List of radio orchestras
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List of Radio orchestras with the links in their English names, and the local language in bracketed italics (where available).
[edit] European radio orchestras
[edit] Albania
[edit] Andorra
[edit] Armenia
[edit] Austria
- Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien)
[edit] Azerbaijan
[edit] Belarus
[edit] Belgium
- Flemish Radio Orchestra(Vlaams Radio Orkest (Recently renamed Brussels Philharmonic), official site
[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit] Bulgaria
[edit] Croatia
[edit] Cyprus
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] Denmark
- DR Radio Symphony Orchestra (Danmarks-Radio (DR) Radiosymfoniorkestret)
- Danish National Chamber Orchestra (DR RadioUnderholdningsOrkestret)
- Danish Radio Big Band
[edit] Estonia
[edit] Finland
[edit] France
[edit] Georgia
[edit] Germany
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (German Symphony Orchestra Berlin]] (Formerly RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester)
- German Film Orchestra of Babelsberg (Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg)
- hr-Sinfonieorchester (Formerly Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, translated Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
- MDR Symphony Orchestra (MDR Sinfonieorchester)
- Munich Radio Orchestra (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)
- NDR Radiophilharmonie (Radiophilharmonie des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hannover, NDR Radio Philharmonic, formerly Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover)
- NDR Symphony Orchestra (NDR Sinfonieorchester)
- NDR Bigband
- German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern; created in a merger of Radio-Symphony Orchestra of Saarbrücken (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken) and Radio-Orchestra of Kaiserslautern (Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern))
- Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, formerly Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks)
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des Südwestrundfunk)
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln)
- WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne (WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln)
- WDR Big Band Cologne (WDR Big Band Köln)
[edit] Greece
- The Musical Ensembles of Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi, official site, which include:
- ERT's Chorus
- ERT-3 Orchestra
[edit] Hungary
[edit] Iceland
[edit] Republic of Ireland
[edit] Italy
- RAI National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, created in a merger of the four Symphony Orchestras of RAI from Turin, Rome, Naples and Milan)
[edit] Latvia
[edit] Liechtenstein
[edit] Lithuania
[edit] Luxembourg
[edit] Republic of Macedonia
[edit] Malta
[edit] Montenegro
[edit] The Netherlands
- Netherlands (Dutch) Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland)
[edit] Norway
- Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret)
[edit] Poland
- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice (Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach(NOSPR))
- Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Polska Orkiestra Radiowa)
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Romania
- National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Bucharest ( Orchestra Nationala Radio) official site
- The Radio Chamber Orchestra, Bucharest ( Orchestra de Camera Radio) official site
- The Radio Folk Music Orchestra, Bucharest ( Orchestra de Muzica Populara Radio ) official site
- Big Band Radio, Bucharest ( Big Band Radio ) official site
[edit] Russia
- Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio (Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского)
[edit] San Marino
[edit] Serbia
- Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia (Simfonijski orkestar Radio Televizije Srbije)
[edit] Slovakia
- Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symfonický orchester Slovenského Rozhlasu)
[edit] Slovenia
- Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (Simfonični orkester Radio - Televizije Slovenija)
[edit] Spain
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de RadioTelevisiónEspañola)
[edit] Sweden
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester)
[edit] Switzerland
- Orchestra of RTSI (Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana)
[edit] Turkey
- TRT ISTANBUL LIGHT MUSIC AND JAZZ ORCHESTRA (TRT İstanbul Hafif Müzik ve Caz Orkestrası)
Conductor: Neşet Ruacan Producer: Caner Beklim
[edit] United Kingdom
- BBC Radio Big Band
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC)
- BBC Philharmonic
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Ulster Orchestra
[edit] Ukraine
[edit] Vatican City
[edit] Radio orchestras on other continents
- NHK Symphony Orchestra (NHK 交響楽団)
[edit] Defunct Radio Orchestras
- Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nederlands Radio Symfonie Orkest)
- BBC Showband (Disbanded in 1957)
- BBC Northern Dance Orchestra (Renamed the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra in 1975) [1]
- BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra (Disbanded and most members joined the Ulster Orchestra)
- BBC Television Orchestra (Disbanded in 1939)
- BBC Radio Orchestra (Disbanded in 1991)
- BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, originally the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra (Disbanded in -1981)
- BBC Midland Light Orchestra ( later Midland Radio Orchestra) (Disbanded 1981)
- BBC Variety Orchestra (Disbanded in 1964 to form the BBC Radio Orchestra)
- BBC Revue Orchestra (Disbanded in 1964 to form the BBC Radio Orchestra)
- CBC Radio Orchestra (Disbanded 2008, reorganized as the independent National Broadcast Orchestra)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937-1954) conducted by Arturo Toscanini (some members continued as the Symphony of the Air until 1963)
