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Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finnish: Radion sinfoniaorkesteri, Swedish: Radions symfoniorkester) is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre. Primary funding comes from television licence fees from the Finnish population.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

  • Radion sinfoniaorkesteri
  • Radions symfoniorkester

1927 (1927)

Helsinki

Helsinki Music Centre

Nicholas Collon

Official website

(1929–1950)

Toivo Haapanen

(1950–1961)

Nils-Eric Fougstedt

(1962–1971)

Paavo Berglund

(1971–1977)

Okko Kamu

(1977–1987)

Leif Segerstam

(1987–2001)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste

(2003–2012)

Sakari Oramo

(2013–2021)

Hannu Lintu

(2021–present)

Nicholas Collon

Radio orchestra

Official Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra homepage, Finnish-language version

Official Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra homepage, English-language version

Antero Karttunen, "The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 1927–2002" (translated by John Pickering), from FRSO web page