Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1998

Members: Karl Schicker, Florian Bischof, Gernot Nutzenberger, Bettina Alban Abril, Ulf Klausenitzer, Arnold Riedhammer, Fabio Marano, Günther Neidlinger, Ariel Barnes, Johannes Eva, Anton Laubenbacher, Jürgen Gerlinger, Ralf Hübner (2), Eckhard Fiebig, Christian Amann, Emre Akman, Miryam Nothelfer, Lars Mechelke, Anna Reszniak, Heinrich Rau, Sophia Kraus, Eckhard Kierski, Philip Watson (4), Martha Windhagauer, Haruko Nakajima, Tetyana Gapeyeva, Matic Kuder, Enrico Milivojevic, Aiko Fiebig, Jamila Musayeva, Siegfried Czieharz, Felix Brucklacher (2)

German symphony orchestra based in the City of Nürnberg, founded in June 1946; initially named "Fränkisches Landesorchester" (until 1963).
For chorus credit use Philharmonischer Chor Nürnberg.

Principal conductors:
• Erich Kloss (1949–1968)
• Othmar F. M. Mága (1968–1970)
• Günther Neidlinger (1971–1974)
• Werner Andreas Albert (1974–1980)
• Klauspeter Seibel (1980–1988)
• Georg Schmöhe (1989–1992)
• Thomas Gabrisch (1994–1997)
• Jac van Steen (1997–2002)
• Bernhard Güller (2005–2009)
• Alexander Shelley (2009–2017)
• Kahchun Wong (since 2018)