List of radio orchestras

This is a list of radio orchestras with the links in their names, and the native language names in italics (where available).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## Current radio orchestras[edit]

### Americas[edit]

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Brazil | Brazil Jazz Symphony Orchestra | Brasil Jazz Sinfônica | Father Anchieta Foundation | Formerly managed by the Secretariat of Culture of Government of the State of São Paulo, since 2020 it is managed by Father Anchieta Foundation.[1][2]

### Asia[edit]

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Japan | NHK Symphony Orchestra | NHK 交響楽団 | Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK)  |
Philippines | ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra | ABS-CBN |
South Korea | KBS Symphony Orchestra | KBS 교향악단 | Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)  |

### Europe[edit]

Country  | Orchestra  | Native name  | Network affiliation  | Notes

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Albania | RTSH Symphony Orchestra | Orkestra Simfonike e RTSH | Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)  |
Austria | Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien | Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)  |
Belgium | Brussels Philharmonic | Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT)  | Formerly known as Vlaams Radio Orkest
Bulgaria | Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Симфоничен оркестър на Българското национално радио | Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)  |
Czech Republic | Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra | Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu | Czech Radio (ČRo)  |
Denmark | Danish National Symphony Orchestra | DR SymfoniOrkestret | Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)  |
Danish Chamber Orchestra | Danmarks Underholdningsorkestret
DR Big Band
Finland | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Radion sinfoniaorkesteri (Finnish)
Radions symfoniorkester (Swedish) | Yleisradio (Yle)  |
France | Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France | Radio France |
Orchestre National de France
Germany | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)  |
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | Deutschlandradio (DLR)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)  | Formerly known as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg |
hr-Sinfonieorchester | Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)  | Formerly Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra | MDR Sinfonieorchester | Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)  |
Munich Radio Orchestra | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
NDR Radiophilharmonie | Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)  | Formerly Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra | Formerly NDR Sinfonieorchester
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern | Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)  |
SWR Symphonieorchester | Südwestrundfunk (SWR)  | Created in a merger of the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne | WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)  |
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
Hungary | Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Magyar Rádió Szimfonikus Zenekara | Magyar Rádió (MR)  | Also known earlier as Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Ireland | RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)  |
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Italy | RAI National Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI | RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)  | Created in a merger of the four Symphony Orchestras of RAI from Turin, Rome, Naples and Milan.
Netherlands | Radio Filharmonisch Orkest | Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)  |
Norway | Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Kringkastingsorkestret | Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK)  |
Poland | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polskie Radio (PR)  | Based in Katowice
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Polska Orkiestra Radiowa | Based in Warsaw
Romania | Romanian Radio Big Band | Big Band Radio Romania | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)  | Based in Bucharest
Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra | Orchestra de Cameră Radio | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)  | Based in Bucharest
National Radio Orchestra of Romania | Orchestra Nationala Radio | Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune (ROR)  | Based in Bucharest
Russia | Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra | Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского | All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)
Radio Orpheus (OP)  | Formerly affiliated with the Soviet-run All-Union Radio.
Slovakia | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu | Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS)  |
Slovenia | RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra | Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija | Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO)  |
RTV Slovenia Big Band | Big Band RTV Slovenija
Spain | RTVE Symphony Orchestra | Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española | Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)  |
Sweden | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester | Sveriges Radio (SR)  |
Switzerland | Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana | Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI)  |
Ukraine | Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Симфонічний Оркестр Українського радіо | National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC)  |
United Kingdom | BBC Radio Big Band | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  |
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra

## Defunct radio orchestras[edit]

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Australia | SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra | Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)  | 1988  | 2013  |
Brazil | Symphony Cultura Orchestra | Father Anchieta Foundation | 1998  | 2005  | Dissolved due to lack of funding and budget cuts.[3]
Canada | CBC Radio Orchestra | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)  | 1938  | 2008  | Disbanded due to federal government budget cuts. Reorganized as the independent National Broadcast Orchestra.
CBC Symphony Orchestra | 1952  | 1964  |
CBC Winnipeg Orchestra | 1947  | 1984
Netherlands | Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra | Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)  | 1985  | 2005  |
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic | 2005  | 2013
New Zealand | NZBC Symphony Orchestra | New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC)  | 1946  | 1975  | Originally named the National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Became independent from the broadcaster and renamed the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Portugal | RDP Symphony Orchestra | Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP)  | 1934  | 1989  | Originally named Orquestra Sinfónica da Emissora Nacional.
United Kingdom | BBC Northern Dance Orchestra | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  | 1956  | 1975  | Renamed the BBC Northern Radio Orchestra.
BBC Revue Orchestra | 1939  | 1964  | Merged into the BBC Radio Orchestra.
BBC Television Orchestra | 1936  | 1939  |
BBC Radio Orchestra | 1964  | 1991  |
BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra | 1940  | 1981  | Originally named the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.
United States | NBC Symphony Orchestra | National Broadcasting Company (NBC)  | 1937  | 1954  | Orchestra was conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Some members continued as the Symphony of the Air until 1963.

## See also[edit]

* List of symphony orchestras

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Jazz Sinfônica Brasil passa a ser gerida pela TV Cultura". Tela Viva News (in Brazilian Portuguese). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
2. ^ "Brasil Jazz Sinfônica se apresenta na Expo 2020 Dubai entre 24 e 31 de outubro". TV Cultura (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
3. ^ Novaes, Tereza (28 February 2005). "Com casa lotada, Sinfonia Cultura faz seu concerto final". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2022.