Real name: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2021

Members: Florian Barak, Anikó Szathmary, Peter Knollman, Rainer Schick, Christiane Palmen, Bernd Mallasch, Peter Maaßen, Till Heine, Frank Szathmáry-Filipitsch, Angelika Rumpp, Rainer Vogt, Klaus Wendt (2), Henning Wiegräbe, Anne Yuuko Akahoshi, Friedhelm Bießecker, Gerd Thusek, Roselore Poigne-Blendinger, Anselm Legl, Gerhard Kraßnitzer, Anne Scheffel, Die Kammersolisten Der Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Hans Breika, Nikolaus Boewer, Die Posaunisten Der Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Armin Fischer-Thomann, Stefan Berrang, Joachim Stever, Vicente Castello Sansaloni, Jürgen Schaal (3), Kira Kohlmann, Lars Lauer, Sebastian Casleanu, Ilja Danilov, Petra Fluhr, Christina Singer, Daniel Kroh, Die Blechbläsersolisten der Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Sjön Scott, Friedrich-Martin Voigt, Christoph Haaß, Andreas Klebsch, Eric Trümpler, Ralf Rudolph (2)

The German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate was founded in 1919 and is based in Ludwigshafen. From 1967 to 1974 the name of the orchestra was Das Philharmonische Orchester Der Pfalz. When the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate took over the sponsorship of the orchestra the name was changed into Pfälzische Philharmonie before it was renamed again in 1979 into Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and in 2007 into Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.

Chief conductor since 2019 is Michael Francis. Former chief conductors include Christoph Stepp, Christoph Eschenbach, Leif Segerstam, Bernhard Klee, Bernhard Klee, Ari Rasilainen and Karl-Heinz Steffens.