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Staatskapelle Berlin

Band, DE
Classical
A.k.a. Das Orchester Der Staatsoper Berlin

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)

Members

	Mathis Fischer vn
	Reiner Süß voc 1930-2015 DE
	Matthias Wilke hps, org DE
	Dietrich Schmuhl tr
	Egon Morbitzer vn 1927-1989 DE
	Gyula Dallo
	Jörg Winkler DE
	Ernst Hermann Meyer 1905-1988 DE
	Otmar Suitner 1922-2010 AT
	Matthias Winkler cb
	Frank Heintze bsn
	Andreas Aigmüller dr, perc, fl *1952 DE
	Ib Hausmann bcl, cl DE
	Hans-Jürgen Krumstroh alp
	Christian Batzdorf tr
	Andreas Lorenz ob DE
	Andreas Greger vc *1962 DE
	Christian Wagner alp, acg DE
	Siegfried Borries vn 1912-1980 DE
	Gerald Kulinna DE
	Markus Bruggaier alp, acc *1969 DE
	Robert Dräger bsn
	Sebastian Weigle frh, alp *1961 DE
	Sennu Laine vc FI
	Sarah Willis alp, frh *1969 GB
	Heinz Tietjen 1881-1967 DE
	Alfred Lipka vl DE
	Wolf-Dieter Batzdorf vn, voc *1947 DE
	Mathias Baier bsn *1965 DE
	Karl-Heinz Schröter vc DE
	Max Strub vn 1900-1966 DE
	Joost Keizer vl
	Unolf Wäntig cl DE
	Ralf Zank tb, ts *1960 DE
	Lothar Friedrich vn
	Egbert Schimmelpfennig vc
	Joachim Klier cb DE
	Harald Winkler cb DE
	Thorsten Rosenbusch vn
	Christian Trompler vn
	Ulrike Bassenge vn *1981 DE
	Stephen Fitzpatrick GB
	Leo Siberski tr *1969 DE
	Felix Wilde tr *1977 DE
	Thomas Keller tu *1975 DE
	Bernhard Günther vc DE
	Michael Nellessen vc *1957 DE
	Thomas Selditz vl *1967 DE
	Johanna Helm vc *1986 DE
	Stanislava Stoykova *1980 DE
	Karl Reitz vl 1887-1943 DE
	Wolfram Brandl vn *1975 DE
	Alf Moser b *1966 DE
	Sandra Tancibudek vn
	André Witzmann vn DE
	Michael Engel vn DE
	Rüdiger Thal vn *1980 DE
	Susanne Schergaut vn *1960 DE
	Nabil Shehata cb *1980
	Bernd Müller vn DE
	Stefan Schulz tb *1971 DE
	Felix Schwartz vl
	Katarina Malzew vc DE
	Rudolf Deman vn 1880-1960 AT
	Emil Kornsand vn DE
	Axel Grüner frh FR
	Gregor Witt ob, eh GB
	Jean-Claude Velin vl FR