Effective period / Period of releases: 1950 - 1998

Members: Wolfgang Weber, Dieter Zahn, Gerd Schenker, Erich Donnerhack, Otmar Suitner, Günther Opitz, Hornquartett Des Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Siegfried Gizyki, Waldemar Markus, Ib Hausmann, Jochen Pleß, Johannes Winkler, Ralf Mielke, Werner Legutke, Erwin Kretzschmar, Undine Röhner-Stolle, Axel Schmidt, Werner Berndsen, Johannes Kiefel, Erich List, Thomas Schulze (2), Rudolf Bartl, Hans-Jakob Eschenburg, Alfred Lipka, Fritz Schneider, Günter Angerhöfer, Heinz Fügner, Petra Nagel, Kurt Janetzky, Torsten Janicke, Jürgen Dietze, Günter Schaffrath, Dieter Reinhardt, Jörg Richter (2), Andreas Pietschmann (2), Christian Sprenger (5), Johannes Stiehm, Hartmut Schuldt, Siegfried Nitt, Peter Schurrock

The Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig (RSO Leipzig) is affiliated to the public broadcaster MDR - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. It was founded on 6 January 1923 as Leipziger Sinfonieorchester (or Leipziger Sinfonie-Orchester) with Alfred Szendrei as its first principal conductor, thus being the oldest German radio orchestra.
After the German Reunification the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig was renamed to MDR Sinfonieorchester.

Chief conductors:
Alfred Szendrei (1924–1932)
Carl Schuricht (1931–1933)
Hans Weisbach (1934–1939)
Reinhold Merten (1939–1940)
Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945)
Gerhart Wiesenhütter (1946–1948)
Hermann Abendroth (1949–1956)
Herbert Kegel (1960–1978)
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (1978–1985)
Max Pommer (1987–1991)