Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

The Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (RSO) is affiliated to the Southwest Broadcasting Company [l244785] (SWR). It was founded in 1945 as Kleines Symphonie-Orchester Stuttgart and appeared under different names over the years, as [b]Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart[/b] (with slight variations, see chronology below) between 1975 and 2016. Chief conductors were [a840069], [a835735], [a843912], [a868929], [a926716] and [a4408888].
In 2016/17 the orchestra will be merged with the [a3279527] to form the new SWR Symphonieorchester.

Name changes:
1945: Kleines Symphonie-Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1946: Großes Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949: Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949: [a1370727]
1959: [a3853150]
1975: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
1998: SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
2001: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
2016/17: SWR Symphonieorchester