National Radio Orchestra of Romania

The Romanian Radio National Orchestra (Romanian: Orchestra Națională Radio) is the symphony radio orchestra, part of the Romanian Radio Orchestras and Choirs. Concerts are held during all season at the Mihail Jora Concert Studio, well known as Sala Radio (Radio Concert Hall), located in Bucharest (Romania), 60–64 General Berthelot Street.

Romanian Radio National Orchestra
Radio orchestra
The orchestra in 2013
Native name	Orchestra Națională Radio
Founded	1928; 97 years ago (1928)
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Principal conductor	Tiberiu Soare
Website	www.orchestreradio.ro

Chief conductors

• Mihail Jora
• Alfred Alessandrescu
• Theodor Rogalski
• Ionel Perlea
• Constantin Silvestri
• Iosif Conta
• Emanuel Elenescu
• Mendi Rodan
• Paul Popescu
• Horia Andreescu
• Tiberiu Soare

International guests

In recent decades, the National Radio Orchestra's concerts have featured great names from the Romanian music world, as well as prestigious guests from the international music world.

Among them are the following:

• Conductors – Theodor Rogalski, Carlo Zecchi, Igor Markevitch, Ion Marin, Matthias Manasi,^[1][2] Michel Plasson, Maxim Shostakovich, Neil Thomson, Julien Salemkour;
• Singers – Montserrat Caballé, Eliane Coelho, Ileana Cotrubaș, Ruxandra Donose, Angela Gheorghiu, Teodora Gheorghiu, Cynthia Laurence, Elena Moșuc, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Veronica Anușca, Ștefan Ignat;
• Pianists – Radu Lupu, Marta Argerich, Valentin Gheorghiu, Dan Grigore, Sviatoslav Richter, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Horia Mihail;
• Violinists – Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Alexandru Tomescu;
• Cellists – Natalia Gutman, Mstislav Rostropovich, Franz Helmerson, Alexandr Rudin.