The Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra (in German: Duisburger Philharmoniker) is a German orchestra based in Duisburg. The orchestra was founded in 1877.
Conductors include:
- Walter Josephson (1899 to 1920)
- Paul Scheinpflug (1920 to 1928)
- Eugen Jochum (1930 to 1933)
- Otto Volkmann (1933 to 1944).
After World War II Georg Ludwig Jochum had the care of rebuilding the orchestra, followed by
- Walter Weller (1971)
- Miltiades Caridis (1975 to 1981)
- Lawrence Foster (1982 to 1987)
- Alexander Lazarev (1988 to 1993)
- Bruno Weil (1994 to 2002).
English conductor Jonathan Darlington has been leading the symphonic orchestra since beginning of the theatrical season 2002/2003.
The Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra is the accompanying orchestra of the Duisburg Opera "Deutsche Oper am Rhein".