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The Berlin Philharmonic Octet, founded as a chamber music association of the Berliner Philharmoniker, is one of the orchestra’s oldest and most successful ensembles. Over the decades, it has been continuously expanded and reappointed with new orchestra members, including world-class musicians: former concertmasters Spivakovsky, Röhn and Borries, cellists Piatigorsky, Graudan and Machula, clarinettist Bürkner and bassoonist Rothensteiner are all part of the octet’s history.
The ensemble’s extensive touring activities within Europe expanded to other continents after the Second World War. It has travelled to the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia and Africa, among other places. In 1978, the Philharmonic Octet performed for the first time in Israel and the USSR. Today, the ensemble regularly appears at festivals in Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh and Berlin. The members of the Philharmonic Octet find working with contemporary composers particularly rewarding. In 1958, Paul Hindemith dedicated his octet to the ensemble, which premiered in Berlin with the composer himself playing first viola. Hans Werner Henze, Boris Blacher, Werner Thärichen, Karl Heinz Wahren, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Isang Yun have also dedicated works to the Philharmonic Octet.
