List of symphony orchestras in Europe

This is a non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in Europe. For orchestras from other continents, see List of symphony orchestras.

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## Pan-European orchestras

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* Chamber Orchestra of Europe
* European Medical Students' Orchestra and Choir
* European Union Youth Orchestra
* Spira Mirabilis
* Ljubljana International Orchestra

## Austria

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* Ars Antiqua Austria
* Bruckner Orchestra Linz
* Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
* Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
* Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg
* Tonkünstler Orchestra
* Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Das Wiener Kammer Orchester)
* Vienna Mozart Orchestra (Wiener Mozart Orchester)
* Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)
* Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker)
* Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
* Wiener Jeunesse Orchester (national youth orchestra)

## Baltic States

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* Kremerata Baltica
* Baltic Sea Philharmonic

## Belgium

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* Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
* Brussels Philharmonic
* Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
* National Orchestra of Belgium
* Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
* Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

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* Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra

## Bulgaria

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* Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
* New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia)
* Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
* Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra
* Sofia Symphonic Orchestra

## Croatia

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* Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
* Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

## Czech Republic

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* Barocco sempre giovane
* Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague
* Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
* Capellen Orchestra
* City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
* Czech National Symphony Orchestra
* Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
* Czech Symphony Orchestra (1994) (ČSO)
* Film Symphony Orchestra (FISYO), also known as Czech Symphony Orchestra during Live-Concerts
* Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
* Moravian Philharmonic
* Praga Sinfonietta Orchestra
* Prague Philharmonia (PKF)
* Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
* Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
* Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK/PSO)
* Suk Chamber Orchestra
* Teplice Symphony Orchestra

## Denmark

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* Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
* Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
* Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
* Danish National Chamber Orchestra
* Danish National Symphony Orchestra
* Danish Youth Ensemble (national youth orchestra)
* Odense Symphony Orchestra
* Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel)

## Estonia

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* Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

## European Union

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* European Union Baroque Orchestra
* European Union Youth Orchestra
* European Union Chamber Orchestra

## Finland

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Professional orchestras

* Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ("HKO", Finnish: Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Helsingfors stadsorkester), founded in 1882
* Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ("RSO" (eng. "FRSO"), Finnish: Radion sinfoniaorkesteri, Swedish: Radions symfoniorkester), founded in 1927
* Tapiola Sinfonietta (Finnish: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Swedish: Tapiola Sinfonietta – Esbo stadsorkester), founded in 1987
* Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Sinfonia Lahti – Lahden kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Sinfonia Lahti – Lahtis stadsorkester) founded in 1910
* Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra ("TFO", Finnish: Tampere Filharmonia – Tampereen kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Tampere Filharmonia – Tammerfors stadsorkester) founded in 1930
* Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish: Turku Filharmonia – Turun kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Åbo Filharmoniska Orkester – Åbo stadsorkester), founded in 1790
* Jyväskylä Sinfonia founded in 1955
* Oulu Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Oulu Sinfonia – Oulun kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Oulu Sinfonia – Uleåborgs stadsorkester) founded in 1937
* Kymi Sinfonietta (Comprises Kouvola and Kotka City Orchestras) founded in 1999

Chamber orchestras

* Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (Finnish: Avanti! Kamariorkesteri, Swedish: Kammarorkester Avanti!), founded in 1983
* Lapland Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1972 (Finnish; Lapin kamariorkesteri)
* Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

University and conservatorio orchestras

* Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat ("YS", English: Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra, Swedish: Helsingfors Universitets studentorkester), founded in 1747 (1926)
* The Polytech Orchestra ("PO", Finnish: Polyteknikkojen orkesteri, Swedish: Polyteknikernas orkester), founded in 1922

## France

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* Concerts Colonne (Paris), founded in 1873
* Concerts Lamoureux (Paris), founded in 1881
* Concerts Pasdeloup (Paris), founded in 1861
* Ensemble InterContemporain, founded in 1976
* Ensemble La Fenice, founded in 1990
* Ensemble Matheus, founded in 1991
* Les Musiciens du Louvre (Grenoble), founded in 1982
* Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, founded in 1828, disbanded 1967
* Orchestre de Paris, founded in 1967
* Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (Poitiers), founded in 1991
* Orchestre Français des Jeunes (national youth orchestra)
* Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, founded in 1974
* Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, founded in 1974
* Orchestre National de France, founded in 1934
* Orchestre National de Lille, founded in 1976
* Orchestre National de Lyon, founded in 1905
* Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, founded in 1971
* Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, founded c.1932
* Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, founded in 1984
* Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, 1937
* Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, founded in 1855
* Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, founded in 1975
* Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, founded in 1884
* Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, founded in 2001
* Rouen Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1998

## Germany

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* National youth orchestras:
* Bundesjugendorchester
* Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

### A–M

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* Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
* Akademische Orchestervereinigung
* Badische Staatskapelle
* Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Bamberger Symphoniker)
* Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
* Bavarian State Orchestra (Bayerisches Staatsorchester)
* Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
* Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker)
* Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin) (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
* Berliner Symphoniker
* Bochumer Symphoniker
* Detmold Chamber Orchestra
* Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
* Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
* Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
* Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
* Dortmunder Philharmoniker
* Dresden Philharmonic (Dresdner Philharmonie)
* Duisburg Philharmonic (Duisburger Philharmoniker)
* Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (Frankfurt Opera)
* Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (Fuldaer Symphonisches Orchester)
* Freiburger Barockorchester
* Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
* Hamburger Symphoniker
* Hannoversche Hofkapelle
* Hofer Symphoniker
* hr-Sinfonieorchester
* Jenaer Philharmonie
* Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
* Konzerthausorchester Berlin (formerly Berlin Symphony Orchestra)
* Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig)
* Mahler Chamber Orchestra
* MDR Symphony Orchestra
* Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle
* Münchner Rundfunkorchester
* Munich Philharmonic (Münchner Philharmoniker)

### N–Z

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* NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover)
* NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Hamburg Elbphilharmonie)
* Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Offenbach am Main)
* Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
* Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover
* Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock
* Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
* Nuremberg Symphony (Nürnberger Symphoniker)
* Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, disbanded 2001
* Philharmonie Festiva
* Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
* Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin
* Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
* Reuss Chamber Orchestra
* Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Staatskapelle Berlin
* Staatskapelle Dresden (Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden)
* Staatskapelle Halle
* Staatskapelle Weimar
* Staatsorchester Braunschweig (State Orchestra Brunswik)
* Staatsorchester Stuttgart
* Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
* Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
* SWR Symphonieorchester
* WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
* WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
* Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

## Greece

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* Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
* Philharmonic Society of Corfu (Orchestra)

## Hungary

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* Budapest Festival Orchestra
* Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
* Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, also known earlier as Budapest Symphony Orchestra
* Hungarian National Philharmonic
* Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, based in Germany; dissolved in 2001
* Szeged Symphony Orchestra

## Iceland

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* Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)

## Ireland

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* RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
* RTÉ Concert Orchestra
* Irish Chamber Orchestra
* Hibernian Orchestra
* Camerata Ireland
* Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
* Dublin Orchestral Players
* University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra
* National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (national youth orchestra)

## Italy

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* Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome
* Camerata de' Bardi, academic orchestra, Pavia
* I Musici, Rome
* I Solisti Veneti, Padua
* Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence
* Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
* Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
* Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice, Venice
* Orchestra Giovanile Italiana (national youth orchestra)
* Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan
* Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
* Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin
* Orchestra Mozart, founded by Claudio Abbado in Bologna
* Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, directed by Ennio Morricone
* Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Rome
* RCA Italiana Orchestra
* Rondò Veneziano, Venice
* Teatro San Carlo Orchestra, Naples
* Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra, Genova
* Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Orchestra, Rome
* Teatro Petruzzelli Orchestra, Bari
* Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra, Bologna
* Venice Baroque Orchestra

## Latvia

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* Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
* Liepaja Symphony Orchestra

## Lithuania

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* Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
* Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
* Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
* Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

## Luxembourg

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* Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
* Luxembourg Sinfonietta

## Malta

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* Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

## Moldova

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* Moldovan National Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)

## Monaco

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* Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

## Montenegro

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* Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra

## The Netherlands

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* National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (national youth orchestra)
* Holland Symfonia
* Metropole Orchestra
* Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
* Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
* Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
* Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
* North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
* Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
* Residentie Orchestra
* Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
* Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
* Symfonisch Blaasorkest ATH

## Norway

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* Ungdomssymfonikerne (national youth orchestra)
* Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
* Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
* Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
* Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
* Norwegian Radio Orchestra
* Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
* Oslo Sinfonietta
* Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
* Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

## Poland

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* Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
* Pomeranian Philharmonic (Bydgoszcz)
* Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra (Kraków)
* Łódź Philharmonic (Łódź)
* Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)
* Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Warsaw)
* Polish Baltic Philharmonic (Gdańsk)
* Poznań Philharmonic (Poznań)
* National Forum of Music Symphony Orchestra (Wrocław)
* Silesian Philharmonic (Katowice)
* Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw)
* Sudecka Philharmonic (Wałbrzych)
* Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Warsaw)
* Szczecin Philharmonic (Szczecin)
* Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, youth orchestra at concentration camp (historic)

## Portugal

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* Gulbenkian Orchestra
* Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

## Romania

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* Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra (Timișoara)
* Brasov Philharmonic (Brașov)
* Bucharest Symphony Orchestra
* George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest)
* Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra (Iași)
* National Radio Orchestra (Bucharest)
* Oltenia Philharmonic Orchestra (Craiova)
* Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Ploiești)
* Romanian Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
* Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra
* Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra (Cluj-Napoca)

## Russia

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* Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
* Moscow Chamber Orchestra
* Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
* Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
* Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
* Moscow Symphony Orchestra
* Moscow Virtuosi
* Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra
* National Philharmonic of Russia
* Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra
* Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
* Persimfans
* Russian National Orchestra
* Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
* Sochi Symphony Orchestra
* Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra
* Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
* State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
* State Symphony Capella of Russia
* State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
* Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
* Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

## Serbia

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* Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
* Niš Symphony Orchestra

## Slovakia

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* Cappella Istropolitana
* Slovak Philharmonic
* Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
* Slovak Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
* Slovak Chamber Orchestra

## Slovenia

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* RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
* Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

## Spain

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* Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
* Castile and León Symphony Orchestra
* Chamartín Symphony Orchestra
* Community of Madrid Orchestra
* Málaga Philharmonic
* Madrid Academic Orchestra
* Madrid Symphony Orchestra
* Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
* Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia
* Orquestra de Cadaqués
* Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
* Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
* Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos
* Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
* Orquesta Sinfónica de las Islas Baleares
* Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
* Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
* Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
* Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
* Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara
* Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
* RTVE Symphony Orchestra (based in Madrid)
* Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid
* Spanish National Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
* Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
* Valencian Community Orchestra
* Valencia Orchestra

## Sweden

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* Gävle Symphony Orchestra
* Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
* Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
* Kungliga Hovkapellet
* Malmö Symphony Orchestra
* Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
* Örebro Chamber Orchestra
* Royal Academic Orchestra
* Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
* Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra
* Swedish Chamber Orchestra
* Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

## Switzerland

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* Basel Sinfonietta
* Berner Symphonie-Orchester
* Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra
* Camerata Bern
* Kammerorchester Basel
* Lucerne Festival Strings
* Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
* Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
* Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
* Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
* Orchestre de chambre de Neuchâtel
* Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
* Sinfonieorchester Basel
* Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
* Zurich Chamber Orchestra
* Zurich Opera House Orchestra
* Zurich Symphony Orchestra

## Turkey

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* Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
* Barış Youth Symphony Orchestra
* Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
* Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
* Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
* Cukurova State Symphony Orchestra
* Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
* Izmir State Symphony Orchestra*
* Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra

## Ukraine

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* Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
* National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
* Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine
* Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
* Kyiv Classic Orchestra
* Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv Philharmonic

## United Kingdom

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### England

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* Academy of Ancient Music
* Academy of St Martin in the Fields
* BBC Concert Orchestra
* BBC Philharmonic
* BBC Symphony Orchestra
* Bournemouth Sinfonietta
* Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
* Britten Sinfonia
* Camerata of London
* City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
* City of London Sinfonia
* Docklands Sinfonia
* English Baroque Soloists
* English Chamber Orchestra
* English Concert
* Hallé Orchestra
* Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
* Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
* Kensington Symphony Orchestra
* Kings Chamber Orchestra
* Leeds Symphony Orchestra
* Leicester Symphony Orchestra
* London Chamber Orchestra
* London Classical Players
* London Festival Orchestra
* London Mozart Players
* London Philharmonic Orchestra
* London Shostakovich Orchestra
* London Sinfonietta
* London Symphony Orchestra
* Manchester Camerata
* National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
* New London Orchestra
* Northern Sinfonia
* Orchestra of Opera North
* Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
* Orchestra of the City
* Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
* Philharmonia
* Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
* Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
* Sinfonia ViVA
* Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
* The King's Consort
* Worthing Symphony Orchestra
* Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

### Northern Ireland

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* Ulster Orchestra

### Scotland

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* BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra
* BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
* National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
* Royal Scottish National Orchestra
* Scottish Chamber Orchestra
* Scottish Ensemble
* Scottish Festival Orchestra
* West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra

### Wales

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* BBC National Orchestra of Wales
* Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
* National Youth Orchestra of Wales
* Welsh Sinfonia
* Welsh Chamber Orchestra (founded in 1986)

## References

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