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. The radio network later became the Süddeutscher Rundfunk, and the orchestra changed its name in 1949 to the Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks. In 1959, the orchestra took on the name Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, and acquired its current name in...
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