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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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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 1785–1810 1810–1827 1827–1835 1835–1843 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1843–1844 Ferdinand Hiller 1845–1847 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1848–1854 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