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 Johann Adam Hiller
1785–1810 [a6566752]
1810–1827 [a2886716]
1827–1835 [a2099292]
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 [a=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