Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Do you still remember that Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra visited Taiwan on the Christmas day two years ago? I believe that most people has heard a lot about Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since it has been viewed as one of the several top symphonic orchestra in the world. As a result, its great frame go through the west countries to the east, and to join or cooperate with this world famous orchestra become a milestone for many musician, such as Yo-Yo Ma. However, do you know what is inside it? How did this orchestra establish? Who is the super star in this orchestra?

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra which is also known as Berlin Philharmonic was established in 1882 by 54 musicians under the name Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle.
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The name known to us now was officially recognized in 1887. In this year, Berlin Philharmonic received the finacial support and conducted by Ludwig Von Brenner, its first conductor. Since then, the Berlin Philharmonic founded its organization and reputation in a very short time. Nevertheless, Ludwig Von Brenner was the first conductor but not the most prestigious one in its history. As a matter of fact, Herbert Von Karajan was the one who take Berlin Philharmonic to summit during 1955~1989. His cooperation with Berlin Philharmonis beomes the top seller in classic music recordings which was said to be the most successful combination. This orchestra is composed of 128 world-class instrument players, and there are 41 1st and 2nd violins, 14 violas, 13 cellos, 11 double basses, 4 flutes, 5 oboes, including 1english horn, 4 clarinets, 5 bassoons, 7 horns, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, 5 tubas, 1 harp, and 6 for percussion. Besides its number of members, this orchestra own a concert hall in Berlin which provide them for practice and performance.


Special Feature
What’s more in Berlin Philharmonic? Here, I am going to introduce you to a wonderful flute player. The youngest principal in Berlin Philharmonic, he is Emmanuel Pahud. Pahud started to learn playing flute at age of 6. He had won hundreds of awards in the process of learning the flute, including several sololist prizes. Now Emmanuel Pahud has conqure a great many people not only by the flute but also his charm.