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
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 KammerOrchester)
- Vienna Mozart Orchestra (Wiener Mozart Orchester)
- Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)
- Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker)
- Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
Azerbaijan
Baltic States
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
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 Orchestra during Live-Concerts
- Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
- Moravian Philharmonic
- Praga Sinfonietta Orchestra
- Prague Philharmonia (PKF)
- Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
- Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK/PSO)
- Suk Chamber Orchestra
- Teplice Symphony Orchestra
Denmark
Estonia
- Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- Symphony orchestra of Estonian National Opera
European Union
Finland
France
- Ensemble InterContemporain, founded in 1976
- Ensemble La Fenice, founded in 1990
- Ensemble Matheus, founded in 1991
- Concerts Colonne (Paris), founded in 1873
- Concerts Lamoureux (Paris), founded in 1881
- Concerts Pasdeloup (Paris), founded in 1861
- 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 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 et lyrique de Nancy, founded in 1884
- Orchestre et Opéra National de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, founded in 1979
Germany
A–M
- 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
- Münchener Bach-Orchester
- Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- Munich Philharmonic (Münchner Philharmoniker)
N–Z
- NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
- NDR Symphony Orchestra (NDR Sinfonieorchester)
- Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Offenbach am Main)
- Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
- Nuremberg Symphony (Nürnberger Symphoniker)
- Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, disbanded 2001
- Philharmoniker 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)
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
- WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
- WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
- Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Greece
Hungary
- Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
- Budapest Symphony Orchestra
- Hungarian National Philharmonic
- Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, based in Germany; dissolved in 2001
- Szeged Symphony Orchestra
Iceland
- Icelandic Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)
Ireland
Italy
- Camerata de' Bardi, academic orchestra, Pavia
- Orchestra della Fenice, Venice
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
- Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Milan
- I Solisti Veneti, Padua
- Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
- Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
- Spira Mirabilis
- Venice Baroque Orchestra
- Orchestra Mozart, founded by Claudio Abbado in Bologna
- Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, directed by Ennio Morricone
- Stresa Festival Orchestra, Stresa Lake Maggiore
- Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina, Florence
- Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Rome
- Teatro San Carlo Orchestra, Naples
- Rondò Veneziano
- RCA Italiana Orchestra
- Celtic Harp Orchestra
- L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
- Accademia Filarmonica Romana
- Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali
- Academia Montis Regalis
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
- Holland Symfonia
- Metropole Orchestra
- National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands
- Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
- Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
- North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
- Residentie Orchestra
- Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Symfonisch Blaasorkest ATH
Norway
- Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Jono El Grande Orchestra
- Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
- Nordnorsk Opera og Symfoniorkester (North Norwegian Opera and Symphony Orchestra)
- Norwegian Radio Orchestra
- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Oslo Sinfonietta
- Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
- Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Poland
- Kraków Philharmonic
- Łódź Philharmonic
- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)
- Polish Baltic Philharmonic (Gdańsk)
- Camerata Wrocław (Wrocław)
- Silesian Philharmonic
- Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw)
- Sudecka Philharmonic (Wałbrzych)
- Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Warsaw)
- Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, youth orchestra at concentration camp (historic)
Portugal
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
- Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
- Moscow Chamber Orchestra
- Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
- Moscow Symphony Orchestra
- Moscow Virtuosi
- National Philharmonic of Russia
- Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Persimfans
- Russian National Orchestra
- Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sochi Symphony Orchestra
- St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra
- St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
- State Symphony Capella of Russia
- State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
- Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
- Spanish National Orchestra (based in Madrid)
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra (based in Madrid)
- Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
- Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
- Community of Madrid Orchestra
- Madrid Symphony Orchestra
- Valencian Community Orchestra
- Valencia Orchestra
- Orquestra de Cadaqués
- Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
- Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
- Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
- Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
- Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
- Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
- Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
- Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos
Sweden
Switzerland
- Basel Sinfonietta
- Berner Symphonie-Orchester
- Lucerne Festival Strings
- Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
- Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
- Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
- 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
- Presidential Symphony Orchestra
- Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
- İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
Ukraine
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 Chamber Orchestra
- English Concert
- Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra
- Hallé Orchestra
- Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kensington Symphony Orchestra
- Kings Chamber Orchestra
- Leicester Symphony Orchestra
- London Classical Players
- London Festival Orchestra
- London Mozart Players
- London Philharmonic 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
- Philharmonia
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
- Sinfonia ViVA
- St Giles Orchestra
- Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
- Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
References
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