Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker (translated in English as Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) - earlier known as Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester or Philharmonisches Orchester - is a German orchestra founded in 1882.

[b]Principal Conductors[/b]
Ludwig Von Brenner (1882-1887)
[a=Hans Von Bülow] (1887–1892)
[a=Arthur Nikisch] (1895–1922)
[a=Wilhelm Furtwängler] (1922–1945)
[a=Leo Borchard] (May–August 1945)
[a=Sergiu Celibidache] (1945–1952)
[a=Wilhelm Furtwängler] (1952–1954)
[a=Herbert Von Karajan] (1954–1989)
[a=Claudio Abbado] (1989–2002)
[a=Sir Simon Rattle] (2002–2018)
[a=Kirill Petrenko] (2019-)

There has officially been [i]one[/i] name change. It took place gradually over a 37 year period where the official two names (and ANVs thereof) were used in parallel.
First appearance of Berliner Philharmoniker was around 1929: [r24453419]
Last appearance of Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester was in 1966: [r9117993]