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Orchestras Around the World

  • Orchestras Around the World

    List compiled by Shizuo Z Kuwahara

  • Europe

    Orchestras are listed in Alphabetical Order

  • Pan-European Orchestras

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe *Support*

    European Union Youth Orchestra *Support*

    Spira Mirabilis *Support*

    Armenia

    Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir

    National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia

    Youth State Orchestra of Armenia

    Austria

    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

    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra

    Azerbaijan State Orchestra of Folk Instruments

    Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra

    Baltic States

    Kremerata Baltica

    Belgium

    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

    Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bulgaria

    Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

    New Symphony Orchestra

    Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sofia Symphonic Orchestra

    Croatia

    Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra

    Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

    Czech Republic

    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 Orchestraduring Live-Concerts

    Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra

    Karlovy Vary Symphony 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

    Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

    Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

    Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra

    Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel)

    Estonia

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    European Union

    European Union Baroque Orchestra

    European Union Youth Orchestra

    Finland

    Avanti! Chamber Orchestra

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jyväskylä Sinfonia

    Kymi Sinfonietta

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    Oulu Symphony Orchestra

    Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

    Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    France

    Concerts Colonne (Paris)

    Concerts Lamoureux (Paris)

    Concerts Pasdeloup (Paris) *Support*

    Ensemble InterContemporain

    Ensemble La Fenice

    Ensemble Matheus

    Les Musiciens du Louvre (Grenoble)

    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

    Orchestre de Paris

    Orchestre des Champs-Élysées (Poitiers)

    Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

    Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

    Orchestre National d'Île-de-France

    Orchestre National de France

    Orchestre National de Lille

    Orchestre National de Lyon

    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

    Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Orchestre des Pays de Savoie

    Orchestra Philaharmonique de Nice

    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

    Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

    Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse

    Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy

    Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier

    Rouen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Germany

    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)

    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

    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)

    NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover)

    NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Hamburg Elbphilharmonie)

    Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Offenbach am Main)

    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

    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

    Philharmonic Society of Corfu

    Hungary

    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

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)

    Icelandic Youth Symphony Orchestra (Ungsveit Sinfóníuhljómsveitar Íslands)

    Sinfóníuhljómsveit unga fólksins (Ungfónían)

    SinfoNord (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Norðurlands)

    Sinfóníuhljómsveit áhugamanna

    Sinfóníuhljómsveit Menntaskólans í Tónlist (SMíT)

    Sinfóníuhljómsveit Tónlistarskólanna (ST or STón)

    Ireland

    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

    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 di Piazza Vittorio

    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

    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

    Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

    Liepaja Symphony Orchestra

    Lichenstein

    Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein

    Orchester Liechtenstein-Werdenberg

    Lithuania

    Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra

    Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

    Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

    Luxembourg

    Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Luxembourg Sinfonietta

    Malta

    Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

    Monaco

    Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Montenegro

    Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra

    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*

    Norway

    Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

    North Norwegian Opera and Symphony Orchestra

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Oslo Sinfonietta

    Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

    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)

    Portugal

    Gulbenkian Orchestra

    Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

    Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música

    Romania

    Bucharest Symphony Orchestra

    Cluj "Transilvania" Philharmonic Orchestra

    Craiova "Oltenia" Philharmonic Orchestra

    George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra

    Iaşi "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Radio Orchestra of Romania

    Ploieşti "Paul Constantinescu" Philharmonic Orchestra

    Sibiu State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Timișoara "Banatul" Philharmonic Orchestra

    Russia

    The Mariinsky 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

    Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

    Niš Symphony Orchestra

    Slovakia

    Cappella Istropolitana

    Slovak Philharmonic

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Slovenia

    RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra

    Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

    Spain

    Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa

    Castile and León Symphony Orchestra

    Chamartín Symphony Orchestra

    Community of Madrid Orchestra

    Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)

    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 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

    Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)

    Valencian Community Orchestra

    Valencia Orchestra

    Sweden

    Gävle Symphony Orchestra

    Gothenburg 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

    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

    Antalya State Symphony Orchestra

    Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

    Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bursa State Symphony Orchestra

    Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra

    Dokuz Eylul University Symphony Orchestra

    Hacettepe Symphony Orchestra

    Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra

    İzmir State Symphony Orchestra

    Presidential Symphony Orchestra

    Ukraine

    Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

    Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine

    Kyiv Classic Orchestra

    United Kingdom - England

    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

    City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Docklands Sinfonia

    English Baroque Soloists

    English Chamber Orchestra

    English Concert

    Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra

    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

    St Giles Orchestra

    Sunderland Symphony Orchestra

    The King's Consort

    Worthing Symphony Orchestra

    United Kingdom - Northern Ireland

    Ulster Orchestra

    United Kingdom - Scotland

    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

    United Kingdom - Wales

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra

    National Youth Orchestra of Wales

    Welsh Sinfonia

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