Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

One of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world, named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany. Its origins can be traced to 1743, when a society called the Grosses Concert began performing in private homes and then in a tavern called "The Three Swans". The orchestra gave its first concert in the Gewandhaus in 1781.

Music directors (Gewandhauskapellmeister):

1781–1785 Johann Adam Hiller

1785–1810 Johann Gottfried Schicht

1810–1827 Johann Philipp Christian Schulze

1827–1835 Christian August Pohlenz

1835–1843 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1843–1844 Ferdinand Hiller

1845–1847 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1848–1854 Julius Rietz

1860–1895 Carl Reinecke

1895–1922 Arthur Nikisch

1922–1928 Wilhelm Furtwängler

1929–1933 Bruno Walter

1934–1945 Hermann Abendroth

1946–1949 Herbert Albert

1949–1962 Franz Konwitschny

1964–1968 Václav Neumann

1970–1996 Kurt Masur

1998–2005 Herbert Blomstedt

2005–2016 Riccardo Chailly

2018-present Andris Nelsons