Thomas-Michael Gribow was its conductor from 1991 to 2003; Lorenz Nordmeyer was appointed for this position in 2004.
[1] The orchestra gained national recognition when it was instrumental in Oskar Hagen's initiative of rediscovering the operas of George Frideric Handel after World War I; this eventually lead to the Göttingen International Handel Festival.
During that festival in 1935, the orchestra performed the first modern-day production of Handel's Partenope conducted by Fritz Lehmann.
[2] In 2000, it performed the world premiere of the "Overture to The Bad Room" by American composer Justin Laird Weaver.
The members of the orchestra form three chamber groups: the AOV Brass Quintet, the Foehrenberg-Quartett, and the Maggiore Quartett.