Berlin Radio Choir

The Rundfunkchor Berlin (Berlin Radio Choir) is a professional German classical choir founded in 1925.

Rundfunkchor Berlin
Choir
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1925 (1925)
Genre	Professional mixed choir
Chief conductor	Gijs Leenaars [nl][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 [de], 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.