The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO; Chinese: 國家交響樂團; pinyin: Guójiā Jiāoxiǎng Yuètuán), also known as Taiwan Philharmonic (Chinese: 台灣愛樂) outside Taiwan, is one of the leading orchestras in Asia.

Their first overseas tour in 1997 include concerts in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin.

In the year of 2002, NSO held a series of five concerts that featured all nine symphonies and five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Already in November 1994, NSO performed opera in National Concert Hall, Der fliegende Holländer was led by Prof. TSENG Dao-hsiung (Chinese: 曾道雄), in December 2000, Jahja Ling performed Hänsel und Gretel.

In each season, there are two opera directed by cross-over artist in Taiwan, the cast consisted mainly local singers.