This non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in Europe contains European orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras based there. For orchestras from other continents, see List of symphony orchestras.

Albania

• Symphonic Orchestra of Radio-Television
• National Theater of Opera and Ballet Symphonic Orchestra

Andorra

• National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra
• National Classic Orchestra of Andorra, official site

Armenia

• Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Now it performs in Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan....
  
  
• National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia
  National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia
  The origin of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia dates back to the Soviet era. It was founded by the violinist Zareh Sahakiants as the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra in 1961. In 1997 it was merged with the Yerevan Chamber Orchestra to form the new NCOA...
  
  
• KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir
  KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir
  The KOHAR Symphony Orchestra & Choir of Gyumri, Armenia.-History:KOHAR was founded in 1997 as an independent musical and cultural institution by the Armenian culture patron Harout Khatchadourian of Lebanon, who along with his brothers, Shahe and Nar Khatchadourian, entirely sustained the...
  
  
• Youth State Orchestra of Armenia
  Youth State Orchestra of Armenia
  The Youth Orchestra of Armenia was founded in November 2005, with the efforts of the students of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.Sergey Smbatyan, violinist and prize-winner in international competitions, is the chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra.In the concert programme...
  
  

Austria

• Ars Antiqua Austria
  Ars Antiqua Austria
  Ars Antiqua Austria is an early music group founded in Linz in 1995 with the specific aim of performing Austrian baroque music on period instruments. The music at the imperial court in Vienna during the baroque era was influenced by Italian and French musical forms as well as by Spanish court music...
  
  
• Bruckner Orchestra Linz
  Bruckner Orchestra Linz
  The Bruckner Orchester Linz is an Austrian orchestra based in Linz. It is especially associated with the music of Linz-Land native Anton Bruckner. The parent ensemble of the orchestra is the Linz Theater Orchestra. The orchestra acquired its current name in 1967, under conductor and musicologist...
  
  
• Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
  Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
  Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester is a youth orchestra based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1986 by conductor Claudio Abbado.-History:...
  
  
• Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
  Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
  The Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra is the symphony orchestra of the town and state of Salzburg, Austria. It was founded in 1841 and acquired its current name in 1908. It is a major participant at the Salzburg Festival....
  
  
• Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg
  Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg
  The Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg is the only full-professional orchestra in the Austrian federal state Vorarlberg....
  
  
• Tonkünstler Orchestra
  Tonkünstler Orchestra
  The Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna and St. Pölten, Lower Austria.-Origin of the name:The orchestra's name has its origins in the Tonkünstler-Sozietät, Wien, which was organizing concerts in the era of Haydn and Mozart...
  
  
• Vienna Chamber Orchestra
  Vienna Chamber Orchestra
  The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus....
  
   (Das Wiener KammerOrchester)
• Vienna Mozart Orchestra
  Vienna Mozart Orchestra
  thumb|Vienna Mozart OrchestraThe Vienna Mozart Orchestra, with its 30 musicians, was founded in 1986 and has devoted itself entirely to that great composer of the Viennese classical period, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
  
   (Wiener Mozart Orchester)
• Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)
• Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra of the Austrian national broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk . Founded in 1969 with the name of the ORF-Symphonieorchester , it is the only radio orchestra in the country...
  
  
• Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker)
• Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
  Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
  Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna.The orchestra was formed under the auspices of Professor Oskar Goger and the ORF in 1966...
  
  

Belarus

• National Academic Great Opera Theater of the Republic of Belarus, official site

Belgium

• Akademos Symphonic Orchestra, official site (dutch)
• National Orchestra of Belgium
  National Orchestra of Belgium
  The Nationaal Orkest van België or Orchestre National de Belgique is the oldest of two major orchestras now in Belgium, along with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège....
  
  
• Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
  Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
  The Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège is a Belgian symphony orchestra, based in Liège. The OPRL was founded in 1960. With 100 members, the Liège Royal Philharmonic performs nearly 80 concerts each season, with approximately fifty of these concerts at the Salle Philharmonique de Liège, its...
  
  
• Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
  Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
  The Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie is a Belgian chamber orchestra based in Mons.-History:The Orchestra was founded in 1958 by the violinist Lola Bobesco and its leadership was entrusted successively to the concertmasters Philippe Hirschhorn, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Georges Octors, and, since...
  
  
• Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie
• Royal Flemish Philharmonic
  DeFilharmonie
  deFilharmonie is a Belgian symphony orchestra, with its principal home base in Antwerp. Founded by Gaston Ariën, Jef Maes, J.A...
  
   (now called DeFilharmonie)
• Flemish Radio Orchestra (Recently renamed Brussels Philharmonic), official site
• Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, official site

Bulgaria

• "New Europe" Symphony Orchestra
• New Symphony Orchestra
  New Symphony Orchestra
  -History:The New Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria by the music critic Julia Hristova as an alternative to the existing Bulgarian musical institutions...
  
  
• Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra
  Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra
  - History of the Orchestra :The Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1948. Some of the best Bulgarian conductors — Konstantin Iliev, Dobrin Petkov, Sasha Popov, Russlan Raychev, Ilia Temkov, Alexander Vladigerov, Tzanko Delibozov and Georgi Dimitrov among others, have worked with this...
  
  
• Sofia Symphonic Orchestra
  Sofia Symphonic Orchestra
  The Sofia Symphonic Orchestra is a one of the most illustrious symphonic orchestras in Europe. It was founded in 1928 under the supervision of Bulgarian musician Alexander Popov. He was the chief conductor of the orchestra until 1956...
  
  
• Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
  Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra is a Bulgarian orchestra whose origins date back to 1945. It is rooted in the hundred-year-old orchestral traditions of the largest cultural center of Thrace.-Recordings:...
  
  

Croatia

• Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
  Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
  The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra is a professional musical orchestra from the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia and the chief musical representative of the Dubrovnik region. In its work it carries on with the musical history started in the earlier Republic of Dubrovnik .- History :Music in Dubrovnik...
  
  
• Croatian Chamber Orchestra
• Croatian Music Society Orchestra
• Symphony Orchestra of Croatian Radiotelevision, official site
• Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, official site

Czech Republic

• Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
  Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
  Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Brno, the Czech Republic. Its predecessor was the Czech Symphony Orchestra, dating from the 1870's. The current Brno Philharmonic was formed in 1956 with the merger of the Radio Orchestra and the Brno Region Symphony Orchestra, with Břetislav...
  
  , official site
• Czech National Symphony Orchestra
  Czech National Symphony Orchestra
  Czech National Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in Prague in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1993 by trumpet player Jan Hasenöhrl...
  
  , official site
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Česká filharmonie is a symphony orchestra based in Prague and is the best-known and most respected orchestra in the Czech Republic.- History :...
  
  , official site
• Prague Philharmonia
  Prague Philharmonia
  The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1995 by Czech musicians with the German conductor Friedemann Riehle. The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra quickly developed into one of the leading orchestras for CD-recording in Europe. The orchestra plays about 200 recording sessions every year...
  
  , official site
• Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, official site
• Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
  Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOCR)
  The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is based in Prague in the Czech Republic.- History :Regular radio broadcasting began in the Czech Republic in May, 1923. Live classical musical broadcasts became very popular...
  
  , link
• Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK/PSO)
  Prague Symphony Orchestra
  The Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek. In the 1930s the orchestra performed the scores for many Czech films, and also appeared regularly on Czech radio. An early promoter of the orchestra was Dr...
  
  , official site
• West-Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Marienbad (ZSO) - since 1821, official site

Denmark

• Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
• Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
• Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
  Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra , also known as the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra which both serves as Danish Regional Orchestra for the island of Zealand and, for the summer season while the Tivoli Gardens are open, as resident orchestra in the Tivoli Concert...
  
  
• Danish National Symphony Orchestra
  Danish National Symphony Orchestra
  The Danish National Symphony Orchestra , is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR...
  
  , official site
• Odense Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Danish Orchestra
  Royal Danish Orchestra
  The Royal Danish Orchestra is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The Danish name for the orchestra indicates its original function as an ensemble geared to supplying the music for court events...
  
   (Det Kongelige Kapel) official site
• Sønderjyllands Symphony orchestra
• Danish National Chamber Orchestra
  Danish National Chamber Orchestra
  The Danish National Chamber Orchestra is a small symphony orchestra consisting of 42 players...
  
  , official site Their special Mozart site, official site

Estonia

• Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
  The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra is the leading orchestra in Estonia and is based in the capital Tallinn. Founded as the Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, it gave its first concert in a broadcast by Tallinn Radio on December 18, 1926...
  
  
• Vanemuise Theatre Orchestra
• Pärnu City Orchestra

European Union

• European Union Baroque Orchestra
  European Union Baroque Orchestra
  The European Union Baroque Orchestra is a training initiative of the European Union which allows young performers of baroque music from all over the EU to gain orchestral experience as part of their career development from conservatoire study into a professional career...
  
  
• European Union Chamber Orchestra
• European Union Orchestra and Chorus
• European Union Youth Orchestra
  European Union Youth Orchestra
  The European Union Youth Orchestra is a training orchestra for young people in the European Union. It is funded centrally by the European Union and by a number of EU member states...
  
  

Finland

• Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra based in Helsinki, and is the chief radio orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company . The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre...
  
  
• Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland...
  
  
• Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  Lahti Symphony Orchestra
  The Lahti Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra, based in the city of Lahti. It was founded in 1910 and placed under the control of the Lahti municipality in 1949. In Finland the orchestra performs in the Sibelius Hall, while it also performs abroad in concert halls and festivals...
  
  
• Oulu Symphony Orchestra
  Oulu Symphony Orchestra
  The Oulu Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra in Oulu, Finland. It was founded in 1937 and placed under the control of the City of Oulu in 1951. Notable conductors who have worked with the orchestra include Jean Sibelius and Toivo Kuula....
  
  
• Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
• Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
  Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra based in Tampere. Founded in 1930, and maintained by the municipality of Tampere since 1947, the orchestra is currently based in the Tampere Hall...
  
  
• Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
  Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Turku, Finland. It is the oldest orchestra in Finland and one of the oldest orchestras in the world that is still performing....
  
  
• Vivo Symphony Orchestra
• Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat
  Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat
  The Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat is a symphony orchestra resident in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1926...
  
  

France

• Ensemble InterContemporain
  Ensemble InterContemporain
  The Ensemble InterContemporain is a French chamber orchestra, based in Paris at the Cité de la musique and IRCAM, which specialises in contemporary classical music....
  
  
• Ensemble La Fenice
  Ensemble La Fenice
  Ensemble La Fenice is a period wind band based in the town of Auxerre in the Bourgogne region of France. Founded in 1990 by the cornett player Jean Tubéry, the ensemble specializes in music of the Baroque era played on period instruments.-External links:...
  
  
• Ensemble Matheus
  Ensemble Matheus
  Ensemble Matheus is a French baroque orchestra. Based in Brittany, the ensemble gives concerts in a number of French cities, including Brest at Le Quartz, where it has enjoyed a residency since 1996, Vannes , and Plougonvelin...
  
  
• Ensemble orchestral de Paris
• Concerts Colonne
  Concerts Colonne
  The Colonne Orchestra is a French symphony orchestra, founded in 1873 by the violinist and conductor Édouard Colonne.-History:While leader of the Opéra de Paris orchestra, Édouard Colonne was engaged by the publisher Georges Hartmann to lead a series of popular concerts which he founded under the...
  
   (Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  ), founded in 1873
• Concerts Lamoureux (Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  ), founded in 1881, official site
• Concerts Pasdeloup
  Pasdeloup Orchestra
  The Pasdeloup Orchestra is the oldest symphony orchestra in France.-History:Founded in 1861 by Jules Pasdeloup with the name Concerts Populaires, it is the oldest orchestra still in existence in Paris...
  
   (Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  ), founded in 1861
• Les Musiciens du Louvre
  Les Musiciens du Louvre
  Les Musiciens du Louvre is a French period instrument ensemble, formed in 1982. Originally based in Paris, since 1996 it has been based in the Couvent des Minimes in Grenoble. The Guardian considers it one of the best orchestras in the world.- History:Founded by Marc Minkowski in 1982, the...
  
   (Grenoble
  Grenoble
  Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
  
  ), founded in 1982
• Orchestre de Bretagne, founded in 1989
• Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
  Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
  The Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini....
  
  , founded in 1828, disbanded 1967
• Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen, founded in 1998
• Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon, founded in 1983
• Orchestre de Paris
  Orchestre de Paris
  The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs most of its concerts at the Salle Pleyel.-History:In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture,...
  
  , founded in 1967, official site
• Orchestre de Picardie, founded in 1972
• Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
  Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
  The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées is an orchestra that specializes in the performance of music from the period from roughly 1750 to the early twentieth century. That is, it covers the period from the flourishing of Haydn to that of Mahler...
  
   (Poitiers
  Poitiers
  Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
  
  ), founded in 1991
• Orchestre lyrique d'Avignon-Provence, founded in 1982
• Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
  Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
  The Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine is a French symphony orchestra based in Bordeaux. Its principal concert venue is the Palais des sports. In addition to its regular symphony concerts, the ONBA serves as the accompanying orchestra for the Opéra National de Bordeaux and the Ballet of the...
  
  , founded in 1974
• Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, founded in 1974
• Orchestre National de France
  Orchestre National de France
  The Orchestre national de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française and Orchestre national de l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française .Since 1944, the orchestra has been based in the Théâtre...
  
  , founded in 1934, official site
• Orchestre National de Lille, founded in 1976
• Orchestre National de Lorraine, founded in 1976
• Orchestre National de Lyon
  Orchestre National de Lyon
  The Orchestre National de Lyon is a French orchestra based in Lyon. Its current primary concert venue is l'Auditorium de Lyon. The orchestra operates with the help of a subsidy from the French Ministry of Culture and from the Rhône-Alpes regional council...
  
  , founded in 1905
• Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
  Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
  The Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire is a French symphony orchestra based in Angers and Nantes, France. The orchestra receives support from the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire....
  
  , founded in 1971
• Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
  Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
  The Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse is a French orchestra based in Toulouse. It acts as both a symphony orchestra whose main residence is Toulouse's Halle aux Grains, and the permanent orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse....
  
  , founded in the early XVIII^e, official site
• Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, founded in 1945 ("Orchestre symphonique municipal de la Ville de Nice")
• Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
  The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...
  
  , official site
• Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
  Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
  The Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg is a French orchestra based in Strasbourg. It is one of the two permanent orchestras of the Opéra national du Rhin. The orchestra's current principal venue is the Palais de la musique et des congrès « Pierre Pflimlin » .The orchestra was founded in 1855...
  
  , founded in 1855
• Orchestre régional de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, founded in 1976
• Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, founded in 1867
• Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy
  Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy
  Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy is a French symphony orchestra based in the city of Nancy in the province of Lorraine....
  
  , founded in 1884
• Orchestre Sostenuto, founded in 2006
• Orchestre et Opéra national de Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, founded in 1979

Germany

• Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
  Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
  Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982...
  
  
• Akademische Orchestervereinigung
  Akademische Orchestervereinigung
  The Akademische Orchestervereinigung is the local orchestra of Göttingen, Germany. The AOV was organized by a collective of local students and other amateur musicians to bring high-quality music to the community. AOV usually gives four concerts per year....
  
  
• Badische Staatskapelle
  Badische Staatskapelle
  The Badische Staatskapelle is a symphony orchestra based in Karlsruhe, Germany. The orchestra is affiliated with the Badisches Staatstheater . The historical roots of the orchestra date back to 1662. The precursor ensemble was the Hofkapelle der Markgrafen von Baden-Durlach...
  
  
• Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  The Bamberg Symphony is a German orchestra based in Bamberg and well known for its artistic excellence and frequent international touring...
  
   (Bamberger Symphoniker)
• Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
  
   (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• Bavarian State Orchestra
  Bavarian State Orchestra
  The Bayerisches Staatsorchester is the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera.- History :Founded in the times of Ludwig Senfl the orchestra, specializing in musica sacra, belonged to the finest ones in Europe already under Orlando di Lasso . In 1651 the Italian opera was introduced in Munich...
  
   (Bayerisches Staatsorchester)
• Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
• Beethoven Orchester Bonn (formerly Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn)
• Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
  The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
  
   (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin)
• Berlin Symphony Orchestra (now Konzerthausorchester Berlin)
• Berliner Symphoniker
  Berliner Symphoniker
  Berliner Symphoniker ia a Symphony orchestra in Berlin, Germany.The orchestra began its performing activity on 1 September 1967 as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin. In 1990 it was renamed Berliner Symphoniker...
  
  
• Bielfelder Philharmoniker
• Bochumer Symphoniker
• Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt an der Oder
• :de:Bremer Philharmoniker
• Collegium Aureum
• Detmold Chamber Orchestra
  Detmold Chamber Orchestra
  The Detmolder Kammerorchester is a German chamber orchestra based in Detmold. The current music director is German-Chilean pianist Alfredo Perl. The primary concert venue of the orchestra is the Konzerthaus Detmold. Eckhard Fischer formed the ensemble in 1989, from musicians of the Hochschule für...
  
  
• Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
  Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
  The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is a chamber orchestra based in Bremen, Germany.-History:...
  
   Bremen
• Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
  Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
  The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg is a symphony orchestra based in Potsdam, Germany. It was founded in 1993 by Klaus Peter Beyer. The orchestra derives its name from the legendary Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg, a city part of Potsdam today, where notable films such as Metropolis, Dr...
  
  
• Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern official site
• Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
  Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
  The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1946 by American occupation forces as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester . It was also known as the American Sector Symphony Orchestra...
  
  
• Dortmunder Philharmoniker
  Dortmunder Philharmoniker
  The Dortmunder Philharmoniker are a German symphony orchestra based in Dortmund. The orchestra of the Theater Dortmund performs both opera in the Opernhaus Dortmund and concert in the Konzerthaus Dortmund...
  
  
• Dresden Philharmonic (Dresdner Philharmonie)
• Duisburg Philharmonic (Duisburger Philharmoniker)
• Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
• Frankfurter Museumsorchester
  Frankfurter Museumsorchester
  The Frankfurter Museumsorchester is the resident orchestra of the Frankfurt am Main City Opera House, Germany. Its somewhat peculiar name is derived from the series of "Museum Concerts", organized by the Frankfurter Museumsgesellschaft since 1808. The orchestra is ranked as an "A-list" ensemble...
  
   (Frankfurt Opera)
• Fulda Symphonic Orchestra
  Fulda Symphonic Orchestra
  The Fulda Symphonic Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Fulda, Germany. The group was founded in 1999 by Karsten Aßmann , Albert Flügel , Dorothea Heller , and the music director Simon Schindler; Aßmann and Schindler were only 21 and 23 at the time...
  
   (Fuldaer Symphonisches Orchester)
• Freiburger Barockorchester
  Freiburger Barockorchester
  Freiburger Barockorchester is a German orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of baroque music with new sounds"...
  
  
• Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
• Göttinger Symphonie Orchester
• Hamburger Symphoniker
  Hamburger Symphoniker
  The Hamburger Symphoniker is a German orchestra based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1957, it is one of the city's three largest orchestras...
  
  
• Hannoversche Hofkapelle
  Hannoversche Hofkapelle
  The Hanoverian Court Orchestra , located in Hannover , remains totally faithful to the tradition of historic court orchestras and performs both chamber music and symphonies...
  
  
• HR-Sinfonieorchester
  HR-Sinfonieorchester
  The hr-Sinfonieorchester is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. Until 2005 it was the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, a name still used for international tours....
  
  
• Jenaer Philharmonie
  Jenaer Philharmonie
  The Jenaer Philharmonie is a symphony orchestra based in Jena, Germany. It was founded in 1934 with the intent to revive and continue the old traditions of the "Collegium musicum Jenense" and the academic concerts by the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena...
  
  
• Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
• Konzerthausorchester Berlin (formerly Berlin Symphony Orchestra)
• Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is one of the the oldest symphony orchestras in the world...
  
   (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig)
• :de:Leipziger Kammerchorchester
• Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is a professional touring chamber orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado and former members of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 1997....
  
  
• MDR Symphony Orchestra
  MDR Symphony Orchestra
  The MDR Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest Radio orchestras in the world and the oldest in Germany. It was founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1923 and therefore 9 months earlier than the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra...
  
  
• Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle
  Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle
  The Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle is a symphony orchestra based in Schwerin, Germany....
  
  
• Münchener Bach-Orchester
• Münchner Rundfunkorchester
• Munich Philharmonic (Münchner Philharmoniker)
• NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover (Radio Philharmonie Hanover of the North German Radio, see: Hanover)
• North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra is a German orchestra, the symphony orchestra of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg....
  
   (NDR Sinfonieorchester)
• Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
  Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
  The Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt is an orchestra based in Offenbach, Germany.The Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, established in 1996, is beside its work as a classical symphony orchestra one of the leading crossover orchestras in Europe...
  
   (Offenbach am Main)
• :de:Niedersächsisches Jugendsinfonieorchester(Lower Saxon Youth Symphony Orchestra)
• :de:Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester (Lower Saxon State Orchestra, see: Hanover)
• :de:Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock
• Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
  Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
  The Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie is a German symphony orchestra based in Herford. It was founded in 1950 and, along with Philharmonie Südwestfalen and Landesjugendorchester NRW, is one of the 'official' orchestras of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia...
  
  
• Nuremberg Symphony (Nürnberger Symphoniker)
• Philharmonie Baden-Baden
• Philharmonia Hungarica
  Philharmonia Hungarica
  The Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Germany, which existed from 1956 to 2001.It was first established in Baden bei Wien near Vienna by Hungarian musicians who had fled their homeland after it was invaded by Soviet troops...
  
  , founded by Hungarian exiles, disbanded 2001
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Altenburg-Gera
• Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiel
• Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Freiburg
• Philharmonie Essen
• Philharmoniker Hamburg
  Philharmoniker Hamburg
  The Philharmoniker Hamburg is a German symphony orchestra based in Hamburg. Its current Music Director is GMD Simone Young. It is also the orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera....
  
  
• Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg
• Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle
• Saarländisches Staatsorchester (Saarland State Orchestra))
• Sächsisches Staatskapelle Dresden
• Sächsisches Staatsorchester (Saxon State Orchestra)
• Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater und Sinfonieorchester official site
• Sinfonieorchester Aachen official site
• Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra is a radio orchestra located in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Freiburg...
  
  
• Staatskapelle Berlin
  Staatskapelle Berlin
  The Staatskapelle Berlin is a German orchestra, the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera .The orchestra traces its roots to 1570, when Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg established an orchestra at his court...
  
  
• Staatskapelle Dresden (Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden)
• Staatskapelle Halle
  Staatskapelle Halle
  The Staatskapelle Halle is a symphony orchestra based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
  
  
• Staatskapelle Weimar
  Staatskapelle Weimar
  The Deutsche Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar is the most important musical and theatrical venue in Weimar in Germany. It is a twin institution, consisting of the theatrical Deutsches Nationaltheater and the symphony orchestra known as the Staatskapelle Weimar...
  
  
• Staatsorchester Braunschweig
  Staatsorchester Braunschweig
  The Staatsorchester Braunschweig is a German orchestra. It was founded in 1587 by Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as his court orchestra. It worked with Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. It lost its independence as a court orchestra in 1918 and became the orchestra of the Braunschweiger...
  
   (State Orchestra Brunswik)
• Staatsorchester Kassel
• Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz
• Stuttgart Philharmonic
• Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany. The ensemble was founded in 1945 by American occupation authorities as the orchestra for Radio Stuttgart, under the name Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart...
  
  
• Symphony Orchestra Wuppertal
• Philharmonie Gotha-Suhl official site
• WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
• WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
  WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
  The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne is a German orchestra based in Cologne. The orchestra was founded in 1947 by Allied occupation authorities after World War II, as the orchestra of Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunk . The orchestra later acquired the names of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra and...
  
  
• Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
• Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
  Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
  The Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn is one of the renowned German Chamber Orchestras, located in Heilbronn .The Orchestra was founded by Prof...
  
  
• Württembergisches Staatsorchester

Greece

• Athens State Orchestra, official site
• Orchestra of Colours, official site
• State Orchestra of Hellenic Music, official site
• Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, official site
• Camerata - Friends of Music Orchestra, official site
• The Musical Ensembles of Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi
  Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi
  The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...
  
  , official site, which include:
  • National Symphonic Orchestra
  • Contemporary Music Orchestra
  • ERT's Chorus
  • ERT-3 Orchestra
  • Children's Orchestra

Hungary

• Budapest Festival Orchestra
  Budapest Festival Orchestra
  The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as The Times put it...
  
  
• Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra is Hungary's oldest functioning orchestra, being founded in 1853 by Ferenc Erkel under the auspices of the Budapest Philharmonic Society...
  
  , official site
• Budapest Symphony Orchestra
• Hungarian National Philharmonic
• Philharmonia Hungarica
  Philharmonia Hungarica
  The Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Germany, which existed from 1956 to 2001.It was first established in Baden bei Wien near Vienna by Hungarian musicians who had fled their homeland after it was invaded by Soviet troops...
  
  , founded by Hungarian exiles, based in Germany; dissolved in 2001

Iceland

• Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
  Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
  Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands is an orchestra based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The ISO is an autonomous public institution under the auspices of the Icelandic Ministry of Education...
  
   (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)
• Iceland Youth Symphony Orchestra

Republic of Ireland

• RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
  The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is the concert music orchestra of Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
  
  
• RTÉ Concert Orchestra
  RTÉ Concert Orchestra
  The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is one of the two full time professional orchestras in Ireland that are part of RTÉ, the national broadcasting station. Since its formation as the Radio Éireann Light Orchestra in 1948, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, has grown from a small studio-based recording group to...
  
  
• Irish Chamber Orchestra
  Irish Chamber Orchestra
  The Irish Chamber Orchestra is a Irish classical music ensemble, administratively based at the University of Limerick. The ICO primarily gives concerts at the University Concert Hall, Limerick and at the RDS Concert Hall, Dublin...
  
  
• Hibernian Orchestra
  Hibernian Orchestra
  Founded in 1981, the Dublin-based Hibernian Orchestra is recognized as a leading voluntary orchestra in Ireland...
  
  
• Camerata Ireland
  Camerata Ireland
  Camerata Ireland is a chamber music ensemble founded by pianist Barry Douglas. They held their first concert in May 1999 with concerts at the Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the State Apartments in Dublin...
  
   official site
• Cork Symphony Orchestra official site
• Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra
• Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
  Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1997 and operates under the auspices of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra Association, a corporation limited by guarantee and Irish charity, The former Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra was active from the...
  
   official site
• Sligo Early Music Ensemble
  Sligo Early Music Ensemble
  The Sligo Baroque Ensemble is an amateur orchestra which specialises in late Baroque music. It is based in Sligo town and plays about 10 concerts a year in venues around the north-west of Ireland....
  
  
• National Youth Orchestra of Ireland official site
• Dublin Youth Orchestras official site
• Royal Irish Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra official site
• DIT Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra official site
• Dublin Symphony Orchestra
• The Dublin Orchestra
• Dublin Orchestral Players official site
• Trinity College Orchestra
• University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra
  University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra
  University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra is an Irish orchestra based in University College Dublin.It plays annually in the National Concert Hall in Dublin.- History :...
  
   official site

Italy

• Camerata de' Bardi
  Camerata de' Bardi
  The Camerata de' Bardi is the academic orchestra of the University of Pavia in Italy. It was founded in 1989 by Luca Bardi and Franco Gerevini . Its present conductor is Nicola Bisson....
  
  , academic orchestra, Pavia
• Orchestra della Fenice
  La Fenice
  Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use of two theatres...
  
  , Venice
• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the...
  
  
• Orchestra della Scala, Milan
• I Solisti Veneti
  I Solisti Veneti
  I Solisti Veneti is one of the first rank of small Italian chamber orchestras with modern instruments. Founded in Padua in 1959 by Claudio Scimone, it has made a reputation especially with Italian Baroque music, recording many works by Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni, Francesco Geminiani,...
  
  , Padua
• Milan Symphony Orchestra
• Modo Antiquo
• Symphonica d'Italia, official site

Latvia

• Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
  Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
  The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra is Latvia's main symphony orchestra. It was founded in 1926 as the Latvian Radio Centre Orchestra by the conductor, Arvīds Pārups. Its current Chief Conductor and Artistic Director is Karel Mark Chichon...
  
  , official site
• Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
  Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
  Liepāja Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra located in Liepāja, Latvia. The groups is among the oldest orchestras in the Baltic States, and was begun at the same time as the first Philharmonic in the Baltic in 1883....
  
  , official site

Lithuania

• Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
  Camerata Klaipėda
  Camerata Klaipėda is a chamber orchestra in the Lithuanian city of Klaipėda. The 13-member orchestra was established by violinist Vilhelmas Čepinskis in 2004. Most of its members are students at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. As of 2009, the orchestra delivered some 150 concerts and...
  
  
• Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, official site
• Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
  Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
  The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra or LNSO is one of Lithuania's two national orchestras, and was founded in 1940.The younger Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1988....
  
  , official site
• Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
  Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
  The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra is one of Lithuania's two national orchestras, founded in 1988. The other, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1940....
  
  , official site
• St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, official site
• Symphony Orchestra of Lithuania Minor
• Alytus Youth Symphony Orchestra "Dream", site

Republic of Macedonia

• Macedonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, official site
• Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, official site

The Netherlands

• Het Brabants Orkest
  Het Brabants Orkest
  Het Brabants Orkest is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based in the province of North Brabant . Its principal concert venue is the Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven...
  
  , official site
• Holland Symfonia
  Holland Symfonia
  The Holland Symfonia is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The term "Symfonia" derives from an amalgam of the Dutch word symfonie and the Italian word sinfonia...
  
  , official site
• Limburgs Symfonie Orkest
  Limburgs Symfonie Orkest
  The Limburg Symphony Orchestra is a Dutch orchestra based in Maastricht in the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. It is one of the Netherlands’ oldest professional symphony orchestras. The Limburg Symphony Orchestra gives more than one hundred performances a season and occupies a significant...
  
  , official site
• National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, official site
• Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
  Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based primarily in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The NedPhO was formed in 1985 from the merger of three orchestras, the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra Utrecht and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra...
  
  , official site
• Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
  Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
  The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest is a Dutch radio orchestra, based in Hilversum. The RFO performs under the aegis of the Muziekcentrum van de Omroep , an umbrella organization bringing together the music departments of the various broadcasting associations affiliated to Nederlandse Publieke...
  
  , official site
• North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, official site
• Orchestra of the 18th Century
  Orchestra of the 18th Century
  The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century is a Dutch early music orchestra. Frans Brüggen and Sieuwert Verster co-founded the orchestra in 1981....
  
  
• Orkest van het Oosten
  Orkest van het Oosten
  The Orkest van het Oosten is a Dutch symphony orchestra. The home of the orchestra is the Muziekcentrum in Enschede. The OvhO performs about 75 concerts a year in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer, as well as throughout the province of Overijssel and the Randstad...
  
  , official site
• Residentie Orchestra
  Residentie Orchestra
  Het Residentie Orkest is a Dutch orchestra based in The Hague. Its primary venue is the Dr. Anton Philipszaal....
  
  , official site
• Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam. Its primary venue is the concert hall De Doelen. The RPhO is considered one of the Netherlands' two principal orchestras of international standing, second to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam...
  
  , official site
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra...
  
   (Concertgebouworkest), official site
• Symfonisch Blaasorkest ATH
  Symfonisch Blaasorkest ATH
  The Amsterdam Wind Orchestra ATH is a Dutch wind orchestra.The orchestra was founded in 1906 and plays in the First Division, the highest league of amateur orchestras in the Netherlands, and takes pride in its rich history of musical highlights...
  
  
• Utrecht Students Orchestra (Utrechtsch Studenten Concert), founded in 1823, official site

Norway

• Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.-History:...
  
  , official site
• The Jono El Grande Orchestra
  The Jono El Grande Orchestra
  The Jono El Grande Orchestra was formed in 2000 by composer Jono El Grande. TJEGO exclusively performs Jono El Grande's music and consists of selected musicians who have played with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Sinfonietta and Poing....
  
  
• Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
• Nordnorsk Opera og Symfoniorkester
  Nordnorsk Opera og Symfoniorkester
  Nordnorsk Opera og Symfoniorkester is a Norwegian musical organisation which consists of several ensembles that present opera productions and orchestra concerts in Norway. The organisation has offices in Bodø and Tromsø, under the auspices of both the Bodø City Council and the Tromsø City Council...
  
   (North Norwegian Opera and Symphony Orchestra)
• Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  Norwegian Radio Orchestra
  The Norwegian Radio Orchestra is a Norwegian orchestra affiliated with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . Its principal base is the Store Studio at the NRK headquarters in Oslo....
  
  
• Norwegian Youth Symphony Orchestra
• Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Oslo-Filharmonien is a symphony orchestra based in Oslo, Norway. The orchestra was founded in 1919, and has since 1977 had its home in the Oslo Concert Hall. The orchestra consists of 69 musicians in the string section, 16 in the woodwinds, 15 in brass, 5 in percussionists, 1 harpist, and 1...
  
  
• Oslo Sinfonietta
  Oslo Sinfonietta
  The Oslo Sinfonietta is a Norwegian contemporary classical orchestra.The Oslo Sinfonietta grew out of contemporary music circles at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
  
  
• Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
  Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
  The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra from Stavanger, Norway. The SSO gives concerts primarily in the Stavanger Konserthus...
  
  
• Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

Poland

• Kraków Philharmonic
  Kraków Philharmonic
  The Kraków Philharmonic or the Cracow Philharmonic , is the primary concert hall in Kraków, Poland, named after the renown Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski. It is the home of the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra....
  
  , official site
• Łódź Philharmonic
  Łódź Philharmonic
  The Łódź Philharmonic is a professional symphony orchestra based in Łódź, Poland. It was founded in 1915 by composer and conductor Tadeusz Mazurkiewicz and Gotliba Teschnera, a cello instructor and bookstore owner. The men organized the orchestra initially as a temporary ensemble to play for a...
  
  , official site
• Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (NOSPR) (Katowice), official site
• Orkiestra Opery i Filharmonii Podlaskiej (Białystok), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Pomorskiej (Bydgoszcz), official site
• Orkiestra Filharmonii Częstochowskiej (Częstochowa), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Śląskiej (Katowice), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Świętokrzyskiej (Kielce), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Koszalińskiej (Koszalin), official site
• Orkiestra Filharmonii Lubelskiej (Lublin), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Opolskiej (Opole), official site
• Orkiestra Filharmonii Poznańskiej (Poznań), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii im. A. Malawskiego (Rzeszów), official site
• Orkiestra Polskiej Filharmonii 'Sinfonia Baltica' (Słupsk), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Szczecińskiej (Szczecin), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Wrocławskiej (Wrocław), official site
• Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Zabrzańskiej (Zabrze), official site
• Polish Baltic Philharmonic (Gdańsk), official site
• Polish Baroque Orchestra, official site
• Polska Orkiestra Włościańska (Zamość), official site
• Polska Orkiestra Radiowa (Warszawa), official site
• Orkiestra Filharmonii Zielonogórskiej (Zielona Góra), official site
• Silesian Philharmonic
  Silesian Philharmonic
  The Filharmonia Śląska w Katowicach is a music institution in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. The Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice was founded in 1945. The first concert of the orchestra took place on 26 of May 1945. A mixed choir was added in 1973....
  
  
• Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw), official site
• Sinfonietta Consonus(Gdańsk), official site
• Sudecka Philharmonic (Wałbrzych), official site
• Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna (Toruń), official site
• Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
  Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra , one of Poland's premier musical institutions, was established in 1901 on the initiative of an assembly of Polish aristocrats and financiers, as well as musicians...
  
   (Warsaw), official site
• Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, youth orchestra at concentration camp (historic)

Portugal

• Gulbenkian Orchestra
  Gulbenkian Orchestra
  The Gulbenkian Orchestra is a Portuguese symphony orchestra based in Lisbon. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Grande Auditório of the Gulbenkian Foundation....
  
  
• Orquestra Nacional do Porto, official site
• Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
• Orquestra Clássica da Madeira
• Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras
• Orquestra de Jovens Músicos
• Orquestra e Coral Delfim Moreira, official site
• Orquestra do Algarve
• Orquestra do Norte
• Orquestra do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa
• Orquestra Filarmónica das Beiras
• Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
• Orquestra Nacional do Porto
• Orquestra Sinfónica da ESART
• Orquestra Sinfónica da Póvoa de Varzim
• Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil
• Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa
• Orquestra do Algarve, official site
• Orquestra Clássica do Centro, official site
• Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras, official site
• Orquestra do Norte, official site
• Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, official site

Romania

See List of orchestras in Romania

Orchestras in Romania

This non-exhaustive list of symphony orchestras in Romania contains Romanian orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras based there.*National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Bucharest *George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra...

• National Radio Orchestra of Romania
  National Radio Orchestra of Romania
  National Radio Orchestra of Romania is the Romanian National symphony orchestra.- History :* National Radio Orchestra was founded in 1928 by the composer and conductor Mihail Jora and is the principal ensemble of the Musical ensembles of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society.- Chief conductors...
  
  , Bucharest
  Bucharest
  Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
  
    official site
• George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
  George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
  The George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra is a musical institution of Romania.Founded in 1886, under the supervision of Eduard Wachman, the Romanian Philharmonic Society had as purpose the creation of a permanent symphonic orchestra in Bucharest...
  
   official site
• Cluj "Transilvania" Philharmonic Orchestra, www.filacluj.ro
• Iaşi "Moldova" Philharmonic Orchestra  official site
• Timișoara "Banatul" Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra, official site
• Arad State Philharmonic, official site
• Oradea State Philharmonic Orchestra, official site
• Constanţa "Marea Neagră" Philharmonic Orchestra
• Craiova "Oltenia" Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Bacău "Mihail Jora" Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Târgu Mureş "Constantin Silvestri" Philharmonic Orchestra  official site
• Sibiu State Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Satu Mare "Dinu Lipatti" Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Botosani Philharmonic Orchestra official site
• Ploieşti "Paul Constantinescu" Philharmonic Orchestra, official site
• Râmnicu-Vâlcea "Ion Dumitrescu" Philharmonic Orchestra, official site
• Giurgiu State Philharmonic Orchestra
• Târgovişte State Philharmonic Orchestra

Russia

• Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
  Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
  The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or the Kirov Orchestra is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Peter the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra...
  
  
• Moscow Session Orchestra
• Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  The Moscow Chamber Orchestra is a Chamber Orchestra based in Moscow, Russia, and assigned to the Moscow Philharmonia, a State-run enterprise, formerly under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and now, Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation.-Founding, 1955 :Rudolf Barshai was a virtuoso...
  
  
• Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953...
  
  
• Moscow State Symphony Orchesttra
  Moscow State Symphony Orchesttra
  The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1943 by Lev Steinberg...
  
  
• Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
  Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
  The Moscow City Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic" was established in 2000 by the Moscow City Government.It was directed by Alexander until 2004.-Discography:* Instrumental masterpieces by J.-S. Bach...
  
  
• Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  Moscow Symphony Orchestra
  Founded in 1989, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra comprises 80 musicians, including graduates from such institutions as the Moscow Conservatory, Kiev Conservatory, and Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The orchestra is produced by Stas Namin, and conduced by Konstantin Krimets. It has recorded over 100...
  
  
• National Philharmonic of Russia
  National Philharmonic of Russia
  The National Philharmonic of Russia is an orchestra, formed in January 2003 on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ministry of Culture. Serving as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the orchestra is Vladimir Spivakov. The NPR currently resides at the Moscow...
  
  
• Persimfans
  Persimfans
  Persimfans was a conductorless orchestra in Moscow in the Soviet Union that existed between 1922 and 1932.The name "Persimfans" is an abbreviation for Pervïy Simfonicheskiy Ansambl' bez Dirizhyora . It was founded by Lev Tseitlin.-References:*...
  
  
• St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
  St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1882 and is Russia's oldest symphony orchestra.It was initially known as the "Imperial Music Choir" and performed privately for the court of Alexander III of Russia. By the 1900s it had started to give public performances at the...
  
  
• St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
• Russian National Orchestra
  Russian National Orchestra
  The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....
  
  
• Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
• State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
  State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
  The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation is a Russian orchestra based in Moscow...
  
  
• State Symphony Capella of Russia
  State Symphony Capella of Russia
  The State Symphony Capella of Russia comprises an orchestra and choir, both based in Moscow, Russia. Its principal conductor is Valery Polyansky...
  
  
• State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
  State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
  Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra is a cinematographic orchestra of Russia.Unofficially founded on November 1924 at the famous Moscow cinema "Ars", located on Arbat Street.- External links :*...
  
  
• Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
  Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
  The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio is a Russian classical music orchestra established in 1930. Originally founded as the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, it served as the official symphony for the Soviet All-Union Radio network...
  
  
• Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
  Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
  Ural Philharmonic Orchestra is a full orchestra based in Yekaterinburg and considered to be one of the leading orchestras in Russia...
  
  

San Marino

• Orchestra Sinfonica della Republica di San Marino concert programs

Serbia

• Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
  Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra in Serbia, regularly considered as one of the finest in the country. Its home base is in Belgrade.- History :...
  
  , Official website
• Niš Symphony Orchestra
  Niš Symphony Orchestra
  The Niš Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in the city of Niš, Serbia. It was the first orchestra to be based outside of the capital Belgrade and is therefore highly valued....
  
  , Official website
• Symphony Orchestra of Army of Yugoslavia
• Symphony Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia Official Website
• Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre, Belgrade
• Vojvodina Philharmonic Orchestra, Novi Sad

Slovakia

• Slovak Philharmonic
• The Slovak State Philharmonic Kosice
• Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Bratislava, Slovakia....
  
  
• Slovak Sinfonietta Orchestra

Slovenia

• Maribor Philharmonic Orchestra
• RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
  RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
  The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra was established in 1956 within Radiotelevizija Slovenija. In 50-year period of its work, it contributed a major part of archive recordings, composed by Slovenian composers, as well as contemporary and classical music from all over the world...
  
  , official site
• Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national philharmonic orchestra of Slovenia, based in the capital Ljubljana.On the Philharmonic Hall, a pastel yellow building on Kongresni trg., is a plaque stating that the Philharmonic was founded in 1701; though this refers to the founding of the...
  
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Spain

• Spanish National Orchestra (based in Madrid)
• RTVE Symphony Orchestra
  RTVE Symphony Orchestra
  The RTVE Symphony Orchestra , also known as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra is a Spanish radio orchestra servicing RTVE, the Spanish national broadcasting network....
  
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• Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
• Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
  Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
  The Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra , founded in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Madrid, Spain.- History :...
  
  
• Community of Madrid Orchestra
  Community of Madrid Orchestra
  The Community of Madrid Orchestra , founded in 1987, is a symphony orchestra in Madrid, Spain. The orchestra is the resident orchestra at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and performs its concert programs at the Auditorio Nacional de Música....
  
  
• Madrid Symphony Orchestra
  Madrid Symphony Orchestra
  The Madrid Symphony Orchestra , founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra not linked to an opera house in Spain.-History:...
  
  
• Valencian Community Orchestra
  Valencian Community Orchestra
  The Valencian Community Orchestra , is an orchestra based in Valencia, Spain and the resident orchestra of Valencia’s opera house, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.- History :The Orchestra was created in 2006 to be the orchestra of the new opera house...
  
  
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Valencia
• Valencia Orchestra
  Valencia Orchestra
  The Valencia Orchestra is a Valencia Spanish symphony orchestra based in Valencia. It was founded in 1943 as the Valencia Municipal Orchestra. It is a member of the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras ....
  
  
• Orquestra Filharmònica de la Universitat de València
• Jove Orquestra de la Generalitat Valenciana
• Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia
• Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya
• Orquestra de Cadaqués
• Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona
  Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona
  The Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain.-History:In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, founded in 1847 and devoted to opera and ballet, Barcelona has had several symphonic orchestras since 1888...
  
   i Nacional de Catalunya
• Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears 'Ciutat de Palma'
• Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
  Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
  Titular symphony orchestra from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Founded, as the theater, in 1847, it is the oldest orchestra still working in Barcelona, and the oldest in Spain...
  
  
• Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
• Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
• Orquesta de Córdoba
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
• Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
• Orquesta de Extremadura
• Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
  Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
  Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa is a symphony orchestra based in Bilbao, Spain.- History :...
  
  
• Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa
• Orquesta Pablo Sarasate
• Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
• Real Philharmonia de Galicia
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
  Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
  Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia is a Spanish orchestra, created in 1992 and based in A Coruña, where it is the main orchestra in the city's Mozart Festival. Its conductor is Victor Pablo Pérez.-External links:* - OSG's web page....
  
  
• Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
• Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
  Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
  The Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife is an orchestra in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the best symphony orchestras in Spain.The symphony orchestra was first opened in 1970. It is presently the...
  
  
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos
  Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos
  The Burgos Symphony Orchestra was established in Burgos in 2005. Since then it has held a series of regular concerts at the Teatro Principal de Burgos....
  
  
• Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de León
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Soria

Sweden

• Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  The Göteborgs Symfoniker is an orchestra based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 1905, it was granted the title of the "National Orchestra of Sweden" in 1997...
  
  
• Malmö Symphony Orchestra
  Malmö Symphony Orchestra
  The Malmö Symphony Orchestra is a Swedish orchestra, based in Malmö. Since 1985, the orchestra has given its main concert series in the Konserthuset, Malmö. The orchestra has a current complement of 94 musicians...
  
  
• Norrköping Symphony
• Örebro Chamber Orchestra
  Örebro Chamber Orchestra
  Örebro Chamber Orchestra is the string section of the Scandinavia's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra . The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, which was formed in 1995, is a result of merging the Örebro Chamber Orchestra and the Örebro Wind Ensemble. The home of...
  
  
• Royal Academic Orchestra
  Royal Academic Orchestra
  The Royal Academic Orchestra is the orchestra of Uppsala University, Sweden. The orchestra was established in 1627 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Past music directors include Swedish composers Hugo Alfvén, Lars-Erik Larsson and Carl Rune Larsson...
  
  
• Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is a Swedish orchestra based in Stockholm.The orchestra was founded in 1902 as the Stockholm Concert Society . The orchestra became a permanent ensemble in 1914. Since 1926, it has been based in the Stockholm Concert Hall...
  
  
• Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  The Swedish Chamber Orchestra is Scandinavia's only full-time professional chamber orchestra. It was established in May 1995 by merging a string orchestra, the Örebro Kammarorkester with a wind ensemble, the Örebro Kammarblåsare...
  
  
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
  Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a radio orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden, and affiliated with Sveriges Radio . The orchestra broadcasts concerts on the Swedish Radio-P2 network....
  
  
• Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra
  Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra
  The Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of young musicians at a high school and college level....
  
  
• Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
• The Dalarna Sinfonietta

Switzerland

• Basel Sinfonietta
• Berner Symphonie-Orchester
  Berner Symphonie-Orchester
  The Berner Symphonie-Orchester is one of Switzerland's major orchestras and consists of about 100 musicians. It was founded in 1877 in the capital Bern....
  
  
• Lucerne Festival Strings
  Lucerne Festival Strings
  The Lucerne Festival Strings is one of Switzerland's most frequently touring chamber orchestras. Founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner and directed by the latter until 1998, Achim Fiedler is the Artistic Director since 1998. Managing Director is Hans-Christoph Mauruschat...
  
  
• Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
  Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
  The Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur is a symphony orchestra based in Winterthur, Switzerland. The oldest orchestra in Switzerland, it was founded in 1875 as the Stadtorchester Winterthur. The Musikkollegium itself as an organisation out of religious roots to that time was founded in 1629...
  
  
• Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
  Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
  The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana is a Swiss orchestra based in Lugano. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the Auditorio RSI....
  
  
• Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
  Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
  The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne is a Swiss chamber orchestra based in Lausanne, Switzerland.The violinist and conductor Victor Desarzens founded the orchestra in 1942, and served as its first artistic director for 30 years...
  
  
• Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall...
  
  
• Sinfonieorchester Basel
  Sinfonieorchester Basel
  The Sinfonieorchester Basel is a Swiss orchestra based in Basel. The orchestra performs symphony concerts at the Musiksaal, Basel. The orchestra also serves as the opera orchestra and ballet orchestra for the Theater Basel...
  
  
• Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
  Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
  Tonhalle Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zürich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle in 1895....
  
  
• Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  Zurich Chamber Orchestra
  The Zurich Chamber Orchestra is a Swiss chamber orchestra based in Zurich. The ZKO's principal concert venue in Zurich is the Tonhalle. The ZKO also performs in Zurich at the Rietberg Museum, the ZKO-Haus in the Seefeld quarter of the city, and such churches as the Fraumünster and the Kirche St....
  
  
• Zurich Symphony Orchestra
  Zurich Symphony Orchestra
  Symphonisches Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra made of up 72 professional freelance musicians, based in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded in 1981 by its current music director, Daniel Schweizer. S-O-Z performs approximately thirty-five concerts per year, with Tonhalle as its resident...
  
  

Turkey

• Turkish Armed Forces Symphony Orchestra (Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Armoni Mızıkası) - Ankara
  Ankara
  Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
  
  
• Anadolu Symphony Orchestra
• Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
  Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
  The Antalya State Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra located in Antalya.Founded in 1989 as Antalya Chamber Orchestra later became symphony orchestra in 1997.Principal conductor is the first woman conductor of Turkey Inci Özdil.-External links:...
  
  
• Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
  Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
  The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra is a major symphony orchestra of Turkey located in Bilkent, Ankara. It was founded in 1993 by Bilkent University. Since 1994 the orchestra is based in Bilkent Concert Hall...
  
  
• Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
  Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was founded by enlarging the Borusan Chamber Orchestra in 1999. This orchestra is funded by Borusan Holding.- History:...
  
  
• Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
  Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
  Bursa District State Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra located in Bursa.It was founded in 1998. Its principal conductor is Orhan Salliel.-External links:*http://www.kulturturizm.gov.tr/gsanatlar/orkestra_bursa.asp?belgeno=50983...
  
  
• Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
  Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
  The Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra located in Adana, Turkey.It was founded in 1988 after the Turkish Presidency Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul and Izmir State Symphony Orchestras. It performed its first concert on January 5, 1992. Its principal conductor is Emin Güven...
  
  
• Dokuz Eylul University Symphony Orchestra
  Dokuz Eylul University Symphony Orchestra
  Dokuz Eylul University Symphony Orchestra was founded in 2001 by Dokuz Eylul University in İzmir.-External links:* **...
  
  
• Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra
• Presidential Symphony Orchestra
  Presidential Symphony Orchestra
  Presidential Symphony Orchestra is the presidential symphony orchestra of the Republic of Turkey. It is headquartered in Ankara...
  
   - Ankara
  Ankara
  Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
  
  
• Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
  Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
  The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra is a Turkish symphony orchestra based in Istanbul.Founded in 1945 as the Istanbul Municipality City Orchestra, its first principal conductor was Cemal Reşit Rey. In 1972 it became the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra...
  
  
• İzmir State Symphony Orchestra
  Izmir State Symphony Orchestra
  İzmir State Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra located in İzmir.Its principal conductor is Rengim Gökmen....
  
  

England

• Academy of Ancient Music
  Academy of Ancient Music
  The Academy of Ancient Music is a period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after a previous organisation of the same name of the 18th century. The musicians play on either original instruments or modern copies of...
  
  
• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble as The Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields in London as a small, conductorless string group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields...
  
  
• Arnold Sinfonia, official site
• BBC Concert Orchestra
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra....
  
  
• BBC Philharmonic
  BBC Philharmonic
  The BBC Philharmonic is a British broadcasting symphony orchestra based at Media City UK, Salford, England. It is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The orchestra's primary concert venue is the Bridgewater Hall....
  
  
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
  
  
• Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  The Bournemouth Sinfonietta was a chamber orchestra founded in 1968 as an off-shoot of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.-Formation:The orchestra was initially conducted by George Hurst, who acted as artistic adviser, and Nicholas Braithwaite, in order to perform the classical repertoire in the...
  
  
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is an English orchestra. Originally based in Bournemouth, the BSO moved its offices to the adjacent town of Poole in 1979....
  
  
• British Concert Orchestra
• Britten Sinfonia
  Britten Sinfonia
  Britten Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra ensemble based in Cambridge, UK. It was created in 1992, following an initiative from Eastern Arts and a number of key figures including Nicholas Cleobury, who recognised the need for an orchestra in the East of England. It is a flexible ensemble composed of...
  
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• Camerata of London
  Camerata of London
  Camerata of London is a modern-instrument chamber orchestra with a repertoire ranging from the early Baroque to the contemporary music.Camerata of London has performed in London venues including Queen Elizabeth Hall, St John's, Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St...
  
  
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. The Orchestra's current chief executive, appointed in 1999, is Stephen Maddock...
  
  
• City of London Sinfonia
  City of London Sinfonia
  The City of London Sinfonia is an English chamber orchestra based in London. In London, the CLS performs regularly at Cadogan Hall and St Paul's Cathedral. It is also the resident orchestra at Opera Holland Park. The CLS has annual residencies in four towns in Southern England: Ipswich, King's...
  
  
• City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra
  City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra
  The City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1969 and has grown to become the foremost amateur orchestra in the Medway/North Kent area. They perform in Chatham at the Central Theatre, under the baton of the world-famous French Horn player, Michael Thompson....
  
  
• Docklands Sinfonia
  Docklands Sinfonia
  Docklands Sinfonia is a non-professional symphony orchestra in London's Docklands. Since January 2009, the orchestra has been based at St Anne's Limehouse near Canary Wharf.- History :...
  
  
• English Chamber Orchestra
  English Chamber Orchestra
  The English Chamber Orchestra is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and the ECO Ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall...
  
  
• English Concert
• Ex Cathedra Baroque Orchestra
• Hallé Orchestra
• Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
  Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.- Origins :In 1862 the first orchestra in Huddersfield to achieve lasting permanence was established by Rev JH Thomas...
  
  
• Hull Sinfonietta
  Hull Sinfonietta
  Hull Sinfonietta is a sinfonietta based in Hull in North-East England. The organisation is recognised and supported by Hull City Council, Arts Council England , the PRS Foundation for New Music and University of Hull....
  
  
• Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
  Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Hull Philharmonic Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Kingston upon Hull, England. Andrew Penny has been its musical director and conductor since 1982....
  
  
• Kensington Symphony Orchestra
  Kensington Symphony Orchestra
  Founded in 1956, London's Kensington Symphony Orchestra is one of the best known non-professional orchestras in Britain. It regularly attracts the best non-professional players from around London for its concerts at St John's, Smith Square and other venues in London...
  
  
• Kings Chamber Orchestra
  Kings Chamber Orchestra
  The King's Chamber Orchestra is a professional chamber orchestra based in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1985 by Gerard Le Feuvre, it performs many times throughout the year in London, the Home Counties, and Jersey....
  
  
• Leicester Symphony Orchestra
• London Classical Players
  London Classical Players
  The London Classical Players was a British orchestra that specialized in music following historically informed performance practices and orchestral performances on period musical instruments. Sir Roger Norrington founded the LCP in 1978. From 1978 to 1992, the concertmaster of the London...
  
  
• London Festival Orchestra
  London Festival Orchestra
  The London Festival Orchestra was established in the 1950s as the 'house orchestra' for Decca Records. In 1980 it was incorporated as an independent performing orchestra under Ross Pople....
  
  
• London Mozart Players
  London Mozart Players
  The London Mozart Players is a British chamber orchestra founded in 1949. The LMP is the longest-established chamber orchestra in the United Kingdom whose performances and recordings focus largely on the core repertoire from the Classical era...
  
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• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
  
  
• London Sinfonietta
  London Sinfonietta
  The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London. The ensemble specialises in contemporary music and works across a wide range of genres, performing modern classics alongside world premieres, and includes music by electronica artists as well as folk and...
  
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• London Symphony Orchestra
  London Symphony Orchestra
  The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
  
  
• Manchester Camerata
  Manchester Camerata
  The Manchester Camerata is a British chamber orchestra based in Manchester, England. The orchestra was founded in the 1971–1972 season. A sub-group from the orchestra, the Manchester Camerata Ensemble, specialises in chamber music performances....
  
  
• National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• New London Orchestra
  New London Orchestra
  The New London Orchestra, based in London, was founded by Ronald Corp in 1988, to perform rarely heard 20th century works. The Orchestra and Corp pioneered the music of Martinů, now a familiar name with concert-goers, and have helped re-establish the popularity of ‘British Light Music' through a...
  
  
• New Queen's Hall Orchestra
• Newbury Symphony Orchestra, official site
• Northern Sinfonia
  Northern Sinfonia
  The Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, based initially in Newcastle upon Tyne, and currently in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history, the orchestra gave the bulk of its concerts at the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2004, the orchestra has been resident at The...
  
  
• Orchestra of Opera North
  Orchestra of Opera North
  The Orchestra of Opera North is the orchestra that plays for the English opera company, Opera North....
  
  
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is a British period instrument orchestra. The OAE is a resident orchestra of the Southbank Centre, London, associate orchestra at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has its headquarters at Kings Place...
  
  
• Orchestra of the City
  Orchestra of the City
  The Orchestra of the City is based in London, England.Founded in April 2003, the Orchestra of the City consists of amateur but well-trained musicians, and plays to a high standard. It is a subscription orchestra and is run by a committee...
  
  
• Philharmonia
  Philharmonia
  The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
  
  
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is a society based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, that organises concerts and other events mainly in the field of classical music. The society is the second oldest of its type in the United Kingdom and its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic...
  
  
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
  
  
• Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
  Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
  The Sheffield Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Sheffield, England. Founded in 1956, the orchestra specialises in pieces written within the last hundred years....
  
  
• Sinfonia ViVA
  Sinfonia ViVA
  Sinfonia ViVA is a British orchestra based in Derby, United Kingdom, a professional orchestra in the East Midlands. Sinfonia ViVA gives concerts in a number of cities and venues, including the following:* Cleethorpes * Derby...
  
  
• St Giles Orchestra
  St Giles Orchestra
  St Giles Orchestra is an amateur symphony orchestra founded in 1980 and based in Oxford, England.-Formation:St Giles Orchestra takes its name from the street of St Giles', Oxford where its founder members fist met...
  
  
• Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
  Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
  Sunderland Symphony Orchestra was founded by John Lennox, Mark Greenfield and Mrs. Winifred Lundgren to mark the turn of the current millennium. It gave its first performance in February 2000, and performed its first full symphony – Dvořák's 9th – on April 7, 2001...
  
  
• Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
• Worthing Symphony Orchestra
  Worthing Symphony Orchestra
  The Worthing Symphony Orchestra is the professional orchestra for the town of Worthing. It is the only professional orchestra in the English county of West Sussex. Founded in 1926, the orchestra was the first municipal orchestra in Britain....
  
  

Scotland

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is a broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow, Scotland. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation , it is the oldest full-time professional orchestra in Scotland...
  
  
• National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
  National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
  The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland has provided music education and performance experience for young musicians throughout Scotland since its formation in 1979....
  
  
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is Scotland's national symphony orchestra. Based in Glasgow, the 89-member professional orchestra also regularly performs in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, and abroad. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, the company has performed full-time since 1950,...
  
  
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is Scotland's national chamber orchestra, based in Edinburgh. One of Scotland’s five National Performing Arts Companies, the SCO performs throughout Scotland, including annual tours of the Scottish Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland. The SCO appears...
  
  
• Scottish Festival Orchestra
  Scottish Festival Orchestra
  The Scottish Festival Orchestra is a Scottish orchestra, assembled from the leading professional orchestral musicians, which performs a wide variety of concerts....
  
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• West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra
  West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra
  West of Scotland Schools' Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra run by the West of Scotland Schools Orchestras Trust youth organisations in the west of Scotland and conducted by James Lowe...
  
  

Wales

• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is a Welsh symphony orchestra and one of the BBC's five professional orchestras. The BBC NOW is the only professional symphony orchestra organisation in Wales, occupying a dual role as both a broadcasting orchestra and national orchestra.The BBC NOW has its...
  
  
• Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
  Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
  The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Cardiff, Wales. The CPO played its first concert in 1982 and has since played over 250 concerts, primarily in Wales but also in England, Switzerland, and France. The CPO plays a wide range of music and appears regularly at Wales'...
  
  
• National Youth Orchestra of Wales
  National Youth Orchestra of Wales
  The National Youth Orchestra of Wales , founded in 1945, has the distinction of being the first national youth orchestra in the world and is Europe’s longest-standing national youth orchestra....
  
  
• Welsh Sinfonia
  Welsh Sinfonia
  The Welsh Sinfonia is a professional chamber orchestra based in Cardiff and is a full member of the Association of British Orchestras. It employs between 15 and 35 musicians, led by Robin Stowell...
  
  

Ukraine

• National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is one of the principle orchestras of Ukraine....
  
  
• Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine
• Kyiv-classic Orchestraf
• Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra
• Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra