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Berlin based choir From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Choir) is a professional German classical choir founded in 1925.
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Origin | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1925 |
Genre | Professional mixed choir |
Chief conductor | Gijs Leenaars[1] |
Website | rundfunkchor-berlin.de |
In the 1950s the choir was divided into the Berliner Solistenvereinigung and the Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks. These were united as Rundfunkchor Berlin in 1973.[2][3]
The choir is one of four professional bodies administered by Rundfunk-Orchester und -Chöre Berlin , founded in 1994 and jointly owned by Deutschlandradio (40%), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (35%), Land Berlin (20%) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) founded 1925 and continuing in East Berlin; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, founded 1946 in West Berlin as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester (RSO); the Rundfunkchor Berlin; and the RIAS Kammerchor founded 1948 in West Berlin.
For Pentatone, the choir has recorded ten operas of Richard Wagner, the Mass in F minor by Anton Bruckner and Die Tageszeiten by Richard Strauss.
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