Effective period / Period of releases: 1940 - 2022

Members: David Hausdorf, Karl-Heinz Hahn, Thiemo Besch, Karel Eberle, Deinhart Goritzki, Wolfgang Stingl, Emmanuel Pahud, Robert Eliscu, Mathias Löhlein, Michael Helmrath, Christian Gansch, Jörg Winkler, James Levine (2), Jefimija Brajovic, Hubert Pistl, Valery Gergiev, Sergiu Celibidache, Lisa Outred, Claude Rippas, Willi Schmid, Arnold Riedhammer, Timothy Jones (3), Werner Grobholz, Michaela Buchholz, Helmut Nicolai, Simon Fordham, Konrad Hampe, Karl Kolbinger, Rolf Quinque, Wolfgang Berg, Gottfried Langenstein, Paul Fürst, Gernot Schmalfuß, Jano Lisboa, Kurt Guntner, Michael Stern (4), Marie-Luise Modersohn, Jörg Brückner, Dany Bonvin, Streicher der Münchner Philharmoniker, Philipp Lang, Floris Mijnders, Ingolf Turban, Burkhard Jäckle, Helmar Stiehler, Radek Baborák, Edgar Guggeis, Florin Paul, Satu Vänskä, Dankwart Schmidt, Richard Popp, Sreten Krstić, Wolfgang Nestle, Ulrich Becker, Beate Springorum, Kai Rapsch, Fritz Demmler, Ana Lebedinski, Michael Martin Kofler, Albert Osterhammer, Julia Rebekka Adler, Kathi Reichstaller, Walter Stangl (2), Christa Jardine, Wolfgang Gaag, Gustav Kolbe, Andreas Schwinn, Quirin Willert, Samuel Seidenberg, Alexandra Gruber, Jörg Eggebrecht, Mitglieder der Münchner Philharmoniker, Ilona Cudek, Martin Manz, Wolfram Lohschütz, Thomas Ruge, Franz Unterrainer, Lucja Madziar, Ulrich Zeller, Josef Niederhammer, Yemi Gonzales, Sebastian Förschl, Benedikt Enzler, Elke Funk, Edmund Pusl, Stephan Haack, Mathias Amadeus Freund, Herrmann Dirr, Julie Heßdorfer, Christian Steinkrauß, Raffaele Giannotti, Walter Schwarz (4), Harald Orlovsky, Patrizia Döringer, Bernhard Metz, Jürgen Popp, Regina Matthes, Nils Schad, Veit Wenk-Wolff, Philip Middleman, Andrey Godik, Wolfgang Klinser, Stefan Gagelmann, Vladimir Tolpygo, Rudolf Metzmacher, Guido Segers, Gunter Pretzel, Joachim Wohlgemuth, Traudel Reich, László Kuti, Ulrich Haider, Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, Peter Becher (2), Alois Schlemer, Iason Keramidis, Manfred Hecking, Fora Baltacigil, Teresa Zimmermann, Marcello Enna, Matías Piñeira, Michael Hell (2), Martin-Albrecht Rohde, Ekkehard Beringer, Florian Klingler, Tolga Akman, Alexander Uszkurat, Alexandre Baty, Bianca Maria Fiorito, Herman van Kogelenberg, Bertrand Chatenet (2), Konstantin Sellheim, Ivo Gass, Odette Couch, Matthias Ambrosius, Burghard Sigl, Julio Lopez (7), Valentin Eichler, Sławomir Grenda, Nenad Daleore, Markus Rainer (2), SooEun Lee, Bernhard Berwanger

German symphonic orchestra from Munich. Founded in 1893 by Franz Kaim and known as the Kaim Orchester. Anton Bruckner pupil Ferdinand Löwe established an enduring tradition of Bruckner performance which continues to this day. Around 1910 was known as the Orchester des Münchner Konzertvereins and in 1928 acquired its current name. in 1979 Sergiu Celibidache took over raising the orchestra to the highest world-class standards. Following the wartime destruction of its old home, the so-called »Tonhalle« on the Türkenstrasse, the orchestras spent over forty years in Herkulessaal, München, since 1985, the orchestra has been housed in the Gasteig, München.
For chamber orchestra use Kammerorchester Der Münchner Philharmoniker.
For choir/chorus use Philharmonischer Chor München.
Münchner Philharmoniker own label.

Principal Conductors
Hans Winderstein (1893-1895)
Hermann Zumpe (1895-1897)
Ferdinand Löwe (1897-1898)
Felix Weingartner(1898-1905)
Georg Schnéevoigt (1905-1908)
Ferdinand Löwe (1908-1914)
Orchestra inactive from 1915 to 1918 due World War I.
Hans Pfitzner (1919-1920)
Siegmund Von Hausegger (1920-1938)
Oswald Kabasta (1938-1944)
Hans Rosbaud (1945-1948)
Fritz Rieger (1949-1966)
Rudolf Kempe (1967-1976)
Sergiu Celibidache (1979-1996)
James Levine (1999-2004)
Christian Thielemann (2004-2011)
Lorin Maazel (2012-2014)
Valery Gergiev (September 2015-1 March 2022)