Founded in 1945, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester not only has its own concert series in Hamburg, Lübeck, Kiel and Wismar but has also won worldwide recognition through numerous internationally acclaimed CD recordings and tours within Europe, in Asia and in the USA.
Currently under the leadership of Thomas Hengelbrock, previous Principal Conductors have included Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Günter Wand, Christoph Eschenbach and Christoph von Dohnányi. In 2015 Krzysztof Urbański took up the position of Principal Guest Conductor and he toured for the first time with the orchestra to Poland and France in spring 2016. In 2017, they toured across Japan together with Alice Sara Ott and Sayaka Shoji, at the 36th edition of the prestigious Toshiba Grand Concert.
Formerly named NDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester performed at the inauguration of the new concert hall Elbphilharmonie on 11 January. As the resident orchestra, they play a major role in the development of Elbphilharmonie’s musical profile.
