Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

One of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world, named after the concert hall in which it is based, the [l=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
1785–1810
1810–1827
1827–1835
1835–1843 [a=Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]
1843–1844 [a=Ferdinand Hiller]
1845–1847 [a=Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]
1848–1854
1860–1895 [a=Carl Reinecke]
1895–1922 [a=Arthur Nikisch]
1922–1928 [a=Wilhelm Furtwängler]
1929–1933 [a=Bruno Walter]
1934–1945 [a=Hermann Abendroth]
1946–1949 [a=Herbert Albert]
1949–1962 [a=Franz Konwitschny]
1964–1968 [a=Václav Neumann]
1970–1996 [a=Kurt Masur]
1998–2005 [a=Herbert Blomstedt]
2005–2016 [a=Riccardo Chailly]
2018-present [a=Andris Nelsons]