The National Symphony Orchestra, with its 60 instrumentalists, has performed in Tirana and on stages around the world, with conductors, instrumentalists, singers and dancers from Albania and from abroad. Famous international composers and conductors have highly appreciated the professionalism of the orchestra.

After the collapse of communism in Albania all of its institutions suffered from a lack of funding, forcing many to emigrate. But some of its artists have excelled on the world scene, becoming ambassadors of Albanian art and the spirit of the country.