Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 2021

Members: Reiner Süß, Dietrich Knothe, Horst Neumann, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Neumann (3), Horst-Dieter Knorrn, Ekkehard Wagner, Wolf Reinhold, Alf Pörschmann, Michael Gläser, Thomas Ratzak, Horst Karl Hessel, Frauenchor Des Rundfunkchores Leipzig, Monica Tietze

The Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Leipzig Radio Choir) was founded in 1946 and was affiliated to the Central German Broadcasting Company (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) between 1946 and 1952. Until the German Reunification the choir was part of the Rundfunk Der DDR, in 1992 the Rundfunkchor Leipzig was renamed to MDR Rundfunkchor.

Chorus masters:
Heinrich Werlé (1946)
Horst Karl Hessel (1947–1948)
Herbert Kegel (1949–1978)
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (1978–1980)
Jörg-Peter Weigle (1980–1988)
Gert Frischmuth (1988–1998)