Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern) is a German orchestra which was created September 2007 as a merger of the orchestras of two broadcasters, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken of the Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) and the Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern of the Südwestrundfunk.[1]
Chief conductors SR
- Rudolf Michl
- Hans Zender 1972-1984
- Myung-Whun Chung 1984-1990
- Marcello Viotti 1991-1995
- Michael Stern 1996-2000
- Günther Herbig 2001-2006
Chief conductors Philharmonie
- Christoph Poppen 2006 - 2011
- Karel Mark Chichon