Among other awards it received the Japanese Record Prize and the Grand Prix du Disque für Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans, L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi and Mozart's Betulia liberata as well as the Goethe-Preis der Stadt Berlin [de].
In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, the Berlin Chamber Orchestra was associated with the tenor and conductor Peter Schreier, with whom it toured extensively; several CD and television productions were made.
During this time, the orchestra worked with the trumpeter Ludwig Güttler, with Vittorio Negri and the conductors Kurt Masur, Heinz Schunk and Jeffrey Tate.
It has given guest performances worldwide, including in Japan, the USA, Poland, Turkey, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Today the chamber orchestra works with numerous soloists, including Gábor Boldoczki, the pianist Paul Lewis, Saleem Abboud Ashkar [de], Matt Haimovitz, David Fray and Katrin Scholz.