Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim BRAHMS The Symphonies

Formed in 1570, the Staatskapelle Berlin is the world’s third oldest orchestra with an exceptional, dark and warm sound shaped by a long line of celebrated conductors including Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss and their relative isolation in East Germany.

In addition to winning seven Grammy Awards and holding the Musical Directorship of the Staatskapelle Berlin since 1992, Maestro Barenboim is also the General Music Director of the Staatsoper Berlin. He previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Fluent in Spanish, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, and German, he is the only Israeli in the world to hold both Palestinian and Israeli passports. He co-founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which was designated a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding in 2016. In 2008, he received the International Service Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights.

As part of his recently announced exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, the world’s iconic classical label, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin have recorded the complete Brahms Symphonies, which will be released by Universal Music.