List of radio orchestras
List of Radio orchestras with the links in their English names, and the local language in bracketed italics (where available).
European radio orchestras
Albania
- Albanian Radio-Television Orchestra
- Albanian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra
Austria
- Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien)
Belgium
- Brussels Philharmonic, former Vlaams Radio Orkest, official site (working with the Vlaams Radio Koor)
Bulgaria
Croatia
- Symphony Orchestra of Croatian Radiotelevision, official site
Czech Republic
Denmark
- DR Radio Symphony Orchestra (Danmarks-Radio (DR) Radiosymfoniorkestret)
- Danish National Chamber Orchestra (DR RadioUnderholdningsOrkestret)
- Danish Radio Big Band
Finland
France
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 Rundfunkorchester Köln (WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne)
- WDR Big Band Cologne (WDR Big Band Köln)
Greece
- The Musical Ensembles of Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi, official site, which include:
- ERT's Chorus
- ERT-3 Orchestra
Hungary
- Hungarian Radio Orchestra
Republic of Ireland
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)
Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, official site
The Netherlands
- Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Norway
- Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret)
Poland
- Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach, Katowice (NOSPR)
- Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Polska Orkiestra Radiowa)
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
Russia
- Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio (Большой симфонический оркестр имени П. И. Чайковского)
Serbia
- Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia (Simfonijski orkestar Radio Televizije Srbije)
Slovakia
- Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symfonický orchester Slovenského Rozhlasu)
Slovenia
- Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (Simfonični orkester Radio - Televizije Slovenija)
Spain
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de RadioTelevisiónEspañola)
Sweden
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester)
Switzerland
- Orchestra of RTSI (Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana)
Turkey
- TRT Istanbul Light Music and Jazz Orchestra (TRT İstanbul Hafif Müzik ve Caz Orkestrası)
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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
Ukraine
Vatican City
- Vatican Orchestra
Radio orchestras on other continents
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)
- 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)
See also
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