Effective period / Period of releases: 1974 - 2010

Members: Bassam Mussad, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Alfred Lessing, Veit Scholz, Laurentiu Sbarcea, Emilian Piedicuta, Andreas Grote, Bruno Klepper, Hans Kruschek, Harald Matjacic, Andreas Klein, Peter Sesterhenn, Klaus Theilacker, Jürgen Wolf, Walter Hilgers, Kathrin Beyer (2), Martin Kevenhörster, Ralf Buchkremer, Ildikó Antalffy, Pascal Théry, Michael Flock-Reisinger, Augusta Romaskeviciute, Claus Körfer, Nil Kocamangil, Jürgen Gerlinger, Paul van Zelm, Alan Lee Kirkendall, Lothar Schumacher, Wolfram Arndt, Werner Luppa, Ralf Warné, Roland Faber (2), Manfred Hoth, Ulrich Brokamp, Wlodzimierz Gula, Alexander Nolden, Tilman Bollhöfer, Daniel Tauber, Martin Hofmeyer, Fabiana Trani, Quirin Rast, Max Stracke, Maria Zachariadou, Markus Münchmeyer, Josef Märkl, Frank Ludemann, Philipp Vetter, Silke Volk, Gabriel Tamayo, Filippo Zucchiatti, Franziska Batzdorf, Nikolaus Trieb, Ruth Legelli, Ertuğ Torun, Sara Domjanic, Lilja Steininger, Lisa Rogers (8), Markus Vornhusen

German symphony orchestra based in Düsseldorf. Established in 1864.

General music directors since 1864:
• Julius Tausch (1864 to 1890)
• Julius Buths (1890 to 1908)
• Karl Panzner (1908 to 1923)
• Georg Schnéevoigt (1924 to 1925)
• Hans Weisbach (1925 to 1933)
• Hugo Balzer (1933 to 1945)
• Heinrich Hollreiser (1945 to 1952)
• Eugen Szenkar (1952 to 1960)
• Jean Martinon (1960 to 1965)
• Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos (1966 to 1971)
• Henryk Czyż (1971 to 1974)
• Willem Van Otterloo (1974 to 1977)
• Bernhard Klee (1977 to 1987)
• David Shallon (1987 to 1993)
• Salvador Mas Conde (1993 to 1999)
• John Fiore (2000 to 2008)
• Andrey Boreyko (2009 to 2014)
• Adam Fischer (since 2015)