| Initially known as Minneapolis Symphony | | | | in the Minnesota Orchestra Hall were the ones |
| Orchestra, "Minnesota Orchestra Hall" was | | | | which were done for Vox Records label in 1970 |
| founded by Emil Oberhoffer in 1903. Its name | | | | with their then music director Stanislaw |
| was changed to the existing one in 1968 and the | | | | Skrowaczewski. Also in the recent past the |
| orchestra was brought to the University of | | | | orchestra created some major recordings forth |
| Minnesota's Minneapolis in the year of 1974. The | | | | label of "Reference Recordings" with the direction |
| first conductor of the orchestra was Oberhoffer | | | | of Eiji Oue in 1990. After that the orchestra has |
| who was the chief controller until 1922 and after | | | | been doing recordings of Beethoven symphonies |
| controlling periods of several conductors, Osmo | | | | under the current label "BIS" from 2004 with the |
| Vanska was appointed as the 10th conductor in | | | | director "Osmo Vänskä" who is now |
| 2002, who is now in charge of the orchestra. | | | | conducting the Minnesota Orchestra Hall and its |
| The first recordings were done in 1924 including | | | | ninth symphony was nominated in the Grammy |
| world's first electrical recordings of Mahler's | | | | Awards 2007. |
| Second Symphony along with Eugene Ormandy. | | | | The other most important event conducted by |
| After that in 1940 the orchestra combined with | | | | the Orchestra Hall is its summer festival which |
| Columbia in order to make another major record | | | | was also well known as "Viennese Sommerfest", |
| under the instructions of Dimitri Mitropoulos and | | | | "MusicFest" and now as the "Sommerfest". The |
| then in 1954 they created three popular ballets | | | | orchestra hall houses a series of concerts during |
| such as "Sleeping Beauty", "Swan Lake" and "The | | | | four weeks in the midsummer and after each |
| Nutcracker" with leadership of Antal Dorati who | | | | concert they offer free live music shows of |
| also led the first recording of "Tchaikovsky" called | | | | various genres such as Jazz, Folk and polka. The |
| "Overture" | | | | Sommerfest in now directed by Andrew Litton |
| | | | since 2003 who got his post extended up to 2011 |
| Other most important recordings that were done | | | | due to successful service. |