Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig

The Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig (RSO Leipzig) is affiliated to the public broadcaster . It was founded on 6 January 1923 as (or Leipziger Sinfonie-Orchester) with Alfred Szendrei as its first principal conductor, thus being the oldest German radio orchestra.
After the German Reunification the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig was renamed to .

Chief conductors:
Alfred Szendrei (1924–1932)
(1931–1933)
(1934–1939)
Reinhold Merten (1939–1940)
Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945)
(1946–1948)
(1949–1956)
(1960–1978)
(1978–1985)
(1987–1991)