Effective period / Period of releases: 1959 - 1992

Members: Emmanuel Koch, Gesa Johanns, Tanja van der Kooij

Dutch symphony orchestra, based in Maastricht, Netherlands. In April 2013 the orchestra was merged with the Het Brabants Orkest to the "Philharmonie Zuidnederland" (South Netherlands Philharmonic).

Chief conductors:
• Otto Wolf (1883 - 1915)
• Henri Hermans (1915 - 1947)
• Paul Hupperts (1947 - 1949)
• André Rieu (1949 - 1980)
• Ed Spanjaard (1982 - 1988)
• Salvador Mas Conde (1988 - 1994)
• Shlomo Mintz (1995 - 1998)
• Jun'ichi Hirokami (1998 - 2000)
• Ed Spanjaard (2001 - 2012)