Orchestras Around the World
List compiled by Shizuo Z Kuwahara
Europe
Orchestras are listed in Alphabetical Order
Pan-European Orchestras
Austria
Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
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)
Baltic States
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Czech Symphony Orchestra (1994) (ČSO)
Film Symphony Orchestra (FISYO), also known as Czech Symphony Orchestraduring Live-Concerts
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra
Prague Philharmonia (PKF)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
France
Concerts Lamoureux (Paris)
Concerts Pasdeloup (Paris) *Support*
Les Musiciens du Louvre (Grenoble)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (Poitiers)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Orchestre National d'Île-de-France
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Orchestra Philaharmonique de Nice
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse
Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy
Germany
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Akademische Orchestervereinigung
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Bamberger Symphoniker)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Bavarian State Orchestra (Bayerisches Staatsorchester)
Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin) (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Dresden Philharmonic (Dresdner Philharmonie)
Duisburg Philharmonic (Duisburger Philharmoniker)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (Frankfurt Opera)
Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (Fuldaer Symphonisches Orchester)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin (formerly Berlin Symphony Orchestra)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig)
Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle
Munich Philharmonic (Münchner Philharmoniker)
NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Hamburg Elbphilharmonie)
Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Offenbach am Main)
Nuremberg Symphony (Nürnberger Symphoniker)
Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, disbanded 2001
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Staatskapelle Dresden (Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden)
Staatsorchester Braunschweig (State Orchestra Brunswik)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hungary
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
Iceland
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)
Icelandic Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ungsveit Sinfóníuhljómsveitar Íslands)
Sinfóníuhljómsveit unga fólksins (Ungfónían)
SinfoNord (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Norðurlands)
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Menntaskólans í Tónlist (SMíT)
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Tónlistarskólanna (ST or STón)
Italy
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 Filarmonica della Fenice, Venice
Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
Orchestra Mozart, founded by Claudio Abbado in Bologna
Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, directed by Ennio Morricone
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Rome
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
Lichenstein
Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein
Orchester Liechtenstein-Werdenberg
Montenegro
The Netherlands
The Ballet Orchestra (Het Balletorkest)
Metropole Orchestra (Metropole Orkest) *Support*
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (Nationaal Jeugd Orkest) *Support*
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest) *Support*
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (Nederlands Kamerorkest) *Support*
North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (Het Noord Nederlands Orkest) *Support*
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century (Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw) *Support*
Residentie Orchestra (Residentie Orkest) *Support*
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) *Support*
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Het Concertgebouworkest) *Support*
Poland
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)
Russia
Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra
National Philharmonic of Russia
Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra
Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Russian Philharmonic 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
Spain
Castile and León Symphony Orchestra
Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia
Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
RTVE Symphony Orchestra (based in Madrid)
Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid
Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
United Kingdom - England
United Kingdom - Northern Ireland
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