Wiener Symphoniker

The Wiener Symphoniker was founded in 1900 and consolidated in 1921 from the ranks of another Viennese orchestra. Their first permanent conductor was Ferdinand Lowe, a noted pupil of Anton Bruckner, who conducted the premiere of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 and led the orchestra for its first 24 years. Although it never aspired to the reputation of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Wiener Symphoniker's guest conductors during the early 20th century included many names more commonly associated with the better-known orchestras, among them Felix Weingartner, Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, ...