Since its founding in 1862, outstanding artists such as Richard Strauss, Ferruccio Busoni, Max Reger, the Jochum brothers, Sir Georg Solti, Wilhelm Kempff, Gidon Kremer Martha Argerich, Heinrich Schiff, Rudolf Buchbinder, Simone Kermes, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Niklas Liepe, Albrecht Menzel and others have become musical companions of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra.
Numerous premieres bear witness to the orchestra's high commitment to New Musik.
With more than 100 concerts a year, the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra offers its audience a wide-ranging programme.
Concerts are offered in kindergartens, schools, hospitals and old people's homes in and outside Göttingen, and public dress rehearsals are organised especially for the target groups of children, young people, the disabled and older citizens.
In addition, there exist numerous CDs and radio recordings with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra.