Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Founded in Berlin in 1982, the ensemble is now one of the world's leading chamber orchestras playing historically informed music. Akamus performs under the changing direction of its two concertmasters Bernhard Forck and Georg Kallweit as well as selected conductors. The ensemble has a particularly close and long-standing artistic partnership with René Jacobs.
Akamus also works regularly with internationally renowned soloists such as Isabelle Faust, Antoine Tamestit, Michael Volle and Bejun Mehta. The extraordinarily successful cooperation with the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin began 30 years ago. Akamus also maintains a close partnership with the Bavarian Radio Chorus.
The ensemble's recordings have won all the major recording awards, including the Grammy Award, Diapason d'Or, Gramophone Award and the Annual Prize of the German Record Critics. In 2006 the orchestra received the Telemann Prize of the City of Magdeburg, and in 2014 the Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig.