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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken

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The origins of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken go back to the Orchester Des Reichssenders Saarbrücken which was founded in 1937. In 1946 the orchestra was founded as Radio-Orchester Saarbrücken and was affiliated to the Saarland Broadcasting Company (later Saarländischer Rundfunk). In September 2007 the orchestra was merged with the SWR-Rundfunk-Orchester Kaiserslautern to the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern.


Chief conductors:
Rudolf Michl (since 1946)
Hans Zender (1972 to 1984)
Myung-Whun Chung (1984 to 1990)
Marcello Viotti (1990 to 1995)
Michael Stern (1996 to 2000)
Günther Herbig (2001 to 2006)
Christoph Poppen (2006 to 2007)

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