Making music together
The subscribers’s orchestra is now called the DSO Community Orchestra!
They come from a wide variety of professions: they are doctors, broadcasting staff or students during the day, but every Monday evening they come together in the DSO’s rehearsal hall to make music together. Since 2003, the DSO Community Orchestra (formerly known as ›Abo-Orchester‹) has been providing its musically ambitious friends with the opportunity to rehearse and perform challenging concert literature under professional guidance.
Originally intended for subscribers to the DSO, the DSO subscribers’ orchestra soon opened up for a number of amateur musicians. Not only the classic audience of subscribers is making music here, but in the meantime also students and former DSO orchestra professionals aged 20 to 82 are part of it. It has become an integrative project, a large community of people around the DSO who get along splendidly through and with music. To emphasise this aspect, the ensemble will henceforth have a new name: it is looking forward to the next 20 years as the DSO Community Orchestra.
The ensemble is led by Heinz Radzischewski, the former assistant principal trumpeter of the DSO, who initiated it. Many of his colleagues are regularly involved with the project as teachers and soloists, and the principal conductor occasionally holds a rehearsal. Concerts in Berlin and guest performances document the high level of the collaboration.
Upcoming Concerts
Autumn 2026 – Spandau
Sat 12 September 2026 / 5 pm
Nikolaikirche Spandau
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
DSO Community-Orchester
Music by Bizet, Gounod, Lehár, J. Strauss and others
Charity concert under the patronage of District Mayor Frank Bewig
Free admission, donations welcome
The donations will go to two hospices in Spandau:
* Simeon-Hospiz (Schönwalder Allee 26, 13587 Berlin)
* Herzenszeit – Trauerbegleitung für junge Menschen (Kladower Damm 221, 14089 Berlin)
December 2026 – Advent Concert
Sar 5 December 2026 / 7 pm
Jesus-Christus-Kirche Dahlem
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Thomas Berg, Shuho Hoshi Berg, Annegret Schulze, Susanne Stadelmann Violin
Jutta Mantel Flute
Francesco Leuzzi Oboe
DSO Community-Orchester
Music by Anderson, Bach, Haydn and Vivaldi
Free admission, donations welcome
March 2027 – Haus des Rundfunks
Sun 21 March 2027 / 5 pm
Haus des Rundfunks / Großer Sendesaal
Charity concert in aid of the Berlin Cancer Foundation
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Duo BarCa: Julia Barreiro, Lorenzo Cattel Piano
DSO Community-Orchester
Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom ›per trentadue archi‹
Francis Poulenc Concerto for two pianos and orchestra
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 ›From the New World‹
Tickets for 18 €, available from 15 July 2026 at DSO’s Ticket Office
Summer 2027 – Gatow
Sat 12 June 2027 / 7pm
Militärhistorisches Museum (MHM)
Flughafen Berlin-Gatow, Hangar 7
Heinz Radzischewski Conductor
Ido Moran Trumpet
DSO Community-Orchester
Classic Highlights from Dvořák, Holst, Prokofjew, Schostakowitsch and others
Free admission, registrations starts in May 2027
Vacancies
Interested musicians are welcome at any time. At the moment we are mainly looking for violas and double basses. However, new violins and cellos are also welcome.
Rehearsals
The subscribers’ orchestra rehearses every Monday from 7:30 to 10 pm in the DSO rehearsal hall at Wilhelm Hallen, Kopenhagener Str. 72a, 13407 Berlin-Reinickendorf.
Interested players are always welcome; we are always looking for string players in particular.
Contact
Marion Herrscher:
Email or Tel +49 30. 20 29 87 530