North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
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The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (NDR Symphony Orchestra, German: Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks) is the most prestigious orchestra in the city of Hamburg and one of the most acclaimed orchestras in Germany. The orchestra was founded by British occupation authorities after World War II. Its first musicians came mostly from the ranks of the old Nazi-controlled Grosses Rundfunkorchester des Reichssenders Hamburg. The orchestra gave its first concert in 1945 under Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt with Yehudi Menuhin as soloist. Since then it has gained great renown in the great classical and romantic composers such as Bruckner and Beethoven as well as in contemporary works.
[edit] Principal Conductors
- Christoph von Dohnányi (2004–)
- Christoph Eschenbach (1998–2004)
- Herbert Blomstedt (1996–1998)
- John Eliot Gardiner (1991–1994)
- Günter Wand (1982–1990)
- Klaus Tennstedt (1979–1981)
- Moshe Atzmon (1972–1976)
- Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1945–1971)
