General Music Directors (GMD)
- Arthur Nikisch (1878)
- Gustav Mahler (1886–1888)
- Otto Lohse (1912)
- Gustav Brecher (1923)
- Paul Schmitz (1932)
- Helmut Seydelmann (1951)
- Paul Schmitz (1964)
- Lothar Zagrosek (1990–1992)
- Jiri Kout (1993)
- Mikhail Jurowski (1999)
- Riccardo Chailly (2005–2008)
- Ulf Schirmer (2009–present)
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