio Abbado]] (1989–2002). The orchestra’s early years, particularly during the later Nazi era, focused heavily on [[Classical music]] from the Austro-Germanic repertoire, featuring composers such as [[Beethoven]], [[Brahms]], [[Bruckner]], [[Richard Strauss|Strauss]], and [[Wagner]]. Under Furtwängler and Karajan, it became renowned for its distinctive sound and high-quality musicianship and toured widely. In the latter half of the 20th century, the orchestra broadened its repertoire to include more Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century works, as well as lesser-known compositions and music from outside the Austro-German tradition.

Since Furtwängler's tenure, the orchestra has made numerous recordings, with the number of recordings expanding significantly during the Karajan era. Under Karajan's leadership, the orchestra experimented with new recording technologies and achieved worldwide fame through its studio recordings, most of which have been released under the [[Deutsche Grammophon]] label. The orchestra is particularly known for its recordings of symphonic works by Classical, Romantic, and early 20th-century composers, several of which have won international awards and received critical acclaim.

In the 21st century, the orchestra launched its own Digital Concert Hall in 2009 and its label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, in 2014. Each year, the orchestra collaborates with a designated artist-in-residence and composer-in-residence. Following the term of [[Sir Simon Rattle]] (2002-2018), [[Kirill Petrenko]] has been the music director and conductor since 2019. The orchestra's current home is the [[Berliner Philharmonie]]. 

== History ==

The Berlin Philharmonic was founded in Berlin in 1882 by 54 musicians under the name '''Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle''' (literally, "Former Bilse's Band"); the group broke away from their previous conductor [[Benjamin Bilse]] after he announced his intention of taking the band on a fourth-class train to Warsaw for a concert. The orchestra was renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1882. Their new conductor was [[Ludwig von Brenner]]; in 1887 [[Hans von Bülow]], the conductor of the [[Meiningen Court Orchestra]] and one of the most famous piano virtuosos of the time, took over the post. This helped to establish the orchestra's international reputation, and guests [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]], [[Felix von Weingartner]], [[Richard Strauss]], [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Johannes Brahms]] and [[Edvard Grieg]] conducted the orchestra over the next few years. In 1887, the pianist and composer [[Mary Wurm]] became the first woman to conduct the orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|title=First woman at the conductor's desk|url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/history/hans-von-buelow/#event-first-woman-at-the-conductors-desk|website=berliner-philharmoniker.de|access-date=3 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031000/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/history/hans-von-buelow/#event-first-woman-at-the-conductors-desk|url-status=live}}</ref> Programmes of this period show that the orchestra possessed only 46 strings, much less than the [[Richard Wagner|Wagnerian]] ideal of 64.

In 1895, [[Arthur Nikisch]] became chief conductor, and was succeeded in 1923 by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]]. Despite several changes in leadership, the orchestra continued to perform throughout [[World War II]]. On 20 April 1942, Furtwängler conducted a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic for Hitler's birthday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Documental historia W.Furtwangler 9 sinf. Beethoven. Hitler"s birthday 20/4/1942 Part final mov. 4 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiA3s9pLUWM |website=Youtube |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611014228/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiA3s9pLUWM&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the end of the performance, [[Joseph Goebbels]] approached the podium to shake Furtwängler's hand. This concert led to intense criticism of Furtwängler after the war.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prieberg|first1=Fred K.|title=Trial of Strength: Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Third Reich|date=1991|publisher=Quartet Books|page=91}}</ref> After Furtwängler (who was personally opposed to the Nazi regime {{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}) fled to [[Switzerland]] to escape arrest by the [[Gestapo]] in January 1945, [[Leo Borchard]] became chief conductor. The final wartime concert was on 12 April 1945, just before the commencement of the [[Battle of Berlin]]. The program included Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, the finale from Wagner's ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' (''Twilight of the Gods'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/10/year-zero-by-ian-buruma-review/ |title=After the war – apocalypse |author=Joanna Kavenna |work=The Spectator |access-date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=31 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531075031/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/10/year-zero-by-ian-buruma-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hitler Youth]] members are reported to have distributed cyanide pills to the audience for those who [[Mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany|wished, by death, to escape the imminent arrival of the Red Army]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|title=Ghost Sonata|author=Alex Ross|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|date=16 March 2003|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=18 May 2019|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020043401/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth |title=Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth |author=Stanley Hoffmann |date=March–April 1996 |magazine=Foreign Affairs |access-date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518175522/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth |url-status=live }}</ref> The battle forced the orchestra to close for two months, but it was quickly reopened by the [[Soviet occupation zone of Germany|Soviet occupation authorities]] under the [[East Berlin]] commandant General [[Nikolai Berzarin]] on 26 May 1945.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Fred|title=The Berlin Wall : a world divided, 1961–1989|date=2006|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-078613-7|edition=1st U.S.|location=New York|oclc=76481596}}</ref>

Borchard was accidentally shot and killed later in 1945 by the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] forces occupying [[West Berlin]].<ref name="stivers">{{Cite book
| contribution=Victors and Vanquished: Americans as Occupiers in Berlin. 1945–1949
| first=William
| last=Stivers
| pages=161
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| editor-last=Combat Studies Institute
| title=Armed Diplomacy: Two Centuries of American Campaigning
| isbn=978-1-4289-1650-0
| year=2004
| publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press
| location=Fort Leavenworth, KS
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| url-status=live
}}</ref> [[Sergiu Celibidache]] then took over as chief conductor for seven years, from 1945 to 1952. Furtwängler returned as chief conductor in 1952 and held the post until his death in 1954.

The orchestra elected [[Herbert von Karajan]] as its next chief conductor. Karajan served in the post from 1955 until his resignation in April 1989, only months before his death.  Under him, the orchestra made a vast number of recordings and toured widely, growing and gaining fame. The orchestra hired its first female musician, violinist [[Madeleine Carruzzo]], in 1982.<ref>{{cite news|author=Donal Henahan|author-link=Donal Henahan|title=Women Are Breaking the Symphonic Barriers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/23/arts/music-view-women-are-breaking-the-symphonic-barriers.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 January 1983|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307222507/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/23/arts/music-view-women-are-breaking-the-symphonic-barriers.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Karajan's hiring in September 1982 of [[Sabine Meyer]], the first female wind player to the orchestra, led to controversy when the orchestra voted 73 to 4 not to admit her to the orchestra. Meyer subsequently left the orchestra. After Karajan stood down from the orchestra in 1989, the orchestra offered the chief conductorship to [[Carlos Kleiber]], who declined.

In 1989, the orchestra elected [[Claudio Abbado]] as its next principal conductor. It was the first time the Philharmonic resorted to democratic voting after the [[fall of the Berlin Wall]] in 1989. Abbado expanded the orchestra's repertoire beyond the core [[Classical period (music)|classical]] and romantic works into more modern [[20th-century classical music|20th-century works]]. Abbado stepped down from the chief conductorship of the orchestra in 2002. During the post-unification period, the orchestra encountered financial problems resulting from budgetary stress in the city of Berlin.<ref>{{cite news | author=Kate Connolly | title=Band of no gold | url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,255048,00.html | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=10 November 1999 | access-date=17 August 2007 | archive-date=6 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006000521/http://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,255048,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2006, the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in Abbado's honour.<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Matthew Westphal | title=Berlin Philharmonic Names Winner of First Claudio Abbado Composition Prize | url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5540.html | magazine=Playbill Arts | date=6 November 2006 | access-date=1 September 2007 | archive-date=30 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013030/http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5540.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Rattle BPH-Rittershaus1-Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|left|Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006]]

In June 1999, the musicians elected [[Simon Rattle|Sir Simon Rattle]] as their next chief conductor.<ref>{{cite news | author=Andrew Clements | title=Picking up the baton | url=https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,,288989,00.html | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=24 June 1999 | access-date=17 August 2007 | archive-date=17 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217191628/http://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,,288989,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Rattle made it a condition of his signing with the Berlin Philharmonic that it be turned into a self-governing public foundation, with the power to make its own artistic and financial decisions. This required a change to state law, which was approved in 2001, allowing him to join the organization in 2002. In his first season, he initiated community projects, such as a performance of Stravinsky's ''[[The Rite of Spring|Le Sacre du printemps]]'' danced by 250 public school children, documented in ''[[Rhythm Is It!]]''. Rattle's contract with the orchestra was initially until 2012. In April 2008, the BPO musicians voted in favour of retaining Rattle as their chief conductor until 2018.<ref>{{cite news | author=Charlotte Higgins | title=Berlin Philharmonic keeps Rattle | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/29/classicalmusicandopera.germany | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=29 April 2008 | access-date=30 April 2008 | archive-date=2 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502223425/http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2276770,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> From 2006 to 2010, the general manager of the orchestra was Pamela Rosenberg.<ref>{{cite news | author=Catherine Hickley | title=Rosenberg Will Leave Berlin Philharmonic; Rattle Negotiates | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aj.OUoFI9.Kw&refer=home | work=Bloomberg News | date=24 April 2008 | access-date=28 April 2008 | archive-date=10 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210083453/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics?pid=20601088&refer=home&sid=aj.OUoFI9.Kw | url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2010, Martin Hoffmann became the orchestra's new ''Intendant''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/magazine/titelgeschichten/title-stories/story/neuer-intendant-der-berliner-philharmoniker/ | title=Neuer Intendant der Berliner Philharmoniker | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic | date=19 June 2009 |access-date=28 July 2010| language=de | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609132228/http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/magazine/titelgeschichten/title-stories/story/neuer-intendant-der-berliner-philharmoniker/ | archive-date=9 June 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Hoffmann stood down as its ''Intendant'' after the close of the 2016/2017 season.  Andrea Zietzschmann became ''Intendantin'' of the orchestra as of the 2017–2018 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/titelgeschichten/20172018/andrea-zietzschmann/ | title=Weichenstellungen für die Zeitenwende: Andrea Zietzschmann ist die neue Intendantin der Berliner Philharmoniker | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=6 October 2016 | access-date=3 November 2017 | archive-date=7 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013034/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/titelgeschichten/20172018/andrea-zietzschmann/ | url-status=live }}</ref>  In December 2020, the orchestra announced the extension of Zietzschmann's contract as ''Intendantin'' until 31 August 2025.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/andrea-zietzschmann-vertrag-verlaengert/ | title=Andrea Zietzschmann: Vertrag verlängert | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=7 December 2020 | access-date=22 December 2020 | archive-date=23 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123022418/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/andrea-zietzschmann-vertrag-verlaengert/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>  In February 2024, the orchestra announced a further extension of Zietzschmann's contract as ''Intendantin'' through the summer of 2028.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/vertrag-mit-andrea-zietzschmann-wird-um-drei-jahre-verlaengert/ | title=Vertrag mit Andrea Zietzschmann wird um drei Jahre verlängert | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=5 February 2024 | access-date=2024-02-16}}</ref>

In 2006, the orchestra announced it would investigate its role during the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi regime]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Agence France-Presse | title=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra to probe Nazi-era history | url=http://www.ejpress.org/article/16386 | work=European Jewish Express | date=1 May 2007 |access-date=17 August 2007| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092347/http://www.ejpress.org/article/16386 | archive-date=29 September 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2007, [[Misha Aster]] published ''The Reich's Orchestra'', his study of the relationship of the Berlin Philharmonic to the rulers of the Third Reich.<ref>{{cite news|author=Tony Paterson|title=Berlin Philharmonic 'was obedient servant of Hitler'|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2900988.ece|work=[[The Independent]]|date=28 August 2007|access-date=1 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830041819/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2900988.ece|archive-date=30 August 2007}}</ref> Also in 2007, the documentary film ''The Reichsorchester'' by [[Enrique Sánchez Lansch]] was released.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=1205076|title=Das Reichsorchester}}.</ref>

[[UNICEF]] appointed the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Rattle as [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassadors]] in November 2007.<ref>[[UNICEF]]: [http://www.unicef.org/media/media_41808.html UNICEF appoints Berliner Philharmoniker Goodwill Ambassador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729055724/https://www.unicef.org/media/media_41808.html |date=29 July 2020 }}, 17 November 2007.</ref> On 10 January 2013, the orchestra announced the scheduled end of Rattle's tenure as artistic director and chief conductor in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | title=Sir Simon Rattle to step down as Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor in 2018 | url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/sir-simon-rattle-to-step-down-as-berlin-philharmonic-chief-conductor-in-2018-0 | work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] | access-date=10 January 2013 | archive-date=24 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724072934/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/sir-simon-rattle-to-step-down-as-berlin-philharmonic-chief-conductor-in-2018-0 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, the orchestra founded its own label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.

After an abortive first attempt on 11 May 2015,<ref>{{cite news | title=Berlin Philharmonic deadlocked over Simon Rattle's successor | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/11/berlin-philharmonic-imon-rattle-orchestra-vote-chief-conductor | work=The Guardian | author=Louise Osborne | date=11 May 2015 | access-date=22 June 2015 | archive-date=22 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622210717/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/11/berlin-philharmonic-imon-rattle-orchestra-vote-chief-conductor | url-status=live }}</ref> the orchestra on 21 June 2015 elected [[Kirill Petrenko]] as its next artistic director and chief conductor.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/2014-2015/kirill-petrenko-2015/ | title=Congratulations to Kirill Petrenko! The Berliner Philharmoniker are delighted to announce their new chief conductor | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=22 June 2015 |access-date=22 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622160430/http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/2014-2015/kirill-petrenko-2015/ | archive-date=22 June 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/kirill-petrenko-to-be-named-successor-to-rattle-at-berlin-philharmonic | title=Kirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle at the Berlin Philharmonic | work=The Guardian | author=Ben Knight | date=22 June 2015 | access-date=22 June 2015 | archive-date=11 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011192440/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/kirill-petrenko-to-be-named-successor-to-rattle-at-berlin-philharmonic | url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2015, the orchestra announced that Petrenko was to formally commence his contract as chief conductor with the 2019/20 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/kirill-petrenko/ | title=Kirill Petrenko will take up office as chief conductor and artistic director of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2019/2020 season | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=13 October 2015 |access-date=14 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192714/http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/news/detail/kirill-petrenko/ | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Matthias Wulff | title=Kirill Petrenko kommt später als erwartet nach Berlin | url=http://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article206257649/Kirill-Petrenko-kommt-spaeter-als-erwartet-nach-Berlin.html | work=[[Berliner Morgenpost]] | date=13 October 2015 | access-date=14 October 2015 | archive-date=20 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120201652/https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article206257649/Kirill-Petrenko-kommt-spaeter-als-erwartet-nach-Berlin.html | url-status=live }}</ref> A year after this news, in October 2016, the orchestra specified more precisely the start of Petrenko's tenure as 19 August 2019.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/kirill-petrenko-unterzeichnet-vertrag/ | title=Kirill Petrenko unterzeichnet Vertrag | publisher=Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | date=6 October 2016 |access-date=7 February 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174311/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/news/detail/kirill-petrenko-unterzeichnet-vertrag/ | archive-date=30 August 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Concert halls ==

[[File:Berlin Philharmonie asv2018-05 img1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Berliner Philharmonie]], home of the orchestra]]
The orchestra's first [[concert hall]], the Philharmonie situated on the Bernburger Straße in Berlin [[Kreuzberg]], was inaugurated in 1882 in a building previously used as a skating rink<ref>[https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/history/beginning/#event-establishment-of-a-new-orchestra "History of the Berliner Philharmoniker – The beginning"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009005558/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/history/beginning/#event-establishment-of-a-new-orchestra |date=9 October 2019 }}, berliner-philharmoniker.de</ref> and converted by the architect [[Franz Schwechten]]. In 1899, a smaller concert hall, the Beethovensaal on Köthener Straße, was also inaugurated for chamber music and chamber ensembles. The first Philharmonie was used until British bombers destroyed it on 30 January 1944, the anniversary of Hitler becoming chancellor.<ref>Aster, Misha (2010). ''The Reich's Orchestra: The Berlin Philharmonic 1933–1945''. Souvenir Press. p. 149. {{ISBN|978-0-285-63893-8}}</ref> The orchestra played until the end of the war in the [[Berlin State Opera|Staatsoper]], [[Unter den Linden]]. The Staatsoper was also destroyed on 3 February 1945. In need of a venue, the Berlin Philharmonic played during the years following the war in the [[Titania-Palast]], an old movie theater converted in a concert hall, and still used the Beethovensaal for smaller concerts. During the 1950s the orchestra moved its concerts at the Musikhochschule (today part of the [[Berlin University of the Arts]]), in the Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal. However, most of the recordings were done at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin [[Dahlem (Berlin)|Dahlem]], celebrated for its acoustics.

The need for a new Philharmonie was expressed since 1949, when the ''Gesellschaft der Freunde der Berliner Philharmonie e.V. ''(Friends of the Berliner Philharmonie Society) was created to gather funds. The building of the new Philharmonie started in 1961, following the design of architect [[Hans Scharoun]], and it was inaugurated on 15 October 1963, with a performance of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]], conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]]. Its location made it part of the [[Kulturforum]], and the great hall (2,440 seats) was then complemented by a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal (1,180 seats), built in 1987, following the design of architect [[Edgar Wisniewski]], after a project by Hans Scharoun.

The [[Berliner Philharmonie]] has since been the home of the Berlin Philharmonic, and its symbol. The orchestra's logo is based on the pentagon-shape of the concert hall.

[[File:Waldbühne27JUN14.jpg|thumb|[[Waldbühne]], site of an annual summer concert]]

On 20 May 2008, a fire broke out at the Philharmonie. One-quarter of the roof underwent considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof.<ref>{{cite news | author=Kate Connolly | title=Musicians flee Philharmonic fire in Berlin | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/21/classicalmusicandopera.germany | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=21 May 2008 | access-date=22 May 2008 | archive-date=5 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205043149/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/21/classicalmusicandopera.germany | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Nicholas Kulish|author-link=Nicholas Kulish|author2=Daniel J. Wakin|title=Fire Under Control at Home of Berlin Philharmonic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/world/europe/21berlin.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 May 2008|access-date=22 May 2008|archive-date=3 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003064906/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/world/europe/21berlin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The hall interior also sustained water damage, but was otherwise "generally unharmed". The firefighters limited damage by the use of foam. The orchestra was restricted from use of the hall for concerts until June 2008.<ref>{{cite news|author=Daniel J. Wakin|title=Hall Interior in Berlin Intact After Fire|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/arts/music/22orch.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 May 2008|access-date=22 May 2008|archive-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710054857/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/arts/music/22orch.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 18 December 2008, the orchestra announced the official creation of a [[Digital Concert Hall]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Kate Connolly | title=The Berlin Phil – live in your own front room | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/19/berlin-philharmonic-internet | work=The Guardian | date=19 December 2008 | access-date=14 October 2015 | archive-date=26 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726025649/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/19/berlin-philharmonic-internet | url-status=live }}</ref> This hitherto unique internet platform of the BPO enables persons with computer access all over the world to see and hear the Philharmonic's concerts, live or on demand, not only under recent conductors, but even previous concerts conducted, e.g., by [[Claudio Abbado]]. Since July 2014, the Digital Concert Hall additionally offers [[livestream]]s produced from HD movies of concerts by [[Herbert von Karajan]] in the 1960s and early 1970s. Since 2010, selected concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic have been transmitted live to cinemas in Germany and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/kino/|title=Live im Kino 2017/2018|first=Berliner|last=Philharmoniker|website=www.berliner-philharmoniker.de|access-date=20 March 2018|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615221555/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/kino/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Principal conductors==
* [[Ludwig von Brenner]] (1882–1887)
* [[Hans von Bülow]] (1887–1893)
* [[Richard Strauss]] (1894–1895)
* [[Arthur Nikisch]] (1895–1922)
* [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] (1922–1945)
* [[Leo Borchard]] (May–August 1945)
* [[Sergiu Celibidache]] (1945–1952)
* [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] (1952–1954)
* [[Herbert von Karajan]] (1954–1989)
* [[Claudio Abbado]] (1989–2002)
* [[Simon Rattle]] (2002–2018)
* [[Kirill Petrenko]] (2019–present)

== Honorary members ==

The orchestra conferred honorary membership to the conductors [[Daniel Barenboim]] (he is also the first and only honorary conductor), [[Bernard Haitink]], [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], [[Seiji Ozawa]], [[Mariss Jansons]], and [[Zubin Mehta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20182019/zubin-mehta/|title=Honorary Membership for Zubin Mehta|date=2018|website=Berliner Philharmoniker|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206042826/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20182019/zubin-mehta/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Composer in residence ==
* 1993–94 [[György Kurtág]]<ref name="Philharmoniker g469">{{cite web | title=György Kurtág und die Berliner Philharmoniker | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/stories/gyoergy-kurtag-berliner-philharmoniker/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203183907/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/stories/gyoergy-kurtag-berliner-philharmoniker/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2016–17 [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]<ref name="Clements 2017 u948">{{cite web | last=Clements | first=Andrew | title=The John Adams Edition CD review – Berlin's lavish homage to an American great | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=29 November 2017 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/29/john-adams-edition-cd-review-berliner-philharmoniker-rattle-petrenko-dudamel-gilbert | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=3 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803120513/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/29/john-adams-edition-cd-review-berliner-philharmoniker-rattle-petrenko-dudamel-gilbert | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2018–19 [[George Benjamin (composer)|George Benjamin]]<ref name="Philharmoniker f395">{{cite web | title=Composer in Residence 2018/2019 | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20182019/composer-in-residence-20182019/ | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=6 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606015852/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20182019/composer-in-residence-20182019/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2022–23 [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]]<ref name="Nepilova 2022 n519">{{cite web | last=Nepilova | first=Hannah | title=Berlin Philharmonic appoints Esa-Pekka Salonen as Composer-in-Residence | website=Classical Music | date=30 August 2022 | url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/berlin-philharmonic-appoints-esa-pekka-salonen-as-composer-in-residence/ | access-date=3 August 2023 | archive-date=3 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803113737/https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/berlin-philharmonic-appoints-esa-pekka-salonen-as-composer-in-residence/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2023–24 [[Jörg Widmann]]<ref name="Philharmoniker 2023">{{cite web | title=In Search of the Uncertain | website=Berliner Philharmoniker | date=9 May 2023 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | access-date=30 May 2023 | archive-date=30 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530192140/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/joerg-widmann/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2024–25 [[Wolfgang Rihm]] (posthum)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/wolfgang-rihm/|title=Composer in Residence 2024/25|publisher=Berlin Philharmonic|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621121102/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/composer-in-residence/wolfgang-rihm/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="s947">{{cite web | title=Komponist Wolfgang Rihm im Alter von 72 Jahren gestorben | website=tagesschau.de | date=27 July 2024 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/wolfgang-rihm-102.html | language=de | access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="j692">{{cite web | title=Berliner Philharmoniker: Ausnahmekomponist Wolfgang Rihm verstorben | website=DIE WELT | date=27 July 2024 | url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/prominente/article252727252/Berliner-Philharmoniker-Ausnahmekomponist-Wolfgang-Rihm-verstorben.html | language=de | access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

==  Artist in residence ==
* 2008–09 [[Mitsuko Uchida]]<ref name="Heute m577">{{cite web | title=Mitsuko Uchida | website=Klassik Heute | url=http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_interpret?id=13103 | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203161302/http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_interpret?id=13103 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2013–14 [[Christian Gerhaher]]<ref name="Philharmoniker b773">{{cite web | title=Christian Gerhaher | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/christian-gerhaher/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=30 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130135730/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/christian-gerhaher/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2014–15 [[Christian Tetzlaff]]<ref name="Philharmoniker m787">{{cite web | title=Christian Tetzlaff | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/christian-tetzlaff/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603122911/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/christian-tetzlaff/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2015–16 [[Peter Sellars]]<ref name="Philharmoniker l193">{{cite web | title=Peter Sellars | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/peter-sellars/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=6 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606135642/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/peter-sellars/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2017–18 [[Mark Padmore]]<ref name="Philharmoniker u317">{{cite web | title=Mark Padmore | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/mark-padmore/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=6 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606135011/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/mark-padmore/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2018–19 [[Daniil Trifonov]]<ref name="Philharmoniker n583">{{cite web | title=Artist in Residence 2018/2019 | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/daniil-trifonov/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203111751/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/daniil-trifonov/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2019–20 [[Marlis Petersen]]<ref name="Philharmoniker a717">{{cite web | title=Marlis Petersen | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/marlis-petersen/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=30 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130135043/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/marlis-petersen/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2020–21 [[Tabea Zimmermann]]<ref name="Philharmoniker 2020 r715">{{cite web | title=Tabea Zimmermann | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | date=8 October 2020 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/tabea-zimmermann/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=28 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128160718/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/ueber-uns/artist-in-residence/tabea-zimmermann/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2021–22 [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]]<ref name="Peitz 2022 j404">{{cite web | last=Peitz | first=Christiane | title=Fluxus-Performance der Geigerin Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Das Schlagzeug feudelt die Treppengeländer | website=Aktuelle News | date=23 January 2022 | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/das-schlagzeug-feudelt-die-treppengelander-4304668.html | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=10 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210083617/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/das-schlagzeug-feudelt-die-treppengelander-4304668.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Philharmoniker k739">{{cite web | title=Wo die Zukunft beginnt | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/das-orchester/patricia-kopatchinskaja/ | language=de | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=17 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817222612/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/das-orchester/patricia-kopatchinskaja/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2023–24 [[Lisa Batiashvili]]<ref name="Philharmoniker 2023 f125">{{cite web | title=The Reflection of the Soul | website=[[Berliner Philharmoniker]] | date=9 May 2023 | url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/artist-in-residence/lisa-batiashvili/ | access-date=2 February 2024 | archive-date=6 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606201453/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/artist-in-residence/lisa-batiashvili/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2024–25 [[Seong-Jin Cho]]<ref name="Korea JoongAng Daily 2023 v291">{{cite web | title=Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin performs with Berlin Philharmonic in Seoul | website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] | date=12 November 2023 | url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-11-12/entertainment/musicPerformance/Korean-pianist-Cho-Seongjin-performs-with-Berlin-Philharmonic-in-Seoul/1911105 | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203160246/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-11-12/entertainment/musicPerformance/Korean-pianist-Cho-Seongjin-performs-with-Berlin-Philharmonic-in-Seoul/1911105 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="koreatimes 2023 e454">{{cite web | title=Pianist Cho Seong-jin to perform with Berlin Philharmonic this week in Seoul | website=koreatimes | date=10 November 2023 | url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/02/398_362974.html | access-date=3 February 2024 | archive-date=3 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203160432/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/02/398_362974.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2025–26 [[Janine Jansen]]

== Awards and recognition ==

'''[[Classical BRIT Awards]]'''

:* 2001 – "Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: ''[[Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 10]]'' (EMI, 2000)
:* 2003 – "Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: ''[[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]'' (EMI, 2002)

'''''[[Grand Prix du Disque]]'' Awards'''
:*1954 "Symphonic Music" – Beethoven Symphony No. 3 under Paul van Kempen (Philips)
:*1962 "Solo & Orchestra" – [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]] [[Cello Concerto (Dvořák)|Cello Concerto]] with [[Pierre Fournier]] under [[George Szell]] (DG)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dvořák*, Pierre Fournier ∙ Berliner Philharmoniker ∙ George Szell – Konzert Für Violoncello |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9430524-Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Pierre-Fournier-Berliner-Philharmoniker-George-Szell-Konzert-F%C3%BCr-Violoncello |website=Discogs |access-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821125654/https://www.discogs.com/release/9430524-Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Pierre-Fournier-Berliner-Philharmoniker-George-Szell-Konzert-F%C3%BCr-Violoncello |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref>
:*1964 "Symphonic Music" – [[Beethoven’s symphonies|Beethoven 9 Symphonies]] under [[Herbert von Karajan]] (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ludwig van Beethoven – Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – 9 Symphonien |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4023431-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Berliner-Philharmoniker-Herbert-von-Karajan-9-Symphonien |website=Discogs |access-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=19 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219215126/https://www.discogs.com/release/4023431-Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Berliner-Philharmoniker-Herbert-von-Karajan-9-Symphonien |url-status=live }}</ref>
:*1965 "Symphnoic Music" – Brahms Four Symphonies under Herbert von Karajan (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref> 
:*1965 "Solo & Orchestra" – Sibelius [[Violin Concerto (Sibelius)|Violin Concerto]] with [[Christian Ferras]] under Karajan (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref>
;*1968 "Integral Recording" – [[Bruckner]] 9 Symphonies under [[Eugen Jochum]] (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref> 
;*1968 "Classical Symphonic Music" – [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] [[Symphony No. 5 (Schubert)|Symphony No. 5]] under [[Karl Böhm]] (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=50 Records Take Grand Prix in Paris |magazine=Billboard |date=March 16, 1968 |volume=74 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0UEAAAAMBAJ&q=Grand+Prix+ |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821125650/https://books.google.com/books?id=T0UEAAAAMBAJ&q=Grand+Prix+#v=snippet&q=Grand%20Prix&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> 
:*1968 "Modern Concerto" – [[Prokofiev]] [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] & Ravel [[Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel)|Piano Concerto]]  with [[Martha Argerich]] under [[Claudio Abbado]] (DG)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deutsche Grammophon, Seventy Sound Years: 1898–1968 |magazine=Billboard |date=May 4, 1968 |volume=74 |page=40}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=50 Records Take Grand Prix in Paris |magazine=Billboard |date=March 16, 1968 |volume=74 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0UEAAAAMBAJ&q=Grand+Prix+ |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821125650/https://books.google.com/books?id=T0UEAAAAMBAJ&q=Grand+Prix+#v=snippet&q=Grand%20Prix&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

:*1970 "Symphonic Music" – Mozart Symphonies 21–24 under [[Karl Böhm]] (DG)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mozart*, Karl Boehm*, Orchestre Philharmonique De Berlin* – Symphonies N° 21, K.134 • N° 22, K.162 • N° 23, K.181 • N° 24, K.182 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12910186-Mozart-Karl-Boehm-Orchestre-Philharmonique-De-Berlin-Symphonies-N-21-K134-N-22-K162-N-23-K181-N-24-K |website=Discogs |access-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217194534/https://www.discogs.com/release/12910186-Mozart-Karl-Boehm-Orchestre-Philharmonique-De-Berlin-Symphonies-N-21-K134-N-22-K162-N-23-K181-N-24-K |url-status=live }}</ref>
:*1970 "Solo & Orchestra" – Beethoven [[Triple Concerto (Beethoven)|Triple Concerto]] with  [[David Oistrakh]], [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], [[Sviatoslav Richter]] under [[Herbert von Karajan]] (EMI) 
:*1970 "Solo & Orchestra" – [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]] [[Cello Concerto (Dvořák)|Cello Concerto]], Tchaikovsky Rococo Varations with Mstislav Rostropovitch under Herbert von Karajan (DG) 
;*1979 "Solo & Orchestra" – Mozart Violin Concerts No. 3 & 5 with [[Anne-Sophie Mutter]] under [[Herbert von Karajan]] (DG)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Violin |url=https://www.dallassymphony.org/people/anne-sophie-mutter/ |website=Dallas Symphony Orchestra |access-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219002023/https://www.dallassymphony.org/people/anne-sophie-mutter/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mozart, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Violinkonzerte = Violin Concertos No. 3 KV 216 & No. 5 KV 219|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13783172-Mozart-Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Berliner-Philharmoniker-Herbert-von-Karajan-Violinkonzerte-Violin-Concerto|website=Discogs|access-date=February 19, 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219215023/https://www.discogs.com/release/13783172-Mozart-Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Berliner-Philharmoniker-Herbert-von-Karajan-Violinkonzerte-Violin-Concerto|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''[[Grammy Award]]s'''

:* [[Grammy Awards of 1970|1970]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording|Best Opera Recording]] – Herbert von Karajan, [[Helga Dernesch]], Thomas Stolze, [[Jess Thomas]], Wagner: ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'' (DGG, 1969)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 1979|1979]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance|Best Orchestral Performance]] – Herbert von Karajan, Beethoven: ''[[List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven#Symphonies|Symphonies (9) (Complete)]]''
:* [[Grammy Awards of 1993|1993]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance|Best Orchestral Recording]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], Mahler: ''[[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]]'' (DGG, 1992; recording 1979)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 1995|1995]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance|Best Chamber Music Performance]] – [[Daniel Barenboim]], [[Dale Clevenger]], [[Larry Combs]], Daniele Damiano, [[Hansjörg Schellenberger]], Beethoven/[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]: ''Quintets (Chicago – Berlin)'' (1994)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 1998|1998]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance|Best Small Ensemble Performance]] – [[Claudio Abbado]], Hindemith [[Kammermusik No. 1|''Kammermusik'' No. 1]] mit Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 (with members of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (EMI, 1996)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance|Best Classical Vocal Performance]] – [[Claudio Abbado]], [[Anne Sofie von Otter]], [[Thomas Quasthoff]]: ''Mahler: [[Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler)|Des Knaben Wunderhorn]]'' (DGG, 1999)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 2001|2001]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance|Best Orchestral Performance]] – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: ''[[Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 10]]'' (EMI, 2000)
:* [[Grammy Awards of 2007|2007]] – [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)|Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]] – [[Antonio Pappano]], [[Leif Ove Andsnes]]: ''Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|1]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|2]]'' (EMI, 2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/109|title=Winners|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=9 June 2018|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321033107/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/109|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''[[Gramophone Award]]s'''

:* 1981 – "Opera Recording of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Wagner: ''Parsifal'' (DGG, 1980)
:* 1981 – "Orchestral Record of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 9'' (DGG, 1980)
:* 1984 – "Record of the Year" – Herbert von Karajan, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 9'' (DGG, 1984; live recording 1982)
:* 2000 – "Orchestral Record of the Year" – Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler: ''Symphony No. 10'' (EMI, 2000)
:* 2004 – "Concerto" – [[Mariss Jansons]], [[Leif Ove Andsnes]], [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]]: ''[[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto]]'' and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]: ''[[Piano Concerto (Schumann)|Piano Concerto]]'' (EMI, 2004)
:* 2006 – "Record of the Year" – Claudio Abbado, Mahler: ''[[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]]'' (DGG, 2005)

'''[[Echo (music award)|ECHO]]''' (formerly [[Deutscher Schallplattenpreis]]) of Deutsche Phono-Akademie

:* 2003 – ''Chorwerkeinspielung'' – [[Simon Rattle|Sir Simon Rattle]], [[Berlin Radio Choir|Rundfunkchor Berlin]], [[MDR Rundfunkchor]], Ernst-Senff-Chor Berlin, [[Karita Mattila]], [[Anne Sofie von Otter]], [[Thomas Moser]], [[Philip Langridge]], [[Thomas Quasthoff]]: [[Arnold Schoenberg|''Schoenberg'']], ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' (EMI, 2002)
:* 2006 – ''Musik-DVD Produktion des Jahres'' – Sir Simon Rattle, [[Thomas Grube]] and [[Enrique Sánchez Lansch]] (director), Uwe Dierks (producer): ''[[Rhythm Is It!]]'' (2005)
:* 2006 – ''Sinfonische Einspielung'' – [[Claudio Abbado]]: [[Gustav Mahler|''Mahler'']], ''[[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]]'' (DGG, 2005)
:* 2016 – ''Orchester/Ensemble'' – [[Jean Sibelius]], Symphonies 1–7, (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015)

'''ICMA''' ([[International Classical Music Awards]])

:* 2016 – "Symphonic" – [[Sir Simon Rattle]]: [[Jean Sibelius]], Symphonies 1–7 (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015)
:* 2017 – "Symphonic" – [[Claudio Abbado]]: The Last Concert (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2016)

'''Timbre de Platine''' (Platinum Stamp) awarded by ''Opéra International'' magazine

:* 1987 – [[Riccardo Muti]], Mozart: ''[[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]'' (EMI, 1987)

[[Diapason (magazine)|''Diapason'' magazine]]

:* 2014 – [[Diapason d'Or|Diapason D'Or de l'année]] 2014 – Sir Simon Rattle: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], St Matthew Passion (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2014)
:* 2015 – Diapason D'Or Arte – [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]]: [[Franz Schubert]] (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2015)
:* 2015 – Diapason D'Or Arte – [[Sir Simon Rattle]]: Johann Sebastian Bach, [[St John Passion]] (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2014)
:* 2016 – Diapason D'Or de l'année 2016 – Sir Simon Rattle: [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], Symphonies 1–9 (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, 2016)

== See also ==

* [[Philharmonia Quartet Berlin]]
* [[The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic]]
* [[Scharoun Ensemble]]
* {{clc|Music commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* Annemarie Kleinert: ''Music at its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic. From Karajan to Rattle'', BoD Publishing Company, Norderstedt 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-8370-6361-5}}
* Angela Hartwig: ''Rattle at the Door – Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 2002 to 2008'', published by Evrei, 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-0002-8093-1}}, Kindle Edition {{ASIN|B00K001W6G}}

== External links ==
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* {{official|https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/}} (In English and German)
* [https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/berliner-philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker at Google Cultural Institute]
* [http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/orchestra/ Members of the orchestra], see also [[:Category:Players of the Berlin Philharmonic]]
* [http://www.digitalconcerthall.com/ Digital Concert Hall]
* [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,908076,00.html "Economic Crisis Puts the Squeeze on Arts"], a 2003 [[Deutsche Welle]] article
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070804214410/http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/artists/berlinphilharmonicorchestra/ Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks]
* {{discogs artist|Berliner Philharmoniker}}
* {{imdb name|1617101}}
* [http://www.kulturforum-berlin.com Website about the Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040840/http://www.lcsun-news.com/apcontent/ci_6710364 Misha Aster, ''Das Reichsorchester'']
* [http://www.bolero-berlin.de Bolero Berlin website], the Latin soul of the Berlin Philharmonic {{in lang|de}}

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