It was founded on August 8, Juche 35 (1946), the next year after Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule (August 15, 1945).

Since its premiere with the immortal revolutionary hymn "Song of General Kim Il Sung" created in 1946, the orchestra has created and performed many masterpieces over the past 75 years.

Among them are orchestral music "A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain" created in 1970, "The Girl on the Swing" in 1975 and "Arirang" in 1976, which are well known to the world.

This experienced art troupe gave its performances in Germany, China, Japan and other countries with Korean-style symphonies and foreign classic symphonies.

The orchestra produced a large number of domestic honorary title holders like People's Artist, Merited Artist and People's Artiste and international concours winners.

The history of the orchestra is associated with immortal feats of the peerlessly great men, who organized it as the first professional musical art troupe after the country's liberation and ushered in the golden age of Korean-style new symphony and orchestra combined with traditional wind instruments made of bamboo.

The DPRK people love orchestral music "Cantata to Marshal Kim Il Sung", "Attraction", "The Dear Home in My Native Village", "Mungyong Pass", symphony "Pyongyang Is Best" and violin concerto "Nostalgia", an immortal masterpiece, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra.