The Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck (TSOI) was founded in 1893 on the occasion of the first Tyrolean State Exhibition by music association teacher Martin Spörr – later co-founder and director of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Music greats such as Otmar Suitner, Hans Knappertsbusch and Leonie Rysanek performed with the orchestra in Innsbruck. Since then, the TSOI has performed with a long series of soloists and guest conductors of international renown and, in addition to cultivating the classical concert repertoire, has premiered numerous works – especially by Austrian composers.