SWR Symphonieorchester

German radio orchestra affiliated to the Southwest Broadcasting Company Südwestrundfunk (SWR). It was created in 2016/17 when the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart and the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg were merged. The orchestra is administratively based in Stuttgart. The artistic director of the orchestra is Johannes Bultmann (2) , and the current managing director is Felix Fischer (3). The orchestra's chief conductor is Teodor Currentzis. see also: Sinfonie-Orchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart 1945: Kleines Symphonie-Orchester von Radio Stuttgart 1946: Großes Orchester von Radio Stuttgart 1949: Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart 1949: Sinfonie-Orchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks 1959: Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester 1975: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart