About
The SWR Symphonieorchester (SWR Symphony Orchestra) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the Südwestrundfunk (Southwest German Radio) public broadcasting network. Formed in 2016, the orchestra is administratively based in Stuttgart. The current orchestra manager is Sabrina Haane, and the current director of artistic planning is Henning Bey.
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The orchestra's first chief conductor was Teodor Currentzis. François-Xavier Roth is the orchestra's chief conductor-designate.
Members
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Gunter Teuffel viola
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Alina Abel violin
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Karin Adler violin
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Jermolaj Albiker violin
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Dirk Altmann clarinet
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Pascal Arets horn
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Franz Bach percussion
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Jörge Becker trumpet
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Frederic Belli trombone
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Angela Bergmann bassoon
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Helke Bier violin
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Fionn Bockemühl cello
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Felix Borel violin
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Stefan Bornscheuer violin
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Anna Breidenstein violin
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Sebastian Breidenstein double bass
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Jochen Brenner timpani
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Konstanze Brenner double bass
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Peter Bromig horn
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Tobias Burgelin trombone
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Johanna Busch cello
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Eduardo Calzada bassoon
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Andreea Chiriac violin
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Sally Clarke viola
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Michael Dinnebier violin
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Hanno Dönneweg bassoon
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Arvid Christoph Dorn double bass
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Wolfgang Düthorn cello
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Ursula Eisert harp
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Taru Erlich violin
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Blanca Coines Escriche cello
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Larissa Fernandes violin
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Insa Andrea Fritsche violin
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Dorothea Funk viola
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Jean-Christophe Garzia viola
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Ada Gosling-Pozo violin
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Matia Gotman violin
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Werner Götze tuba
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Frank-Michael Guthmann cello
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Thomas Hammes trumpet
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Florian Hasel oboe
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Peter Hecking double bass
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Dirk Hegemann viola
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Ryutaro Hei double bass
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Carl-Magnus Helling violin
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Ulrike Hofmann cello
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Anton Hollich clarinet
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Michael Hsu-Wartha violin
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Eckart Hübner bassoon
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Michael Israelievitch timpani
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Gesa Jenne-Dönneweg violin
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Gro Johannessen viola
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Dorothea Jügelt violin
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Susanne Kaldor violin
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Alexander Knaak violin
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Stefan Knote violin
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Rudolf König clarinet
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Emily Körner violin
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Andreas Kraft trombone
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Rahel Krämer cello
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Maria Kranzfelder violin
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Dita Lammerse cello
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Franz Lang drums (drum set)
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Peter Lauer violin
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Bohye Lee viola
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Soo Eun Lee violin
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Catherina Lendle violin
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Thierry Lentz horn
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Jakob Lustig viola
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Markus Maier percussion
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Sebastian Manz clarinet
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Harald Matjaschitz trombone
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David Maurer violin
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Michael Mayer violin
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Anna Mazurek cello
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Katrin Melcher violin
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Florian Metzger trombone
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Silke Meyer-Eggen violin
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Nicole Nagel viola
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Mitsuko Nakan viola
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Marc Nötzel horn
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Christian Ostertag violin
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Harald E. Paul violin
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Vivica Percy violin
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Gunnar Persicke violin
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Paul Pesthy viola
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Ingrid Philippi viola
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Andreea Alcalde Polo viola
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Esther Przybylski viola
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Monika Renner-Auers violin
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Alexander Richtberg cello
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Hwa-Won Rimmer violin
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Andreas Ritzinger violin
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Anne Romeis flute
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Phillip Roy violin
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Tatjana Ruhland flute
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Raphael Sachs viola
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Holger Schäfer trumpet
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Dora Scheili viola
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Stefanie Scheuer trombone
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Sylvia Schnieders violin
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Falko Schob trumpet
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Jochen Schorer percussion
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Axel Schwesig double bass
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Josef Semeleder double bass
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Mayumi Shimizu trombone
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Libor Šíma bassoon
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Christina Singer flute
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Christof Skupin trumpet
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Marin Smesnoi cello
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Johannes Sondermann trumpet
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Maria Stang violin
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Frederik Stock double bass
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Astrid Stutzke double bass
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Panu Sundqvist cello
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Frank Szathmáry-Filipitsch trombone
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Ute Taxhet oboe
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Uta Terjung violin
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Hendrik Then-Bergh cello
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Markus Tillier cello
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Felix von Tippelskirch double bass
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Benno Trautmann horn
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Gabriele Turck violin
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Valentin Vacariu double bass
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Raymond Warnier horn
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Min Wei violin
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Barbara Weiske viola
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Josef Weissteiner horn
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Jing Wen violin
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Wolfgang Wipfler horn
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Jürgen Wirth tuba
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Horst Ziegler horn
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Matvey Demin flute, principal
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Nerea Saez Guijarro bassoon
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I-Zen Hsieh violin
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Ivo Ruf clarinet
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Lars Olaf Schaper double bass
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Hendrik Vornhusen viola
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Ayano Kamei viola
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Jessica Jiang flute
Discography
Albums
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Symphony no. 11 (The Year 1905)
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Violinkonzerte Nr. 1–5 / Adagio, KV 261 / Rondo, KV 373
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Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 6
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Symphonien für Blasinstrumente / Agon / Variationen „Aldous Huxley in Memoriam“ / Symphonie in C
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Cello Works
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Duende / Rest
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Symphonie nr. 7 A-Dur, op. 92
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Symphony no. 12 / Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Orchestra
EPs
Links
Subgroup
Identifiers
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