Duisburger Sinfoniker

About

German philharmonic orchestra based in Duisburg. Founded in 1877 as "Neue Städtische Kapelle". The name was later changed to "Duisburger Sinfoniker" and in 2001 to Duisburger Philharmoniker.

General Music Directors:
• Walter Josephson (1899 to 1920)
• Paul Scheinpflug (1920 to 1928)
• Eugen Jochum (1930 to 1932)
• Otto Volkmann (1933 to 1944)
• Georg Ludwig Jochum (1948 to 1970)
• Walter Weller (1971 to 1972)
• Miltiades Caridis (1975 to 1981)
• Lawrence Foster (1982 to 1987)
• Alexander Lazarev (1987 to 1993)
• Bruno Weil (1994 to 2002)