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.

Pan-European orchestras

 * Chamber Orchestra of Europe
 * European Medical Students' Orchestra and Choir
 * European Union Youth Orchestra
 * Spira Mirabilis
 * Ljubljana International Orchestra

Austria

 * Ars Antiqua Austria
 * Bruckner Orchestra Linz
 * Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
 * Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg
 * Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg
 * Tonkünstler Orchestra
 * Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Das Wiener Kammer Orchester)
 * Vienna Mozart Orchestra (Wiener Mozart Orchester)
 * Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker)
 * Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker)
 * Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
 * Wiener Jeunesse Orchester (national youth orchestra)

Baltic States

 * Kremerata Baltica
 * Baltic Sea Philharmonic

Belgium

 * Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
 * Brussels Philharmonic
 * Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
 * National Orchestra of Belgium
 * Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
 * Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 * Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra

Bulgaria

 * Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * New Symphony Orchestra
 * Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Sofia Symphonic Orchestra

Croatia

 * Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra
 * Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

Czech Republic

 * Barocco sempre giovane
 * Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague
 * Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Capellen Orchestra
 * City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Czech National Symphony Orchestra
 * Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Czech Symphony Orchestra (1994) (ČSO)
 * Film Symphony Orchestra (FISYO), also known as Czech Symphony Orchestra during Live-Concerts
 * Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Moravian Philharmonic
 * Praga Sinfonietta Orchestra
 * Prague Philharmonia (PKF)
 * Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)
 * Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK/PSO)
 * Suk Chamber Orchestra
 * Teplice Symphony Orchestra

Denmark

 * Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
 * Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
 * Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Danish National Chamber Orchestra
 * Danish National Symphony Orchestra
 * Danish Youth Ensemble (national youth orchestra)
 * Odense Symphony Orchestra
 * Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel)

Estonia

 * Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

European Union

 * European Union Baroque Orchestra
 * European Union Youth Orchestra
 * European Union Chamber Orchestra

Finland
Professional orchestras


 * Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ("HKO", Finnish: Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Helsingfors stadsorkester), founded in 1882
 * Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ("RSO" (eng. "FRSO"), Finnish: Radion sinfoniaorkesteri, Swedish: Radions symfoniorkester), founded in 1927
 * Tapiola Sinfonietta (Finnish: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Swedish: Tapiola Sinfonietta – Esbo stadsorkester), founded in 1987
 * Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Sinfonia Lahti – Lahden kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Sinfonia Lahti – Lahtis stadsorkester) founded in 1910
 * Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra ("TFO", Finnish: Tampere Filharmonia – Tampereen kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Tampere Filharmonia – Tammerfors stadsorkester) founded in 1930
 * Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finnish: Turku Filharmonia – Turun kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Åbo Filharmoniska Orkester – Åbo stadsorkester), founded in 1790
 * Jyväskylä Sinfonia founded in 1955
 * Oulu Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Oulu Sinfonia – Oulun kaupunginorkesteri, Swedish: Oulu Sinfonia – Uleåborgs stadsorkester) founded in 1937
 * Kymi Sinfonietta (Comprises Kouvola and Kotka City Orchestras) founded in 1999

Chamber orchestras


 * Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (Finnish: Avanti! Kamariorkesteri, Swedish: Kammarorkester Avanti!), founded in 1983
 * Lapland Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1972 (Finnish; Lapin kamariorkesteri)
 * Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

University and conservatorio orchestras


 * Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat ("YS", English: Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra, Swedish: Helsingfors Universitets studentorkester), founded in 1747 (1926)
 * The Polytech Orchestra ("PO", Finnish: Polyteknikkojen orkesteri, Swedish: Polyteknikernas orkester), founded in 1922

France

 * Concerts Colonne (Paris), founded in 1873
 * Concerts Lamoureux (Paris), founded in 1881
 * Concerts Pasdeloup (Paris), founded in 1861
 * Ensemble InterContemporain, founded in 1976
 * Ensemble La Fenice, founded in 1990
 * Ensemble Matheus, founded in 1991
 * 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 Français des Jeunes (national youth orchestra)
 * 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 de Mulhouse, founded in 1975
 * Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy, founded in 1884
 * Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier, founded in 2001
 * Rouen Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1998

Germany

 * National youth orchestras:
 * Bundesjugendorchester
 * Junge Deutsche Philharmonie

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)
 * Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
 * 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
 * Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
 * Konzerthausorchester Berlin (formerly Berlin Symphony Orchestra)
 * Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig)
 * Mahler Chamber Orchestra
 * MDR Symphony Orchestra
 * Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle
 * Münchner Rundfunkorchester
 * Munich Philharmonic (Münchner Philharmoniker)

N–Z
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
 * NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover)
 * NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Hamburg Elbphilharmonie)
 * Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt (Offenbach am Main)
 * Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover
 * Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock
 * Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
 * Nuremberg Symphony (Nürnberger Symphoniker)
 * Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, disbanded 2001
 * Philharmonie Festiva
 * Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
 * Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin
 * Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
 * Reuss Chamber Orchestra
 * Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * Staatskapelle Berlin
 * Staatskapelle Dresden (Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden)
 * Staatskapelle Halle
 * Staatskapelle Weimar
 * Staatsorchester Braunschweig (State Orchestra Brunswik)
 * Staatsorchester Stuttgart
 * Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
 * Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * SWR Symphonieorchester
 * WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
 * WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
 * Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Greece

 * Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
 * Philharmonic Society of Corfu (Orchestra)

Hungary

 * Budapest Festival Orchestra
 * Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, also known earlier as Budapest Symphony Orchestra
 * Hungarian National Philharmonic
 * Philharmonia Hungarica, founded by Hungarian exiles, based in Germany; dissolved in 2001
 * Szeged Symphony Orchestra

Iceland

 * Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands)

Ireland

 * RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
 * RTÉ Concert Orchestra
 * Irish Chamber Orchestra
 * Hibernian Orchestra
 * Camerata Ireland
 * Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Dublin Orchestral Players
 * University College Dublin Symphony Orchestra
 * National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (national youth orchestra)

Italy

 * Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome
 * Camerata de' Bardi, academic orchestra, Pavia
 * I Musici, Rome
 * I Solisti Veneti, Padua
 * Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence
 * Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
 * Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
 * Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice, Venice
 * Orchestra Giovanile Italiana (national youth orchestra)
 * Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan
 * Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Milan
 * Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin
 * Orchestra Mozart, founded by Claudio Abbado in Bologna
 * Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, directed by Ennio Morricone
 * Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Rome
 * RCA Italiana Orchestra
 * Rondò Veneziano, Venice
 * Teatro San Carlo Orchestra, Naples
 * Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra, Genova
 * Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Orchestra, Rome
 * Teatro Petruzzelli Orchestra, Bari
 * Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra, Bologna
 * Venice Baroque Orchestra

Latvia

 * Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
 * Liepaja Symphony Orchestra

Lithuania

 * Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
 * Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
 * Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
 * Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

Luxembourg

 * Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Luxembourg Sinfonietta

Malta

 * Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

Moldova

 * Moldovan National Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)

Monaco

 * Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Montenegro

 * Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra

The Netherlands

 * National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands (national youth orchestra)
 * Holland Symfonia
 * Metropole Orchestra
 * Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
 * Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
 * Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
 * North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
 * Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
 * Residentie Orchestra
 * Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
 * Symfonisch Blaasorkest ATH

Norway

 * Ungdomssymfonikerne (national youth orchestra)
 * Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
 * Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
 * Norwegian Radio Orchestra
 * Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Oslo Sinfonietta
 * Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
 * Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

Poland

 * Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
 * Pomeranian Philharmonic (Bydgoszcz)
 * Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra (Kraków)
 * Łódź Philharmonic (Łódź)
 * Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)
 * Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Warsaw)
 * Polish Baltic Philharmonic (Gdańsk)
 * Poznań Philharmonic (Poznań)
 * National Forum of Music Symphony Orchestra (Wrocław)
 * Silesian Philharmonic (Katowice)
 * Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw)
 * Sudecka Philharmonic (Wałbrzych)
 * Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Warsaw)
 * Szczecin Philharmonic (Szczecin)
 * Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, youth orchestra at concentration camp (historic)

Portugal

 * Gulbenkian Orchestra
 * Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

Romania

 * Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra (Timișoara)
 * Bucharest Symphony Orchestra
 * George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest)
 * Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra (Iași)
 * National Radio Orchestra (Bucharest)
 * Oltenia Philharmonic Orchestra (Craiova)
 * Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Ploiești)
 * Romanian Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
 * Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra (Cluj-Napoca)

Russia

 * Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
 * Moscow Chamber Orchestra
 * Moscow City Symphony Orchestra
 * Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
 * Moscow Symphony Orchestra
 * Moscow Virtuosi
 * Murmansk Philharmonic Orchestra
 * National Philharmonic of Russia
 * Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra
 * Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
 * Persimfans
 * Russian National Orchestra
 * Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Sochi Symphony Orchestra
 * Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra
 * Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
 * State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
 * State Symphony Capella of Russia
 * State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
 * Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
 * Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Serbia

 * Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Niš Symphony Orchestra

Slovakia

 * Cappella Istropolitana
 * Slovak Philharmonic
 * Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * Slovak Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
 * Slovak Chamber Orchestra

Slovenia

 * RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
 * Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Spain

 * Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
 * Castile and León Symphony Orchestra
 * Chamartín Symphony Orchestra
 * Community of Madrid Orchestra
 * Málaga Philharmonic
 * Madrid Academic Orchestra
 * Madrid Symphony Orchestra
 * Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
 * Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia
 * Orquestra de Cadaqués
 * Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
 * Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
 * Orquesta Sinfónica de Burgos
 * Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
 * Orquesta Sinfónica de las Islas Baleares
 * Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife
 * Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
 * Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
 * Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
 * Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara
 * Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
 * RTVE Symphony Orchestra (based in Madrid)
 * Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid
 * Spanish National Youth Orchestra (national youth orchestra)
 * Orquesta Nacional de España (based in Madrid)
 * Valencian Community Orchestra
 * Valencia Orchestra

Sweden

 * Gävle Symphony Orchestra
 * Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
 * Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
 * Kungliga Hovkapellet
 * Malmö Symphony Orchestra
 * Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
 * Örebro Chamber Orchestra
 * Royal Academic Orchestra
 * Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Stockholm Youth Symphony Orchestra
 * Swedish Chamber Orchestra
 * Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Switzerland

 * Basel Sinfonietta
 * Berner Symphonie-Orchester
 * Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra
 * Camerata Bern
 * Kammerorchester Basel
 * Lucerne Festival Strings
 * Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
 * Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
 * Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
 * Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
 * Orchestre de chambre de Neuchâtel
 * Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
 * Sinfonieorchester Basel
 * Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
 * Zurich Chamber Orchestra
 * Zurich Opera House Orchestra
 * Zurich Symphony Orchestra

Turkey

 * Antalya State Symphony Orchestra
 * Barış Youth Symphony Orchestra
 * Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
 * Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Bursa State Symphony Orchestra
 * Cukurova State Symphony Orchestra
 * Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
 * Izmir State Symphony Orchestra*
 * Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra

Ukraine

 * Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra
 * National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
 * Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine
 * Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
 * Kyiv Classic Orchestra
 * Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv Philharmonic

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
 * Docklands Sinfonia
 * English Baroque Soloists
 * English Chamber Orchestra
 * English Concert
 * Hallé Orchestra
 * Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Kensington Symphony Orchestra
 * Kings Chamber Orchestra
 * Leeds Symphony Orchestra
 * Leicester Symphony Orchestra
 * London Chamber Orchestra
 * London Classical Players
 * London Festival Orchestra
 * London Mozart Players
 * London Philharmonic Orchestra
 * London Shostakovich Orchestra
 * London Sinfonietta
 * London Symphony Orchestra
 * Manchester Camerata
 * National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
 * New London Orchestra
 * Northern Sinfonia
 * Orchestra of Opera North
 * Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
 * Orchestra of the City
 * Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Philharmonia
 * Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Sheffield Symphony Orchestra
 * Sinfonia ViVA
 * Sunderland Symphony Orchestra
 * The King's Consort
 * Worthing Symphony Orchestra
 * Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra

Northern Ireland

 * Ulster Orchestra

Scotland

 * BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra
 * BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
 * National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
 * Royal Scottish National Orchestra
 * Scottish Chamber Orchestra
 * Scottish Ensemble
 * Scottish Festival Orchestra
 * West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra

Wales

 * BBC National Orchestra of Wales
 * Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra
 * National Youth Orchestra of Wales
 * Welsh Sinfonia
 * Welsh Chamber Orchestra (founded in 1986)