Symphony orchestra based in Berlin, aka Konzerthausorchester Berlin.

The orchestra was founded in 1952 as the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (Berlin Symphony Orchestra) in what was then East Berlin, as a rival ensemble to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra based in West Berlin.

After German reunification in 1989, the orchestra was threatened with dissolution, but survived, acquiring its current name in 2006.

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