Effective period / Period of releases: 2008 - 2017

Members: Gerd Schenker, Hans-Werner Mehling, Anna Niebuhr, Jörg Baudach, Eckart Bormann, Johannes Winkler, Hans-Jürgen Krumstroh, Bernd Bartels, Axel Andrae, Matthias Sannemüller, Barbara Ude, Norbert Hilger, Susanne Raßbach, Thomas Fleck, Thomas Schulze (2), Johannes Weiss (2), Philipp Lang, Alexander Roske, Christoph Engelbach, Andreas Hartmann (2), Thomas Schicke, Hans-Dieter Frenzel, Tino Bölk, Waltraut Wächter, Michael Gühne, Petra Nagel, Andrea Döring, Jürgen Dietze, Ralf Schippmann, Michael Pfaender, Bernd Strauß, Andreas Pietschmann (2), Christian Sprenger (5), Dietmar Wittig, Ute Günther, Stefan Pantzier, Wolfram Stephan, Hans-Günther Thomasius, Rainer Regner, Max Hilpert, Walter Klingner, Ina Wiehe, Irina Zwiener

German radio orchestra affiliated to the public broadcaster MDR - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. The orchestra, formerly known as Leipziger Sinfonieorchester (LSO) and Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig (RSO Leipzig), received its name MDR Sinfonieorchester after the German Reunification, when the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig was merged with the Radio Philharmonie. It is based in Leipzig.

Principal conductors:
Daniel Nazareth (1992–1996)
Marcello Viotti, Fabio Luisi and Manfred Honeck („Hauptdirigenten“, 1996–1999)
Fabio Luisi (1999–2007)
Jun Märkl (2007–2012)
Kristjan Järvi (since 2012)