All Berlin Philharmonic articles
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News‘All-star’ Rosamunde Quartet signs to Curtis Artist Management Roster
The ensemble comprises members of the world’s top orchestras, three of whom are alumni of the Curtis Institute of Music
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NewsLong-standing Berlin Philharmonic violinist announces retirement
Alessandro Cappone has served the orchestra for 44 years, describing it as ‘one of the best jobs in the world’
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic appoints new cellist
25-year-old cellist Moritz Huemer will start his new role in May 2025
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic concertmaster announces resignation
The first female violinist to hold a first concertmaster role in the ensemble’s history, Vineta Sareika says ‘being part of this particular orchestra is not the path I’d like to continue on in the future’
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ReviewConcert review: Antoine Tamestit (viola) Berlin Philharmonic/Daniel Harding
Carlos Maria Solare hears the performance of Jörg Widmann and Bruckner at the Berlin Philharmonie on 20 January 2024
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic appoints its first female concertmaster
Vineta Sareika-Völkner becomes the first woman to hold the position in the orchestra’s 141-year history
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic violist Dietrich Gerhardt has died
The 94-year-old had an active career in the orchestra’s committees, chamber ensembles and teaching schemes for almost 40 years
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #48: Noah Bendix-Balgley on performing under pressure as a concertmaster
Yes, the Scheherazade and Ein Heldenleben solos are nerve-wracking for everybody…
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NewsNew string appointments at Berlin Philharmonic, including solo viola
Chinese violist Diyang Mei leaves his Munich Philharmonic Orchestra role to take the top viola job, while Vineta Sareika-Völkner and Christa-Maria Stangorra join the violin sections
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NewsBassist Ulrich Wolff retires from Berlin Philharmonic
The double bassist played his final concert with the orchestra on 30 December 2021 after 44 years of service
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VideoBerlin Philharmonic cellists perform ‘Jingle Bells’
Do they get a doubling fee for playing the bells too?
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra appoints new musicians
After a trial period of many months, Johanna Pichlmair and Johannes Lamotke join the orchestra’s violin and horn section respectively
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VideoThe 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic play Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras no.1
In celebration of our feature on Heitor Villa-Lobos and the cello in the July 2021 issue, here is a performance with no shortage of cello
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ReviewConcert review: Berlin Philharmonic Quartets
Peter Quantrill hears a series of live-streamed concerts from the Berlin Philharmonie on 14 December
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic plans Shanghai residency
The German orchestra will present five concerts in the city in June 2022
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NewsViolinist Hande Kueden joins Berlin Philharmonic
Born in Turkey, Kueden was previously deputy concertmaster of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
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NewsObituary: Hellmut Stern (1928-2020)
The former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic fled the Nazis in 1938 and also performed in Israel and the US
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VideoBerlin Philharmonic recruits first female first principal of the second violins
Marlene Ito succeeds Christian Stadelmann, who died in July 2019
