Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
The German Symphonie- Orchester Berlin ( DSO) is a major orchestra in the German capital Berlin. It is a member of the 1994 founded Radio Orchestra and choirs GmbH ( ROC).
History
When, after the Second World War in the U.S. sector of the DIAS ( cable radio in the American Sector ) and later the RIAS were founded, was created in 1946 and the RIAS Symphony Orchestra ( RSO).
In 1956, the orchestra in Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin was renamed because the transmitter founded two years earlier Freies Berlin boarding with a production contract with the orchestra and wanted a name change.
1993 saw the re- change of name to the Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, to avoid confusion with the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB ), also a member of the ROC.
The end of 2009, there were briefly a plan at the beginning of the season 2011/2012 to merge the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in a sound body, which should then be under the direction of Marek Janowski. Due to the high resistance of the plan was rejected.
In 2009, the orchestra with 87 090 visitors in 51 concerts an absolute record number of visitors. For each concert was attended by 1,453 listeners who cared so for an occupancy rate of around 84 percent. Ticket sales increased in 2009 by 243,000 euros to around 1.66 million euros.
After chief conductor Ingo Metzmacher its commitment not extended in protest against budget cuts over the season 2009/10 addition, the orchestra was temporarily without a chief conductor.
Chief Conductor
- Ferenc Fricsay (1948-1954 and 1959-1963)
- Lorin Maazel (1964-1975)
- Riccardo Chailly (1982-1989)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (1989-2000)
- Kent Nagano (2000-2006)
- Ingo Metzmacher (2007-2010)
- Tugan Taimurasowitsch Sochijew ( from 2012, designated since 2010)
Special Events
- September 28, 1959: The transfer of the concert of the rededication of the Great broadcasting hall in the house of broadcasting with Kodály Psalmus hungaricus and Mozart's Mass in C minor is the first stereophonic broadcast on German radio.
- November 3, 1959: First concert of the series RIAS introduces. Young artists from all over the world here are given the opportunity to give her Berlin debut. Among them such famous names such as Jessye Norman, Jacqueline du Pré and Yevgeny Kissin will be over the years.
- April 19, 1967: 45th concert of the series of contemporary music ( MdG ): World premiere of the Cello Concerto by György Ligeti.
- December 2000: world premiere of John Adams ' El Niño under Kent Nagano as orchestra in residence at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.