Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker (translated in English as Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) - earlier known as Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester or Philharmonisches Orchester - is a German orchestra founded in 1882.

[b]Principal Conductors[/b]

Ludwig Von Brenner (1882-1887)

[a=Hans Von Bülow] (1887–1892)

[a=Arthur Nikisch] (1895–1922)

[a=Wilhelm Furtwängler] (1922–1945)

[a=Leo Borchard] (May–August 1945)

[a=Sergiu Celibidache] (1945–1952)

[a=Wilhelm Furtwängler] (1952–1954)

[a=Herbert Von Karajan] (1954–1989)

[a=Claudio Abbado] (1989–2002)

[a=Sir Simon Rattle] (2002–2018)

[a=Kirill Petrenko] (2019-)

There has officially been [i]one[/i] name change. It took place gradually over a 37 year period where the official two names (and ANVs thereof) were used in parallel.

First appearance of Berliner Philharmoniker was around 1929: [r24453419]

Last appearance of Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester was in 1966: [r9117993]