Orchestra

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

From: Hamburg
Since: 1828–present
Releases: 55

Official site

About

The Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra) is an internationally renowned symphony orchestra based in Hamburg. From 2015 to 2025, Kent Nagano was General Music Director (Generalmusikdirektor) and chief conductor (Chefdirigent). The Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra also serves as the orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera. The orchestra is one of three major orchestras in Hamburg, the others being the Hamburger Symphoniker and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

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Members

Mathias Reitter 1983–now bassoon
Björn Westlund 1984–now flute
Martin Blomenkamp 1985–now violin
Roland Henn 1985–now viola
Thomas Tyllack 1986–now cello
Berthold Holewik 1987–now violin
Gerhard Kleinert 1987–now double bass
Friedrich Peschken 1987–now double bass
Hildegard Schlaud 1987–now violin
Annette Hänsel 1988–now viola
Thomas Rohde 1988–now oboe
Eckhard Schmidt 1988–now trumpet
Torsten Schwesig 1988–now horn, Wagner tuba
Rupert Wachter 1988–now clarinet
Christoph Baerwind 1989–now trumpet
Massimo Drechsler 1989–now percussion
Arne Klein 1989–now cello
Monika Märkl 1989–now cello
Naomi Seiler 1989–now viola
Solveigh Rose 1990–now violin
Thomas C. Wolf 1990–now violin
Marianne Engel 1991–now violin
Martin Frieß 1991–now trumpet
Brigitte Maaß 1991–now cello
Annette Schäfer 1991–now violin
Matthias Albrecht 1992–now clarinet, bass clarinet
Stefan Herrling 1992–now violin
Bernd Künkele 1992–now horn, Wagner tuba
Elke Bär 1993–now viola
Imke Dithmar-Baier 1993–now violin
Stefanie Frieß 1993–now viola
Frank Polter 1993–now percussion
Heike Sartorti 1993–now violin
Mario Schlumpberger 1993–now trumpet
Christian Seibold 1993–now clarinet
Markus Tollmann 1993–now cello
Monika Bruggaier 1994–now violin
Kai Fischer 1994–now clarinet, bass clarinet
Joachim Knorr 1994–now bass trombone
Vera Plagge 1994–now piccolo
Christiane Wulff 1994–now violin
Felix Heckhausen 1995–now violin
Hedda Steinhardt 1995–now violin
Birgit Wilden 1995–now cor anglais
Stefan Schmidt 1996–now violin
Andreas Simon 1996–now tuba
Manuela Tyllack 1996–now flute
Alexander Bachl 1997–now clarinet
Katharina von Held 1997–now double bass
Saskia van Baal 1998–now horn, Wagner tuba
Anne Schnyder Döhl 1999–now violin
Gundula Faust 1999–now viola
Esther Middendorf 2000–now violin
Bettina Rühl 2001–now viola
Bogdan Dumitraşcu 2002–now violin
Sidsel Garm Nielsen 2002–now violin
Tobias Grove 2003–now double bass
Annette Schmidt-Barnekow 2003–now violin
Tuan Cuong Hoang 2004–now violin
Matthias Hupfeld 2004–now percussion
Jesper Tjærby Korneliusen 2004–now timpani
Nicolas Thiébaud 2004–now oboe
Olivia Jeremias 2005–now cello
Brian Barker 2006–now timpani
Piotr Pujanek 2006–now violin
Thomas Rühl 2006–now viola
Minako Uno-Tollmann 2006–now viola
Sevgi Özsever 2007–now oboe
Clemens Wieck 2007–now horn, Wagner tuba
Tobias Bloos 2008–now cello
Dorothee Fine 2008–now violin
Anne Frick 2008–now violin
Joanna Kamenarska 2008–now violin
Daria Pujanek 2009–now violin
Hannes Tschugg 2009–now trombone
Franziska Kober 2010–now double bass
Fabian Lachenmaier 2010–now bassoon, contrabassoon
Hibiki Oshima 2010–now
Ralph Ficker 2011–now horn, Wagner tuba
Christoph Bloos 2011–now violin
Mette Tjærby Korneliusen 2011–now violin
Konradin Seitzer 2012–now violin
Lena-Maria Buchberger 2013–now harp
Olivia Comparot 2013–now bassoon
Hannes Biermann 2014–now double bass
Laure Kornmann 2014–now violin
Clara Bellegarde 2015–now harp
Sebastian Deutscher 2015–now violin
Clara Grünwald 2015–now cello
Patrick Hollich 2015–now clarinet
Josephine Nobach 2015–now violin
Merlin Schirmer 2015–now cello
Jonas Burow 2016–now trombone, bass trombone
Christine Hu 2016–now cello
Sonia Eun Kim 2017–now violin
Lukas Lang 2017–now double bass
João Martinho 2017–now trombone
Maria Rallo Muguruza 2017–now viola
Fabian Otten 2017–now percussion
Katharina Weiß 2017–now violin
Felix von Werder 2018–now double bass
Chungyoon Choe 2018–now violin
Gideon Schirmer 2018–now violin
Myung-Eun Schirmer 2018–now violin
José Silva 2018–now bassoon
Kathrin Wipfler 2018–now violin
Sangyoon Lee 2019–now viola
Saskia Hirschinger 2020–now cello
Felix Petereit 2020–now trumpet
Yitong Guo 2020–now viola
Yuri Katsumata-Monegatto 2020–now violin
Guilherme Filipe Sousa 2020–now oboe
Tomohiro Arita 2021–now viola
Daniel Cho 2021–now violin
Matthias Schurr 2022–now percussion
Yannick Adams 2022–now double bass
Maximilian Eller 2022–now trombone
Leonardo Fernandes 2022–now trombone
Iris Icellioglu 2022–now viola
Minju Kim 2022–now bassoon
Katarina Slavkovská 2022–now flute
Flávia Valente 2022–now piccolo
Jefimija Brajović now violin
Walter Keller now flute
Hugo Moinet now violin
Jens-Joachim Muth now violin
Simone Preuin now oboe
Isabelle-Fleur Reber-Kunert now viola
Stefan Schäfer now double bass
Ryuichi Rainer Suzuki now cello
Liisa Tschugg now viola
Michael Armbruster · former horn
Jean‐Claude Gérard · former flute
Rainer Wolters · former violin
Lars Ranch 1991–1994 · former
Dániel Ember 2007–2013 · former horn

Discography

Albums 32

Singles 1

Klompendans uit “Zar und Zimmermann” / Intermezzo sinfonico uit “Cavalleria Rusticana” Year unknown

Live 14

Compilations 8

Conductor position

Subgroup

Also known as

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra · Hamburg State Opera Orchestra · Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra · Hamburger Philharmoniker · Orchester der Hamburgischen Staatsoper · Orchestre de I’Opera d’Etat de Hambourg · Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg · Philharmonisches Staatorchester Hamburg

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: cbfc7f8c-eb3d-44d5-b1f7-0fb032993ae4
ISNI: 0000000122713982

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.