Konzerthausorchester Berlin

The orchestra is resident at the Konzerthaus Berlin, designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

After German reunification in 1989, the orchestra was threatened with dissolution, but subscriber action maintained the ensemble.

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin currently has, as its sister chamber orchestra, the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester.

Subsequent chief conductors have been Günther Herbig, Claus Peter Flor, Michael Schønwandt (1992–1998), Eliahu Inbal (2001–2006), Lothar Zagrosek,[2] and Iván Fischer.

[3][4] In November 2017, the orchestra announced the appointment of Christoph Eschenbach as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019–2020 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.