Berlin Philharmonic - Current Members

Current Members

The members of the orchestra as of August 2012 are:

First violins
  • Guy Braunstein (1st Concertmaster)*
  • Daniel Stabrawa (1st Concertmaster)*
  • Daishin Kashimoto (1st Concertmaster)*
  • Andreas Buschatz (Concertmaster)
  • Zoltán Almási
  • Maja Avramović
  • Simon Bernardini
  • Wolfram Brandl
  • Peter Brem
  • Armin Brunner
  • Alessandro Cappone
  • Madeleine Carruzzo
  • Aline Champion
  • Felicitas Clamor-Hoffmeister
  • Laurentius Dinca
  • Sebastian Heesch
  • Aleksandar Ivić
  • Rüdiger Liebermann
  • Kotowa Machida
  • Bastian Schäfer
  • Rainer Sonne
  • Dorian Xhoxhi
Second violins
  • Christian Stadelmann (leader of the 2nd Violins)*
  • Thomas Timm (leader of the 2nd Violins)*
  • Christophe Horak (principal)
  • Daniel Bell
  • Holm Birkholz
  • Stanley Dodds
  • Cornelia Gartemann
  • Amadeus Heutling
  • Marlene Ito
  • Rainer Mehne
  • Christoph von der Nahmer
  • Raimar Orlovsky
  • Simon Roturier
  • Bettina Satorius
  • Rachel Schmidt
  • Armin Schubert
  • Stephan Schulze
  • Christoph Streuli
  • Eva-Maria Tomasi
  • Romano Tommasini
Violas
  • Amihai Grosz (1st principal)*
  • Máté Szűcs (1st principal)*
  • Naoko Shimizu (principal)
  • Wilfried Strehle (principal)
  • Micha Afkham
  • Julia Gartemann
  • Matthew Hunter
  • Ulrich Knörzer
  • Sebastian Krunnies
  • Walter Küssner
  • Ignacy Miecznikowski
  • Martin von der Nahmer
  • Zdzisław Polonek
  • Neithard Resa
  • Joaquín Riquelme García
  • Martin Stegner
  • Wolfgang Talirz
Cellos
  • Ludwig Quandt (1st principal)*
  • Martin Löhr (principal)
  • Olaf Maninger (principal)
  • Richard Duven
  • Rachel Helleur
  • Christoph Igelbrink
  • Solène Kermarrec
  • Stephan Koncz
  • Martin Menking
  • David Riniker
  • Nikolaus Römisch
  • Dietmar Schwalke
  • Knut Weber
Double basses
  • Matthew McDonald (1st principal)*
  • Janne Saksala (1st principal)*
  • Esko Laine (principal bass)
  • Fora Baltacigil
  • Martin Heinze
  • Stanisław Pajak
  • Peter Riegelbauer
  • Edicson Ruiz
  • Gunars Upatnieks
  • Janusz Widzyk
  • Ulrich Wolff
Flutes
  • Andreas Blau (principal)*
  • Emmanuel Pahud (principal)*
  • Michael Hasel
  • Jelka Weber
Oboes
  • Albrecht Mayer (principal)*
  • Jonathan Kelly (principal)*
  • Christoph Hartmann
  • Andreas Wittmann
  • Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais)
Clarinets
  • Wenzel Fuchs (principal)*
  • Andreas Ottensamer (principal)*
  • Alexander Bader
  • Manfred Preis (bass clarinet)
  • Walter Seyfarth
Bassoons
  • Daniele Damiano (principal)*
  • Stefan Schweigert (principal)*
  • Mor Biron
  • Marion Reinhard (double)
  • Markus Weidmann
Saxophone
  • Jean-Yves Fourmeau (when needed)*
Horns
  • Stefan Dohr (principal)*
  • Stefan de Leval Jezierski
  • Fergus McWilliam
  • Georg Schrekenberger
  • Klaus Wallendorf
  • Sarah Willis
  • Andrej Žust
Trumpets
  • Gábor Tarkövi (principal)*
  • Tamás Velenczei (principal)*
  • Georg Hilser
  • Guillaume Jehl
  • Martin Kretzer
Trombones
  • Christhard Gössling (principal)*
  • Olaf Ott (principal)*
  • Jesper Busk Sørensen
  • Thomas Leyendecker
  • Stefan Schulz
Tubas
  • Alexander von Puttkamer
Timpani
  • Rainer Seegers
  • Wieland Welzel
Percussion
  • Raphael Häger
  • Simon Rössler
  • Franz Schindlbeck
  • Jan Schlichte
Harp
  • Marie-Pierre Langlamet

* denotes current soloists.

See also: Players of the Berlin Philharmonic

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